John Pride insists that Betty, his daughter, marry Aleck Smart, rich pork packer. That Betty may meet Aleck, her father gives a party at the Meadows Club in honor of Prof. Quack, who has won renown by the fact that he lived in woodland fastness for thirty days attired in nothing but a bathing suit. Betty can see no man but Jimmy Sterling, the pork packer's dollars notwithstanding. At the party, Prof. Quack and Jimmy get into an argument. Jimmy asserts that the professor's accomplishment was nothing wonderful and declares that he himself can do as much. Quack calls Jimmy a mollycoddle. John Pride promises Jimmy the hand of Betty in marriage if Jimmy can duplicate the professor's feat. Pride draws up these rules. Jimmy must enter the woods wearing only a bathing suit. At the end of thirty days, he must emerge, respectably clothed and in good physical condition. Jimmy leaves on his unique mission. Betty, imagining him starving in the woods, drives some chickens into the forest, hoping that Jimmy will find and kill some of them to keep from starving. Aleck Smart scents a rat, and goes to frustrate the scheme. But woe to him; Jimmy meets him, and interpreting John Pride's rules in his favor, he seizes the luckless packer and takes his clothing. At the end of the allotted time, Jimmy emerges from the forest. He is riding a shining steed, is fully dressed in expensive clothes and he has a valet. This last dignitary bears a startling resemblance to Aleck Smart, pork packer. John Pride laughingly admits defeat. Betty is given to Jimmy.
—Moving Picture World synopsis