The Basket Habit (1914)
A feature of housekeeping in the South is "The Basket Habit," a playful little eccentricity on the part of the colored servant. The manner and matter of it is this. After a meal or at the end of the day, the darkey maid, carefully concealing a large basket, approaches the refrigerator, and removes therefrom all the remnants, scraps and odds and ends of food which may have been left at any meal, and which have been saved by the thrifty housewife. When the latter approaches her larder for a snack or a cold lunch, she finds.it empty. Mrs. Clifford has a new servant named Phyllis, who, unknown to her mistress, has the basket habit. After dinner, she sweeps the ice box clear and gives the basket to her husband, who puts it in what he considers a place of safety, until he is ready to take it home. Mr. Clifford unexpectedly brings home a guest, Matthew Porter. Mr. Porter has just come off a railroad train and is hungry. Thanks to Phyllis, there is nothing in the house to eat, and none of the neighbors can help Mrs. Clifford. Eddie Chance is in love with Maud, sister of Mrs. Clifford, but is compelled to meet his sweetheart surreptitiously, owing to his being poor, and consequently regarded with disfavor by Mrs. Clifford and her husband. Eddie finds the basket of dainties secreted by Phyllis' husband, and feeds up Mr. Porter, who, being fed and happy, concludes a big business deal with Clifford and takes the next train. Clifford is so grateful that he gives Ed a good job, and Mrs. Clifford allows the two young people to consider themselves engaged.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| C.J. Williams | Director |
| Mark Swan | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Arthur Housman | |
| Elsie MacLeod | |
| Ida Williams | |
| William Wadsworth |
