 Your Coca-Cola bottler presents Claudia based on the famous play and novels by Rose Franken Brought to you transcribed Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola Relax and while you're listening refresh yourself. Have a coke And now Claudia I'm in the living room David Amazing that's exactly where I left your half hour go take off your hat and stay a while come on in Here by Trudley. It is a cold and nipping air. Oh, it's certainly nice and warm in front of the fire Do you really still sitting at that desk? I really really are I've known you to sit still in one place alone. What you doing? Oh Must be pretty fascinating things Pretty dull thing but a great many things You sat right down after dinner and it's half past eight now. Well, I'll be through a little while darling. I'm just cleaning out my death mostly bills, of course Honestly, they accumulate so it's absolutely. How's the car? Majesty seems very pleasant munching her hay Sent you her regards between months. Oh, no, I wish I'd walked up to the barn with you But I knew if I didn't set myself down to my desk right after dinner I'd fit her instead Majesty understood say David when she's gonna have her calf She hurry up. That's one thing. You can't hurry up You'll be coming around first of the year and not a minute sooner. Well, he said he hopes. He doesn't do it behind my back Calving I mean, you know why Well, I don't want to miss it What's your big hurry? I just paid the dairy bill it seems to me it's about time I had a glass of homemade milk and Addition homegrown butter and a picture of home separately. You are a mercenary female Yes, there we are here. I thought you were interested in Majesty's calf purely for sentimental reason You can't bluff me. You don't give a hoot about the blessed event for itself You just want Majesty's milk and I was that too much to ask of a call Please be quiet. Gladly. I am busy too busy for For what? Or a slight token of affection and esteem perhaps. Oh, never too busy for that. You're sure now positive Absolutely positive Mmm, you smell of the bar and I like it. That's good. Hey, don't go away. Don't go away. You're busy. Remember These old bills they bore me and finish up with I hate paying bills It's not just the money either much of this much is right. It's much money. Oh, pay them Already the six of the month four more days and we'll be dispossessed David that's not really true about the tenth of the month I mean off goes the gas off goes the electricity off goes the phone Think of all the money we'd say Polly Anna, but oh, I suppose I might just as well pay these old bills I'll be hounded by my creditors as they say in the melodramers. I won't speak another word to you David don't say such a thing. It depresses me Hey, hey, what? Hey, you left your pipe on the mouth. Oh So I'm telling you now so you won't interrupt me later. That's very sweet. I'm very sweet girl I got on back to your work, you know David are you gonna read the stock market? What's it to you because if our stocks have gone down again, don't tell me we can't afford it David, you know, it's funny. They never go up. Do they what goes down must have been up. Yes, but what is done? David doesn't have to go up Very funny, you know, I don't think we can afford stocks Certainly not with all these bills. We have they don't have anything to do with each other both money aren't they? Yes money we haven't got aren't they aren't they I refuse to get into a financial conversation with you Do you think I don't understand? I don't think you want to understand them, but you do understand all too. Well, I'll write out those checks We'll go to bed. Okay. Well That's the first decent thing you said to me all day Listen David even mentally you better not buy any more stocks even even with a margin the expression happens to be on March oh, I don't have any intention to buying any you stick to your onions. Oh onions is right You should see our grosses bills discussed. Well, don't talk about it. Just pay. I am paying it just as fast as I can Listen David, it doesn't hurt if I talk about it too doesn't hurt to me where the mattress Take the pipe out of your mouth David. I can't understand a word. You're saying doesn't matter matters to me She's like awful waste of energy to me to talk and not let people understand what you're saying Of course the free country where the matches when I look at this pile of bills It doesn't seem that very much in the country's free. We're doing all right. I mean the country or us both Yeah, I thought you wanted to be quiet. I'm being quiet. Can't you hear? I've only said a few words Listen will you look at this bill from the cleanest? Some people certainly are chief skates and tomorrow didn't they charge you enough They are there they are Exorbitant and at these places 75 cents. Can you imagine for a jacket 75 cents only had three spots? I was a little dirty around maybe they charge you 25 cents a spot Well, go ahead finish your sentence. I am for 75 cents. At least they could do a supply of stamp omelette Wouldn't you think but no I even have to supply the stamp Tell me how did you ever get to be such a tight wad? I'm not a tight wad. No, you just don't like to part with money. Is that it? That's all I say Well, so much for the cleaners now for the butcher Would you like me to take over that job? No, it's all right David every life a little rain must fall Only in this life. It's pouring tonight. Let me see. Let me see the butcher the butcher Huh, just as I thought I'll rate you. Why don't you tell him? I have good lord I won't feel safe walking down Main Street past the bush. Oh, don't worry. All right. He agreed with me David You know, I don't think you have any idea just how expensive life is. Well, you were giving me a rough idea Well, life is very expensive Leave me Probably seems to be getting expensive or every day more expensive every day. Well, dad, you finally agree with me We'll stop worrying about it Unless you worry because it doesn't cost you anything to worry. I'm not worried David. I'm just a little irritated that Then stop thinking about it so much. We do the best we can and that's the best we can do That's logical. I guess we don't live extravagantly We don't go to night clubs or spend money on nonsense you you don't spend a lot of money on clothes matter of fact I I wish you'd allow yourself more than you do David. I don't need any more than I have Anyway, you know half the fun of shopping is going to sales and you can't find a really good sale every day Oh, excuse me darling. You go on what you're saying. I didn't mean to say much Except there's no reason for you to fuss about the money you spend it's all for necessities and we are managing to Save a little besides so everything's fine. Well still I wish we could save more. You never know when they're going to need I wish we could too but we can't living is very expensive. You said so yourself You know David, you're very sweet. I'm not sweet word of matches and sweetness has nothing to do with you. Oh, yes, it has You weren't sweet. You blame me for life being so expensive. A lot of husbands blame you That's all I can do to make you buy a a bobby pin That's that's silly besides of which an accepted fact that living is high today To such an extent that it's getting more expensive even to live than to die die Do you mean to say it costs money even to die? Does you know in a way David don't tell me there's a tax on dying exactly so Tax can go up as high as 60 percent 60 percent after the first 60,000 60 percent if you're rich Then it's almost cheaper to stay alive Honestly hardly anything's worthwhile these days Oh bills bills bills bills look at them all over the place. Well, we're a big family Well, not so big as we're gonna be someday First things first darling Take your time actually David. I have figured that the baby doesn't cost us a thing No, you have How do you uh figure that well figure it out for yourself now unlike a great day Where the baby is not the upkeep. It's the original investment Oh, yeah, because after paying the doctor in the hospital and all that the baby is really not much more expensive than a A good piece of furniture say well have you told the baby? I'm sure you'd like to know Now look, what does it really cost to feed a baby practically nothing? What's he eat milk? Well that costs money. Oh, you know perfectly. Well, we have milk in the house anyway And when the car starts earning away David, even the milk won't cost us anything No, no way do you see some of the feed bills we'll have and they will balance out the money we save on the milk You follow me No, and what else does the baby little orange juice a few old mashed vegetables and things it doesn't amount to anything at all And his clothes are all presents he receives so far So you can see for yourself how people really really exaggerate about these things David For my money the baby doesn't cost us a cent at this point. Not a cent. That's a pleasant thought And I'll take mama so I buy an extra chop for mama. That's not real money, David Or if I have a ham or stew or something an extra mouth doesn't show at all and mama's is a small mouth Oh, yeah, sure So you see David there Let's see one two four of us four of you And I mama baby and we are living as cheaply as two You're almost convinced when I'm only trying to explain this to you because you said that it's because we're such a big family That life is so expensive. Well, life is expensive because life is expensive It's because we are a big family that we're feeling David Are you thinking that we should have a budget? No, I'm thinking no such thing. Oh good Because when I get around to deciding I want to have another baby. I wouldn't look at a budget twice. You wouldn't David, you're not the budgety kind of a man. Are you sure I'm not and I'm proud of it I'll tell you something else darling The second baby isn't nearly as expensive as the first You mean it's even cheaper. Well, you wouldn't know about it being an only child But but you've heard the expression hand me down It makes quite a considerable difference in the cost of the second child. Let me tell you Well, what do you know? We might even save money We might even make money now. Wait a minute. Oh darling I've had lots of women wish they were married to an unbudgety man like you Is uh Is that a proposal of marriage mrs. Naughton? You may consider it as such mr. Naughton Like set Now forget the rest of the bills for tonight You mean not pay them tonight Why darling, that's a wonderful idea. Let's uh put out the lights and go to bed David it's very thrifty to turn out the lights Very nice to be in the dark with you When it's time for one of your favorite radio programs Before you sit down to listen go to the refrigerator and get yourself an inviting frosty bottle of coca-cola You'll enjoy that interlude in your daily chores more if you listen refreshed. Say joe Can you figure finances that way? Oh, you mean uh One minute life is expensive and the next it's cheap. Exactly. Ah the female approach david Fascinating the workings of a woman's mind The head rules and then the heart takes over. Well, you're not so tough-hearted yourself and between you and me and this bottle of coke Neither am I. Well, it's nothing to be ashamed of and you bet it isn't Why you take a crusty old fellow like jared tucker. He's crusty. All right He certainly is a way down deep. He's as sweet as quince jelly Wait till I tell him what you said and you'll see i'm right when you see jared tomorrow tomorrow That's the seventh anniversary of pearl harbour day, isn't it exactly so See you then david right joe Every day monday through friday claudia comes to you transcribed with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola So listen again tomorrow at the same time And now this is joe king saying orif war And remember whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of coca-cola For coca-cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes And ice cold coca-cola is everywhere These broadcasts are adapted for radio by mania star And the entire production is supervised and directed by william brown maloney And now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola