To celebrate the new year Mrs Henrietta Topper, the wife of Cosmo Topper wishes to visit friends to celebrate the coming of a new year. The only problem is that the party is a masquerade ball and Topper refuses to go. Henrietta heads to the party alone as Cosmo promises he will head along later as their is a problem with his costume. This of course is a ploy to not attend, however the Kerbys have other ideas and in their usual way get Cosmo to change his mind. However Cosmo and the Kerbys get the address where the party is totally wrong, and soon Cosmo is arrested for house breaking and insanity due to his masquerade party outfit.
—Gerald Smyth