The busy-body Belmont Sisters report to Lottie this Shakespearean actor is broke and being sued. They read it in Variety. He may not be able to open next week after all. He dances for her and dancing off she chases after. Outside the Old Mill the amusement park revelers quietly saunter off with balloons and kewpie dolls.
Lovers strolling, boys and girls flirting, the festive evening ends quietly.
Flora, his ex-wife has arranged to have the sheriff hold Dennis's scenery because he's two months late in his alimony payments. But Betsy embraces her father and Flora threatens to drag him into court if he dares to take Betsy. He vows to fight her on this. Lottie admits to her father Carl that she's written a check for a thousand dollars for Dennis's acting company to get him out of debt to Flora. Carl has just bought the Old Mill.