Two daughters have become so accustomed to being waited on by their foolish mother that they take things easy. The time comes when mother, having worked day and night, is obliged to go to bed. The girls are brought face to face with the problem of cooking dinner. Getting a cook book they start in with a will, and are interrupted by Will and John. Dinner is forgotten and the boys are escorted to the sick room. Father comes home and finds the dinner burnt. He invites the boys to dinner. They accept, but are soon disgusted when they are confronted with the meal. On mother's first day in the kitchen she is surprised by two penitents, who insist upon being taught cooking. Father catches them at it and meeting the boys downtown shortly afterward, drags them home to dinner. The boys are so elated that they send father and mother to the theater while they help the girls clear the table and wash the dishes.
—Moving Picture World synopsis