This is not the proverbial mother-in-law always finding fault with her son-in-law, but it is a too kind-hearted woman, who having secured a rich son-in-law wishes to cultivate her charitable dispositions by bringing in all the poor fellows she meets in the streets to the house of her very indulgent son-in-law. The first one is a poor little boy who as soon as he reaches the dining room, he does not want a chair but sits on the table and helps himself to every edible in sight. Then a worthless tramp is taken to the house. A homeless dog is also made a member of the family. Now the mother-in-law meets a cripple on his little wagon. She wants to make him comfortable, so she helps him home, but she reaches home as her son-in-law and his wife are going to bed. She forces them to sleep on the floor, while she gives the bed to the cripple. The next day the dear mother-in-law finds a whole starving family composed of the father, mother and a lot of children. She brings them all to the house, but as this proves too much for the indulgent son-in-law, he expels every one, even his dear mother-in-law.