All in the Air
Directed by Arthur HotalingThree tramps, Tom, Dick and Joe, find some crates beside the railroad track containing the equipment of an acrobatic team, which has accidentally fallen from a show train. They are starving and conceive the idea of utilizing the outfit to give a show. They discover some professional photographs in the trunk which illustrate the acts and they proceed to practice the tricks. Not being very clever, they bluff it through. Dick is sent in clown's dress to advertise the show. The news quickly spreads and the whole countryside turn out to see the show. Tom and Dick do an acrobatic act with tables, introducing funny falls, etc. Dick supported by a wire does some truly wonderful hand balancing feats which amaze the country people. The collection nets them more money than they have seen in the last year. They decide to give an encore and while Joe is working away at the ropes, one of the rubes, curious to see "behind the scenes," wanders back to the tree where the fake is being worked. He calls the others to come and see, and the tramps make a break before the audience perceives the deception. The farmers give chase and catch them, but instead of beating them up they merely want to congratulate them; and one old whiskered fellow gives an additional half dollar.
