Ethel Mason and her husband, Ralph, find themselves in the midst of domestic strife over Ethel’s poodle “Cutey.” After several unsuccessful attempts to get rid of the dog, Ralph takes it back to the store where it was purchased. His act leads to a grand quarrel which sends them both “home to mother.” Ethel’s friend, Flora, persuades the young wife before she has gone very far to return home, but Ralph stays away, and the breach remains unhealed. At last Flora suggests that Ethel write Ralph to come home, pretending that he is the father of a son. At the same time Ralph decides to capitulate and wires that he is coming home with “Cutey.” The girls find the telegram when they arrive home from a search for a baby, which they had stolen from a nursemaid. A scramble follows. The messenger boy unconsciously aids their cause by arriving to tell them that he has lost their telegram. They manage to keep the baby from Ralph’s sight and return it to its nurse after a near arrest. After Ralph’s surrender, he and Ethel settle down to domestic felicity with “Cutey.”