Excess Baggage

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A telegram arrives for a husband stating that his mother is on her way to visit them. The fact that his wife's mother is also expected does not help matters, and when both mothers appear on the scene within a few minutes of each other, a lively time is had by all concerned through the jealousies to which mother-in-laws are popularly supposed to be addicted. After the young couple are driven almost to distraction, and have given up most of their comforts to please the respective mothers, a telegram comes with an invitation for the older members of the quartet to be guests at a picnic in a distant town. When the sky has cleared the husband confesses to having persuaded his father to send the telegram.