A newly married young couple are anxious not to be recognized as bride and groom so they decide to arrive separately at the hotel. Accordingly, the bridegroom wires the hotel to reserve a room and then leaves, his wife following on the next train. The hotel proprietor becomes rattled by a sudden rush of business, and upon receiving the bridegroom’s telegram, assigns him to room 23, marking the number on the telegram, but neglecting to enter the reservation in the proper way. The result is, that when another wire for a room reservation comes from Eliza Merrill, a somewhat mature lady and a delegate to the convention now in session, the cashier makes the mistake of assigning the same room to her. The bridegroom arrives, goes to his room with his luggage and then leaves for a little stroll. Meanwhile Eliza arrives and is shown the same room. She takes immediate possession and commands the bell boy to remove the other person’s baggage. When the bridegroom returns and finds Eliza in possession of his room he becomes furious. Neither will give up the room. Then ensue some most laughable scenes in which the young man endeavors to drive her out of the room, but nothing avails. Her grim determination is too much for him. Meanwhile the host and his cashier have a heated altercation over the situation in the office below. The solution comes with the arrival of the young bride, who is dumbfounded to find her husband in the room with a crusty old woman who refuses to budge an inch. The host appears and attempts to explain but only succeeds in making matters worse and causing the bride to weep. As the sympathizing young husband withdraws his handkerchief to dry her tears something falls to the floor which is picked up by the grim old Eliza. It proves to be a few grains of rice. She relents, picks up her belongings and retreats as gracefully as she can, realizing that they are a newly-married couple.