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Madame porte la culotte

Dans un ménage, la femme acariâtre et volontaire frappe à bras raccourcis sur son mari et l’oblige à bercer les enfants, à laver la vaisselle, etc. Pendant ce temps, elle va se promener, jouer au billard et monte à bicyclette. Fatigué, le mari se révolte et, après une scène de pugilat qui ramène le cours régulier de la vie dans le ménage, la femme reprend son véritable rôle.

PAT 1906-04/05

Madame Wears the Breeches

While hubby performs the household duties his "better half" takes herself off for a day's outing. The film shows the husband cleaning the boots, washing the dishes, knitting the socks, and cleaning up generally, and the wife elsewhere drinking, smoking, and card-playing. One day is quite enough for the poor man, and on the arrival home of his wife, he forcibly asserts his proper position, and, later, they can be seen walking out together, and while the wife is looking after the numerous children, hubby is enjoying a quiet smoke. Very amusing.

The Era, London, May 19, 1906, p. 30.