 Your Coca-Cola bottler presents 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 I'm not hammering I'm trying to get this Bureau drawer open No, it's just a little reluctant never stuck before what have you done to it? Didn't do anything Maybe it heard we're going to add Louisa's for dinner. Oh Nice drawer Doesn't want me to get it there at all. What's good does something do you can't hit the drawer loose, can you? Makes me feel a lot better David, what are we going to talk about when we get to Aunt Louise's? We can talk about the presents. She's going to give us. Oh, you're lucky you haven't seen it yet It's a big umbrella stout a sort of Chinese vase you put the umbrellas in it Oh, I've detested it ever since I was a baby and now I'm going to have it in my own house Sounds nice. We'll have to buy some umbrellas umbrellas are bad enough, but this David, it's awful, and it's so big we won't have room for it even if we couldn't carry it which we can't it weighs a ton Sounds fine We can use it to keep the roof from blowing off or maybe for a spare chimney The worst thing is we have to put it somewhere in the house or Aunt Louise will be terribly disappointed It'll be her housewarming present to us. We don't need a housewarming present We just put in a new heating system Aunt Louise is the most generous relative I have Well, I wish she weren't so generous If she were just a little bit stingier, she might give us something so small that we could squeeze it through the farm door Why do we talk to her about the farm sort of a hint? That's great. I'll say um Aunt Louise, we just bought a big farm with a tiny house. Then what'll she say? She'll say how exciting Claudia's great-great Aunt Matthias lived on a farm And I'll say I didn't know Claudia had a great-great Aunt Matthias And she'll say Claudia didn't you know he was your grandmother's uncle and his son's grandchildren of the Boston Browns? I don't see why you children don't ever get together That's the only aunt I ever knew of that was an uncle. I don't see why either And no matter what what we start talking about Aunt Louise I'll find a relative who got there first I wonder if Aunt Louise is interested in farming. I'm afraid that's all she's interested in I think the only thing she's interested in is giving us a big present and then her asthma and then her relatives Please please David think what else we're going to talk to her about. I mean that she'll be interested in well We'll talk to her about how much we like her umbrella stat That'll take some time And then we'll talk about how much we enjoy having it That'll take more time Then well after all we don't have to get there. It'll dinner isn't it lucky. She has dinner at 7 30 and not at 7 Are you uh, are you sure it's 7 30 maybe it's 7, but I don't think so We can go home sooner afterward when it's later. That's consoling very very David do you think any of her other relatives ever come for dinner? I wonder what they talk about Oh, she probably tells them all about us just the way she tells us about them Someday we ought to have a big reunion and swap notes on Aunt Louise's conversation. Oh, look at you What have I done now getting dressed the whole time? We've been talking that is not fair Well, don't worry darling because when I'm dressed I'm going to sit down smoke a pipe read a book I'm going to dawdle along like an Arkansas mule on an August afternoon We won't get there a second too soon. It's only six o'clock So please take a half an hour to pick out your tie and when you dawdle, please go slow David, are we very late only about ten minutes and wouldn't you know that Aunt? Louisa would have a knocker on her door instead of a simple little electric bell Maybe she'll give us a knocker for the housewarming present instead of the umbrella stand not a chance. It's too practical Claudia my child is you and David. How nice. Oh nice. Hello, Aunt Louisa. We're very glad to be here. Hello, Aunt Louisa You look excellent Claudia Expectant motherhood always makes a woman look excellent do come in do come in Well, here we are put your coat down child right there on the chair I was good. We'll hang them up for you when he says he's getting dinner ready Wow That's all right out Louisa. I think we can manage them by herself. You can oh, that's fine Well child aren't you grateful to have a strong young man around the house? Particularly now that you're not so well, but I'm fine at Louisa. You just said I know my dear But you must be careful very careful. Oh very David, are you being very careful of Claudia at Louisa? You are underestimating the power of my wife I just hope that Claudia will be very careful of me. What was that? Well Here we are just the three of us isn't that nice I thought of having some second cousins, but this is much nicer really It was very sweet of you to come out here to see me and I want to hear all about your sweet little farm Before dinner even then we aren't late. Oh my dear. No, you're very early. We are at Louisa That's what's so very nice about this little visit We never sit down to eat until at least half past eight That gives us plenty of time half past eight. It's all habit, but you poor boy You sound hungry still we shall give you a thing to spoil your appetite shall we Claudia half past eight Oh, I suppose that is rather late for some people It's a question of what one is accustomed to that David is very very hungry We may give him a nice raw carrot a raw That's very kind of you and Louisa, but I'd rather not spoil my appetite with a raw carrot Never turn up your nose at raw carrots David. They're full of vitamin A They're supposed to be good for eyes. Really and I find they're quite helpful for my asthma How is your asthma at Louisa? Yes, just the same as always better one day good worse the next good What's that? We won't say a word about it. Well, if you don't want us to add Louisa we certainly won't right now It's better. I think I've only had one attack in the last two weeks Isn't this nice we have a whole three quarters of an hour to talk before dinner Let's sit down and have a good talk children. I've always loved your house at Louisa. Don't you like it David? Oh, I think it's charming Really charming. Yes, it's Charming I'm glad you like it David I know Claudia always has yes, but I want to hear about the sweet little farm You've bought up in Connecticut Claudia comes very naturally by her love for farming I'm not a bit surprised Not the least bit her great uncle you mean well, he really isn't a great uncle. He's Why yes, he is a great uncle Ralph How did you know do Claudia's mother tell you not exactly we just started uncle Ralph was a great farmer It ran in his blood now. It's running in Claudia's He had a 400 acre farm up in New Hampshire 400 I oh yes I'm sure it was 400 You see child you come by it naturally Isn't life fantastic David? Really fantastic sometimes it is that Louisa other times it seems to turn out exactly the way you expect it to Sometimes it does But not always this evening for example Isn't turning out the way I expected at all it isn't it's turning out just the way we expected well child You knew you were going to be early and now we're going to have this nice little talk, but I didn't know it That's true. That's true. Claudia you you can't disagree. No No, oh Dear I meant to wait until later to tell you about it. I can't seem to restrain myself There's no great hurry Aunt Louisa. Whatever it is. That's sweet of you But it's going to give me so much pleasure that I just can't control myself Isn't it terrible to be so weak? Age I suppose Age well if it's really going to give you pleasure well Louisa, please whatever it is you go right ahead and do it Yes, please do Claudia and David I Want to give you a present for your new farm at Louisa. That's so sweet of you But really we weren't expecting anything at all and we we really don't need anything. No nonsense You need everything to young people moving to a farm. You need all sorts of things Seeds and flowers and all sorts of things like that and you need things for your house That umbrella stand on the wall. I saw you looking at it David. Yes It's it's quite an umbrella stand. It's irreplaceable David There's not another one in the world like it. I can imagine ways over a hundred pounds Real English China. You must be very attached to it. I am David But I'm not the only one who is ever since she was a little girl. Claudia has admired that umbrella stand So she told me I promised Claudia that when she grew up enough to have a home of her own I'd give her that umbrella stand. Oh at Louisa. You shouldn't have I know I shouldn't have and as a matter of fact Claudia I'm not going to You're not it's much too precious a piece of China to give to you now Before you even move into the farm something might happen to it. You'd never forgive yourself at Louisa You are so thought but you mustn't think I'm not going to give you a housewarming present Claudia is my present to you Now all you and David have to do is pick it up for yourselves. It's a book. It's more than that darling It's practically a Bible It's a mail order catalog. Your great-uncle Ralph told me once that no farm was complete without it Now I want you and David to look through it and write out a list of the things you really need When you do I should give it to you for a housewarming present at Louisa I don't know how to thank you. It's tonight. Don't try it child and don't worry later on you shall have the umbrella stand too We'll talk about that some other time. Yes some other time Well, there's out good dinner must be ready now. You were early and so was he Certainly has been an evening for surprises. It certainly has wonderful surprises Hmm It's a little private tune of ours If your family were asked they'd certainly agree that mom is a hard worker and she deserves a break now and then One break that's increasingly popular with housewives is the pause that refreshes Why don't you pause for ice-cold coca-cola during the day's work? You'll discover. It's a mighty good idea to work refresh Why certainly and Louisa I trust you'll forgive my informality, but I don't know you by any other name my dear boy Aunt Louisa is perfectly all right. Tell me Mr. King in your opinion Was it a mistake to give David and Claudia a mail order catalog for a housewarming present? Well, what could possibly be wrong some people run wild when they look at the pictures, Mr. King Order everything in sight If David doesn't watch out I rather suspect that Claudia may Well, her eyes may be bigger than her pocketbook No, I hope that won't happen Aunt Louisa But I think that tomorrow Claudia is going to go to work on that catalog all by herself Oh dear. She doesn't do anything foolish. Well, I hope she won't either, but I'm gonna listen in and find out Goodbye Aunt Louisa and as I was about to say 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 olivar 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 This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney And now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola