Ethelyn Gibson has run away from daddy Ted Lorch because he wants to sell her to Leo White, King of Little Italy, for his music hall. So she dresses as a man and runs into Billy West in this scattergun burlesque of D.W. Griffith.Billy has begun his transformation from the best of the Chaplin imitators to his own character. Although he retains the mustache and taste for kicking people in the pants, he wears a nice jacket and a boater hat. Over the next few years he would finally build his own character and then go into the production of comedy instead of starring.The burlesque of Griffith might not be apparent to anyone not looking for it, since it largely consists of single moving close up shots, titles like "Birth of a Notion" or set-ups that recall movies like "The Musketeers of Pig Alley". They get lost in the funny stuff and you can watch this for the jokes without losing anything. Keep an eye out for a heavily made-up Charley Chase -- still billed as "Charles Parrott" in the director's credit, as the temperance missionary.