After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers shirts to the factory owner, the owner's son steals some money and Ruth is accused of the crime. She flees the ghetto of New York's Lower East Side and hides in the country where she meets a young farmer.
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Dorothy West as Ruth
Kate Bruce as Ruth's Mother
Dell Henderson as The Proprietor
Charles West as The Proprietor's Son
W. Chrystie Miller as The Old Man
George Nichols as Officer Quinn
Henry B. Walthall as The Farmer
Clara T. Bracy as The Farm Woman
William J. Butler as In Second Shop
Charles Craig as In Sweatshop
Gladys Egan as Flower Girl
Frank Evans as Policeman
Francis J. Grandon as Doctor
Ruth Hart as In Second Shop
Guy Hedlund as In Sweatshop
D.W. Griffith Director
Stanner E.V. Taylor Writer
Edwin S. Porter Producer
Arthur Marvin Cinematography
Billy Bitzer Cinematography
United States 06 June 1910
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