Tontolini, reading an advertisement offering a complete clothing outfit for a pound, purchases and dons the suit of his choice. Returning homewards, he collides with a coal carrier, and spreads his length on the ground. A workman watering ...See moreTontolini, reading an advertisement offering a complete clothing outfit for a pound, purchases and dons the suit of his choice. Returning homewards, he collides with a coal carrier, and spreads his length on the ground. A workman watering the streets gives him the full benefit of the hose. He purchases a large roll of blotting-paper, with which he endeavors to dry himself. This proving inefficient, Tontolini decides to dry himself in the sun. Gradually his clothes begin to shrink, till, at the end of half an hour, they assume impossible proportions. Enraged, he returns to the shop, demands justice, and proceeds to devastate the entire premises, and finally-ends in the arms of the law. Written by
Bioscope - July 11, 1912
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