When a letter arrives from Gretchen’s sister, Anna, who is in America, inviting her to come and offering her a job in the store, Gretchen is overjoyed and decides to pack at once. Arrived in New York, Gretchen obtains work in the delicatessen store kept by Emil, her sister’s husband. She is greatly surprised one day, when Hans, her sweetheart, who has been lonesome without her, suddenly presents himself at the store. Gretchen is none too well pleased with his arrival, as she has been able to make a decided impression on an American, George. Anna and Emil look after him and soon get him a job. Hans invites Gretchen to go with him to the annual picnic of the German colony where they live, but she turns him down and asks George to be her escort instead. Her German lover realizes that she does not like his old-country clothes, and gets himself a brand new American outfit. At the picnic Gretchen is suddenly deserted by George, who sees a pretty girl in the crowd and thinks that he would like a change of partner, leaving her to her own devices. George gets badly left, as he well deserves, when the girl he follows is claimed by her beau, a pugilist, who soon sends George about his business. He goes to look for Gretchen, but finds her in the arms of Hans.