A story of the difference in fate of two young girls caused by the difference in their home lives and training. This shows vividly the criminal folly of allowing a girl to reach womanhood without knowledge of certain facts essential to her welfare and happiness. A worse-than-foolish mother keeps her daughter in ignorance. In her efforts to avoid the consequences which follow, she places the girl in the hands of an unscrupulous doctor with whom she is in partnership.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Two girls of entirely different types are cousins. Ruth grows to maturity under the watchful care of a loving mother, while Lillian is neglected by her mother, whose passion for gambling is greater than her love for home and family. Ruth is given the advantage of her mother's knowledge of the world's pitfalls, while Lillian, ignorant of the mysteries of life, meets Harold Winthrop, a wealthy widow's spoiled, reckless son. A motor trip delayed by rain causes Harold and Lillian to remain away from home. She later introduces him to Ruth, with whom he soon falls in love, which makes him become indifferent to Lillian. To satisfy her gambling debts, Lillian's mother has partnered with a practitioner in birth-control. His treatment results in Lillian's death, and on her deathbed she begs that her mother be forgiven and confesses that Harold was responsible for her condition. Lillian's father, realizing his wife's responsibility, drives her from home, while Ruth breaks her engagement to Harold.—Moving Picture World synopsis