Herman Schmidt wins $5,000 in a "How to be Happy, though Married" competition, but is subsequently informed that his 22-year marriage isn't legal. He discovers that he had failed to file the proper papers in the state where he was married.
Lew Fields (Lew Fields), a German papa, wins $5,000 in an essay contest on "How to be Happy, Though Married." He then learns from his son, a lawyer, given too speaking only in legal language, that his marriage 25 years ago was not legal because he failed to file the proper pages in the state where he was wed. This also does not come as good news to his wife, played by Bodil Rosing.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>