When Mrs. Harding dies, she leaves a mysterious letter to her pastor. The note tells how her cold, miserly husband worked her to death. She asks the pastor to administer a small trust which she has bequeathed her daughter so that the girl might enjoy some finery which her father has always denied her. The village milliner carries the latest hat styles from New York, one of which has caught the girl's fancy. The pastor, loyal to the dying mother's wishes, buys the young lady the hat. Soon gossip spreads through the village...

艾丽丝·菲娅、杰克哈特和秀兰·邓波儿一起在这动人的音乐片中献技出演。富有的连续剧制片商只知埋首工作，经常忽略了女儿芭芭拉。一次偶然的机会，芭芭拉参加了电台的演出，并在另一家连续剧中试演成功，一跃成为电台明星。