 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia based on the play of 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 Hello. Hello. Oh blast it. I've disconnected myself again. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Is there an architect in the house? Hello. Hello. There are two architects in the house and that's all that I've Roger. You're sitting at the switchboard again. I Certainly am. Where's Lottie Lottie is home taking care of her mother who has a bad cold in her chest. Oh Is David here David certainly is here. Hello David. I'm here to a fine thing Isn't the man's office sacred anymore? Well, if you're not glad to see me Roger and I will walk right out and leave you here with a switchboard on your lap. Who says I'm not glad to see you. Nobody says and I am delighted to see you Claudia. Take off your coat madam. What kind of a freight terminal do you want us to build for you now. Sit down. Have a cigar. Oh I don't smoke cigars gave it up last week. I thought you seemed different. Your face looks absolutely empty. That's a nice way to talk to a prospective customer. No wonder you've only got one freight terminal to build. One is more than enough. If only Carrington would come to New York. Our one would be underway immediately. Instead he only phones and things are endlessly delayed now. We're expecting to hear from him any minute. That's awful. What's awful about it. I was hoping you'd come and look at wallpapers with me. That's why I'm downtown. What do we want with wallpaper for the house in the country. We hardly have a wall. That is the trouble with architects. No imagination. No imagination. I suppose you've imagined something better than we have. I certainly have. Have you ever seen how hard it is to put wallpaper on a wall. My new system does away with all that. David we should listen to this very carefully. Occasionally good ideas come from highly improbable places. All right. Let's hear it. What is the Claudia Brown Norton system. I put up the wallpaper first. Then paste the wall on to the back of it. It is vision. What do you think of it Roger. It is probably the greatest idea since the invention of the sky hook for hanging roof. It's got striped paint beat a mile. You two sound like a Vogueville team. Darling can you come and look at the wallpapers with me. Well I'd love to but you see Roger has to go to the bank and we're expecting a call from Carrington and somebody has to stay here to answer the phone. If I leave right now you will be able to get away sooner. See you very soon. Goodbye. I'll only be a few minutes. Goodbye. Say David the wallpaper places right across the street. We'll go just as soon as Roger is back and in fact we can go just as soon as Carrington calls. I wish I could get him to come to New York. That's the only way we'll really get things ironed out. There he is now. Kelly and a Norton. Good morning. Give me that telephone. Mr. Norton. Who is calling. Hand over that telephone. Mr. Kelly. One moment please. Mr. Kelly. I'll see if Mr. Norton is in. You don't say what he wants. Hello. Hello Kelly what's on your mind. The bid. What bid. It's due today. Well I'll rush it right down there myself. Yeah thanks Kelly for reminding me. What did David we're bidding on a school job with Kelly and it now it looks like I'm going to have to rush it right down to the board would you like me to stay here I'll talk to Mr. Carrington well I hate to ask you to but I think I wish you would I don't mind darling it'll help you out besides which Mr. Carrington is a very nice man we always have lots to talk about. Certainly as lucky you showed up now where is that bid I think it's over here on this day look at all the mess on that desk honestly Lottie isn't here for one day in this place looks like well it looks like an office with two men in it I was sure I left it over here I'll help you find it what does a bid look like looks like an envelope that's what it is an envelope well there are dozen envelopes here you sure it isn't one of these it isn't I look David look at all the things you have on these debt newspapers and blueprints what are these things Oh specifications never mind them now and look at all these advertisements and calendars don't you people ever throw anything away Lottie is the admiral in charge of throwing things away around would you like me to clean this mess up while you've gone you can do anything you like when I'm gone only help me find that bid now you sure it isn't one of these envelopes I am positive what's not when you have in your hand it's one of the envelopes where did it come from it wasn't there a minute ago that's the bid darling fancy fancy now give it to me I haven't much time Mr. Find it all how long you'll be gone oh half hour at the most the board is right near here so long I'd better hurry goodbye oh David now what wait for the traffic lights hello oh hello mama how's your cold you sure it's better yes I'm in David's office and it's lucky I came because he and Roger both had to go out no I won't touch anything only I'm going to clean up the place while they're gone isn't it awful the way men leave an office when there are no women around oh all kinds of papers I'm going to put them in the safe and lock them up yeah I thought it was a sensible idea too I'll speak to you later goodbye mama think I'll take a newspaper and do a crossword puzzle one horizontal six letter word meaning South American tree oh for heaven's sakes one vertical siamese coin 97 horizontal turkish nobleman beginning with e four letters see now it's the most foreign puzzle hello hello roger you're back quickly only 20 minutes where's david did kerington call he hasn't called yet david had to take a bid someplace a bid yeah oh you must mean a school job bid oh I thought that wasn't due till tomorrow that's what david thought too but mr kelly called up and david had to go rushing out well it's a lucky thing you were here uh roger do you notice anything different different oh yes all those papers you clean them all up that was nice of you floria it certainly makes a difference doesn't it a wide expanse of desktop what's mr kerington going to call you about you never did tell me well we hope it's for a last minute checkup on the specifications oh he's just about ready to put the freight terminal out for bidding hello everybody did kerington call no not yet did you win win what win the bid of course we uh we don't know yet well if you don't know yet then what was the big hurry roger you you explain to her will you while we try to figure out why kerington hasn't called yet well what time is it let's see i have a quarter after one quarter after one well it's an hour earlier in chicago we mustn't forget that david you didn't even say thanks for how nice your office looks well it looks empty that all the thanks i guess oh that's kerington now do you want to talk to him or shall i no no no no you you go ahead you go ahead hello hello yes yes this is uh killian and not chicago calling yes yes i yes i'll take it myself it must be kerington now you talk to him david while i find specifications now they must be here somewhere fine fine fine no hello yes this is mr notton yes yes i'll speak to mr kerington oh oh hello mr kerington david do you have those papers uh it uh excuse me a moment mr kerington haven't you got the i think they're here on the table that's a lot of where did you put the specifications that were on the table i'm uh i'm sorry mr kerington i'll i'll be with you in just a moment i cleaned up everything and put everything in the safe oh no you locked it i don't know the combination do you dated me i thought you did i i i keep it written down but i keep it in the safe well try something try anything come over here and help me date uh claudia claudia here take the phone and start talking what about here you have to clean the office of one moment please i think i think it starts with 75 three times to the left to the left i i thought it was to the right that's the this way hello mr kerington this is claudia notton yes well you must come to new york mr kerington it doesn't open claudia keep talking i'm sure it goes to the left 75 yes mr kerington when did you pass it you got to pass the number that's uh well we'd love to see you again mr kerington we just bought a house in canada and we're going to have a carl well it's a real old sock box yes yes yes yes mr kerington with 78 acres and a brook three times to the left and twice to the right david i'm running out of things to say never happened before say anything it won't open david you try it you try it but of course i mean mr kerington we'd love to have you come to new york and then maybe you'll come off the eastbrook with us and look at the house and what am i saying three times to the right that's right twice to the left that's it that's it 48 is it coming oh yes oh claudia had to tidy up things i don't see why she couldn't have put the safe away and left the papers where they were i have been intending to throw this this thing away for many years yes mr kerington that's wonderful goodbye roger roger i think we've got it i i heard something click take it easy david be very careful it's the crankiest old safe in the world let's see you 47 that's it 48 that's right 49 there there oh there they are there they are right on top the specification you talk to him roger no no you go ahead david you talk to him but he's gone he's gone who's gone mr kerington he hung up oh no oh yes oh dear do you mean you ran out of things to say i mean he decided to come to new york next weekend person and you know the funniest thing he seemed to have forgotten why he called while he was talking to me that i can understand he's coming to new york well that's marvelous that's just what we were hoping naturally naturally naturally and now i am putting these specifications in this fine old safe and then i'm blocking it and then i'm taking my two partners out for months shift your packages to the other arm man when that bright red cooler hits your eye in the local food store stop for a few minutes treat yourself to ice cold coca cola and it'll be a lot pleasanter to go about your business stands the reason you shop more comfortably when you shop for refresh hello there mr king well if it isn't mr killian you had quite a time getting that safe open i see but uh i suppose you should feel lucky that the safe didn't have one of those time locks on it you'd still be waiting to get in a time lock and claudia the combination is too much for me she's a charming girl but i don't think she ever got anywhere on time in her life claudia and david are gonna have dinner with aunt louisa tomorrow night you know mr killian and uh i understand that aunt louisa runs her house as punctually as a railroad that you 20 cents as claudia says that she and david don't arrive at the right time if they don't well i think i'll be listening to hear the consequences and so will i mr king goodbye goodbye mr killian as i was about to say every day monday through friday claudia comes to you transcribe 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 oliv war and remember whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be when you think of refreshment think of coca cola or coca cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes and ice cold coca cola is everywhere and now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles coca cola