Lillian arranges her own kidnapping in order to achieve fame as an abductee. Dodo orders Peepers to impersonate the Commodore and accompany her to a luncheon. Beatrice mistakes Blanche for a fellow aristocrat.

Lillian's invited to a party on the beach by her new friends; Beatrice meets Thomas Edison; Blanche receives a strange letter from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory; Garfield tries to hold the family together.