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Educating His Daughters (1914)
Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy

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Educating His Daughters (1914)

Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy

A retired capitalist rears his three motherless daughters in the seclusion of his country place, away from the gaze of man. An accidental meeting with three wholesome young fellows whose automobile stalls outside the grounds, produce ...See moreA retired capitalist rears his three motherless daughters in the seclusion of his country place, away from the gaze of man. An accidental meeting with three wholesome young fellows whose automobile stalls outside the grounds, produce consternation in dad and damages six hearts in pairs for all eternity. Tom, the boldest, gains admission to the home as a spinster teacher, and by coquetting with dad rouses that gentleman to a sudden recognition of too youthful appearance and finds himself stalled permanently. In the study room he manages his disguise nicely, but in the boudoir he has an embarrassing moment when the three fascinating pupils perch about in their pajamas and chat over their new teacher and offer their services as maids. At last he gets them off to bed and himself retires, but his two partners rouse him by climbing the wall at his window and demanding recognition of their existence. He agrees to arrange a meeting with the girls. Next day he takes the girls into the woods for nature study, and the affinities are in a seventh heaven until Tom rudely cuts off the meeting, maintaining the character of teacher even before the boys, and affecting great anger with the girls. They soothe him with tearful kisses, to the envy of his team-mates, and he escorts them away, hugely enjoying the chagrin of Jack and Fred. He encounters his greatest difficulty in maintaining his impersonation when he accepts the kisses of Peggy. The third meeting takes place at the party which Tom insists is necessary to test the firmness of the girls' antipathy for the odious opposite sex. The ballroom, the conservatory, and the moonlight garden complete the undoing of the years of education. Dad himself is completely bowled over by the teacher in her ballroom gown, and grows more persistent in his attentions. Tom endures him while the others woo. Dad gives pursuit and the boys follow dad, collecting Tom's wardrobe, which he loses. Peggy had suspicions when she detected a roughness in Tom's cheek earlier in the evening, and now the complete exposure comes when Tom backs into the conservatory in corset and trousers. Peggy is tearful, her sisters furious. Dad, lagging behind in the chase, is the only one still unenlightened. He corners Tom behind a screen. The girls, watching from a hiding place, see the humor of the whole deception and forgive the three scamps. Tom and dad play hide-and-seek. Tom refuses dad's ring and kiss unless he agrees to let the girls marry the men of their choice. Dad consents, gives the ring and demands the kiss. Tom resists, the screen is upset and so is dad when he sees Tom's trousers. The ring goes to Peggy. Dad stands by his promise, which the girls have overheard, and Tom stands by his girl and tenders the kiss, but dad resigns. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

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