The Two Mr. Whites

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John White, a spruce man-about-town, receives an invitation from a friend to spend a week-end with him at his country place. As the friend is confined to his home by illness, he promises that some good fellows will meet White at the station and bring him out to the house. White is delighted with the suggestion and starts for the train. Meanwhile Jonathan White, a noted temperance reformer, receives an invitation from the local branch of the Sons of Temperance to address a meeting, and he takes the same train. Both men are carrying suit cases marked with their names, and when Jonathan White is seen on the station platform the crowd of good fellows hustle him into an automobile and off for the house. The Sons of Temperance make John White welcome to their city and start uptown with him. On the way he suggests stopping in for a drink. They are horrified, but follow him into the saloon, thinking it to be the opening for some temperance agitation, but their hopes are dispelled when five beers are set before them and White half drains his glass at a single thirsty gulp. They hurry to the sidewalk, where he joins them and the matter is still being discussed when Jonathan happens upon them. He has been forced to drink with his reception committee and has jumped out of the window to escape further indignities. One glance at his face and another at the two suit cases explains the mixup, and John White completes their confusion by absentmindedly suggesting, "Let's all go in and have another drink on the strength of it." The Sons of Temperance flee the society of the wicked and John White at last finds his friends and enjoys a hearty laugh over the odd mixup.