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A Biograph comedy, presented with all the snap and go which characterize the efforts of the capable actors employed by that company. A girl has two lovers and Jim, as is represented in the well-remembered poem, gets her. As soon as they arc married she begins to order him around, with clubs and other pleasant things in a way that makes him tired of life. Meanwhile Jack, who also wanted her, is mourning over her picture and envying Jim his good fortune. Jim suddenly dies of acute indigestion, in which perhaps there is a hidden insinuation at the average bride's ability to prepare the cuisine. Jack immediately gets busy and before very long leads the dashing young widow to the altar. The next morning his troubles begin. He complains of the coffee and the larger part of the crockery on the table is broken over his head before the widow is finished with his discipline. She leaves him in a towering rage. Slowly and with great evidence of grief he crawls from under the table, takes Jim's picture from the wall and repeats with every indication of sadness those well-known lines: "Lucky Jim. How I envy him." - The Moving Picture World, May 1, 1909