ene Molloy和她的帽子店助手Minnie Fay，她告诉Ermengarde和Ambrose她准备让他们去参加在纽约高档花园餐厅 (upscale Harmonia Gardens Restaurant in New York City)举行的波尔卡(Polca)舞蹈比赛，使Ambros向Horace证明他有能力赚钱养家。Cornelius，Barnaby，Ambrose，Ermengarde和Dolly穿上假日盛装("Put on their Sunday Clothes")先后前往纽约。I