 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 Have to growl any more bluff because we are gonna move to the country just as soon as we take David to lunch with Hartley It's all going to be forgotten. David promised to listen to Hartley's advice. Oh I hope he won't be too disappointed when he hears it Taxi are you taking David? I mean, yes, sir. I mean no, sir Hey, since when is our convertible a taxi? That's fine taxi I I want you to drive me three times around the park and then take me to the Calumet Club And I have to be there in three minutes, but no no no don't hurry jump right in sir I Have I don't know how you talk me into letting you take you take the car I thought we agreed you weren't going to do any more driving. I'm only going right home You better have I'm going to call you there the minute. I'm through lunch Dying to hear what Hartley's gonna say about the house What's so worth dying about and what Hartley says? Well, I think Hartley's pretty smart about houses and things like that I know, but I've been thinking about it all morning and I don't exactly see why we should be too upset Just because Hartley doesn't like it But David you said at breakfast that Hartley's very smart about investments and money and all that That's what buying a house is isn't it? Well, it is and besides if we're going to be married to the soil like real farmers I think the least you can do is ask your brother about taking someone new into the family Hartley really wouldn't care who we brought into the family except for you As far as Hartley's concerned there are only two kinds of people the people who have stomach trouble and other people That's a very nice way to talk about your brother. Hartley would be the first to admit it I'm just trying to tell you that we shouldn't put off buying a farm house Just because it has a gravity spring instead of a stomach pump If he does like it wouldn't you feel a lot better about buying it? Not particularly. You know you would I would well we'll listen to what Hartley says and use our own judgment But I hope you won't be too disappointed if he thinks we shouldn't buy it. Oh David I know I won't be disappointed. I hope you won't be don't worry about me David why does Hartley belong to a club? Why can't men read their newspapers at home? They get asked too many questions. I think they'd love to be asked questions. Do you? Of course. People only ask questions when they think you know the answers Nobody ever asked me any. I wonder why. I wonder Well, here we are at the Calumet Club. Just pull over driver and let me out. Here you are, sir Many thanks driver. Oh, sir, you're too generous Now you go right on home and don't drive around give Hartley my love and David Good luck. Good afternoon, sir Good afternoon. I'm the guest of mr. Norton. Mr. Hartley Norton Mr. Norton one moment, sir while I look at the balls Oh, yes, mr. Norton. I'm afraid has not come in you. Oh, well, I'll I'll wait for him here Wouldn't you prefer to wait for mr. Norton in the lounge certainly if that's all right? I'm not a member, you know quite all right, sir. If you will follow me Just this way, sir. I hope I don't wake anyone. I think we should be all right, sir Now if you will walk right in thanks very much I'll wait for mr. Norton in here then. I'll tell him you are here, sir I don't know golden The evening David, I'm very sorry to be late. Hello Hartley. It's all right. I just got here If they bound and gagged you you don't have to be afraid to talk up I've been afraid of waking up some of the gentlemen in the arm chairs. Oh those They'd like it. I guess I think they're only happy when there's somebody to glare at Let's go right downstairs Now David, I can't see why you won't join here. It's really a very nice club. Oh, I'm sure of that Hartley seem very nice Excellent chef, too. The doctor sends him a copy of my diet directly. Well, here we are Yes, Albert right here, mr. Norton by the window, sir, will this be all right all right for you David It's excellent. You certainly have a fine view of the park here Well David, we haven't had lunch together in a long time. Have we or have we I can't remember when the last time was actually I think it was just before I got married and you went abroad It's quite a view of the park, isn't it? By the way, what's this story Julia was telling me about a farm in Connecticut? What story Hartley Julia said something about meeting Claudia Claudia saying that you were about to buy a little farm in Connecticut She seemed to think that you were planning to live there. I told her somebody got something mixed up Someone certainly did. It's not a little place at all. It's 80 acres 80 acres Mm-hmm. That's a good-sized farm for Connecticut rather large for weekends, isn't it? Can't see what you need with such a place now me the conjuator We're not going up for weekends, Hartley. We're planning to live there all the time live there You mean you're serious about it. We certainly are Why don't you think it's a good idea? Well, it's a little sudden And then you're buying at the top of the market as a matter of fact I think we can get a bargain Hartley the man who owns it wants to sell it for personal reasons Place has been in his family for generations. Well, some of those very old colonial houses have very fine lines Their temptation to people from New York to come up and play cute all over the place I must say I don't like that What about the grounds? You got a better view than this than Central Park you mean and Park doesn't give one any trouble It's not up to me to get a gardener to keep the grounds clean David whenever I've bought a place. I've regretted it. The trouble is that you think of grounds Hartley and we're thinking of land You think we're buying a place to sit on and be looked at We're thinking of buying a place to work on to make claim as our own you sound serious David This quality of water do it as much as you Yes Well, my experience is a little bit different Tell me about your ground Your land Well, we've got a little bit of everything Hartley hill with a walnut grove on top of it Fields on the slope and grazing land. You haven't got a brook. Have you we have with a gravity spring If I had a place I'd want a brook But Julia says they're very messy Always overflow than the spring frogs and so on I've always wanted one anyway. You see the mess won't matter so much to us I know land again What are you gonna raise? Oh, I think we'll start off with one cow better feel your way along with the farming Tell me about that hill of yours. What can you see from the top? We've got a real Connecticut view Fairly broad valley. I suppose with farmland stone fences white houses and red barn and a wooden church with big windows and a square steeple You can just see it on the on the other side of the valley What a wonderful place to bring up children and You're gonna have children Yes, and your neighbors, what do they like? I don't know hardly. They're just neighbors. I guess You didn't see any brand-new station wagons. Did you with elegant names painted on them? No, not the other day No, or any very low license numbers either. You're sure those farms you saw aren't really golf clubs And when you talk about farming you don't mean getting in about 60 other people to do the work I do not you're not planning to make the barn into a studio and the horse stall into a bar room and the garden patch into a Tennis course. No, we aren't Well, and this isn't the fact isn't it's not just more of the same. No hardly it it isn't How much are they asking 15 I I want to offer 10. That's what I wanted to see you about you think it's too much I don't think it is May not even be enough You're ready to bid as much as you have to you have the money left from father's estate, haven't you? And of course I have hardly well, what's the matter? You old fox you had me completely bewildered. How's that? Well ever since I came in here. We've been fencing back and forth like a couple of strangers You started by telling me that we were buying at the top of the market Then you threw a lot of cold water on us Then you end up by telling me to go out and pay more than I wanted to in the first place Well, I didn't know what you wanted the place for David If it was just a place to go weekends I think it's too much money, and I hate to see you and Claudia get that rough You don't belong in it But if it's for land and not grounds if this is the way you and Claudia want to live Then you ought to grab it I'd rather you see you waste a dollar than a minute hardly I Well, it's one of those moments when I feel as though I found a brother. I feel the same David I Suppose it's a shame to that we both sound so surprised surprised Say Claudia will really be surprised when she hears what you've been saying You haven't any idea how excited and happy it's going to make her hardly go call her right now And tell her what a lucky husband. I think she has David don't try to answer this But do you know how lucky you are? Now get to that phone. It's just behind that. I'm getting Plaza five five nine seven please The farmer takes oh hello Hello, darling. Did bluff get the car home all right? Yeah, of course, that's why I called and to tell you thanks for suggesting this talk with Hartley He made everything very clear Yes, darling thanks to you. I'm taking Hartley's advice and we're going right ahead. I'm sending in my bid tonight We're going to buy the farm Claudia Claudia Claudia what's wrong? There's something happened. Are you all right? This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney Sociability flourishes when coke is passed around no need to bother with glasses Just bring on the frosty bottles and an opener and guests are all set for the pause that refreshes But be sure you have plenty of coca-cola in the refrigerator because it always goes fast Ask the man of the house to have a case put in the car next time he stops at the service station or order a case from your grocer 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 ice-cold coca-cola makes any pause The pause that refreshes