A Change of Business (1914)
The Widow Robinson was a person of very strict habits and tastes. She had Conscientious Scruples. Accordingly, she was very careful about the sort of people she met. If they were not Perfectly Respectable, they were absolutely Taboo as far as she was concerned. Hence, when Mrs. Winslow, whom the widow was visiting, attempted to present Saloon-Keeper Jones to her, the Widow tilted her chin until it made an angle of 45 degrees with her cervical vertebrae, and directed a fixed and awful stare at a spot some distance above the head of the unfortunate Jones. A few days later, Jennie, the widow's little daughter, ran away from her little playmates, and entered Jones' saloon. With a savoir faire remarkable in one so young, she advanced to the bar and demanded a drink. After his first moment of surprise, Jones filled a goblet with icy cold milk and gave it to her. Meanwhile, the widow had discovered that Jennie was missing. Wild with alarm, she aroused the neighbors, and instituted a search throughout the vicinity. When a gentleman who "had just happened to drop into the saloon" informed the widow where her daughter was, the poor woman nearly fainted. The thought that a daughter of hers had deliberately entered such a place was almost unbearable. After she had rescued Jennie from the saloon, the widow was forced to listen to numerous encomiums on her daughter's part in praise of Saloon-Keeper Jones. Almost unconsciously, the child's praises influenced her, and she found herself half wishing that he were in some more reputable business. For his part, Jones decided that he could not possibly get along without the widow. As the most obvious course of winning her, he sold out his saloon, and opened a drug store. And so it happened, when he advertised for an assistant, the widow at once applied for the place.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Charles M. Seay | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Dan Mason | |
| Mathilde Baring | |
| Cora Williams | |
| May Abbey |
