- To keep his social-climbing wife and daughters in the lifestyle they are accustomed to, wealthy John Hunter makes some large investments in the stock market, but the stocks crash and he loses a great deal of money. When he discovers that his son-in-law Dick Sterling has lost $3 million making investments in his name, Hunter kills himself. His wealthy aunt offers to bail the family out, but on the condition that the money she gives must be under Sterling's strict control. Complications ensue.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
- John Hunter, supposedly of limitless wealth, has an extravagant family whose sole object is to climb to social heights. The two younger daughters, Jessie and Clara, assist their mother in managing her social functions, but eldest daughter Blanche, married to young attorney Dick Sterling, cares more for her little boy and the providing of a good education for him. Sterling becomes tired of law and turns his attentions to stock speculation and its attendant excitements, leaving his wife with little attention save that from Ned Warden, a wealthy young stockbroker who has desperately loved her all his life. Finding that his income is insufficient, Hunter attempts a cornering of Amalgamated Copper, is unsuccessful. While a great ball is in progress in his home, he is found dead in his office. Even his home is mortgaged. Great depression seizes the family, when Ruth Hunter, the dead man's maiden sister, declares that she has enough for all, if carefully managed. Each Hunter daughter hopes that Trotter, a very rich man, will fall for her, but the widow secures the prize for herself. To provide profitable employment for Dick Sterling, Ruth Hunter gives him entire charge of her fortune, and at the same time secures for him the agency of the Godesby estate; instead, he uses both fortunes to provide the means for large stock speculations, and for a long time he is successful. Fourteen months later, Dick Sterling has almost submerged his home duties in the excitement of business, leaving Blanche almost entirely under the protection of the faithful friend, Ned Warden. On Christmas Eve it is discovered that Dick Sterling has wasted nearly all of the Hunter and Godesby fortunes in an attempt to corner Hudson Electric, and his flight is interrupted by Ned Warden and his wife, the former having an idea that he can save the family honor. Aunt Ruth declines to prosecute Dick Sterling, but Miss Godesby is not so kind, and it is decided to appeal to rich Mr. Trotter. Then comes the news over the telephone that on the preceding night, he had eloped with the Widow Hunter. Ned Warden succeeds in inducing Trotter to endorse a note which shall save Dick from disgrace, and they are about to return to the city, when Dick, almost insane from liquor, intercepts them, accuses his wife of infidelity, and madly attacks Ned Warden. Now it is that Blanche, goaded into a confession, declares her love for Ned. Divorce is strongly advised by her mother, but opposed by Aunt Ruth, whose arguments prevail, but in an interview between husband and wife, he discovers that her love is gone from him forever. A few moments later, he is found dead in his chair.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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