Haps and Mishaps

• 1909
• Other, Comedy

Haps and mishaps build the ups and downs In life. Every small hap follows a mishap and every mishap a hap. It is not advisable to laugh at a man who meets with a hap, as a mishap may befall the one who enjoys the hap and "he laughs best who laughs last." A laborer carrying a long board accidentally throws off the hat of a passing gentleman. An Italian art dealer laughs at the gentleman's misfortune only to meet with a bigger one himself. While the street cleaners are at work a friend of the man with the hose tries to play a practical joke on him, but it is he who at the end is the sufferer. The same is the case with the father-in-law who tries to interfere with his daughter's love affairs. Always he laughs best who laughs last.