Betty, a poor little girl, whose father has been out of work for some time, appears at school in a dress that is far from being up to the standard of the other little girls. They poke fun ... See full summary
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Betty, a poor little girl, whose father has been out of work for some time, appears at school in a dress that is far from being up to the standard of the other little girls. They poke fun at her in an innocent sort of way, but it breaks her heart and when she comes home she demands a new dress. Unfortunately it is just before rent day and there is no money to be spared, so her mother makes up her mind that she will cut down one of her own dresses to provide Betty with a new one. And so it comes that at school the next day Betty appears with her new dress, down the front of which are four big buttons. The children admire the dress very much, but one little mischief counts off the buttons and discovers that by the telling "rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief" Betty's future is to be inevitably connected with a thief. Meanwhile the rent collector has called at the house and taken the last money that her father and mother had for expenses, but in putting it into his pocket he ...
| Cast overview: | |||
 | Shirley Mason | - | Betty (as Leonie Flugrath) |
 | Herbert Barrington | - | Betty's Father |
 | Miriam Nesbitt | - | Betty's Mother |
Released as a split reel along with the comedy The Silent Tongue (1911).