 Lever Brothers Company makers of swan the soap with the exclusive super creamed blend presents our friend swan with my friend ermah starring mary wilson is ermah and kathy louis is jane friendship friendship just a perfect blend ship when other friendships have been forgot theirs will still be hot the two and two make four but i have news for you this does not apply if you happen to live with ermah peterson take the other day ermah was in the kitchen holding a pan in her hand and doing cartwheels so i said honey what's the idea of doing cartwheels while you hold that pan well the recipe says place ingredients in the pan and keep turning give that a second thought but at the present moment there's no time for it my employer and uh incidentally the guy i love has just phoned that he's coming over on a matter of great importance and i can't imagine what it can be ermah yes jane what do you think richard has on his mind what's the matter sweetie you're crying he's going to propose now i'll be all alone with just al i'll have nobody honey don't be ridiculous oh please jane i've seen it coming the last two times richard was here he had that dizzy look in his eyes that was only because you were engaging him in conversation ermah i refuse to let your imagination run away with the two of us now now that must be richard now don't let him know that we were discussing anything personal i won't okay come in hello jane hello ermah hello richard oh richard we were just talking about you oh me oh it was nothing personal we were just wondering if you came over to propose ermah you know richard you'll make a wonderful father ermah will you please go in the kitchen and dry the dishes but they're dry well wet them and dry them over ermah i have something personal that i'd like to discuss with jane oh something told me i guess it's my feminine institution you'll just have to forgive this outburst richard you understand ermah no no i don't but then again who does well jane i've just been on the phone to washington you know that block of war surplus buildings that i discussed with you yeah well the group that i represent feels that they'd make a wonderful recreation center for new york's underprivileged children oh but but richard don't you think other interests would want to grab them for commercial purposes yes yes that's the great danger but if i can see senator mclean in washington tomorrow i'm sure that we can swing this recreation project for the children before the others even know what's happening ah you know richard ermah was right you would make a wonderful father well that's an entirely different sort of project uh jane i'm leaving for washington in the morning and just for the day and i'd like you to come along i'm practically packed and i'll help you finish jane ermah were you listening at the door oh just when it's so important that my trip be kept a secret oh i'll keep it a secret oh gee jane i'd love to go to washington oh but sweetie this is a business trip oh but i've never been to washington everyone goes there even my graduating class went there why didn't you go i didn't have anything to wear besides i didn't graduate oh please richard can't i go with you and jane well all right ermah i don't mind taking one extra along and well seeing washington might prove very educational for you oh you're right and i'll be able to see for myself the difference in the electricity down there the difference in electricity yes new york is ac but washington is dc means district of columbia now listen ermah i i don't mind taking you along but remember that this matter must be kept an absolute secret this is what we call top drawer stuff don't worry i'll pack everything jane will you call american airlines and then try to get reservations at the statler hotel all right richard i will i'll see you later goodbye girls bye richard goodbye oh jane i'm so excited well i'm glad honey but remember now no one is to know that richard is going to washington oh just have confidence in me jane i think i'll get out my suitcase and pack well there stands ermah packing for her trip to washington such packing you have never seen she's using the bag that al gave her for christmas al says it's airplane luggage to me it looks like it was dropped from ten thousand feet now ermah's putting in the things she'll need now she's opening the bag and putting in the largest purse i have ever seen i suppose that's because she's heard that in washington everyone passes the buck but now here's something i can't understand ermah why are you taking along your old x-ray pictures well the doctor says i'm all right but i still want to have them checked by the secretary of the interior oh it's only me professor kropatki oh girls i'm so shaken what an experience what happened i was standing on the corner and a gas station blew up so i ran across the street soon as i got there a great big electric sign falls down from the explosion so i run across the other side i'm no sooner on the sidewalk than one of the gas pumps comes down and just misses my head so i run to the next corner oh that's dreadful was there a policeman around yeah i got three tickets for jaywalking what's the day ermah darling what are you doing with that suitcase i'm going to washington with jane and richard oh ermah why must you broadcast everything washington janey do you think it'd be possible for me to come along oh professor this is a business trip and i i'll tell you what's on my mind as you know i have slowly been developing a liking for mrs oriley yes we know we're thrilled about it yeah but we still fight day and night now i have heard that a different environment often makes a change in people so i was thinking since you are going to washington i would take mrs oriley along of course i realized the danger i'm liable to walk her past the smithsonian institute and i'll never see her again professor i can't invite you to join us you see richard's going on a highly confidential type of business and i i just have the right to i understand janey have a nice trip girls mrs oriley and i can wait someday i'll take her to the petrified forest maybe there she'll look a little younger jane i've almost finished packing oh uh jane have you seen that large envelope al left here you mean that petition he sent weeks ago to his congressman yes maybe while we're in washington we can get somebody interested in it ermah i have read that petition and believe me it has no chance congress will never raise the unemployment check to 300 a week hello jane hiya chicken hello al honey oh jane and i are getting ready to go to washington with richard tomorrow oh ermah i just got through telling you it's a secret honey go into washington huh too bad you can't stick around in my moment of triumph my greatest deal is anything like your last one you know pumping up cranberries and selling them for apples no sir this one is a blessing to young lovers a money saving sofa a money saving sofa uh-huh it's got a built-in mallet and when you're sitting there with your girl you step on a pedal and the mallet knocks out her kid brother who's hiding there waiting to blackmail you for a quarter great huh chicken chicken why do you look so depressed oh well i'm going to miss you when i'm in washington i'm going to miss you too chicken don't like the idea of you being on the loose in washington in that confused state that you're always in you'll have to wind up in some high government position i have a good time if you're not with me feel the same way chicken don't like it when you're away too much temptation for a young man when he's alone in this town pretty girls give me the come on i'm only human how long can a guy stand in the corner tilting pinball machine now listen the two of you if all this is for my benefit you're just wasting your time this is a business trip not a convention for the lonely hearts club oh but jane we won't be in your way i know i'll go with al and the professor can take me so right and we'll meet you when your business is finished yeah i don't see anything wrong with that richard always stops at the statler in washington you can meet us there at five that's the spirit jane and urma since i'm your escort i want one thing understood what as long as i'm taking you i insist on paying my own way urma do you ever get the feeling that you're running around with diamond jim brady oh you just don't see all the way i do i know he has no money or a job or future but i think for a failure he's very successful thank you chicken well i'll break the good news to the professor and i better start packing what am i talking about packing everything i own i'm where well so long chicken see you later oh al aren't you gonna kiss me oh okay chicken here why do you always glance from side to side while you're kissing me an old movie habit keep looking around for the usher see you later chicken oh gee jane you're making so many people happy with this trip thanks sweetie but remember now you're the only one who knows why richard's going to washington and if anybody finds out those kids will never have a recreation center oh please jane i won't say anything you yourself have often said when i open my mouth nothing comes out yeah all right honey i'll pack soon as i get back in the beauty parlor i better hurry see you honey hello hello my name is stanley adams of the international press i understand this is the home of richard rineland's secretary are you she she no i'm not she this is me herma peterson oh well uh could i speak to miss stacey well she just went out uh why don't you call when we come back from washington oh so you're going to washington with mr rinelander i suppose look don't pump me because i'm not going to tell you about senator mclean and the underprivileged children well i guess there's nothing more to be said gotta make the nine o'clock edition goodbye goodbye you'll have to get up early in the morning to fool me and even then i'm not awake say ladies did you know that you can tell a lot about a cake of soap just by feeling it well you can sure the next time run your fingers over a cake of swan soap feel how it differs from other soaps as susie swan says swan is really different the feel of swan will tell you in a minute just feel a cake of swan and you will see that swan is different as can be the reason friend it's supercream blend says susie yes lady swan is the only soap that can give you this exclusive supercream blend for your complexion care and when you use swan you can tell there's a difference just by feeling that firm white cake it feels smoother and when you wash your face when you smooth that luxurious swan lather on your skin you'll see that it feels different too swan lather feels richer creamier swan lather does an extra mild extra thorough cleansing job on your skin yes thanks to swan supercream blend swan cleanses so gently then rinses away so completely your face looks smoother fresher younger it's true ladies the swan look is a young look morning and richard and i have just arrived in washington and so far so good in a way i'm happy that ermah and al and the professor and mrs. o'reilly won't bother us for a few hours yet i know i'd have a dreadful time explaining the sights of interest to ermah i've already described the lincoln memorial to her despite everything i say she still can't understand why lincoln had to live in a log cabin when he had such a beautiful building available hello yes well my name is miss stacey uh yes i'm mr. rinelander secretary we're trying to contact senator mcquane oh well well i'll try again no luck jane same story richard i don't know what to think say do you suppose someone else might have gotten to the senator before us oh no richard i don't see how ermah is the only one who knows anything about it and i'm sure she's kept it a secret that is i'm as sure as you ever can be about ermah who that could be oh no it's the four of you yes it's us jane hello jayney hi rich hello al hello folks i thought you weren't to join us until five o'clock oh but you didn't say a m or p i know we didn't want to be late are you angry jane oh no honey but richard can't contact senator mcquane ermah are you sure you didn't tell anyone oh you know me better than that well there's one more contact i can try a friend of my father's i'll be back soon jane oh jane we've been having such fun visiting the places of interest yeah but not having much luck walked around the mint four times the windows were open but the wind was blowing the wrong way that's too bad al and you couldn't get any samples just one of them breaks tell me jane is richard really having trouble contacting the senator oh he's tried everything well when you're in a spot like this there's only one man to call who else but hello joe al yeah heard you were in washington how'd you do no luck huh they won't make hijacking legal oh al stop wasting time hold it jane never can tell and joe got a problem what a contact a senator now who of the washington senators do you know who plays second base no joe not them senators the kind that don't play ball you know a senator mclean or you don't watch a hurry joe you got a pose for the government oh they're taking your fingerprints now thanks for trying joe goodbye you don't have to tell us al we'll just wait and see what richard accomplishes have some candy mrs orally oh thank you janey this has been such a delightful trip the professor's been so flattering he keeps admiring me dress well it is unusual thank you it was my grandmother's wedding gown it's what they call condonial style yes and there's room enough in the back for benjamin franklin the flyer's kite isn't he the kidder when we were at the statue of george washington the guide said this is the father of our country and the professor pointed to me and said meet his mother well i'm glad you're all having fun especially you professor well janey this trip is a blessing mrs orally and i have never gotten along so well you know it's a funny thing when i first saw mrs orally i said i wouldn't go near that old crow and here i am a bird fancy oh professor you make me feel like a girl again how do you like that in one minute i knocked off a hundred years seriously mrs orally the reason i'm getting to like you is because we see more eye to eye like when we visited congress you said the republicans were saving this country i said no such thing i said the democrats were saving it from the republicans now wait a minute you may understand there and tell me that the democrats ever had one man to compare with do we well i don't think he should be present just because he wants captured manila keep out of this herma mrs orally you mean i brought you down here all the way to washington to find out you're a democrat and what's wrong with being a democrat i happen to know a few things about these matters or you do yes i do look mrs orally don't think you know everything about politics just because you help betsey ross make the flag down fiddler player you me you call broken down by hump the dump the bit six unions couldn't put you together by you you go ahead say what please will be thrown out of the hotel she's not going to talk to me that way i'm getting out of here and so am i and professor if you ever dare talk to me again i'll split your ticket please all of you please jane richard you're white what's wrong look at this newspaper headline let me see it richard ryan lander arrived in washington to negotiate for purchase of a group of war surplus buildings oh how awful oh who could have the article is byline by a new york reporter stanley adams oh what a coincidence that's a nice young man who phoned me erm oh no you didn't tell him richard was coming to washington who i didn't say on what plane oh chicken i know you're the champ at messing things up but what are you trying to do make the olympic team i didn't mean anything oh erm now the whole recreation project is ruined someone else will beat us to it no it's not my pride that matters it's just all those kids i don't know why you all have to pick on me other people do things wrong after all this is washington now honey there's no sense in crying over spilled milk go ahead blame that on me too goodbye olive i think i'd better go after her if she ever gets in that pentagon building she'll be 60 years old before we find it let her walk it off she'll feel better well i guess we can catch the next train there's no sense in trying to see the senator now pixel me next time he wants a damp come crawling to me on your knees i help her if i'm short theater oh mister yes miss what's playing here playing madam this is the ford theater it's now a national museum here is where lincoln was shot by john wilkes boot now would you like to go in no thank you i'd rather wait until the picture changes did you find her no and i've been all over i went out to mount vernan i think she might have been there because they said a blonde girl dropped in said she wanted a pound of martha washington candy oh al we've already missed our train shall we call the police don't like to do business with people out of town let's wait what's the matter lady are you lost no i just want to sit here and think about what i've done to those poor children how many children have you thousands pardon me officer oh good afternoon senator i was sitting on the next bench i couldn't help it over here the young lady she doesn't make much sense to me maybe you better talk to her good day senator good day may i sit down miss if you want to say did that office call you senator that's right well what are you doing here why i like it here it's my only chance to get away from people who keep pestering me for their own selfish wants have you ever been to washington before miss no what have you seen so far well well i saw the theater where lincoln drove his Ford into a booth i beg your pardon well what's the difference you wouldn't like the picture then i went out to mount vernan yes they don't have any candy i beg your pardon oh and i saw washington's monument quite high isn't it yes i wonder how he got down when he finished it just a moment miss i've never run into anyone quite uh i mean well i start slowly now uh where are you from my home is in new york i don't think i can give you my name or phone number because i'm going around with al al yes i'm angry at him you see i came down here with richard rineland or above some underprivileged children richard rineland yes senator oh i'm sorry i didn't mean to call you by your first name but gosh it's so nice of you to talk to me like this i miss my mother and father so well are they dead no they're married well i better be running along for it goodbye everybody oh honey for goodness sakes where have you been oh nowhere in particular just killing time talking to a nice man oh well i'm relieved we've been waiting for you well come on richard we're set all right let's go oh that darn phone hello mr rineland yes uh this is senator mclean oh oh yes senator well i've been trying to reach you all day well your message here and i want you to have those buildings for the children's recreation center well senator i'm overwhelmed but to what do we owe the sudden decision what blonde what hey that must be ermah ours of swan's soap in the sewing basket well naturally i was curious so i said why honey and ermah said well you see jane spring is coming maybe the swan wants to make a nest well ermah you certainly take good care of your swan soap and why not swan takes good care of you too sure swan likes nothing better than to give you a wonderful complexion care and ladies that's just what you get when you wash your face with swan because swan and swan alone has that exclusive supercream blend why even the way a cake of swan feels tells you it differs from other soaps swan has an extra smoothness you can actually feel in the cake itself and when you smooth swan soft creamy lather on your face you can feel a difference in the lather too it feels richer creamier and then when you're through washing your face your mirror will show you what swan supercream blend does for your skin it looks softer smoother younger no wonder the swan look is a young look my friend ermah presented by swan another fine product of lever brother's company was produced by sye howard tonight's script was written by sye howard and park levy and starred mary wilson as ermah and kathy lewis's jane the part of professor kropotkin was played by haunce connery friends we all know that the red cross has a bigger job to do than before the war did you know for example that today the program for veterans alone is nearly 12 times greater for the armed forces nearly five times greater well those are a few of the facts a few of the really serious problems the red cross must meet yes this year the red cross needs 75 million 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