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Josiah Stevens, an elderly lawyer, has a peaceful time in his office, but in his home the laundress, styled at her express command "the scrub lady," rules supreme. Finally matters come to a... See full summary
Josiah Stevens, an elderly lawyer, has a peaceful time in his office, but in his home the laundress, styled at her express command "the scrub lady," rules supreme. Finally matters come to a climax and Stevens is summoned to his home to discharge the "scrub lady," which he does after some difficulty. His wife entrusts him with the task of securing a new laundress and also gives him a brooch to be repaired. Stevens absent-mindedly gives the brooch to his pretty stenographer and when his wife calls at the office to see if the new "scrub lady" has been secured, the stenographer mistakes her for the new laundress, and invites her to wait for Stevens. She shows Mrs. Stevens the brooch, saying that it is a present from Stevens. His wife recognizes the trinket and when Stevens returns trouble is waiting for him. However, a quick-witted friend helps him in his need, and Mrs. Stevens finally believes that her husband is innocent.

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    • Author: Lo◘Ve
    It is a fierce scrub lady and she goes on the warpath. The woman who owns the house has to telephone to her husband who is flirting with the stenographer. Brave husband comes home and has to give the scrub lady much money to get her to depart. A day or so later there's another fight; in the office this time. The wife is on the warpath; she has found one of her necklaces on the stenographer. The woman who wouldn't fight to free her home from a bad servant will fight to free her husband's office from a had stenographer. Let us tell the truth; it is a very vulgar picture and likely to offend the sensibilities of many, especially women. - The Moving Picture World, June 13, 1914
  • Cast overview:
    Fannie Bourke Fannie Bourke - The Scrub Lady (as Fan Bourke)
    Riley Chamberlin Riley Chamberlin - Josiah Stevens
    Carey L. Hastings Carey L. Hastings - Mary Stevens - Josiah's Wife
    Ethyle Cooke Ethyle Cooke - Miss Featherly - a Stenographer
    Arthur Hoyt Arthur Hoyt - James Olcott - a Friend in Need
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