 Transcribed ladies and gentlemen the railroad hour And here comes our star-studded show train Tonight the Association of American Railroads presents the Delightful Oscar Strauss operator a waltz dream Starring Gordon Macrae and his celebrated guest Dorothy Kirsten Acquire us under the direction of Norman Luboff and our music is prepared and conducted by Carmen dragon Yes tonight another great musical success is brought to you by the American Railroads the same railroads that bring you most of the food You eat the clothes you wear the fuel you burn and all the other things you use in your daily life And now here is our star Gordon Macrae Thank You Marlon Miller and good evening ladies and gentlemen We're off for the fabulous kingdom of Flauson turn where Dorothy Kirsten is a lovely princess Helen And I am a new husband the brash young lieutenant Nikki three-quarter time I stroll for a waltz dream My loyal subjects let us all welcome our princess and her new consort from Vienna. Ah, here they come all together now a rousing welcome My loyal subjects, it is my honor to present to you my new son-in-law lieutenant Big pardon, have you a card? No, I don't Don't be time rude, but I didn't quite catch your name Nicholas, but his friends call him Nikki father. Hey, his name is Nicholas, but his nickname is Nikki Well, my dear son-in-law children to make a speech I have absolutely nothing to say so all that does matter I never have anything to say but still to make a speech on every possible occasion. Tell them anything you like You say anything? very well The men are born to rule the land and purple robes they don them While some upon the other hand have greatness thrust upon them And I believe that some achieve by sheer determination Position great in spite of fate or other combination Now I was but a soldier plain contented with my station with Near Scares can't control my rage a blank page Tim and my oven lucky star Mad at the bars now and chain me. Oh what a life what a young as are still. There's no power can restrain me Be bought And now I bid you all good day My emperor forced me into this marriage now that it's done. Don't bother me any of you. Oh Father Why isn't he in love with me one? I'm so much in love with him. Yeah there my child after all You've just been introduced. You've just been married. Give it a chance. I never paid any attention to anybody else before Why must he be the one I had to fall in love with? This princess who never was known to sigh who's laughing I put tears in my ancient game repeating repeating repeating the story of mom People's treacherous say capital gain No use to cry over hopes I've been through the day repeating repeating the story I'm for But I'm not giving up father. He's my husband and by heaven. I'm going to figure out a way to make him my sweetheart, too Yes, your highness munch. I am not your highness or anybody else's Why that's like calling me mr. Princess. No, thank you Nicky. You're a married man now Now let's put it this way. My wife is a married woman She's in love with you and she's one of the most beautiful women in all Europe But look what I've given up much I was a lieutenant in the crack Austrian regiment my career ahead of me and suddenly at the emperor's command. I'm a Prince consort Nicky Imagine marrying me to a woman. I've never spoken five words to what it's outrageous What are you going to do about it? I'm going to make that old father-in-law of mine so sick of the bargain It'll have the marriage annulled and send me back to The wonderful Vienna for how you're gonna do that I'm going to flirt with every woman I meet Well, what if you fall in love with one of them, huh? The woman doesn't live who can make me love her individually women bore me collectively I adore them If I could only be back in Vienna The women are as beautiful as the music and What's that Can a man's imagination be so good? Do you hear it munch? Certainly, Nicky. It's not your imagination old man It's an orchestra a real beanie ladies orchestra. They're playing in the outdoor restaurant right alongside the palace garden Did you say ladies? all ladies Right down to the glockenspiel and I'm told that the conductor is the most beautiful thing that ever waved a baton She hasn't cast me already with the music Why months that's my favorite waltz Why look it's so viennese. Why even the shadows are dancing Hey Seem to drill to each measure the bows beating time to each strain The flollets all nodding their place at the shadows No, no In the cadence what's poor? beautiful Viennese gently strain Thrilled me with pleasure gently strain with pleasure filled me with pain song of the spring time loves me I'm going to get back into my lieutenants uniform and go serenade those lovely serenades But your highness it's your wedding night. Oh that Well, never mind that and if anybody should ask you I am not the prince consort but just Lieutenant Nick I'm living again living We'll return in a moment for act 2 of the waltz dream Reports of engineering tests aren't what most of us would choose for light reading But sometimes they point the way to important savings for lots of people including you This is the case with the report just issued The final report on a test conducted by the highway research board for 11 state highway departments on a stretch of paved road in Maryland The purpose of the test was to find out what happens to our public highways under the pounding of heavy motor vehicles Preliminary reports of the results of the test have shown what your common sense would lead you to expect That is that the heavier the loads put on roads the greater the damage to the pavement They showed that with an increase of only 25% in the weight on single axels pavement damage went up by more than 500% And with an increase of only 40% on dual or tandem axels damage to the pavement went up more than 1100% The final report just issued goes further and shows a lot more about how tandem or dual axels behave These dual axels, two placed close together at one end of a truck or trailer Are permitted in most states to carry loads of as much as 32,000 pounds and in some states even more On the theory that such loads are equivalent to the 18,000 pounds on single axels Which is the maximum loading for which most of our even better highways are designed But these carefully conducted scientific tests show something quite different They show that the maximum load which can be carried on tandem axels without doing more damage Than an 18,000 pound load on one axle is not nearly as much as 32,000 pounds It's only about 25,400 pounds on pavements laid on a subgrade of the silky clay soil Which is typical of a great part of our paved highway mileage And even on pavements laid on subgrades of granular soil The maximum load on dual axels should not be more than about 29,300 pounds Unless pavements are to be damaged more than they are by 18,000 pound single axle loads Which possible of course by spending enough money on specially prepared subgrades and extra thick pavements To build roads which will stand up under the pounding of heavy highway freighters But there are other and better ways to spend highway funds The money it would take to build a limited mileage of the kind of roads needed only by this small percentage of vehicles Could be spent to better advantage by building a greater mileage of roads Adequate to every need of your automobile and every need too of the overwhelming majority of trucks Nor is there any necessity for spending vast sums of public tax funds To take care of the relatively few heavy highway freighters For the railroads are designed and built to take the heavy loads of the nation's commerce And their maintenance and repair do not cost the taxpayers a single penny This ability of the railroads to handle the vast bulk of America's freight traffic Means longer life for the public highways you use and pay for It means more convenience and greater safety on the road for you And it means that all costs considered, the railroads provide for America The most economical, most efficient transportation service to be found anywhere in the world Now here is act two of the Lawrence and Lee version of Oscar Strauss A Waltz dream starring Gordon MacGray as Lieutenant Nicky and Dorothy Kirsten as the Princess Helen Excuse me Yes, uh, quiet I, I wonder if you could help me out Are you the leader of the Viennese ladies orchestra? Well, I'm Flanzie at your service Well, I'm a, you might say a, a neighbor and I need some advice I'd be glad to help Tell me, you Viennese women are such experts at it Uh, how do you go about trapping a man? Hmm? When you're in love with Oh, that's very simple You must be alluring, mysterious You must say no when you mean maybe And maybe when you mean yes But you must never say yes Now, uh, look here for tonight's concert we're all of us going to wear a mask Ladies of Vienna, beauties of Vienna Oh, dear, do you mind if I put on this mask? Oh, of yourself Now isn't that typical of the luring lady of Vienna She greets me in a mask Good evening My dear, you haven't traced me by your beautiful Viennese music Play some more for me Uh, go ahead, take the baton It's very simple All right Lieutenant, this is for you Eat heart's proof walls Come join me Liane Franze, your music has captivated me Tell me, what are you doing here? Oh, I'm attending this ridiculous wedding As a guest Oh, you think it's ridiculous? I understand the princess is charming Lovely, alluring, beautiful, magnetic These are, of course, the opinions of others Well, I prefer a woman like you This prince consort, is he a friend of yours? Oh, you might say so Back in Vienna, we used to sleep in the same barracks I'm told he's really a mere nobody Well, his birthday isn't a legal holiday But he's really quite a clever chap Dashing and handsome, you know I've never had the opportunity to say so before Well, enough of this Let's talk about ourselves Lieutenant, I don't know if you've noticed But you're holding my hand I noticed Lieutenant, you're standing awfully close You attract me Franze, as only a woman in Vienna can Why, your every breath is Viennese I'm certain that your heart beats exclusively in three-quarter time Oh You compel me to kiss you Lieutenant, you should be a captain Lieutenant, I don't think I care to kiss you again Well, we'll have to do something about that If your music fails to sweep you into an emotional mood Then perhaps mine can Oh, are you a musician, Lieutenant? Well, after a fashion Have you studied music because of the love of art? No, for spite You see, I quarreled once with my brother He had the adjoining room to mine at home And to show my great love for him, I... I took lessons on the piccolo The piccolo? Yes, and I practiced night and day Well, shall we play a duet? Delighted Uh, spare a piccolo, please Thank you I shall begin by playing a few notes That only dogs can hear Lovely, wasn't it? Now a scale for mere human beings And we begin This music is a soul of love A fracking eagle and the dust The fiddle strings that I took along And blended with the pickle Zim, zim, zim Music is a Zorange Laugh today, tomorrow sigh Dice is where he said if you cry Pick a lull, pick a lull Zim, zim, zim Music is a Zorange Laugh today, tomorrow sigh Dice is where he said if you cry Zim, zim, zim Music is a Zorange Laugh today, tomorrow sigh Dice is where he said if you cry Pick a lull, pick a lull Zim, zim, zim Music is a Zorange Laugh today, tomorrow sigh A woman like you can only come from Vienna Now you have to listen to me I have a confession to make I am married Oh But I hope to dissolve it as quickly as possible For you are the kind of woman The only kind of woman who can capture my heart Tell me, am I anything at all like your wife? Oh, nothing, nothing You're complete opposites My dear Lieutenant, look at me closely Do I bear no resemblance to your wife? None, absolutely none My hair? A halo of pure beauty Hers is a mob My smile? Ah, your smile is sunshine Hers, a discord Closer now, my perfume Ah, the rare scent of Vienna Her perfume comes from the ice of royalty Then you must certainly compare our eyes Therefore I will remove this mask Good, good Hmm My wife Yes Oh, my darling I forgive you A wife becomes everything her husband loves And if you wish me to have the perfume of Vienna And the music of Vienna in my smile Then this princess is your loyal and obedient servant I don't understand How could you suddenly be so rearingly, Viennese? Oh, my darling There are a lot of composers Writing Viennese waltzes in Brooklyn, New York And I think there are a lot of Viennese sausages That have never been anywhere near Austria Ha, ha, ha Oh, what a rare, rare thing it is To fall in love with, with your wife Very much, ladies and gentlemen Lovely Dorothy Kirsten will return in just a moment Meanwhile, our thanks to Francis X Bushman Betty Lou Gerson, George Neese And to all the members of our company A waltz stream with book and lyrics by Fiery Storman Leopold Jacobson and Joseph Herbert And music by Oscar Strauss Was dramatized for the railroad hour by Lawrence and Lee The railroad hour is brought to you each week At the same time by the American Railroads And now, dear friends, here again Is our lovely guest star, Miss Dorothy Kirsten Thank you, Gordon It was fun being your wife and your sweetheart both tonight And either way, I got you Well, we're happy we've got you, Dorothy And we're also mighty glad you can sort of Shuttle between the San Francisco opera And our Monday night operas here on the railroad hour Wouldn't miss them for anything, Gordon What's on the show train next Monday night? Well, sir, you and I will be singing The unforgettable melodies of Victor Herbert's Naughty Marrietta, Dorothy Our practice being naughty all week Good night, Dorothy Night, Dorothy All aboard Well, folks, it looks as though we're ready to pull out And so until next Monday night, on Naughty Marrietta This is Gordon Macrae saying goodbye A waltz dream was presented by special arrangement With Tams Whitmark Music Library incorporated And Hans Varch plays Gordon Macrae appeared through the courtesy of Warner Brothers Producers of the miracle of Fatima Our choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff And our music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragun This is Marvin Miller saying good night For the American Railroad Now stay tuned for your Monday night of music On NBC This evening, Reese Stevens stars on Voice of Firestone On NBC