Jospephine Romaine wishes to be a musician, but neither her aunt with whom she lives, nor her mother, a famous actress, show any sympathy with her aspirations. They are quarrelling and both refusing to give her a home, when they suudenly hear that she has won, with a dance tune. five hundred pounds and a three-year contract. They renew the dispute, each claiming the genius only to find that Joesephine has run away to earn her own living.