Count Barber
Directed by Bert AngelesA million-dollar legacy having enabled Miss Ophelia to give up her boarding house, she goes to New York in search of a gay time and a handsome husband. Arrived at the city with her maid, Belinda, she takes a suite in the Hotel Magnifique and prepares for conquest. The day after her arrival she sallies out, accompanied as usual by her faithful attendant, and visits the parlors of Mme. Du Bluff, an instructor in deportment and etiquette. Belinda annoys the madame by imitating her behind her back and is rather suddenly turned out of the house. On the way home she makes a few purchases and, seeing a rather distinguished looking man watching her, she drops a parcel, thus giving him the opportunity to pick it up for her and so break the conversational ice. She finds that he is a barber's assistant and that he is then due to be at work, so she makes a date to meet him later on. Hearing of Miss Ophelia's millions, Mme. Du Bluff determines to get all she can of them. She tells her that she would like to introduce her to her brother, "the Count," and a meeting place is arranged. In the park, Belinda grows suspicious when she sees her mistress going out without her, a thing she never ordinarily does, and follows her to the park. She sees her mistress introduced to "the Count" by Mme. Du Bluff, who cleverly fades away, leaving them together. Belinda is furious when she sees her mistress being taken in by this man, whom he recognizes as the barber with whom she herself has a later appointment. When she tells Miss Ophelia of the man's real identity, she is not believed, but the next day she takes her mistress to the barber shop, where they see him shaving a customer. The manner in which Mme. Du Bluff has tried to fool her at once becomes evident to Miss Ophelia, who rushes into the shop and exacts summary vengeance from the terrified "Count Barber," fastening him in his own chair and giving him a generous bath of soap-suds, hair-oil and scalp-tonics of all kinds.
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