The Blagwins, three years married and deeply in love, revel in their marital happiness until Proctor Maddox joins the Country Club. Maddox, clever and suave, makes an impression on Jeanne Blagwin by his philosophy of a new feminism. Jimmy Blagwin is the first to notice her waning affections. Loving her none the less, Blagwin decides to give her up. Her happiness is his one desire and if she will be happier with Proctor Maddox, Jimmie is willing to sacrifice himself for her happiness and her name. He must find some way beside divorce. Glaucoma is one way. Death is another. Thoughtfully and thoroughly he lays his plans. He engages passage on the "St. Louis." He writes his wife a note telling her of his approaching blindness, and advising her that he is paving the way for her marriage to Maddox and that his will which gives her all the property, is in the safe. James Blagwin boards the steamer. One day out, the captain finds his cabin empty and discovers a note from Blagwin telling them not to search for him. Blagwin's will cannot be found, although the farewell note to his beloved Jeanne had said it was in the safe. The property is about to be turned over to Blagwin's relatives in Paris, although he had wanted it to go to his wife. Mrs. Blagwin, bowed with grief for her departed husband, mourns alone. Proctor Maddox no longer interests her. At last she realizes that she loved Jimmie Blagwin and no one else.—Moving Picture World synopsis imdb.com
The Blagwins, three years married and deeply in love, revel in their marital happiness until Proctor Maddox joins the Country Club. Maddox, clever and suave, makes an impression on Jeanne Blagwin by his philosophy of a new feminism. Jimmy Blagwin is the first to notice her waning affections. Loving her none the less, Blagwin decides to give her...