- Vivian Swift is very popular with the young men and has made a specialty of luring them into her snare and making them feel foolish when they discover that she has been merely playing with them. The society boys at the country club have been the special victims of her wiles. Vivian intends no wrong, but does not realize the extent to which she has prompted her young men friends to discuss her flirtatious character. Three of the most attractive men in the club, Tom, Dick and Harry, have been in Europe for some time and have not yet become acquainted with Vivian. On their return to the club, the other fellows hasten to tell them of the heartless actions of Vivian and all agree that it would be well if she could be taught a lesson. The discussion culminates in a wager of $500 that either Tom, Dick or Harry will, after a week's endeavor, be able to obtain Vivian's consent to being kissed. Tom has the first try. He flatters Vivian in every way imaginable and she rises to the bait with great eagerness, yet, when it comes to the final point of permitting Tom to kiss her, she evades the issue with great cleverness, and Tom's chances for winning the bet expire by limitation after a busy week. Next Dick comes into the field, and has his week of try-out. Dick permits himself to be placed in all sorts of positions where sympathy will be aroused, such as being thrown from a horse, becoming disinherited, threatening suicide, all of which brings out a lot of laughs. Dick fails to win the wager because he cannot persuade Vivian to permit him to kiss her within the week's time. Now comes Harry. There are constant discussions at the country club where the gay parties of young people congregate for dancing and entertainment, and the two judges, one of whom is a minister, bob up and down mysteriously from behind settees, fountains, and from all sorts of unexpected places, because it is up to them to decide if the wager shall have been won or lost. Harry has adopted an entirely new policy for the conduct of his campaign. He announces that he believes that the interest of a girl can best be obtained through apparent disregard for herself. In other words, he believes that if he leaves the girl alone, her curiosity will be excited and it will be an easy matter for him to become acquainted with her and win the wager. There are a number of comical scenes in which Harry successfully evades Vivian, and dodges opportunities for being introduced to her. He does this in such an ostentatious manner, that Vivian becomes positively angry and shows a strong determination to compel him to meet her and be introduced. When he considers that she has been sufficiently led into the trap, permits himself to be cornered and introduced to her. Vivian seeks opportunities for proving to Harry that she is an entertaining and charming girl. Harry continues his policy of apparent disregard for her, until he discovers that he has actually fallen a victim to her loveliness, and wishes that he had not made the wager. In fact, Harry falls desperately in love with Vivian, and she apparently reciprocates. The funniest of all the scenes is where Harry brings Vivian to shore after a rough canoe trip on the lake, arriving at a fisherman's hut in the pouring rain. The two ever-present judges are on the job, and have concealed themselves in the fisherman's hut. Harry takes off his coat and places it about the shoulders of Vivian to shelter her from the rain. The contact causes Harry to lose his self-restraint, and seizing her in his arms, he presses a kiss upon her willing lips. Out bob the two judges, and the wad of $500, the amount of the wager, is handed to Harry, who scorns it. He cleverly extricates himself from a most embarrassing situation by answering Vivian's inquiry as to who the young men are, by stating that he had arranged for a clergyman and best man to see him happily married to her. The wedding ceremony is performed in the pouring rain by the young clergyman and everybody is happy.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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