Mary Jane's Mishap; or, Don't Fool with the Parafin

Biograph summary: Mary Jane rises early, enters kitchen yawning. Notices time of morning--hurriedly builds fire, blacks the boots--smudges her face--admires herself in a hand mirror--Grimaces (large)--discovers the fire's out--Happy idea!--Paraffin applied, strikes a light, applies same--Explosion--Mary Jane blown up the chimney. Scene--House tops--Mary Jane blown through chimney-tops amidst volumes of smoke--Mary Jane descends in pieces--Scene--Cemetery. Appropriate epitaph on tombstone--Visitors seeking M. J.'s resting place--Overcome with emotion--fright through appearance of M.J.'s ghost arising. Ghost seeks something. Found at last?--the Paraffin Can. M. J.'s ghost re-enters tomb contented. Finale--M. J.'s cat the only mourner.--Curtain and Moral. Extremely funny.
       Lubin summary: Mary Jane is a typical 'Hinglish girl. She is seen in her kitchen, having overslept herself, skurrying about, trying to do a number of things at one time. She blackens the Master's boots, puts the kettle on, builds the fire, etc., etc. While engaged in shoe-blacking, she scratches her nose with the blacking brush and leaves a large black mark on her face which makes it appear that Mary Jane has a mustache. However, she goes on with her work, but the fire will not come up. Mary runs for the paraffin can, and proceeds to pour about a quart of the fluid on the apparently extinguished fire, after which she kneels on the floor to blow some life into the old kitchen range. She evidently succeeds for, suddenly an awful explosion occurs and Mary is seen traveling heavenward. The picture changes to an exterior view. The housetops appear to view. Suddenly Mary is seen to emerge from the chimney and continue her flight toward angel land. Shortly after, she descends piecemeal and when the last piece has fallen the picture dissolves into a scene laid in a graveyard where poor Mary was interred. The inscription on the tombstone is to effect that Mary had gone to heaven by the aid of paraffin. An old lady accompanied by three younger ones visits the grave but are frightened off by the ghost of the departed kitchen maid who is seen in ghostly form tightly hugging the paraffin can. Exceedingly fine.