- A girl with old-fashioned values becomes a modern sophisticate.
- Jane Stuart is brought up with her brother John by their poor Aunt Angela to appreciate old-fashioned customs and ways. After Stanley Hudson, visiting Jane's wealthy neighbors, the Monroes, who shun the Stuarts, sees Jane over the garden wall, Stanley's visits increase and he initiates a friendship with Jane. When the Stuarts inherit a fortune, they suddenly find themselves much sought after socially. At her first reception, Jane, wearing her grandmother's old-fashioned gown, makes a welcome contrast to the more con-temporarily dressed girls and attracts a coterie of male admirers. Jane later attempts tennis and golf and accepts an invitation to go yachting from Stanley, who, hoping to win Jane, has attempted to introduce John to luxurious living. Jealous Rosanna Danford arranges for an aviator to take Jane flying, however, so that she will miss the outing, and in Stanley's eyes be compromised. Although a misunderstanding follows, Jane later accepts Stanley's belated proposal.—Pamela Short
- John and Jane Stuart have been brought up with strict, old-fashioned conservatism by their Aunt Angela. So great has been the effect upon Jane that she does not even garb herself in modish gowns, but adheres to the styles long since abandoned by society. The aunt's extreme economy builds a false barrier between the Stuart children and the Monroe family, their next-door neighbors, with the exception of Stanley Hudson, who becomes a constant visitor at the Monroe home after he has caught a glimpse of Jane over the garden wall. The attraction proves mutual and friendship ripens rapidly. Meanwhile John, Jane's brother, has found the life of Puritanical primness so irksome that he has fallen in love, for contrast, with a rather wild crowd whose chief pastime is gambling. Only the intervention of Jane saves him from the quick wrath of his aunt. A sudden turn in the tide of the Stuarts' affairs comes when Jane inherits a large fortune. The first effect is noticed in John who promptly sets out to live the sort of existence he has always craved. Jane, however, continues to live in the same old way and to wear the same old clothes. The Stuarts' sudden acquisition of wealth makes them very much sought after by the people from whose circles they were formerly barred. At a reception given by the Monroes, Jane appears in a lovely old-fashioned gown which looks so sweetly simple in contrast to the flaunting gorgeousness of the other dresses that she becomes the belle of the evening. Later, in accordance with John's wishes, she arrays herself In the Parisian latest and appears equally charming. Stanley's social standing has captured the imagination of one of the season's debutantes who declares a love-war upon the unsuspecting Jane. Other wiles failing, the enamored one finally bribes an aviator to take Jane in his aeroplane and to lose her in order that they may not make landing in time to go upon a cruise for which the whole party has been invited. But she finishes her flight in time and embarks with the others. On the first day out the other girl stages one scene which interrupts Stanley's proposal to Jane and another which saddens Jane greatly. But eventually the boy claims the prize which was always his for the asking.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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