The Directoire Gown

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An enterprising theatrical manager to "boost" business, selects his fairest show girl, bedecks her with a "directoire" or sheath gown and she starts out on a walk through a busy thoroughfare. What follows is fine for the risibilities. A policeman having arrested a burglar frees him to follow the gown. Several firemen abandon a fire and follow the policeman. Soldiers in a drill break ranks to go after the fireman. Two men on wheels follow the soldiers. Men leave their wives and join the procession. Others jump out of windows for a glimpse. A street astrologer abandons star gazing and focuses his telescope on the fair apparition. The procession finally its winds way back to the theater and the crowd "falls" for the show, which turns out to be a poor one,