Roles and Original Cast
- Mme. Cecile, owner of a Parisian hat shop (mezzo soprano) – Josephine Bartlett
- Fifi (Mlle. Modiste), clerk in the hat shop (soprano) – Fritzi Scheff
- Count Henri de Bouvray (baritone) – William Pruette
- Etienne de Bouvray, nephew of the Count (tenor) – Walter Percival
- Hiram Bent, American entrepreneur (bass) – Claude Gillingwater
- Fanchette and Nanette, Mme. Cecile's daughters – Edna Fassett and Blanche Morrison
- Gaston, an artist, Mme. Cecile's son – Leo Mars
- Marie Louise de Bouvray, Etienne's sister – Louise Le Baron
- Lieut. Rene La Motte, engaged to Marie Louise – Howard Chambers
- Mrs. Hiram Bent – Bertha Holly
- General Le Marquis de Villefranche – George Schraeder
- Francois, porter at Mme. Cecile's – R. W. Hunt
- Bebe, dancer at Folies Bergere – La Mora
- Fleurette – Ada Meade
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