Her Dressmaker's Bills
Directed by Phillips SmalleyMrs. Owing is fond of dress, but she cannot pay her bills. The dressmakers, calling to collect from her annoy Mr. Owing at his office. Determining to teach his wife a lesson, Mr. Owing disguises himself as a constable and hires two toughs to impersonate bailiffs. Meanwhile a boy has delivered Mr. Owing's new dress suit to his house. Mr. Owing enters with his fake bailiffs, scares his wife, takes away her clothes, and exits, laughing. Later, wifey penitent promises to be less extravagant, and hubby forgives her. Then he learns that he has given away not only her dresses, but his own dress suit. The joke is on him.
