Gerald Hutton goes to his office, where a salesman spills cologne on his coat. Diana helps Maggie clean house. The milkman forgets his gloves. Rough gloves and delicate perfume, a combination begetting trouble. It arrives. Gerald and Diana agree to live "separately together." There is no divorce, but Diana and Gerald will never speak to each other again. If Gerald wants his clean pajamas, he uses Maggie for a telephone. If Diana expects company, she writes Gerald a note. Gerald finds office work a curse without somebody to work for. A message arrives from Diana. They have forgotten the wedding anniversary and mother and other guests are coming. And it is Maggie's day out! Gerald closes the office and hurries home. Diana's mother arrives. In five minutes she has heard both sides of the story. Mother decides to remain impartial. Other guests arrive, and Gerald and Diana have a hard time keeping the scandal to themselves and mother and Obediah, the lawyer. Suddenly, Diana hears a noise in the cellar. Burglars! Without alarming the guests she hands Gerald a note informing him of the catastrophe, and Gerald hurries downstairs. Diana gets him the revolver and they wait in the kitchen for the burglar to come upstairs. The door opens. Maggie has forgotten her key, and dropped in through the cellar window. Gerald recollects the quarrel, frowns and enters the dining-room to throw the milkman's gloves out of the window. Diana follows him to beg for a reconciliation. Instead, it is Gerald who "backs down." And they had a real wedding anniversary after all.
—Moving Picture World synopsis