When Eddie Latelywed went to the club, Edith, his wife, hurries over to her mother's home. The two women settle down to a quiet evening, except for the continual stream of advice and warning against the "wiles" of husbands that the worldly-wise mama gives. Midnight finds the boys at the club somewhat unsteady - with divers highballs to their credit. They leave and, finding the last car gone, they commandeer a cab which stands alone, the driver having left it temporarily. The drive home is productive of laughable incidents and, arriving at Eddie's house (he having invited Lee to spend the night), Eddie discovers that he has forgotten his key, and the couple attempt to get in via the window. Inside, Eddie finds that he has but one clean pair of pajamas, so Lee dons Edith's lacy nightgown. Edith and her mother, weary of waiting, start home. By the time they arrive the boys are asleep. They go in and Edith sees the arm and head of Lee, who has put her nightcap on, and thinks the worst. Eddie wakes up, grabs a pistol, thinking burglars are in the house, and, seeing his wife, he drops the pistol and starts to embrace her. But mother-in-law is on the job. She picks up the gun and takes a shot at the form in bed. Lee jumps up, explanations follow, and mama's plans and suspicions are foiled with the couple embracing.
—Moving Picture World, September 1, 1917