The Earlings are the leaders of their town's "peace-at-any-price" propagandists. However, their small children, Daisy and Bobbie, are strong for war play. Recruiting officers, in order to frustrate the parents' plans, persuade the children to enlist as an honorary soldier and Red Cross nurse. The newspapers publish the story of the pacifist's children enlisting, and it is read during a big peace meeting. Daisy hotly replies to her parents' scoldings with the statement that she'd rather enlist than have to be conscripted. This puts the matter in a new light to the peace advocates, and there is a rush to the recruiting offices.