The adventures of Cab 23 and its &quot;skiddoo&quot; driver have been taken advantage of to produce an unrivalled piece of film comedy. The cab driver&apos;s home opens the picture, it being evident that the man is tired, probably from his work ...

Cab 23

The adventures of Cab 23 and its "skiddoo" driver have been taken advantage of to produce an unrivalled piece of film comedy. The cab driver's home opens the picture, it being evident that the man is tired, probably from his work of the night beforehand does not wish to go out; his wife, however, wishes him to do so, and finally he brings his old horse out of the stable and, hitching him up to the cab, drives off to see what the day will bring forth, which proves to be plenty. Arriving at the stand, cabbie's first fare is decidedly not a "fair" one, but a negro wench of darkest hue, who deposits her basket of laundry on the seat of the cab and ensconces herself inside. It seems, however, that the fare is not to cabbie's liking and he drives so roughly as to throw both washing and washerwoman out of the vehicle and leaves the wench storming in the middle of the road with her washing scattered around her. His next fare is a Rube and his wife who are seeing the city, and from whom he obtains their, money before he lets them into the cab, and after a short ride induces them to get out to see some sight and drives off, leaving them in despair. Getting back quickly, the cab driver manages to run over and scattering the contents of two push carts and finally regains his stand. Now the cab driver gets his, a tough citizen appears and insists on getting into the cab; the driver objects and asks for money, but gets a licking instead and the tough taking his hat and coat, kicks the unfortunate driver out of his road and mounting the box drives off himself to look for a fare on his own account. He encounters a gentleman who has been dining much too well and shows it. This looks good to the new driver, who dismounts and persuades the intoxicated individual to get into his cab, after relieving him of all his valuables, but the poor fellow cannot maintain his equilibrium and at last rolls out of the cab and is left to his fate by the heartless cabby. The next fare is a very portly gentleman, who appears to enjoy his ride, but unfortunately is so heavy that he breaks through the floor of the cab, and being unable to attract the driver's attention, is compelled to run along as fast as the horse can trot, with his legs projecting through the bottom until he finally succumbs and is also left sprawling in the road. When the driver loses his fare he, loses no time in lamenting, but patches up the bottom and drives on till he picks up a couple of ancient ladies, who desire to take a drive. All goes well until, alas! a wheel comes off, the ladies are thrown out the wheel replaced and the cab man drives off, leaving the ladies minus what they had paid and not knowing how to get home. The cab driver's next adventure is serious. Being pretty far gone in drink, he collides with a policeman on his beat, who immediately pursues him. At first it seems as if he would escape, but one more accident occurs; a junk dealer drives his wagon across the street and the cab smashes into it, delaying the game long enough to enable the pursuing policeman to arrive on the scene and arrest both cab driver and junk man, and putting them into the cab, drives them off to the station house. Apparently the cab is hoodooed, for on the way to the station the policeman runs into an inoffensive old Irishwoman, and on her complaining, takes her into custody loads her into the cab also. The policeman is a poor driver and ends the adventures of Cab 23 in a very unexpected manner; with great carelessness it manages to overturn the cab, ejecting the occupants; the horse runs away; the driver and junk dealer escape. Biddy" is dragged out of the ruins more dead than alive and the cab itself is a total wreck. -- The Moving Picture World, August 31, 1907

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