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Open Spaces Synopsis

The kids from the tenement district are enjoying their annual summer vacation at a "fresh air" camp in the country. There is so much hard luck in camp that if it was raining soup, there wouldn't be a spoon within a mile of the camp. "Big Boy" is at an unlucky age. He is just out of the baby stage and not big enough to be one of the boys. He is left out of all of their games and sports and whenever the gang goes fishing he is left behind. But he surprises them all by his ability to catch fish in the center of the road. They leave him in camp to watch the baby while they go swimming. "Big Boy" presses "Pal" into service and brings the baby along. "Pal" watches the baby while "Big Boy" tries to join the boys. They try to elude him but he follows them "Big Boy" decide to do some more fishing but he is short of bait. He finally gets hold of a piece of Limburger cheese with which he bait his hook. The bait is wonderfully successful for it sets all the fish crazy and "Big Boy's" basket is soon filled. Back at the camp again, "Big Boy" is appointed official "White-wings" and his job is to keep the grounds clean. With a pointed stick and a bag, he collects all the rubbish and is going along fine when he spears the prize fat boy of the camp. A wild animal breaks loose from a circus and it keeper seeks it in the woods near the boys' camp, naturally, this throws a scare into them and lead to many mad scrambles to escape imaginary beasts. Bonnie, the daughter of a millionaire visits the camp and "Big Boy" falls in love with her. The two of them have quite a romance which is spoiled when both he and the girl sit on a pair of the chauffeur's dirty glove. For a while they think the camp is threatened by the black hand. Every thing is straightened out all right and "Big Boy" is in luck once more. Bonnie smiles at him and everything is all peaches and cream.

Mary's Ankle Synopsis

While walking along the street one day, Arthur P. Hampton, an impoverished young doctor, and his chums, Stub Masters and Johnny Stokes, are persuaded to part with their last remaining funds by tag day solicitor Mary Jane Smith, with whom the doctor promptly falls in love. Doc's friends then hit upon a get-rich-quick scheme. Knowing that his Uncle George has promised a large sum of money upon his nephew's marriage, they persuade Doc to send out fake wedding invitations naming Mary Jane as the blushing bride. Uncle George, elated at the good news, writes to Mary Jane's aunt, Angelica Burns, an old sweetheart, to invite Mary Jane and Angelica to be his guests on an ocean voyage. Meanwhile, Mary Jane pays a visit to the doctor's office and, upon seeing the wedding invitations, becomes so flustered that she trips and sprains her ankle. Doc comes to her rescue and then begs her to pose as his wife. She agrees, but at ship-side, Stub and Johnnie confess all to Uncle George, who flies into a rage until Doc announces that he and Mary Jane have chosen a wedding at sea.