- Miss High Life works behind a counter for the stupendous sum of $6 a week. Mr. Honest, who is rather near-sighted, is smitten with the charms of Miss High Life, but though he makes good wages, she rejects his overtures, for he is miles from being what is popularly termed a "sport." The unwearying hum of life at cabarets is a great annoyance to Miss High Life's sister, Miss Plain. Unlike her sister, Miss Plain never spends a cent on complexion, talks sense and laughs only when there is something to laugh at. She is secretly in love with Mr. Honest, who is pining in vain for Miss High Life. A change is brought about when Mr. Dude, proposes to Miss High Life and is accepted. Mr. Honest gradually becomes wise to the fact that his affections have been misplaced and promptly bestows them on Miss Plain. Financed by Mr. Dude, who makes $20 a week, but looks like $100, Miss High Life plunges into real life. That is, she spends her evenings in smoky cafés watching the antics of the cabaret and ordering her special cocktail very strong. Many are the silver cups that she carries away from dancing contests. Joy-riding is as elemental to her as food, while the only joy-ride her sister occasionally indulges is in a rocker on Mr. Honest's lap. What does it matter to Miss High Life that she frequently returns home in the small hours dead weary and with a splitting headache; that the next day she must stand behind her counter more dead than alive. And what does it matter to Mr. Dude that he has to subsist the rest of the week on pork and beans and one lone dollar and press his own clothes. And then comes their wedding, financed by Miss High Life's parents. It is a big affair and is followed by a $40 apartment and $1,000 worth of furniture. Mr. Honest marries Miss Plain at his own expense and they content themselves with an $18 flat. Mr. Dude has occasion to discover that a rag-time player, cocktail imbiber and A1 dancer may make a very poor cook. In addition to that the next month finds him absolutely stranded, unable to pay the rent or even distantly approach the wife's extravagant habits. While their belongings are being moved to poorer quarters they have the additional mortification of beholding Mr. and Mrs. Honest make themselves comfortable in an automobile. It is but a "flivver," and they walk the car at five miles an hour, but they do enjoy it.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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