- When the wealthy Robert Reyburn offers to pay for struggling painter Phyllis Page to continue her studies in Europe, he is not interested simply in serving as a patron of the arts. As a result, they indulge in a brief romance behind the back of Robert's wife Edith, then, several years later, Phyllis returns to the United States as a famous artist and becomes a high society favorite. Later, Edith successfully arranges a romance between her brother Dick and Phyllis. When Dick proposes, however, Edith turns him down, because she knows that, as his wife, she eventually would have to tell him who gave her the money for her European training and explain the conditions under which the money was offered.—Pamela Short
- Phyllis Page is the daughter of a plodding mill-worker. There has just been a strike, and as usual, the strikers get the worst of it and go back to work until the next outbreak. Thyllis does not belong to this life where the best achievement is three meals a day and a place to sleep; she has ambitions. She wants to become a miniature painter. So she goes to New York. Upon arriving in the city she soon learns that the plodders are not confined to a small mill town. She secures a place in a department store, and with the little saved from her scanty sages she studies art with an old professor quite as poverty-stricken as herself. He tells her she has real ability, and with a couple of years' training abroad unquestionably would win recognition. Then she attracts the attention of Reyburn, a wealthy lawyer who chances into the store with his wife. He offers to send her abroad if he may work his will with her. And, as the price seems enough, she yields. Three years later, as the result of her studies abroad, she has become famous. Society flocks to her, and among the fashionables is Reyburn's wife. Mrs. Reyburn forms an instant liking for the young artist and insists upon her coming to their home. Phyllis is strongly drawn toward the woman she has wronged, but tries to keep away. But Mrs. Reyburn insists, and she becomes a frequent visitor. The Mrs. Reyburn tries to arrange a match between Phyllis and her handsome young brother, and sure enough, the young people fall in love. Then Reyburn intervenes. "You are not the woman for him," he tells her. "If you marry him you will be cruelly deceiving him and my wife." Phyllis pleads for her happiness. "You'll tell," she exclaims in sudden fear. He slowly shakes his head. "I won't tell, but you will."—Moving Picture World synopsis
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