Plot

John Barrow has a demanding wife. He becomes tired of being henpecked, so he takes the family savings and leaves. At the corner bar, he meets an accident insurance salesman who persuades him to spend most of his money on an accident policy. The sweetheart of Barrow's daughter finds him, and escorts him home. There, Barrow's wife reads the policy, and decides that Barrow must meet with an accident so the money can be returned. Barrow tries various methods of causing an accident, and finally succeeds by sitting on a large rock which is blown into the air by dynamite. His family collects the insurance, and then tries to live the good life. However, a phony Count, whom Mrs. Barrow had wanted to marry her daughter, bilks her husband out of $30,000. The family returns to their former way of life.—scsu1975

John Barrow works hard and every Saturday brings home his pay envelope undisturbed, because he has a "demanding wife." He soon tires of being hen-pecked, and discovering the resting place of the family bankroll he annexes it, determined to take at least one whirl at real life. At the corner thirst emporium, John falls for the persuasive chatter of an accident insurance agent and parts with most of the family fortune for premium on an accident policy. The shock of expense aided by the "joy water" renders John a bit unseaworthy and his daughter's sweetheart, happening by, acts as the good Samaritan and leads him homeward. Friend wife explores and discovers the accident policy. She commands and demands that John meet with an accident that the bankroll may be returned. John tries to make good in fifty-seven different attempts, finally succeeding by sitting on a large rock which is propelled skyward with a generous charge of dynamite, John accompanying the rock on its journey. John is carried home and his anatomy is cemented together and the insurance collected. Then the Barrow family takes a fly at aristocratic existence. The "flat" becomes "an apartment" and "company" becomes "guests" until a phony Count, who Mrs. Barrow has decreed shall wed her daughter, gets $80 000 in real money from Father Barrow in a bunk mining scheme, and back goes the bunch to the old life, the unopened pay envelope and no more Counts or accident insurance policies.—Moving Picture World synopsis