Vicisitudes de los habitantes de una ciudad de provincias, donde confluyen diversos personajes, cada uno con sus problemas, sus formas de pensar y su manera de afrontar los desafíos que les plantea la vida y la convivencia, muy a menudo dentro de la misma vecindad.

Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs daughter Amelia and also befriends the poor Reverend Gates (a young man who is also in love with Amelia), he observes the difference in his life and theirs and tries to help make a difference.

O professor Andrew e o executivo Peter entram em conflito quando seus filhos acabam se apaixonando. Dirigido por Lois Weber, uma das cineastas mais bem-sucedidas do cinema mudo americano.