 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia Claudia based on the 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 How about a kitchen match Claudia what for darling like the kitchen of course, what do you think if you promise to use it for that? I'll give you one. I promise there are the windows down next to the stove. Thanks. Thanks. You're welcome David, it's nice to beat through with breakfast early Because it's a little while before you leave for the office. Mm-hmm. Just a little while to waste David, we're not wasting this little while I think it's these little wiles that make being married so wonderful. You're silly I'm not as silly as you are They're not you're gonna smoke some of your new tobacco now Do you know I'm not because whatever you lit smells like your old tobacco to me since when did you get to be such an expert? Smell her. I didn't think you could tell Virginia Burley from corn silk. Is there a difference? Thought so I knew you were gonna say that Do you know half the time? I know exactly what you're thinking and half the time I know exactly what you are not thinking since you're so smart I'm thinking now and I know what you do You're thinking that when I count three you'll take your hands out of the soap You're warm and you're going to forget all about the dishes David You're getting warmer and you're going to give bluff his breakfast your cold Shakespeare I see let's see You're going to turn around and let me see if you have a sender in your eye. That's much warmer Well, let's see you haven't I haven't what a sender in your eye Now you're very very warm It's What you were thinking hmm? I Thought so oh David I'm scalded It's such a wonderful way to get burned What's the great rush? Why are we walking at such a pace? What pace mama? This is more of a pace than usual is it frankly much more of a one Where are we rushing to know where then I'm going home directly and now what's your big rush me? Claudia I've been sitting around dr. Rowland's waiting room with you for the last one and a half hours You think I had nothing else to do oh? It's quarter of six. Oh, it's so late Honestly, you wait one and a half hours to see a doctor who then sees you for one and a half minutes And then all he tells you is that you're perfectly all right Would you rather have him tell you something else? Well, I'm certainly not getting my money's worth this way You know Julia tells me he's the best baby doctor in New York Doesn't seem to me. I need the best baby doctor in New York. I mean well dr. Rowland isn't doing a thing about me I could be having this baby completely without him The trouble with you is that you'd rather have a bargain than a bonanza. That's what I'd rather and you stop worrying about your $300 the less dr. Rowland ends it the better off you are here comes my bus. It's jam. I like jam You'll come out mama laid. I like mama laid, too. That isn't us much better Goodbye mama have a nice trip. Thank you. I always liked riding in a jar I hope you preserve till you get home. That's not the least bit funny of you. Oh, mama punning is the lowest Oh, my bus is leaving. Bye. Bye Bye Claudia Brown, huh? What uh, why Helen it's you. Hello Well, it's been a long time before I was married. That's not too long. It feels forever Hey, that doesn't sound so good I meant it sound heavenly You look wonderful Helen. Do I? Thanks, honey Say Claudia. How's that handsome husband of yours David? He's marvelous marvelous Down to the few like it like what being married. Oh, I love it. I'm having a baby. You are. Oh, that's a shame Why shame well so soon you're you're hardly married and you're so young We're the same age and I wouldn't dream of getting myself tied down like that Why I remember when we were in school we said Helen you're married to you married you married a whole two months before I'm divorcing Well, which way are you walking home to meet David? I live in a hotel right around the corner. How about dropping up? Oh, no, I couldn't I'll be late. Well, he'll wait. It hurts a man to wait. You'll learn that you're getting a divorce I'm awfully sorry That's all right dear no condolence can be quite a happy event like getting married don't don't say that your first baby my first doors Life plays tricks doesn't it? Come on, come on up a little while. Well, I we haven't had a good talk since well since day before graduation Come on. Do your David good to wish you were there. I think so. Well, just just for a few minutes Oh, yeah Don't you feel sort of trapped and resentful? What? What I mean is here you are 18 19. All right 19 Having a baby. Where'd he go from here? Oh, I'm gonna have lots more at least five more You see David now. I'm moving to a farm in April moving to a farm Isn't it wonderful all that fresh milk and fresh air for the baby. It's a beautiful old house built in 1760 sounds great You really want to bury yourself in the country bury myself. Oh, it's not as bad as all that Of course, I don't blame you for wanting to hide your husband out there. He's a very handsome man My husband wasn't at all his type. There aren't many like David You're a funny one. I Remembered school you hardly ever went out Always worrying your mother would be worrying about your you're rushing home early. I thought you'd never get married Now you're so married. You keep looking at your watch. Well, it's later than usual Look Claudia Why don't you call David up have him meet you at my place? I have a dinner engagement and the four of us could die not someplace. How about it? Helen that's awfully nice, but we couldn't not tonight got something else on no, but well, we just couldn't thanks anyway Oh You don't go out much do you know not much? We never seem to have time You know you having a baby and a husband doesn't seem possible. Well Well, I certainly wouldn't think of having one without the other would you Well, good luck with your David, but don't stay home too much and don't have too many babies How many is too many Helen? You'll know Well, goodbye, Claudia. Call me sometime and and give my love to David Tell him to be careful. I'm single again You don't say I'm sorry. I kept you waiting darling, but I really couldn't help it. You couldn't no You don't have to apologize darling. It's all right. It is of course. Yeah, I'll hang up your coat. Thanks Well, don't you even want to know what held me up? I spoke to mama. She said you had to wait for dr. Roland Oh, but I saw somebody else too good. Come on in now. I made a fire in the fireplace You know, I can't think of a better place. Oh, I love it. I thought you would But does that mean that we have to stay home tonight? No, no, not not if you don't want to Well, I haven't made up my mind yet. I'll take your time darling. We we have all evening Look, it's a beautiful fire. I used a kitchen mat and see yeah In my pocket. I have a present for you present one a whole new box of kitchen matches that I bought just for you Oh, you're sweet a whole box for me Yeah, I won't even borrow one. What do you think of that? Oh what a husband, you know I don't think any person can change so much over one day. That's what I think you'll see Well, yeah, I'm home again You know, I seem to be home an awful lot of the time, don't I? You're on this catching It's nice, isn't it? Hmm if you want that sort of thing David what now don't you think we're home too much maybe? Yes, I Think so. I think we ought to go out more. You do I've been telling you that for months. Yeah, I don't remember because you don't want to oh Well anyway, David don't you think that I'm too young to be Throwing myself away on this sort of life. I've thought of it often We pretty much rushed into the baby and I'd understand completely about the farm and if you'd only call up one of your friends David, are you serious? Certainly, I'm serious aren't you? No You're not What's all this about? I was just Well, I was just oh You're no fun at all. I'm not you spoil everything. I do This morning everything was perfect. We both thought so and tonight I come in with a completely new way of life for us and that seems to be perfect with you, too It can't be It makes sense. Well make up your mind which way you want me make up my mind That's right can't have both and if we did it your way We'd be having our first divorce instead of our first baby darling Are you sure you went to see dr. Rowland this afternoon and not some bad psychiatrist? I don't need a psychiatrist But I think you do me This morning everything was wonderful tonight you come in with some nutty idea and I Then you do think they're nutty ideas well For us they are They were nutty for hell and drew too darling. I met her on the street. She's all mixed up We're not are we? Speak for yourself John Alden imagine her trying to tell me David you know she thinks you are very handsome. Oh, yes, she does. She said so Please do let's stay home this evening Unless you'd rather go out and if you don't think it's wrong of me to want to and and well to tell you the truth Now Claudia there there's only one thing that I want you to do what? Stop talking to people stop listening to people and yes, that's two things and there's just one thing more This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney Housework can be pretty strenuous some days no matter how clever you are about arranging your work But there are ways to ease things for yourself and here's one keep plenty of coke on ice And when you've been going like 60 step over to the refrigerator and treat yourself to the pause that refreshes It's surprising how much more you can do when you work refreshed 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 joking saying or if war and remember Whoever you are whatever you do Wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of Coca-Cola or ice-cold Coca-Cola makes any pause The pause that refreshes