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Father accepted "his first half holiday" with school boy enthusiasm. To make the occasion "memorable" he purchases theater tickets for the afternoon's performance. At home his plans for the day are heartily endorsed by his wife and son. ...See moreFather accepted "his first half holiday" with school boy enthusiasm. To make the occasion "memorable" he purchases theater tickets for the afternoon's performance. At home his plans for the day are heartily endorsed by his wife and son. Mother busy superintending the servant's removal of an unruly stove-pipe, is requested to dress at once, father volunteering to attend to the pipe. The clumsy servant is quickly ordered to the kitchen, and father grapples with his self-appointed task. The pipe almost proves his master. Broken bric-a-brac and soot-covered clothing bear witness to the measure of his success. Blinded with soot he dumps the pipe into the box with mother's new bat and starts with it for the cellar. Stumbling through the kitchen he falls into and ruins a rack of clean clothes. The falling pipe showers soot over the floor. Brushing it up, he absently throws the soot into the flour barrel. Eventually the pipe is unloaded in the cellar, here father is horrified to find mother's hat crushed and dirty. Hearing footsteps he guiltily forces the ruined hat into the furnace and hides behind a barrel. The janitor, entering to attend to the furnace, finds the hat. Father, fearful of further complications, rushes out so forcefully to regain it that the janitor, terror-stricken, rushes from the cellar. Meanwhile, mother, dressing, uses sooty powder on her face. Little Robbie finds soot in his pockets and smears himself from head to foot. The servant in the kitchen is exasperated over a pan of black dough. The janitor runs frantically through the house. All meet in the dining room. Father's personal condition tells them the source of their misfortune. Explanations are useless; mother's anger at the loss of her new hat knows no bounds. Father is roughly handled. The first half holiday ends in disaster. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less