Wealthy society girl Irene Waterloo is courted by a designing nobleman, Count Bertrade Delande, who had previously pledged himself to Gwendolyne Vanderbilt. Gwendolyne and her socially ambitious mother uncover evidence that Irene is really black, and Irene, shocked by this revelation, goes to Europe. Eventually she finds happiness with George Preston, who was formerly her porter. [The film also treats the racism endured by blacks in Europe during World War I. No other verifiable information concerning the plot has been discovered.]