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Eva Tanglefoot, a popular vaudeville star, after a strenuous season goes to a small country town to recuperate. Her beauty makes her a favorite among the village people and her coquettish manner wins the hearts of all the men she meets. ...See moreEva Tanglefoot, a popular vaudeville star, after a strenuous season goes to a small country town to recuperate. Her beauty makes her a favorite among the village people and her coquettish manner wins the hearts of all the men she meets. Among her many admirers is one who really loves her, and though only a country boy, his strong love makes some impression upon the hitherto heart-free beauty. Not wishing to give up a career to become the wife of a country boy she refuses his offer of marriage and goes back to the city to win the plaudits of the thousands of theater-goers. While in her dressing room, preparing to go before the audience, an alcohol lamp upon her dressing tale explodes, casting its fiery stream into her face and marring it frightfully. The career of the famous actress appears at an end, for the fickle public would not want her without her beauty. The case appears hopeless and the actress is doomed to be scarred for life, when sudden hope is renewed by the suggestion of one of the physicians to try grafting of new and healthy skin upon the parts burned away. An appeal to her many so-called admirers is made for volunteers to undergo the operation, but all refuse. In the meantime the country boy, who loved her, reads of the accident willing to sacrifice some of their own skin to save the beauty of the famous Eva Tanglefoot. He immediately leaves for the city and present himself at the hospital as a volunteer. The physicians and nurses warn him of the pain he must undergo, but he cheerfully submits to the knife and the operation takes place. His sacrifice is well repaid as Eva Tanglefoot recovers and retains her beauty. The boy leaves the hospital and returns to his country home. The actress is touched by his heroism and loyalty, and knowing that in one who willingly would undergo such pain and agony she would find a good protector, she follows him to the country and is more than happy to become his wife. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less