The Foolishness of Jealousy (1911)
Mrs. Dickson thinks that her husband is too attentive to his stenographer, Miss Lou West, who is very much in love with Mr. Dickson's friend Lou Carson, who has been very persistent in his attentions to Miss West, but unsuccessful in gaining her consent to become his wife. He confides in Dickson and asks him to assist him in his suit. Mrs. Dickson is astonished to see in a newspaper a picture of Miss "Lou" West, described as a most beautiful typewriter in the employ of the Atlas Millinery House, of which Mr. Dickson is the head. After Dickson succeeds in bringing about an engagement between Miss West and Lou Carson, they arrange to get married. Carson sends his friend Dickson a note saying that he will meet him at the train, signing himself "Lou." Mr. Dickson is to make a business trip and Mr. Carson and his bride would like to have his company part of the way on their honeymoon, as they are all going in the same direction. After her husband has left on the trip, Mrs. Dickson finds the note signed "Lou," and comes to the conclusion that it is from Miss West. She decides to feign suicide. Accordingly, she gets into bed and sends her husband a telegram to return at once. He sees through his wife's scheme, and telephones Lou Carson and his wife to come to the house at once. Dickson points to his wife's prostrate form and says, "Thank God she's gone. At last I am free." Mrs. Dickson can hardly lie still. Then her husband turns around to Mrs. Dickson's maid, chucks her under the chin and gives her a tight squeeze. This is too much for his wife, who jumps out of bed and goes for him, tooth and nail. He is so convulsed with laughter that he can hardly recover himself. When he does he tells her all about the foolishness of her jealousy and introduces her to "Lou" Carson and his wife, nee "Lou" West. Joy takes the place of gloom and Mrs. Dickson presents her best wishes and congratulations to the newlyweds and apologizes to her husband.
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