The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-04-03
House Peters in "SiIk HuS-
bands and Calico Wives"
Sunday. >,
EMPEROR SEX" FOLLOWS
Interesting Screen Play Shows
That Loving Wife Can't Be
Too Good to Hubby.

veys the idea that the story of
1.-THE Inferior Sex" concerns the fe-
male of the species. but il is not so,
for 1t is said that when the meek,
little sacrificing wife, portrayed by
Mildred Harris Chaplin. swings her
husband into line, she is far from
being in the category of the sex of
lesser strength. silk Husbands and
Calico Wives concerns a country
lawyer who rose to cherished heights
and acquired a Rolls Royce pace
while his good and obedient wife
hung far in the rear, failing to meet
the new situations and never at any
EiIne keeping step"
House Peters, Sterling actor, has
the stellar role in six Husbands
and Calico Wives" which opens
Husbands and Wives week" tomor-
row He is supported by Mary Al
den, who acquired fame in THE
Birth of a Nation" and other Griffith
productions. and an otherwise capa-
BILE all star cast. The story is from
the versatile pen Of Monte Katter-
john. who has contributed to the
screen some OF its very best ma
terial.
An added feature OF the bill for the
hrst four days OF the week will be
''The Grocery Store" Larry Semon
feature comedy. This is a two-reel
affair and classed as one OF the best
and brightest comedies in filmdom,
IT contains many INDIGENOUS sit@-
tions and tricks of the camera that
have made the Semon comedies ia
NOUS.
Mary Alden, who has one of the
leads In silk Husbands and Calico
Wives" plays an important part in
''Tne Inferior Sex" which opens n
three dpys' engagement next Thurs
day. Mrs Chaplin is supported by
Milton Stills. who viii be remembered
for his work in 1.-THE Woman Thou
Gavest Me-" and Bertram Grassby.
Story of Play.
The story of silk Husbands and
Calico Wives"
ind Deane Kendall young. brilliant
and a dreamer who has come from the
harvest fields TO the study and practice
OF law, and Edith 'Beecher, the court
stenographer. a sweet and simple wom-
There. love ia like Harmony itself. hut
clients are slow In coming and Kendall
nears disbursement. when big trial
comes up~-a murder case where man
killed his wifos too ardent admirer
whom he had forbidden her to sec. The
lawyer from New York Is having dim
cmlsies with the defense, when Edith
repeats 10 him Kendall's view OF the
case. Then comes Kenda's hig chance
he Is TO plead the case for the Defend
ant. 1t is n great day for Harmony
and Kendall wins his point by his mas
terly handling Of the situation--that a
woman has vowed TO ohev her hus-
innd and that the real guilt in the case
IL the womah's failure TO keep that vow.
Kendall speaks from personal convic-
ton and the result Is triumph
Then comes tho offer to 10 TO New
York. What viii the tumult Of a great
citv mako Of them--this strong man
and gentle woman who are now man
nnd wife? That is the big human
theme of silk Husbands and Calico
Wives " Kendars brilliant mind ana
powerful personality soon make his in
llnence felt and. manllke, he looks to
Edith to take her place beside him
And thus begins the little rift IN the
nut she is not 20 easily transplantod.
like that widens ~" 'r "'v--not dcs-
troving love but clouding e.
Feeling for both Of these fine simple
people. we watch their problem work
oslts as II does through the very ones
who try 10 sow dissensinn Sometimes
II almost seems ms II the influence OF
Harmony vs. being over Swallowed. An
other man. another woman. truly these
two fall Ito the hands of the Phari
sees II all becomes an absorbing
human drama OF the little misun
derstandings that cause the real CRISIS
III NE and when the Jig moment comes
ind Kendall exacis the obedience that
iit feels Is his right, Edith does not
see that IL Is the protection his love
places around her But both see their
fnistnkes and the vows made IN quiet |
Harmony reach finer and better full |
sillment.
Plot OF inferior Sex
Here's brief synopsis Of the plot OF
"The Inferior Sex"
There isn't man in the world who
will not appreciate the annoyance that |
the husband in this story suffers by |
reason of his wfe's too-soli citous care |
and no woman VIII he lacking In SYM |
patty for the rather inadequate little |
wife whose love for her husband WAS |
very genuine hut whose brief oXneritncC |
as a wife had not taught her that the |
secret OF holding mans love is to keep |
him guessing.
Aiisa Randall. Young. pretty ana
deeply in love with her husband. he |
comes distressed over his seeming in
difference. She is so kcenlv anxious 20
please her husband that she constantly
makes the mistake OF ANNOYING him. |
Finally she is told Tint the only way 20
hold mans love is 10 keep him guess
ing--even TO make him unhappy at
times. She Is determined TO arouse her
husband from his Indifference and pro-
ceeds very deliberately TO give him oc-
cagion for worry. Int not in "a way
that Will COMPROMISE her honor for
she loves her husband TO we'll for that
]. TIE flowers that are delivered to her
each day come 10 her own order from
tho florist, but Knox Is unaware OF that
and begins 10 he vaguely conscious OF
jealousy.
Then 20 complicatc matters Knoxss
sister. C1arissa Mott smith. I'm order TO
evade her husbands Jealous suspicion
brings Ailsa into a situation that in
creases knoX's discomfort and fans his
growing suspicion. Porter Maddox, a
49, Uff Hf,Httr l.f
getting business Information through
wives. pretends a violent love tori
Clarissa and prevails upon her 10 desert
her husband and come with him.
Meantime, Aisa has been tntrustcd
with a not from her husband To Mott
Smith, and II Is the information m|
this note that Maddox wants. and he
believes that Clarissa has 1t In ner|
Possession when he goes away with hcr.
learning Of the step that hor sistor-tu-
law has taken Allsa hastens after her
and goes 10 the rooms whore Clarissa
and Maddox have just preceded her.
Before opening the door TO AilsH. Mad
6ox usheis Clsrisss into an adjoining
room: then he admits Ailsa. who im-
1nediately demands that Clarissa be
permitted TO return 10 her husband
Maddox proves the color OF his heart
By refusing.
II happens that Clarissa's husband
thought her a paragon OF virtue and az
abe same time believed Ailsa 10 he In
zatuafed with Maddox Tie suddenly
appears on the scene with Knox ana
IN scorn denounccs Ailsn. IN moment
this little helpless wife. who was strug
F1ag so hravely 10 retain her husbands
affection. tales Knox aside and tells
rim the truth. but she does not disclose
u Mott-Smith the fact that his own
wife was on the point Of deserving him
fer the perfldious Maddox. she does
brave and womanly thing; she says
that she came 90 call on Mr.. Maddox.
that the proceeding was perfectly cor
rect for she brought Clarissa with her