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Schools and Schools Synopsis

Nevada Warren is a poor girl who can neither read nor write and suddenly finds herself surrounded by luxury. Nevada's father dies, and she is sent to live with his wealthy brother in New York. Her cousin, Barbara, soon becomes jealous of the attentions that Gilbert Ross, an artist, is paying her, and when he sends Nevada a note about some flowers, Barbara tells her it is a request for her to come to Gilbert's studio at midnight. Nevada goes, thinking Gilbert is ill. He is surprised to see her, but as he really loves her, and learns of Barbara's deception, proposes an immediate elopement, to which Nevada agrees with alacrity. She confesses to Gilbert that she cannot read or write, but he says that can easily be remedied, and that the note about the flowers proved to be the best letter he ever wrote.

The Soap Girl Synopsis

Sanford, a soap manufacturer who earned his fortune through advertising, decides to help his daughter Marjorie break into society by launching a campaign to publicize her. When he sends the snobbish Mrs. Van Ruhl a check for her pet charity, the society matron invites Marjorie to attend a charity bazaar, and young Richard Van Ruhl promptly falls in love with the girl. Next, however, Sanford announces his newest product with magazine ads that feature Marjorie using the soap in her bathtub. This is too much for Mrs. Van Ruhl, who contemptuously labels Marjorie the "soap girl" and orders Richard to stop courting her. In retaliation, Marjorie buys a whiskey distillery and, having learned that the first Van Ruhls in America sold rum to the Indians, prints a likeness of Mrs. Van Ruhl on the label of each bottle. Fearing her own social demise, Mrs. Van Ruhl quickly makes peace with the Sanfords, and Richard and Marjorie are allowed to marry.