Lady for a Day: Apple Annie is an aging fruit seller in New York City, whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Annie leads her daughter to believe that she is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her charade is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.