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Staid Mr. Servin is distressed to note the flirtatious habits of his charming daughter. He decides to engage for Lucy a very strict governess, and the girl is outraged at being introduced ... See full summary
Staid Mr. Servin is distressed to note the flirtatious habits of his charming daughter. He decides to engage for Lucy a very strict governess, and the girl is outraged at being introduced to a stern, unbending woman wearing black spectacles, and a positively ugly dress. Who will come near a girl who has for a companion such an ogress! Lucy consults a friend, and together they formulate a little plot. Accordingly, at a moment's notice, they rush upon the unsuspecting governess, taking away her black "goggles," fluffing out her hair into charming little waves and tendrils, and replacing the offensive gown with a neat, stylish one. The change is complete, and despite her former protests, the governess cannot but be pleased with herself. At the psychological moment Mr. Servin arrives on the scene, and is astonished, but pleasantly, to see so comely a person before him, and the old man is moved to a marked display of his approval. This time it is Lucy who catches her father flirting, and ...

Original French title is undetermined.

Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary Le lac de Garde (1911).

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    • Author: Ranterl
    One of the qualities one is likely to find in Eclair pictures is good, intelligent acting; the players conduct themselves like human beings even in farce comedies. This is a farce comedy, but one that is filled with delightful human nature and has very good comedy in its situation. When the girl's father found that there was a young man around, he got a governess, one of the snap-dragon kind who wore goggles. The girl induced her governess to change the way she fixed her hair and, presto! She was a pretty woman. Of course, Papa had to fall in love with the governess; of course, there was a double wedding, but in the way it is brought about there is much fun. It isn't a picture to make people roar with laughter, but it is one to amuse and please them. - The Moving Picture World, October 28, 1911
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