Suffering with too little to do and too many to help him do it, Freddie, the son of wealthy and indulgent parents, develops into a regular mollycoddle. He enjoys being petted and waited upon and to indulge this tendency, he claims to be sick. His parents engage the services of all the specialists in town, but their dear Freddie grows more peevish and threatens to go into a decline, although he constantly insists upon smoking cigarettes and reading trashy literature throughout his illness. His solicitous parents are suddenly obliged to leave town and leave him under the care of a doctor and nurse. Bridget, the cook, has diagnosed Freddie's case and concludes that she will take him in hand and administer a little physical culture to him. Taking Freddie by the back of the neck, she sets him to work about the kitchen, scrubbing the floor, washing the dishes, and cleaning the stove. With her mental and physical dominion, this treatment gives Freddie an enormous appetite, and speedily he recovers from his sickness.