The story concerns a Parisian woman who disguises herself as an impoverished Baroness to gain an audition with a famous actor-manager.

[7] Fritzi, a stage-struck Parisian gamine who runs a band of boys who earn a living on the streets "finding" trinkets that belong to others.

She is enamored of the famous actor and theatrical manager André Sorbier of La Boîte aux Joujoux ("The Toy Box").

Sorbier and a law enforcement officer (the Gendarmie chief) track a missing pie to Fritzi and her boys.

When things start to fall apart, she runs home fearing that her real identity will be discovered.