Cyril Reginald Pointdexter, the eugenic boy, is kept strictly clean, and is brought up in a manner much to his distaste. Cyril longs to be out in the streets playing ball with the other boys of his age, but Cyril's mother and father wouldn't allow their child to associate with such dirty little urchins. Everything is most sanitary and up-to-date and Cyril is provided with a great deal of toys, which he cares nothing about. Cyril is dressed in a Lord Fauntleroy suit of velvet with a deep lace collar and cuffs, etc., and has long blond curly hair. One day the nurse takes Cyril out in the park for a walk. She sits down on a bench and reads, while Cyril on seeing his opportunity, slips away. Mike Googan, a very ragged, very dirty and very tough boy, with tangled red hair and wearing an old straw hat without a brim, with two front teeth missing, comes along, and makes fun and laughs at Cyril. They quarrel and agree to fight it out. Cyril wins the fight, and asks Mike if he has had "enough," to which Mike readily agrees, and Cyril lets him up. They then shake hands and vow eternal friendship. Cyril's father has been an unseen witness to the fight and he greets Cyril rapturously. On their arrival home to mother, who is in a state of collapse because of her darling's disappearance, papa says, "In spite of all your foolishness we have a real boy." Mother agrees to his living the life of a real boy in the future.