Expensive Economy (1915)
Have you ever figured out how much money you spend in a year if you give away ten cent tips each day? $36.50 a year. Well, that is what made Walter Jones a member of the Anti-Tipping Society; no, the president, for nobody wanted the job; also the marked victim of the Something for Nothing Union. A delegate of the terrible Something for Nothing Union is pursuing his victim, the Hon. Jones, who has resolved never to pay another tip. He even refuses to give his wife a kiss, for fear of violating the rule. Who is that shining Jones' clothes, not his shoes? Hist, it is the disguised desperate delegate. Hark, are those cries of the wounded on a battlefield in Flanders? No, that is Jonesey trying to escape from a mysterious barber, who is the unrelenting delegate in disguise. Three hours for lunch is a long wait, but Jones is a good waiter. He is a commuter, and the waiters knew it, for they made him wait that long when the death-defying delegate demanded it. His commands are law among all legalized blackmailers. Phew, it is warm. Is the steam turned on? No, no, it's only tabasco flavor of Mr. Jones' coffee. Like the Sultan, he takes the hint and abdicates, hotly pursued by his oppressor. Like a modern Mazeppa, he hangs between death and disgrace, on the wildest of steeds, a car driven by a fiend incarnate. He misses his train, and then he gets wise. His return to grace is rapid, and all's well that ends well.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Charles Ransom | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Arthur Housman | |
| William Wadsworth |
