ThesocialclimbingFlowerfamilyiscomprisedofMr.Flower,abankerwhohasoverextendedhimselffinancially,Mrs.Flower,asociallyambitiousmother,JuliaFlower,amarriage-mindedelderdaughterandMadgeFlower,ahigh-spiritedyoungerdaughter.WhenMadgeisexpelledfromboardingschoolforherpracticaljokesandpranks,shejoinshermotherandsisterinPalmBeach,wheretheyarewintering,inhopesofsnaringatitledhusbandforJulia.Julia,fearfulthatherlittlesisterwillimpairhersuccessonthemarriagemarket,forcesMadgetodressasachildoften.JuliahashersightssetontheEarlofLarsdale,butafteraseriesofmisadventures,Madgeelopeswiththeyoungmanwhoturnsoutnottobeanearlatall,butaprosperousyoungAmericanwhoisholdingherfather'snotes.Thus,shesavesthedayfortheFlowerfamily.