Norma, the pretty president of "The Temperance Union," enlists the aid of the minister in an effort to cure her hubby, Ferdie, of being a "good fellow." They plan to simulate the appearance of slight intoxication when Ferdie returns from one of his usual good times, relying upon the shock to have the desired moral effect. Ferdie phones his usual excuse for absence and the scheme is put in operation. They procure two bottles labeled "whiskey" and fill them with sarsaparilla. The bottles are left in the kitchen and the conspirators await hubby's return. Meanwhile, the cook and her blue-coated friend have a love affair, and during the struggle for a kiss the bottles are knocked out the window and smashed on the pavement below. Thinking to shield the cook, the cop replaces the imitation with real whiskey and when Ferdie is heard laboring up the front steps. Norma gets the supposed soft stuff which she and the minister begin drinking in large gulps as Ferdie enters. He almost drops lifeless when his demure wife and the sedate minister bolt about the room doing the tango, and to make matters worse, the members of the Temperance Union drop in when the revel is at its height. Norma revives sufficiently to seek an explanation. She drags in the cook and matters are soon explained. The shocked members of the union are reconciled, and Ferdie loses no time in signing the pledge.
