- When her husband Jim strikes it rich, Grace, who has had a lifelong fear of poverty, strictly raises her daughter Florence to accept only luxury. When Florence is old enough to have suitors, she quickly rejects penniless artist Durland and marries rich playboy Alfred Griffin, but soon learns that he is an unfaithful spendthrift, so they soon become bitter enemies. In a final effort to ruin Florence's life, Alfred neatly arranges evidence to make her look like his murderer, then commits suicide, but the butler saw everything and is able to clear Florence of this charge; afterward she rushes to Durland and they plan to get married.—Pamela Short
- A struggling family lose their toilsome savings of years with the failure of a savings bank. With it all hopes are lost of leaving the sordid city behind and of building a cottage in the country. The shattered dream instills within the daughter's heart the fear of poverty, which clings to her throughout her life. Even after she has married and wealth comes to her, the constant fear haunts her. A daughter is born and surfeited by every luxury; she develops a narrow, selfish nature. Two men come into her life, an artist whose love is real, and a wealthy social butterfly with a nature narrower than hers. But the artist is not destined for worldly riches, as he paints the truth, people's souls, and he paints a sleeping pose of her because, as he tells her, "Your soul has never been awakened." The mother, prompted by the old fear, forces her to marry wealth. With the fear of poverty comes a poverty of the soul. Then through her great sorrow her soul is finally awakened to the realization that happiness can spring from humbleness and a true love's redeeming rays finds its saving way to the clouded depths of her heart.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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