 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 yes, dear listen to the air Don't hear anything the birds the buds the bees and spring Just one more month and one more month. It'll be a year. We're up at the farm. That's an anniversary to celebrate. I Wasn't always so sure you'd make no neither was I at first Now I don't I don't know how you can stand the thought of ever going back to New York Oh, it has its advantages what pull that shade down Claudia the sun's coming right in my eyes No, one of our living rooms always filled with sunshine when there is sunshine Can I speak with you for a moment? Of course Fritz come on in. Is anything wrong with majesty with that cow? Nothing is ever wrong only that she gives so much milk. Yes, it's coming out of my ears. You should be grateful It is about another cow. Mrs. Noten the heifer. Oh fritz. Don't tell me she started giving milk to good heavens Mrs. Noten. She's not even a mother. Oh, oh, that's true. Yes, of course Well nature is protected this but for how long it will be two years before we can breed her and she freshens She will not give milk until then. You mean then she's not good for anything for two years. How wonderful Well, that's a fine farmer's attitude. She's good for Carl's liver, but please don't mention her liver Claudia Fritz didn't come here to discuss the heifer's liver. He's a busy man I'm not that busy, but the matter is urgent. Mrs. Noten. Mr. Bell. He lives up the road Oh, I know the mr. Bell who sold us the tractor and broke his arm last June. Yes, I know him a few weeks ago He mentions to mr. Noten and me. He has several cows. He wants to say yes I know that too fritz. I know David thought about it for a while Then he decided not to think about it But those two cows he was talking about he's selling cheaper now because he does not have barn space You mean the same cows and they are so beautiful Now mr. Bell he calls me up and says that he has been given an offer of For one of the cows and the better one and if you would like to buy her we must hurry and not think anymore Dear David did fall in love with that cow Fritz. He said no How much did the other man bid? $375 we can have a for 400 fine by 400. That's more than majesty majesty was a bargain Who has $400 these days? It is many dollars. I admit But not so much for a cow like she is she is from a seven-star bulls seven star 20 quarts of milk That's good. Good. Terrific. Listen with the 20 quarts of milk We're getting from majesty mark. Do you realize that would be 40 quarts a day? No, I can't even look one quart in the face. So don't buy for me And if you take my advice you won't buy her at all especially without David buying her yet Can you handle two cars Fritz two cows a dozen is nothing. Oh, it doesn't cause is an awful lot of cars to have in the house Claudia you're not seriously thinking. Yes. I'm seriously thinking you sound like you wanted to open a dairy Well, I don't think you know what you're talking about mama look we can amortize the car. Is that the word amortize? Yes, Claudia There is such a word in the dictionary, but I'm not sure you know what it means well We can whatever it is the car by selling our milk since we won't have to pay for any added labor and Since we have the feed in the barn space. I guess we can Amortize her and a little over a year four hundred dollars Gosh, I like that word Besides a car doesn't depreciate much either Say mama, what's amortizing again? I knew you were using words. You didn't know the meaning of certainly I know the meaning of it. I think what is it amortize means pay for itself by earnings That's what I think I thought Mrs. Newton if we are ever going to get another cow I hate to let this one buy for four hundred. I know how you feel Fritz. I felt that way about majesty I felt I simply had to have it. Would you like to come over and see her with me? No, I don't stop all this talk and call David. Well First place I can't he's not at his office mama. He isn't he's going to be wandering around Long Island today You know, I've I've never decided anything so expensive without David Mama, what do you think? Oh, I told you I'm not budding it. This is your affair if you bud in We'll name the car after you. Thank you, dear. You can spare me that on it You know, I don't think it's ever too soon to make a dream come true. Is it? Not if you can afford it But Claudia, can you afford it? Well, I suppose we could scrape up four hundred dollars great bit up from where? I don't know where everyone scrapes up four hundred dollars from If we can't scrape it up We can borrow it. That'll be nice David will love that. Oh, David will find a way of borrowing it without going into debt I hate going into debt David can do that he can handle my finances Are you sure Fritz that you'll have time to milk both the cows and man always has time for the things he wants That's what David says Well Fritz, I've made up my mind you tell majesty to push over she's going to have some competition Claudia you're not buying it. A cow is a her mama Yes, I am I'm buying her Fritz call up mr. Bell and tell her to send the cow over to us. She's ours Well David, do you enjoy your supper? Yeah, I enjoyed my supper. Good. I'm glad Well, I don't mind. I'll sit on your lap eating if you are full of dinner darling Oh, all right. I'll sit on a chair Um David no what? Not a thing then I can read the paper No, no, I guess you better not I I have something to tell you yes, and and I'm going upstairs mama don't go Goodbye, mama. You can't leave your daughter at a time like this. I've left her. Goodbye You I'll remember this you traitor. What's going on here? What's mama done now? See that woman has no feeling for her daughter. Why should she? Have you done something wrong again? What a way to talk? Oh darling Uh, did you smell the air today? Do you realize it's almost spring? It means a lot of work ahead for fritz. You can turn the cows out to pasture That'll make it easier Want it? No not much. Oh Well, anyway cows aren't much work are they? No, not for you and me We only have to drink the stuff a lot of work for fritz on top of everything else. Oh, he likes it Or he says he does and he'd kill himself at it if we didn't stop him Some day when we get rich then we can have a herd Do you have to be very rich? Fairly And we're not Very not. I see Oh, by the way, david if we got 400 dollars Of course we have 400 dollars. Well, then I think we're rich 400 dollars is not rich You mean we have 400 dollars without selling anything to to get the money. Yeah, of course You don't think I'd let us go on with so little cash in reserve to you Well, then actually we can afford something that costs 400 dollars. Don't you think? No, we could not but you just said we You know perfectly well that we have a certain amount of money in the bank for emergencies We spend 400 dollars at a clip. Well, it just wouldn't be healthy. I see David You you you've always said that when you spend money buying something It's still like having the money because it's an investment, haven't you depends on what you buy. It doesn't always work Well, now I can see that spending 400 dollars to go on a trip or something is Is throwing money away because what have you got when you get back? Just a sunburn and a cold in the hand. That's all you haven't got anything you can put your finger on Do you uh want to go on a trip? No, I don't want to go on a trip But if I spent 400 dollars buying something something good and valuable and with a resale value Why then it's not like spending the 400 dollars at all. Is it well, you can't get much for 400 dollars That's really valuable, but still darling. It wouldn't be like spending the money You know like going out and throwing it away or something. No, no, it wouldn't be like that That's a relief Now if you have that settled in your mind, uh, just tell me what have you gone and done What do you mean gone and done you can't fool me by beating around the bush now you've gone and done something You think you're very smart, don't you but in case you're just thinking about it, whatever it is Let me hasten to tell you don't do it. Don't no 400 dollars to throw around even to buy something with Well, that complicates me David, what do you want more than anything else in the world? Peace and quiet and after that silence and after that david Wouldn't you like to look out your window and see a flock of cows grazing out in the past? A flock of cows gloria is called a herd and in about 10 years I'd like to look out the window and see a herd in 10 years I'm perfectly satisfied with the way things are now You are about 10 years, maybe maybe five I mean got some more cows, but we have plenty for the present One and a half cows is plenty. The darling just two weeks ago. You're talking about getting more cows No, there's many a slip between the lip and the cow then you mean you then if I had 400 dollars to spare I would not spend it on a cow Definitely not Definitely not Oh Well, that that that's too bad if I had 400 dollars to spare which I don't you understand First thing I'd do is build that breakfast port you want so badly You would yeah Oh darling, you're so sweet, but I don't want it anymore. No since when? Since I bought the cow All you have to do is return it and Claudia, what did you say? David now listen you you were driving around Long Island all day I couldn't get you on the phone and Fritz says it's a wonderful cow. So I bought it and it was only 400 dollars It's a very cheap 400 dollars That's all you bought a cow. David. Don't look like that. Please don't be angry Maybe we can sell it again to somebody else to tomorrow. Mrs. Norton come over here. David. Don't shout please I just want to tell you that I had no idea No idea on earth that you were this kind of a girl What kind david extravagant headstrong a girl who would spend our last 400 dollars every word you say is true Absolutely true, but the woman who would buy a cow with my last 400 dollars is Darling at long last the time has come but That I must tell you That you are The woman I love This broadcast of claudia was supervised and directed by william brown maloney However much you may enjoy bargain hunting there comes a moment when you feel the need of arrest That's the time to drop a nickel in the friendly red cooler and enjoy the pause that refreshes with ice cold coca-cola After a delicious sparkling coke you proceed with new zest Because you shop 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 joe king saying or of war And remember whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of coca-cola For coca-cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes And ice cold coca-cola is everywhere