Jim Is Fond of Garlic (1908)
In this comedy we see a fellow giving orders to the cook to put plenty of garlic in his food, and she complies with his wishes by giving everything an extra dose of the unpleasant ingredient. The first victim of the fumes is a dog that is seated beside the table, and when the fellow blows his breath on the animal he falls over unconscious from the effects. Next he prostrates a street cleaner and a painter perched on a ladder, as well as a woman in charge of a newsstand. They all succumb and fall over unconscious on the ground. He enters the subway and meets a man coming up the stairs, and when the latter gets a whiff of the garlic he too, goes down in a heap. Entering the car in the underground road he proceeds to waft the strong odor over the passengers, with the effect that each in turn goes down and out on the floor of the coach. When he reaches the next station he alights, leaving the car looking more like a hospital than anything. Walking up the street, our hero is held up by two robbers, but they, too, are soon lying prostrate on the ground. Next he meets two policemen, and they also go under. Finally a cab stops at the curb, but as soon as Mr. Jim goes near the horse we see the animal back down the street and around the corner, while the driver is unable to control him or understand his strange actions. At last he has had enough fun: so he goes to his room and starts to undress. He looks at himself in the mirror, and when he blows on the glass we see him fall unconscious on the floor.
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