- There's a tradition in a certain section of England that the unwed eldest daughter in a family must wear green stockings when a younger sister gets married. Celia Faraday is forced to do that once, but when her younger sister Phyllis announces she will marry Robert Tarver, Celia refuses to go through that humiliation again and invents a fiance for herself, "Colonel Smith". To make it seem more real, she writes letters to her "fiance", but never mails them. One day one of the letters accidentally gets mailed, and is received by a real Colonel Smith, who decides to check out who his "fiance" really is.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
- The Faraday family is composed of Celia, the oldest daughter, Aunt Ida, Mr. Faraday, an old gentleman, Phyllis, the youngest daughter, and Madge, the married daughter, whose husband is Colonel Rockingham. Robert Tarver, an empty-headed young swell, is Phyllis' sweetheart. Admiral Grice a typical old salt, and Jim Raleigh are friends of the family. Tarver wants to marry Phyllis, but Faraday refuses his consent while Celia remains unmarried. There is a custom in certain sections of England that, if she is unmarried, an elder sister must wear green stockings at the wedding of a younger sister and Celia has already had to wear them once, at Madge's wedding. Celia worries greatly over this state of affairs. She is a very charming girl, though past twenty-five, and finally she determines to help out her sister Phyllis. On the impulse, she announces, "I'm engaged" and on being excitedly questioned, she tells everyone that the gentleman's name is "Smith" and that he is a Colonel in the Army. Immediately, Celia is transformed in the eyes of her family and she is looked up to with respect. She explains that Smith has sailed on a troop ship for South Africa, and foolishly writes a love letter to the fictitious Colonel, which she does not intend to mail, but Phyllis finds it and drops it in the letter box. Now it happens that there is a real Colonel Smith at that moment fighting in Africa. In due time the letter reaches him and after recovering from his astonishment, he half-jokingly leaves on furlough for England to locate that lady who so rashly signed herself "Celia Faraday." He does find her, just as the family are commiserating Celia over the reported demise of Colonel Smith. How should they know that Celia had quietly inserted the notice in the newspaper. Appreciating the humor of the situation, the Colonel, charmed with Celia's grace and beauty, introduces himself as Colonel Vavasour, "with a message from her deceased betrothed." Her horror and confusion know no bounds, but he helps her out of some very awkward situations and after a complete showdown, the Colonel becomes Celia's real fiancé.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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