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- This newly married couple would rather a burglar steal the diamonds than the eggs and shoes.
- Henry objects to his wife making the new Swedish servant girl being made "one of the family."
- Hubby is suffering from a toothache and in spite of his wife's pleadings with him to visit the dentist, he fails to yield. Finally she makes an appointment and the dentist succeeds in extracting the wrong tooth.
- The plot hinges about the timidities of two bachelors with regard to proposals of matrimony, and in the course of the picture the second bachelor falls in love with the pretty woman who has become the wife of bachelor Number One, without knowing the situation.
- In spite of all the troubles (and successes) which the "unmarried look" causes Henry, he finally rises to the "very crown" of the hat business. For be it known Henry is a seller of Cupid hats, and is called upon to flaunt his graces before the feminine sex with whom he has become very popular, even to the near disruption of his domestic happiness. One day when Mr. Henry left the house in an unusually buoyant spirit, Mrs. Henry's suspicions caused her a very bad half hour, at the end of which she decides to call at the Cupid Hat Palace and investigate matters for herself. Here she finds hubby busy with a fair customer, and be it said to Henry's credit that his interest in the fair sex other than his wife is merely a matter of business. The final straw falls when at home once again Mrs. Henry is obliged to take a phone message from one of these fair customers with whom hubby has made a lunch engagement, and is under the painful necessity of informing her that she is Mr. Henry's wife and not his mother. A tempest in a teapot ensues in the Henry household upon which the curtain is wisely drawn. We are then led over a skip of several years, when we find Henry a happy father. He has now climbed to the "very crown" of the hat business, as before stated, and has become an absolute nuisance by way of his pride in his possession of a son. For even should he forget to state that he has a wife, he never forgets to acclaim the fact that he is the possessor of a baby son.
- Mr. and Mrs. Henry, who are fond of good living, have become ardent patriots. In the first year of their married life they have had some fifty seven cooks, all of whom were temperamental; but at last an angel has been sent them in the shape of Mandy, who caters religiously to their appetites. Mandy's first jolt from the patriotic side comes one day when she finds in the ice box the chicken, which she has carefully prepared and sat up four hours the night before to serve as a part of a late supper to her master and mistress on their return from a patriotic ball. At this point Mandy's education has begun, and at last, to the delight of Mr. and Mrs. Henry, Mandy not only has become a full-fledged food conservationist herself, but has educated all the cooks in the block, and has seen to it that Mrs. Henry wears the badge of honor also.
- Polly arranges a wonderful list of Christmas gifts she intends to buy. A round of the stores convinces her that the list will require remodeling to bring it within the limits of her Christmas purse, and forthwith her inventive brain begins to busy itself trying to replace her expensive first choices with cheaper articles, with more regard for her purse than for those to whom the gifts are to be given. Some funny incidents occur between Polly and Henry, and the finish comes when Henry presents Polly on Christmas morning with a tile umbrella stand which he has decorated himself.
- Wifey knows hubby is vain, so she persuades him to buy her fine clothes to match his baby blue eyes.
- Mr. Henry, a traveling salesman, is unable to pay proper attention to his business because of the tormenting recollection of his wife's tears at parting. No matter how frequent the necessary absences occurred, Mrs. Henry failed to get used to parting with hubby. At last a bright idea enters Henry's head and he takes a lengthy vacation, during which time he follows his wife about the house like a dog, insisting on "running her house as he thought it ought to be run." Finally hubby's "cuteness" gets on Mrs. Henry's nerves, and at the close of the vacation instead of shedding tears she gleefully packs his suitcase and sees him return to his work. Noon that day brings the last straw to Mrs. Henry's trials, when Henry returns with the news that he is to be retained in the home office.
- Father tries to fix the fire in the boiler and each time it goes out. Bobby sees a picture in a magazine, showing how to start a fire by the aid of gas. He now tells father he is going to start that fire. Surprised at the intelligence displayed by his son, Henry gives him a dollar and tells him not to say anything to anybody - meaning mother. However, Mrs. Minor overhears the conversation.
- Polly develops a bargain craze, and exasperates Henry Minor, her husband, to the extent that he is forced to find a cure. The last straw is laid on his load when Polly comes home one day with a pair of embroidered slippers for him that were marked down to a fabulously low price at a certain Fifth Avenue store. The fact that the slippers were not mates made no difference to Polly; she solved the problem by suggesting that Henry buy two bath robes, one to match each slipper, which he could wear when sick, and make believe that they matched the slippers by sticking out the foot that matched the particular robe he was wearing at the time. She had also bought at a bargain a record of "The Star Spangled Banner." It was cracked in the chorus, but that didn't matter, because every one knew the chorus. Neither did they have an instrument; that was a fact easily got over by buying one. Henry's cure, which worked charmingly in the end, was to buy at a bargain a set of andirons, the usefulness of which depended on the purchase of a new house with a fireplace. Polly, loath to leave her present home, shed tears of sorrow, and finally saw herself as Henry saw her deciding to look without favor on the next "special today."
- Polly persists in putting to Henry the embarrassing question, "Henry, am I really the first woman you ever loved or asked to marry you?" The arrival on the scene of one of the numerous women of Henry's affectionate past causes him to sweat drops of blood until he discovers that the only confidence exchanged with his wife by the mischievous lady is the news that she is engaged to be married.
- The story of a love affair between Master Minor and the waitress at school - at least Bobby thinks it ought to be, because - didn't she give him an extra dish of ice cream? He tells his father about it, making Henry realize that Minor, Jr. is nothing but a "chip off the old block."
- Mrs. Henry Marsh reads a magazine article which says that all days should be like a string of pearls, each one perfect unto itself. Mrs. Marsh decides that she and Henry will proceed to lead the perfect life, and she so advises him. He is shaving at the time and he is so disgusted at the announcement that he swears, cuts himself, and starts the day in anything but a perfect manner. Bad luck seems to follow throughout the day, in spite of the fact that Mrs. Marsh gives her husband a set of mottoes with sweet sentiments to read when anything goes wrong. Her path is not smooth, either, for the cook quits, and when Henry brings home guests to dinner she burns the chicken, which has refused to cook before. She bursts into tears, and Henry tells her to keep cool, that they must lead the perfect life. Needless to say the pursuit of the perfect life is at once abandoned for something more human and natural.
- Henry, after being neglectful in sending his wife flowers and candy, is aroused to a jealous rage when his wife proceeds to have flowers and candy sent to herself.
- The Drews (Lucille and Sidney) play an on-screen couple Polly and Henry, in this silent era one-reel domestic comedy that pokes fun at middle-class married life.
- The wife of the household is enamored of her own elocutionary ability, and persists in reading aloud on every conceivable occasion until hubby well-nigh loses his mind over the matter. Finally, after confiding in his mother, he decides to fake deafness, and is successful in gaining his point to the extent that his wife not only gives up reading aloud to him, but also becomes so disconsolate that she discontinues her morning sessions for the improvement of the mind of the cook. In despair for someone to talk to, she sends for her mother-in-law to whom, in the course of conversation with all three present, she confides many of hubby's faults, which results in a rapid clearing up of that good man's hearing. Needless to say the evening reading is resumed, and under vastly different circumstances.
- Polly is an over-tidy wife whose sole fad is the extermination of dust, and who follows her miserable spouse about with a duster in one hand and an ash tray in the other. One day Henry Minor is invited by a friend into his home to inspect a puppy who is allowed to nestle its happy life away among satin cushions in the not over-tidy home of the Wards. Henry's fondness for visiting the Wards is noticed by Polly, who drags from Henry the acknowledgment that Mrs. Ward is "very charming" - an acknowledgment which gives Polly an hour of awful foreboding at the end of which she decides to peep through the window of the Ward home to discover what its real attraction is. Stealing to the window by the light of a gloomy moon she sees not pretty Mrs. Ward among the satin cushions, nor the "disgraceful puppy," nor even the game of poker that is in progress between Henry and his friend. All she saw was her nice, tidy Henry flicking cigarette ashes on the floor. She also saw on Henry's face a smile that was almost beatific, and determined to keep it there. Needless to say, on Henry's return home that night the whisk broom and shoe brush which were wont to hang outside the door for his especial use were gone, and more wonderful still, his home had taken on an atmosphere of delightful untidiness and Polly was playing poker.
- Mrs. Ryder, desirous of experimenting with chickens, persuades her husband to bring her home a dozen hens. The end of the first day finds her in tears because of the non-appearance of an expected dozen eggs. Hubby, to save himself trouble of removing the hens and substituting others, proceeds to buy a daily allowance of eggs which he smuggles into the nests. All goes well until a couple of the hens die and the daily dozen eggs still continue to put in their appearance.
- Mom and dad proudly exhibit a beautiful child which daddy persists in believing bears an uncanny resemblance to himself. His jealous attempts to convince not only his uncomplaining wife, but others, of the baby's striking resemblance to him compose the meat of the comedy of the picture. Daddy takes the pretty youngster down the street with him while he gets a shoe-shine and a shave. Unfortunate remarks passed by the barber and the bootblack with regard to the baby's beauty and his non-resemblance to his daddy are torture to the latter. On the beach he meets the same unhappy condition, and is inconsolable until finally his mother-in-law appears on the scene to behold her grandchild for the first time, and declares that he is the image of his dad.
- Henry is proud in having a portion of the rising generation named after him. He insists upon making each of the babies an expensive present, until his wife interferes. A friend caps the climax by naming her baby girl Henriette.
- Henry Minor, after marriage, makes a desperate effort to play the role of the model husband who stays at home every evening. Finally the fireside ties begin to weary Henry, and he becomes exceedingly uneasy. One day, invited by his old pals to come back and be one of them at the club, he calls up Polly and tells her that he will be detained downtown on business. Meanwhile, Polly is flashed on the screen in the act of eulogizing Henry and his virtues. The amusing part of the situation reveals the fact that Henry, finding himself unutterably miserable in his old haunts, and wondering why Polly's voice over the phone sounded so cheerful when he told her that he would not be home early, makes his escape. He arrives home in a repentant mood, which gives the story a very amusing ending.
- The servant problem almost proves too much for Mr. Parker, whose wife places on him the task of discharging a lusty Irish servant, makes several attempts to deal with the servant plus two even more robust cousins, and only succeeds in being extremely polite. Finally he masters the situation by telling her that he and his wife are going to close the house for a time, and by giving her two months pay in advance.
- Mrs. Minor goes away to visit, leaving Henry apparently sad but inwardly joyous. A week of late nights, etc., however, proves enough for him, and the remainder of his wife's vacation he spends in yearning for her and in trying to pamper her every wish obviously expressed over the telephone, such as the desire for a Victrola, or an automobile. Returned home, there is general rejoicing and the Minor home is turned into a veritable paradise.
- Tootsie is a pet dog. Mrs. Drew pampers him so much that she drives her husband to seek a noise-less separation. Then she asks her mother's advice on how to get hubby back. Mother says, "Treat him like a dog." She treats him as she does Tootsie, and he comes right back. Tootsie gives a party for all her dog friends and gets so sick that she has to go to a sanatorium.
- Music played at the wedding ceremony has an effect on the bride. In one instance, Mr. Henry learns by accident that the quadruplets were the result of the playing of the quartet from "Rigoletto"; and when on the anniversary of his own marriage his wife in reminiscent tones reminds him of the various things which happened on their wedding day, among them the playing by the orchestra of the sextet from "Lucia," a closeup of Mr. Henry's face suggests nervous prostration.
- Back in the white light district after several years of matrimonial imprisonment, there was demonstrated to Henry Mason a fact that's sad but true - he discovered that Broadway's memory is a curtailed faculty - "out of sight out of mind." Henry Mason, who has been married several years, takes advantage of his wife's absence from home to return to his old playground among the white lights, with the expectation that things will be the same for him. He discovers to his great astonishment and chagrin that people recall their recollection of him with difficulty. He is forced to drink alone, and he arrives home from Broadway dark and empty at 10.30 P. M., drunk and disgusted.