Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.
Charlie Chaplin
as Izzy A. Wake's assistant
Charles Inslee
as Izzy A. Wake, Paperhanger
Edna Purviance
as Maid
Billy Armstrong
as The Husband
Marta Golden
as The Wife
Leo White
as The Secret Lover
Paddy McGuire
as The Plasterbearer