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While reading the paper, John Weller is amazed at the number of "ads" setting forth the virtues of wigs, false teeth, form developers and other female beautifiers, turns to his wife and ... See full summary
While reading the paper, John Weller is amazed at the number of "ads" setting forth the virtues of wigs, false teeth, form developers and other female beautifiers, turns to his wife and declares in disgust, "This magazine must have a big circulation among old ladies who want to look like Cinderellas." She merely laughs, and soon afterwards, Weller falls asleep in his chair. He dreams that he finds an old man making love to his wife, angrily confronts the old fellow and is told, "Your wife was my sweetheart sixty years ago." John is stunned by the news, asks his wife if it is true and she admits she is "eighty-five years old." Deciding she must be one of those women who preserve their youthful appearance by artifice, he commands her to retire behind a screen and hand out all that is false about her. After receiving a wig, various "form plumpers," a full set of false teeth and pair of wooden legs, John angrily kicks over the screen and to his horror finds nothing left but a little heap ...

Cast overview:
Naomi Childers Naomi Childers - Mrs. John Weller
Darwin Karr Darwin Karr - John Weller
George Stevens George Stevens
Charles Eldridge Charles Eldridge
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