Good Luck for the Coming Year

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Leaving his wife and servant at home, a gentleman goes out. The letter carrier now brings his wife a letter and on opening it she reads, from a friend, that if she would be lucky for the coming year she must kiss a soldier. Joyful, she dons her street costume and is soon looking for her soldier. Meanwhile, down in the kitchen, the cook is entertaining her soldier sweetheart with madam's bounty; he is a funny, un-military looking fellow, and he caresses his portly Juliet in a comical manner, both forgetful of madam, who is out trying to kiss a soldier. She comes upon a group of hussars, but they brush her aside, curiously enough. Her firm belief in the advice causes her to make love to a lone sentinel, but she cannot kiss him. Several times she tries, but finally disgusted, she starts home. She comes into the house, but her domestic is not about the hall. She calls for her in the hall but receives no response; again and again, and she finally goes down to the kitchen, where of course she finds the couple spooning. But instead of upbraiding them madam takes joyously to the soldier; to the surprise of the cook she escorts him to the parlor, where she waits upon him in grand style; he submits to the fine treatment, but she has been biding her time, when suddenly she throws her arms around him and kisses him joyously. But her husband returns just in time to see this, and he takes vengeance on the soldier; he slams him all over the room, and when he finally pulls his victim out of the fireplace for another session the wife stops the proceedings by showing her angry hubby the letter concerning the effect of the soldier's kiss. He promptly tells the soldier t go ahead kissing, taking a few luck ones for himself, also.