A young man calls on his sweetheart, whose stern and grouchy father has forbidden her to receive the attentions of this particular lover. Because she is told to do so and is aware that she is watched by papa, she rejects the ardent suitor....See moreA young man calls on his sweetheart, whose stern and grouchy father has forbidden her to receive the attentions of this particular lover. Because she is told to do so and is aware that she is watched by papa, she rejects the ardent suitor. The latter, realizing "that faint heart ne'er won fair lady," consults a fortune teller, who prescribes love drops. He purchases some from her and sends them to the object of his affections. Papa is in a grouchy mood at the dinner table when the love drops, in the shape of a box of candy, arrive. He snatches them from his daughter's hands and eats some with marvelous results. The young man calls to find that while his package has missed the mark it has nevertheless accomplished the desired result, for papa is gradually transformed from a pessimistic "grouch" to an optimistic lover of the universe. His actions at this point produce the happy ending and the big laugh of the picture. Written by
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