As in a Looking Glass (1913)

Mrs Despard a butterfly of society finding herself widowed and without means sends her little daughter Lena to live with fisher folk in a seacoast town while she seeks ways and means to continue the life of luxury and ease she has become accustomed to With the aid of a young adventuress she conducts a gambling house for the sons of the wealthy and prosperity smiles upon her until her partner after a severe quarrel leaves her Unfortunately the partner young and attractive starts a rival gambling house and the scions of the wealthy soon become conspicuous by their absence Desperate the widow seeks other means of attracting the men and lighting upon a letter and photograph of her daughter decides upon bringing her to the city and make her the magnet that will draw the trade to the gambling tables