- Tony Guardio, the handsome barber, is bewailing his lack of trade, and there comes to him Marion Trevor, a very pretty girl, who asks to open a manicure stand in his barbershop. Tony cannot see where her customers are to come from, but impressed by the girl's charms, he consents. One of Tony's regular customers, a young gentleman of a wealthy family, named Edward Robbins, after once looking upon Marion, readily consents to be manicured. His effort at conversation with her inflames Tony to jealous rage. Edward goes home, but can think of nothing but the girl. His father is greatly alarmed over his condition, but the boy tells him that all he needs is occupation. He returns the next day to the barbershop laden with roses, which he sends in to Marion. Next day he returns on the same errand and is confronted by a sign on Tony's shop indicating the place for sale. Edward decides to become a business man. Edward makes a proposition to purchase the shop. The transaction is no sooner completed than Tony tells the manicure girl that he will open another shop and requests her to join him there, but Edward makes a stronger bid, and the girl decides to stay. Tony scowls and leaves the shop. Edward is jealous of the attentions of a fat traveling salesman to Marion, and asks her to marry. She consents, but their bliss is interrupted by his father, who has dropped in for a shave and finds his son in barber regalia and kissing a pretty girl. Edward tells his father that she is to become his wife, but the old gentleman does not receive the news in the same spirit, and applies some epithets to the girl, which her fiancé resents. His father gives him the choice of being disinherited. Edward demonstrates his decision by taking the girl into his arms, and his father storms out. They are married and happy, but soon reduced to their last penny. Meantime Edward's parents are longing for their son. His mother finally prevails upon father to see if he cannot effect a reconciliation. Tony, the barber, has made efforts to induce his manicure girl to again work for him, and when he learns that she is married he secures a small bomb to wreck his old barber shop. Edward's father has made his way there to make peace with his son. The old man enters unexpectedly upon Tony, sees the bomb and struggles with the Italian. Marion, hearing the noise, rushes on as Tony knocks father down and escapes. She picks up the bomb and hurls it out the door. Edward sets out in pursuit of Tony, bidding his father care for Marion. She seats father in the barber chair. He has received a sharp cut over the eye. She bathes the cut and tenderly administers to his needs. She finally remembers that this man disinherited his son on her account and starts to leave. He holds out his arms to her and asks her if she will not be a daughter to him. Mrs. Robbins comes to the barbershop and gladly learns of her husband's reconciliation with the manicure girl. In the meantime Edward has been busily engaged in pounding Tony and drags him back to the shop. He forgets his rage at Tony in his joy upon learning that his father and mother have taken Marion into the family. He gladly accepts his father's offer to return home, and to the astonishment of Tony, who begs for forgiveness, he handsomely makes him a present of his old barbershop. His father proudly takes his daughter-in-law under his arm, and the reunited family leave for home, while Tony leans back in his chair repeating in bewilderment, "What - Next."—Moving Picture World synopsis
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