The story revolves around Los Angeles henpecked husbands Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy taking a solemn oath from their Exalted Ruler (John Elliott) to attend the annual convention of their fraternal order, the Sons of the Desert, in Chicago. When Oliver’s domineering wife, Lottie Chase Hardy (Mae Busch), refuses to let him go, he comes up with a plan to deceive both her and Stan’s duck hunting, rifle toting wife Betty Laurel (Dorothy Christy). Oliver has Stan accompany him on an ocean voyage to Honolulu while he recovers from a supposed rare tropical illness, after a veterinary doctor (Lucien Littlefield) tells his wife the best cure is a stay in Hawaii. Problems arise for the boys when the L.A. papers have the headline “HONOLULU LINER SINKING! FOUNDERING IN TYPHOON.” That’s the ship the boys are supposed to be on during their return from Hawaii. The news reports that all passengers are rescued by a sister ship and are on their way back to Los Angeles tomorrow. The distraught wives go to the movies, where they catch their wayward hubbies in a newsreel frolicking for the camera and can’t wait to question them when they get home.