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- Donald Trent, the son of an iron-works owner, loses his belief in class distinction and recognizes his debt to others while fighting in the trenches. At home he tells his father, who abhors sentiment in business, that he wants to start at the bottom and becomes a mill hand, working near his Army buddy Colonel Jimmy, a machinist. While Donald and his sweetheart Katherine Boone are helping Jimmy care for his sick girlfriend Jennie Jones, known as "The Jazz Kid," Donald learns that his father has died and that he must take over the business. Donald's attitude soon changes, and when Jimmy, now foreman, demands repairs be made to protect lives, Donald refuses. When a wall collapses on Jimmy and he goes temporarily blind, the men strike. Katherine refuses to marry Donald, and works for an uplifting newspaper popular among the poor. After an article by Katherine changes Donald, he orders reforms and they marry. Jimmy's sight returns and he marries Jennie.
- Nancy Scroggs, the daughter of the owner of a once-famous but now-struggling hotel, hatches a plan to draw in new customers. She picks up Peter Alstyne, a young man following his doctor's orders of a strict diet and a relaxing vacation, at the train station and convinces him--using the philosophy of Christian Science--to disregard his doctor's orders and stay at their hotel and eat all he wants. Soon he and Nancy fall in love and the hotel begins to pick up business again. But soon Peter receives a letter that changes everything for both him and Nancy.
- When Alden Van Dusen, a third-generation member of a prestigious old New York family, is faced with the alternatives of allowing his firm to go bankrupt or becoming involved in fraud, he decides on suicide. As he is about to drown himself, Alden is attacked by a thug and, in the ensuing struggle, his assailant is killed. Seizing upon the opportunity, Alden changes identities with the dead man and drifts West, where he becomes an employee in his firm's mine. Working tirelessly to make the mine a success, Alden saves the business and redeems himself. When he discovers that his wife Helen is not receiving her share of the profits and is being driven to remarry to provide support for his child, Alden returns East, where he is reunited with his family and upholds the honor of the third generation.
- Sally, a poor waif, leads a wretched existence working as a maid in a rooming house. When her life becomes too miserable, she runs away and is befriended by old Tonio, the organ grinder. Sally accompanies Tonio on his travels, dancing to his music. One day she meets and become close friends with Billy, an orphaned farmhand. Suddenly, Tonio dies and a detective appears, employed by Carnsworth, a wealthy man searching for his long-lost child. The detective believes that Sally is that child, and she leaves Billy to unite with her father. Time passes and Sally is desperately missing Billy when Carnsworth unexpectedly discovers that a mistake has been made; Billy is his true heir. Billy joins his father and he and Sally marry.
- Dorothy Perkins, the eldest daughter of a simple, wholesome country family, leaves for the big city to study architecture. After winning a competition, she is a success, and meets Monty Rhodes, the son of aristocratic parents. Despite his parents' objections, Monty and Dorothy marry, but Mrs. Rhodes continually humiliates Dorothy for her lack of breeding. When she finally succeeds in driving the heartbroken Dorothy back to her own family, Monty realizes his mistake, and follows her to the country, where he finds happiness with his wife and their poor relations.
- Katie Abbott, despairing of being a wallflower, is about to attempt suicide in the village pond when she is rescued by a young stranger. Following his heroic feat, the young man accepts a job in the town's automobile factory. Meanwhile, Henry Higginbotham, a clerk in the same factory, resigns when he suspects that the manager, J. W. Wiseman, is running an auto theft ring. After Wiseman announces his mayoral candidacy, Katie urges Higginbotham to oppose him. Higginbotham fails as an orator, but just as it appears that he will lose the election, the nice young man reveals himself to be an undercover newspaper reporter and exposes Wiseman's corruption. As a result, Wiseman is arrested, Higginbotham is elected mayor and Katie marries her hero.
- Betty Lawrence lives with her invalid mother on property that cuts into a large estate owned by Jim Carrington. Because of financial difficulties, Betty leases the ground to Bogrum, a crooked moneylender, sends her mother to the sanitarium and goes to work for the moneylender. When Betty's mother dies, Bogrum piles up debts against the Lawrence property and succeeds in swindling Betty out of her land. Information supplied by Bolter, Bogrum's secretary, leads Jim Carrington, who is in love with Betty, to investigate. After Bogrum's crooked dealings are exposed, he is imprisoned, and Betty and Carrington join their property through matrimony.