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Crinoline and Romance Synopsis

Raised in a secluded area of North Carolina by her grandfather, Colonel Charles E. Cavanaugh, Miss Emmy Lou lives in ignorance of the outside world. She ventures out of her narrow valley to visit Mrs. Kate Wimbleton, and despite her outdated style of dress, she is a great success with the young male guests, especially Davis Jordan and Augustus Biddle. Emmy Lou immerses herself in the modern world during her stay with the Wimbletons, then returns home upon learning that the colonel is ill. Her two suitors follow, and Emmy Lou is unable to decide between them. Colonel Cavanaugh stages a duel, loading each of the pistols with blank cartridges. Augustus cheats, compelling Emmy Lou to choose Davis.

Skinner's Bubble Synopsis

William Manning Skinner, having attained a junior partnership in the firm of McLaughlin and Perkins, aspires to higher things. He figures that by working for himself he can become the Napoleon of the industrial world. He resigns his position and sets up in business for himself on a big scale. Skinner runs onto the verge of bankruptcy. He neglected to note that the prestige of the old-established firm he left had been largely responsible for his past success. Does he confess his failure to Honey, his adoring little wife? No. He informs her casually he is making money so fast he cannot count it. Honey confides to Mrs. McLaughlin, who in turn tells her husband. McLaughlin and Perkins decide they have made a tremendous mistake in letting Skinner get out of the firm. So it happens that just as Skinner is preparing to go into bankruptcy, a miserable failure, the partners make him a staggering offer to become again a member of their firm. It was Skinner's bluff that did it, coupled with Honey's unfailing belief in her husband's Napoleonic might.