 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia 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 what time are you calling me today David? What about about my coming to New York? What have we been talking about for the last 24 hours, but I was hoping we'd start talking about something else We won't they're flipping that piece of toast with it. Oh listen. This is a dry crusty one. I'll eat it I'll make you a fresh. I don't be so noble. I like dry crusty. Don't you be so noble you like him nice and hot and fresh So I'll make you a nice fresh hot one. I like dry crusty one. Just saying that to be self-sacrificing You can wait two minutes. We'll hurt you Any complaints? I like dry crusty one. I say you don't Listen, what time you call me David as soon as I know whether you're coming or I'm going How much notice is a little notice well be wonderful when you got to the office You'd find out right away whether you're staying in tonight or not Then you could call me and I'll have all day to get ready in stumps me what you're going to need all day to get Ready in for details David Oh details. I have a million of them You went over two million of them with birth at last night Of course, it's none of my business none. You want to make life complicated for yourself. Go ahead Go ahead and make out all sorts of little lists. You just go right ahead. Thank you. You're very sweet today Your toast sir. You take that piece. I'll take the dry crusty one after I went all the trouble making this one for you Insisted I wasn't going to deny you the pleasure of making it, but kindly kindly Pass me the dry Crusty one you're dry and crusty yourself. I suppose that's why you like your toast that way and precise Now tell me Mrs. Norton What are some of the millions of details that you have to attend? I'm not going to discuss it with you you take too much pleasure in making fun of it my details are my details It is the good executive who knows how to detail details to others running a house and running an Architectural firm is running two different things my good man. I suppose running a house is much more complicated much That's because women run houses. Go on. Go on. The men ran houses. It'd be simple and efficient Methodical and speedy go on. I'm listening the first secret is not to feel that you have to do everything for yourself After all if you can afford to have somebody in the house to help you if you you have to have respect for that Two persons doing the same job as a there's a waste of one person. That's all right darling you women You women you have to have your finger in every pie. How about another piece of toast? No, thank you No, no, no, no more toast You women have to feel that if it weren't for you things would just fall apart this integrate You're deluded Yes, yes, you are you're deluded Deluded, that's a nice sounding word. Glad you like it shame. It doesn't mean something pleasant, isn't it? Although I don't think it's so terrible to be deluded to you. That's not the best people are Well, that's enough breakfast For one breakfast where are you rushing off to you have plenty of time before you're trained I thought I'd go up to the barn and say good morning to Fred good I'll come with you. I haven't seen the heifer in a couple of days. I'll put on something warm It's kind of bleak out. It'll feel awful funny to have to get dressed up in New York every morning moment Don't you dress up up here? Well can't call slacks and shoes very dressy David while you're in the closet take me out take me out my overcoat. Will you take you out your overcoat? I have it out already. Thank you No, I certainly don't think you can call slacks and shoes dressy In New York. I'll have to get into a dress and stockings and gloves I'm not sure I'm gonna like it either here. I'll hold your coat for you. Thank you. You like it. All right Lining's torn and New York will be nice for a change You know, it's very funny till I was offered the change. I thought I needed a change No, I'm not so sure I need it anymore. You're a fickle Now y'all ready? I am It's cold Oh That poor old rooster out in the cold. He's the most pathetic bird. Yeah, what makes you think he's so pathetic? Well, he was smarter. He'd know better than to stay here over there David he's gonna feel as if he's the last friend. He's got his left in when we go to New York Poor old bird another two months and it'll be spring and warm again April certainly a long time in coming Like having a baby. Are you going to call mama or shall I? What made you think of mama at that moment? Oh the mind wanders David you don't think I'm a mama baby anymore. Do you you sure you are? I am You're a mama to our baby. I miss him too Hey Fritz Hey Fritz, honey, I guess he's right back of the barn Does he know he's going to be in full charge? Fritz knows he always is I don't treat him the way you seem to think you had to treat Bertha Telling of this telling of this Worrying about everything behind her back. Oh, no, you're very different Have the way barn doors always creep just like a barn. Hey Fritz Fritzie in the barn. I'm just milking majesty. Oh good, and you'll be sitting in one place for five minutes Well, hello majesty old girl. How are you? Hello yourself you beautiful girl How's she milking Fritz? She's milking fine. They're like usual good only better. How many courts is she giving us now? She's breaking her own record yesterday twenty three Say there's a fine time for us to be going to New York and majesty's giving us 23 courts Well, we're not drinking it all ourselves. Anyway, it's a crime not to be here You know what'll happen David when we get back. She'll probably go dry. That's the way of cows It is because cows are women. Oh, all right girl. That is all if I were a cow I'd be so conceited. You're conceited enough without being a cow Fritz, I suppose you've gathered that Mrs. Norton and I are going to spend a few days in New York Bertha told me Mrs. Brown will be pleased to have you for a change Everybody's so happy to get rid of it Bertha rubbed her hands and said it's nice for you to go to New York the baby gurgled when I told him Dogs are the least bit depressed and now fritz. I'm starting to feel positively unwanted Change is nice. Do you want to change? I oh, no Why is it change always nice? I wonder for everybody else You know very rich will be in town for a few days. So the place will be all yours I take care of everything for you when you come back. It will be as if you had never left I hope not better. I'm not sure whether Mrs. Norton will join me in New York today Or tomorrow, but in case I stay over tonight But I just wanted two things that I'd better check with you first. There is a pale, Mr. Norton Please After all you know the place as well as I do and after all David doesn't believe in having to give people instructions Or having to meddle at all for that matter. Yeah, David, aren't we funny this morning? Very funny. Now fritz will go right on selling our surplus milk to mr. Tucker He'll probably be needing it for several more weeks now Mr. Tucker has come in very handy or we would all have drowned in me just now take some to New York home ground milk It certainly tastes good in New York. You take it to New York over my dead body I'm going to have you traveling with bottles of things and you are I don't mind. Well, I do There's no Ruby over there, too. Then she'd look no hello Ruby you lonesome old pig. I think I've forgotten you. Hello Ruby This is David if we're in New York when Ruby flowers, I'll never forgive you. That's all, you know You're starting to make me feel as if you don't want to go to New York I do I do but I don't want to miss anything on the farm. I will let you know in advance I thought you didn't know so much in advance about pigs fritz. Ruby and I are very good friends. Oh say fritz. I Think perhaps we ought to include more protein in Ruby's diet. What I was thinking of that wouldn't hurt her She could certainly use it. I've been planning to oh say I called the carpenter about building the new equipment shed In case he comes today or tomorrow while you'll be able to take care of it I show him everything. I understand what you want. Mr. Norton good and now in case you need the vet Here's the number. I wrote it down here for Dr. Beard in Eastbrook Center vet. I will not need a vet I know my animal. You never can tell what comes up here. Why should anything come up? Nothing comes up when we're here. Why standing come up just because we're gone because things have a way of happening that way Oh Anyway, here's dr. Beards number now In case you can't get him. There's dr. Lane in Bridgeport Dr. Lane. I don't think I like him. You've never met him I hear stories from mr. Ward. I do not like it. All right. All right Here's the number of dr. Ingram the other side of cream Hill. You better have the name of two vets Certainly are taking precautions. You think we're going to North Pole instead of just an hour in New York You hush up anything else, mr. No, well in case mr. Tucker wants to talk to us about dividing up the meta line where you go right ahead and talk I will wait for you. There is no hurry. Oh, oh, yes one more thing Ruby had a little trouble with her hind leg a while back I looked at it yesterday and look to me if as if it was starting up again So in case I have this prescription filled out that the drugs in case in case Honestly David for a man who doesn't believe in telling other people things. You're in casing an awful lot. Oh Hello, Ruby show me and Fritz if the price of hay goes down while you buy Hey, this is the way Bertha knows when to order vegetables and when not to order vegetables or Doesn't he shut up? Let me see. I'd made out a list of some other things. I want you to take care of Fritz. All right Don't tell me you made out a list, mr. And why shouldn't I make out a list because lists are only made out by women who feel they have to run everything Who said that You're talking nonsense quoting you very funny. I thought Mr. Noten I do not want you to worry about the thing. Oh, I'm not worrying about anything Fritz I I just want to help you be prepared for any eventuality that might arise while I'm not here That was a lovely sentence. Thank you so important sounding. You know now now you listen to me Fritz Few very important things first I want you to see the majesty gets plenty of sleep and the ruby gets plenty of weight They know attention and don't let her on the rain without her over shoes and fritz Please please don't let the heifer out if it's below freezing so delicate the heifer You know, this is not and thinks that she's kidding me for it I think she is kidding you know Mrs. Noten thinks it's a very simple matter for a man to leave his farm for a few days And he can just walk out without a backward glance is not and only thinks that if what you say applies to a woman It should apply to a man, too It is always very nice to worry about things that you don't have to worry about Oh, I'm not worrying but it's one thing to leave a house with nothing but a baby in it And another thing to leave a barn with a cow and a heifer and a pig with a litter coming and a rooster in it The rooster in the litter my goodness, but it's all right now, David I couldn't possibly have loved a man who'd think more of his son than his cow So you just make all of us. You were darling. I understand. Oh, you do Certainly, I do. Oh, but that reminds me David They're about 50 more things. I forgot to tell Bertha in case the baby gets a cold and in case the price of eggs goes down And in case the radiator springs a leak and in case I bop you one you'd better run The parts of Claudia and David on this program were played by Catherine Bard and Paul Crabtree and the entire production is supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney Ask any party guest which he prefers a big elaborate party at which the hostess wears herself out with preparations Or a simple easy-going evening with coke enough to go around and a light-hearted untroubled lady of the house You know what the answer will be Just keep a good supply of ice-cold Coca-Cola on hand and you'll be prepared to act the role of Miss Hospitality 1949 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 Monday at the same time And now this is Joe King saying or a boy 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