Shortly after the day began in the property room of the U-Funny theater, there entered Griffith, the company's manager, with his associates from town. There was Mrs. Morris, the heavy, and Gladys, the soubrette. Bert, the head prop man, and Walter, his assistant, made a grab for Gladys, who was none other than the affianced of Griffith. Her suitcases and trunks received first attention, despite Mrs. Morris' fondness for both the property man and his assistant, and when her foot caught in a board in the stage and dangled into the prop room there was almost a stampede as to who should come to her assistance first. The climax arrived when Walter and Gladys were discovered in a small canoe in the middle of the lake by Griffith. The boat is overturned and, with the aid of a passerby, the two vacationists are lassoed, and almost dragged over the bridge's railing to safety. Griffith, unable to stand it longer, enters the water, when the rope is snapped, and there ensues a lively fight, with all emerging and seeking refuge in the park until their clothing dries. A weary Willie passing along, with a penchant for stealing clothes, further complicates matters so, when the trio does finally arrive, much the worse for wear and tear, at the U-Funny theater, where the curtain is already up, some more things begin to happen. Mrs. Morris is justified in feeling slighted, and she plans a few stunts herself, which deprive Gladys of some of the spotlight, especially as she has arrived after Walter, taken from his duties as head prop man, is mustered into soubrette service. Bert finally helps out and becomes a target for the heavy, who hurls knives, daggers, hatchets and other delicate things at his head, shoulders and limbs, to show that she is an A No. 1 marksman, each time just missing a part of Bert's quivering flesh. Finally, when it comes to throwing the burning torches, a fire is started, and while the firemen are arriving other things start to happen, with Gladys, Walter and Mrs. Morris mixed up in the melee. Bert is finally rescued, after a very horrible experience, and Gladys and the chorus find that they have left little of their original abbreviated wardrobes.

Moving Picture World, September 1, 1917