Summary
In a delightful whirlwind of caprice and marital misadventure, the indomitable Billie Billings, a creature of whimsical design, sets her sights upon the unassuming Senator Newton of Nevada, a bachelor of bashful disposition. Her matrimonial campaign, against all odds, triumphs. Yet, the honeymoon's gilded glow swiftly tarnishes with a farcical misapprehension: the Senator's seemingly innocuous secretary, 'Smith,' is, in fact, a woman. This revelation ignites Billie's latent jealousy into a full-blown inferno. When her uxorious demands to dismiss the secretary are met with an unexpected refusal, Billie, embracing her tempestuous theatricality, engineers a retaliatory flirtation with a suave French count. Her dramatic flight with the count to a secluded country inn culminates in a comedic impasse as she, ever the arbiter of her own virtue, insists on separate chambers after he succumbs to inebriation. Fortuitously, or perhaps fatefully, Billie's sagacious friend, Dr. Wise, orchestrates a grand reunion at the very same inn, arriving with a most peculiar entourage: the now-revealed Ms. Smith, her husband, their twin progeny, and the bewildered Senator Newton. Through a gentle, yet firm, intervention, Smith deftly assuages Billie's unfounded jealousies, paving the way for a tender, solitary reconciliation between husband and wife. The newly re-bonded couple, having navigated the turbulent waters of mistrust and misunderstanding, embarks upon a second, presumably more harmonious, honeymoon, their bond solidified by the salutary lesson of their recent escapades.
Synopsis
Capricious Billie Billings determines to marry bashful bachelor Senator Newton of Nevada and succeeds. She discovers on her honeymoon that her husband's secretary "Smith" is actually a woman. When the senator refuses to heed his wife's demands to fire Smith, Billie flirts with a French count and runs away with him to a country inn. The count gets drunk and Billie insists on separate rooms. Billie's friend Dr. Wise arrives at the inn with Smith, her husband and twin children, and Senator Newton. Smith assuages Billie's jealousy and then leaves the senator and his wife alone. The reunited couple depart for a second honeymoon.
