A young girl buys a nice pair of shoes. Delighted with her purchase, she takes the shoes home to show to her mother. What a disappointment! She finds only one shoe in the parcel! She returns to the store and tells the proprietor of her loss. He informs her that he has not found the other shoe. She looks in vain to recover her loss, but nowhere is it to be found. Not having any more money to buy a new pair, she is very much vexed. She reads in a newspaper an advertisement that a gentleman has found a very pretty little shoe and that he will be glad to return same to the owner any day. The young lady is convinced that the shoe belongs to her and decides to call on the gentleman. In the meantime, several other girls who have read the advertisement, see an opportunity of seeing the gentleman. When all these girls call on the man, he is very much provoked over the trouble that he has had with all the callers. There is not a pretty girl among all those who appeared. At last the young girl makes her appearance and the shoe fits her to perfection. The gentleman is fascinated with her and asks permission to call. The girl accepts. They fall in love and are shortly after married. The newspapers devote much space to the romance of the Cinderella up-to-date. Old maids and young girls are very much excited over the news and consider it a good method of securing a husband. The shoe store is besieged by ladies who purchase the best shoes. Each of the girls loses a shoe and hides herself until some gentleman picks it up. Then the girl leaves her place of concealment and at once lays claim to the shoe, incidentally complimenting the man very profusely. Some of the girls are successful in getting lovers, others are less fortunate. The last girl has an original idea. She attaches a string to a shoe and as soon as the man, who happens to be in this instance a poor invalid soldier, has picked it up, she runs quickly to him and thanks him very much. He likes her and they agree to marry.