Amarilly Jenkins may be a scrub-girl but she has ambitions. Through hard work determination and a few hilarious high jinks the cheerful young girl pulls herself and her entire family out of poverty. One-part Pollyanna and one-part Pygmalion Amarilly will make you laugh. Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1915) was Belle K. Maniatess most popular novel inspiring a play and several silent film adaptations.