Sylvia Brown (Angela Thorne) is guardian to three young girls, Pauline (Elizabeth Morgan), Petrova (Jane Slaughter), and Posy Fossil (Sarah Prince). Money is tight for Sylvia, who opens her home to provide board to three others; a retired English professor, a garage owner, and a dance teacher. The later, Theo Dane (Joanna David), has the girls accepted into her school by the formidable Madame (Mary Morris) and the children help to raise some money through a stage show.