A little girl sneaks behind a man reading a newspaper. The little girl tickles her father with a long straw from behind. The man attempts to shoo away the tickling. The girl tickles the man’s ears, causing the man to wave his newspaper around his head. The girl giggles as she tickles her father. She continues to tickle her father until he loses his balance and falls over backwards with his chair.
A homeless tramp breaks into the Wm. Waldorf Astor mansion. He walks back and forth a luxurious vacant bedroom as he talks. He smokes and checks himself out in front of the vanity mirror. The tramp sleeps in the four-poster bed before a matron and her maid walks into the room. The woman removes her hat and gives it to her maid. She checks herself in front of the mirror before retiring to bed. She discovers the tramp in her bed and runs out of her room for the maid. The maid enters and finds the stranger in her mistress’ room. She runs out of the room and returns with her mistress and a police officer. The policeman apprehends and takes the tramp away. The policeman hits the tramp with a stick as they leave the room. The tramp buys a newspaper from a newspaper boy and reads it. He kicks the newspaper boy and waves his newspaper in the air.
Yachts compete in a great international yacht races. The light boat is seen marking the finish line with great struggle. As the American yacht Columbia crosses the line, followed closely by the yacht Shamrock, steam rises from the whistle of the light vessel.
The first annual automobile parade by the Automobile Club of America in Manhattan, New York City. Madison Square Garden is seen in the background. At least ten different types of cars, including electric and steam powered ones drive by. Some bicycles ride near the automobiles. Police officers walk nearby. A carriage pulled by a white horse is driven past the camera, and a horse-drawn hansom cab is seen waiting for the parade to pass.
Dramatized scenes: A pair of clerks play a game of cards in a broker’s office. Their boss, a broker, arrives in the office. The cards are thrown down in great haste and the clerks quickly pretend to be engaged in their work. Their boss looks over the mail and sits behind an adjacent screen to read the newspaper. A lady enters the office to speak with the boss. One of the clerks shows the lady the way to the broker. The broker and the lady flirt with one another and they began to make out. One of the clerks discovers the scene and calls the attention of his co-worker. The two clerks eavesdrop on the couple until one of the chairs is suddenly tipped over by the office boy and the clerks and screen fall upon the unsuspecting broker. The broker angrily throws off his coat and proceeds to clear out the office. One of the clerks becomes frightened and jumps through the window into the corridor while the other is unceremoniously fired through the door.
Dramatized scenes: A pretty cook pushes a child away as she mixes bread in a kitchen. A man named Jones comes in from a trip, carrying a suitcase. He lays down his suitcase on the floor. He and the cook talks. He takes off his suit and kisses the cook. The cook puts her arms around the man’s neck, leaving finger imprints of flour on his back. Jone’s wife walks into the scene, accusing her husband of cheating with the cook. Jones denies the allegation, making his wife scornfully points to the finger marks found on his back. The wife becomes angry, seizing the pan of flour and turns it upside down on the man’s head, spoiling his best Sunday clothes. The man escapes and the wife fires the cook through the door.
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