 Lillian Bennett (Marjorie Rambeau) runs a theatrical boarding house in New York City. She doesn t want her debutante daughter Helen Bennett (Florine McKinney), reared in finishing schools away from New York, to know of her own glamourous stage career or her present occupation, as she dreads the possibility Helen would want a stage career, and she encourages her to marry her wealthy suitor, Rodney Stokes (John Warburton.) On an unexpected visit, Helen learns that the people Lillian introduces as her friends are actually stage performers paying board.