
Summary
In a narrative replete with corporeal tribulations, Walter, driven by an ardent desire to win the affections of a certain lady, embarks upon a journey of weight loss. His odyssey commences with a series of comedic misadventures, as he endeavors to cinch his waist within a corset, facilitated by a flivver and a jack. However, his stays burst, precipitating a catastrophic sequence of events that thwarts the party. Undeterred, Walter relinquishes his pursuit of slenderness, only to discover that his paramour's corpulent uncle harbors a predilection for him, contingent upon his ability to surpass a rival in a weigh-in. Through an ingenious stratagem, involving the surreptitious placement of flat irons in his attire and sand within his trousers, Walter succeeds in outmaneuvering his adversary, securing the uncle's pecuniary largesse and, by extension, a felicitous denouement.
Synopsis
Walter, to win a girl, has to reduce. Finally gets into a corset by means of a flivver and a jack and puts the party on the blink when his stays burst. Giving up reducing in disgust, finds that his girl's fat uncle is for him if he can weigh in at more than his rival and wins by putting flat irons in his clothes and sand in his trousers. Gets uncle's money and all is content.
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