A government official staying in a hotel puts some important secret papers in the hotel safe. A ring of spies out to get the papers manages to steal them from the safe, and a lady government agent enlists the help of the hotel's bumbling bellhop in getting back the papers and breaking up the spy ring.
Well-meaning but accident-prone bakery employee Larry is involved in numerous slapstick mishaps on the job. After accidentally causing the bakery owner to fall into a vat of cake batter Larry finds his job in jeopardy, but he redeems himself by foiling a robbery planned by the bakery foreman.
Hubby and wifey are in love, but he's henpecked by her mother. A nip of whiskey gives him Dutch courage, and he storms out, declaring he won't be a domestic slave anymore. He heads for a park bench where a photographer mistakes him for a seated woman's sweetheart. The tintype of the two of them falls into the hands of the woman's husband, whose jealous rage frightens our hero. He abruptly leaves town, telling wifey he'll be away on business. Wifey doesn't need her house while he's away, so, unknown to hubby, she moves in with mom and rents the house to the couple from the park. When our hero returns home sooner than expected, the renter has another attack of jealousy.
Charlot y Chester Conklin trabajan como camareros en un restaurante en el cual los cocineros se declaran en huelga y son además rivales en el amor. Cuando ellos se ven forzados a hacer la tarea de pasteleros, los huelguistas ponen dinamita en masa, con un resultado explosivo.
Charlot y su rival Joseph compiten por los favores de la dueña de casa. Luego ambos están en el parque y Joseph parece tener éxito con una joven. Por su parte Charlot pone su empeño en otra pero resulta que espera a su galán y, apenado, quiere arrojarse al agua pero un policía se impide. Más tarde encuentra a las dos jóvenes con Joseph, nuevo alboroto, las bellas se refugian en un cine y Charlot se les une, pero se produce un nuevo alboroto dentro del cine.
Trabajando en un teatro Charlot tiene problemas y conflictos con el equipaje de los actores y la distribución de los camarines. Una vez más Charlot aparece como perezoso, mentiroso y hasta innoble, galante, mal compañero y termina con los alborotos de siempre.
