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Show lEffilEISfl ST 11 TOOfiY "Persuasive Peggy," the first of tho Mayfair features starring. Peggy Hy-land, Hy-land, is the finest kind of an example. It leaches a sweet lesson in the art of handling a husband, a domestic prob-j prob-j lem that has existed since time began. I It Is Interspersed with allegory and some of tho titles are In verse. Tho 1 story Is simplicity itself and is merely a visualized narration of the problem confronting every bride that is, moulding a groom iuio a good husband. hus-band. When Ed. Trowbridge, a gen-! gen-! tleman farmer, proposes to Peggy Pat-1 Pat-1 ton, and is accepted, she suggests they spend their honeymoon at Niagara j Falls. Like every other young man in love, he says they will spend It anywhere she desires. But the day after the ceremony Ed announces they are to go to the State Fair. She's a cute little trick, and although an incorrigible ingenue, like Billic Burke and Marguerite Clark, she has brains. Ed awakes in tho morning to find instead of a bride, a note from his wife saying she had gone to the Falls. Needless to say, he follows, and by argument and cajolery, justifies justi-fies her action, as indeed she does throughout. She has made up her mind to pattern their life on tho principle prin-ciple of mutual forbearance, on the theory that it will bring joy and happiness. hap-piness. In rapid sequence a number of similar "encounters" between the couple aro visualized, culminating in the arrival of a son and heir. Ed is a "hard guy" to whip into line and many of the ways in which he blaks at conducting his marital affairs "will strike home to most married folks. Throughout it Is a clean, wholespme story, full of natural scenes without any attempt at resorting to dramatics." dramat-ics." It is in six reels, excellent photography, pho-tography, capable acting, and tho directions splendid. "Persuasive Peggy," taken as a whole, is a corking feature one certain cer-tain to give satisfaction to everyone who sees it. |