The Patched Adonis (1914)
Archibald is in love with the fair Gwendolyn, but her head is so full of the men of fiction, brawny and handsome demigods that she has no disposition to devote any of her heart to a merely average mortal. He calls upon her and is compelled to wait in the parlor for many weary moments while the fair lady is devouring the contents of one of her romances, oblivious of his call and forgetful of his existence. In the meantime, George Benton is in despair of finding a perfect model for his painting of Adonis. Finally he is compelled to engage one man, as athlete, to pose for the body, another with a fine head of hair to supply the deficiency of the athlete in that respect, and still a third for a handsome face, since neither of the other two are gifted with beauty. The painting is finally finished and attracts much attention. Gwendolyn, who is fond of art, goes to the exhibition in company with Archibald, and seeing on the canvas the idol of her dreams tells her lover that she will marry him if he will buy for her the picture. He does so, but when the picture arrives, jealous of her raptures over the perfect man. He determines to cure her. Learning the true secret of the model Adonis he arranges for Gwendolyn to meet "him." Going to the studio she sees the composite model, perfect only in parts, and cured of her folly awakes to the fact that her lover is really worthy of her regard.
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