Curing Her Extravagance
Directed by Pat HartiganAfter Arthur's marriage to Kate, his troubles begin. Her extravagance soon depletes his exchequer. He calls upon her father, Mr. Morton, for funds. The latter supplies $50,000, with the warning that the spendthrift must be cured. Soon the fifty thousand vanishes and Arthur is desperate. He determines to teach Kate a lesson and writes a note, stating that he has gone to end it all. While sitting on a park bench, he is arrested for loitering and serves thirty days in jail. Thinking that Arthur has kept his word, Kate, grief-stricken, pawns all his clothes and the household valuables. When Arthur returns from prison his happy wife conducts him to the cemetery and shows him a handsome monument which she has had erected to his memory.
