 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 was our bond. How do you like it Julia as well as I'd like any bond that smells like Like a barn. Well, that's the nicest part of the barn. I think you're very amusing lab Listen are those birds I'm hearing why not But it's only the middle of March and Connecticut still looks as bleak as an Alaskan landscape bleak or not Those are birds we hear Few loyal ones spent the winter with us and the others are starting to arrive back already pretty soon. It'll be spring That's very soon. You can't wait. Can you well hardly? I don't know how you stood spending the entire winter up here with the few loyal birds I didn't mind. I liked it But there's hardly anyone here your age or even Well, you're tight And what can you do all day? Oh, there are million things to do with a baby animals and a house and Husband to take care of as for people my age Julia. They're too young for me I don't miss them. Still you're too young to bury yourself in the country. Well, I don't consider myself buried Maybe that's why I like it Especially now that we have the animals Mama's here and of course David adores it. I suppose that last would be reason enough for you. I suppose You're an amazing child. I'm not a child. No, you're not but I was at your age Claudia you've been a darling having us here overnight. No be silly. I loved having you Well, you're the only sister in law David has I have no brothers and sisters in my own so we're very possessive about you Want to go back in the house? Yes, I'm ready Still a little raw out. Oh, maybe I'm just not accustomed to all this outdoors. Here we are Hey, the door's open That you Julia don't tell me you've been out of doors this early right after breakfast It's stylish on a farm heartlet. Claudia has been trying to convert me to the simple life, but I'm afraid I'm unconvertible Julia said the heifer had nice eyes, but that's as far as she'll go What have you and David been talking about hardly? What do you think the stock market? No, you're wrong Farming whenever Hartley comes up here. He fancies himself a farmer, but I'd like to see him at it for five minutes Oh, I think you'd be a pretty good farmer It's in the knot and blood in that case all the family blood is in your veins my boy Hartley'd be sort of a country squire kind of farmer I think I can see him strolling through his fields with his dogs at his heels And a walking stick in your hand hardly very romantic Well, Hartley, what about getting back to New York sometime? No, no, no, no Don't go it's still early and I don't have an apartment until noon about their local school house you're building Coming along fine too. I can't for the life of me see why you waste your time building country school houses No, because children have to go to school in the country. I suppose. I don't think that's a good enough reason Well, I do. What do you think Hartley? I think David's life is his own Well, not at all. You're his older brother. You can tell him what you think. I just did my dear Oh, come on in mr. Tucker. Who is mr. Tucker? You know I'm the man we bought this house from Julia That queer old man. Well, who does he walk in and out of your house as if he owned it? Well, I guess he owned it so long. It's sort of hard for him to believe he doesn't own it still Yeah, but ain't a congregation sitting here in your living room Mr. Tucker, you know, you know my brother and this is his wife Julia. Oh, yeah We've met your brother who ain't much like our mr. Not yes Well, I'm the only brother Marsha pity that you ain't like mr. Not in a mean Mr. Tucker is prejudice. We're neighbors. That's a coincidence. What is more important is that we'd be friends Mr. Tucker sit down. Oh, I ain't got the time ma'am. I didn't come over here to sit and collaborate with you folks Well, is there something we can lend you? Well Money kind of you'd offer you if there there be something you can lend me just mention it and it's yours You folks realize it spring is practically breathing down our necks. Yes. We heard birds this morning. Oh, that ain't no sign ma'am But spring is practically breathing down our necks and there's a hustling amount of work to be done Then what is a sign of spring mr. Tucker? There'd be a thaw on the ground ma'am You can walk into the pasture and sink your foot up to the knee How nice and be nice shows the grounds waking up and life's gonna be springing up And we don't start moving fast nature's gonna get so far ahead of us. We ain't never gonna catch up Ma'am, that's a pretty sad spot for a farmer to begin. Well, it all sounds very hectic So hectic that every minute spent talking is a minute wasted as a field of rotten corn. What a pretty picture No, then let's not talk about it. Mr. Tucker. You just tell me what I can do for you I need manpower son. I need manpower It's one the crimes of nature that Jerry Tucker was born with only two arms I could use as many as you'd find on a daddy long legs Where's your man fritz this morning? Oh, he had to go up to Hartford to arrange to have our truck fixed. Oh, well What about you? Yeah, I'm afraid I've got a meeting at the school board in a little while mr. Tucker. I help. What is it? Man's work, ma'am. I got a string of wire fence ground so soft I can sink the post and I got to get my fence up before I can let my cattle graze and I Aimed to let my cattle graze as soon as I get my fence strong. So you can see I'm kind of in a hurry That's too bad. I'd like to help you. I accept your apology. What about you? Oh, me? You're a man. Yes, you I've never strung a wire post or whatever you call it in my life. Got arms ain't you? Yes, I seem to have the normal amount got legs ain't you I seem to have those too Well, that's all you need to string a wire fence. That's all you need. Now wait a minute. Wait a minute, mr. Tucker I don't think my brother wants to do this ain't a matter of wanting it's a Necessity, but he just came up for the night and he hasn't got his working clothes with him But he don't own any working and besides he has trouble with his gallbladder Well, he ain't gonna need his gallbladder for this hair job that come along mr. Hartley times are frittering itself away Hotly you don't have to if you don't want to come in man. I think maybe you'd better not you can tell him I'm standing on one foot waiting for you. Look, I tell you I'll postpone my schoolhouse appointment and I'll help him I don't you don't want to get your clothes all muddy if I wait much longer summer will be here and it still won't have a fence up I'm coming with you mr. Tucker. Yes. I'm coming with you now Hartley You know what the doctor glass the doctor mr. Tucker lead the way All the ridiculous performances You think you'll enjoy it Mr. Tucker will be scolding him so much. You'll come home feeling like a punished school boy Oh, he'll survive. I don't know when Hartley gets his feet wet. He always catches cold. Oh, it's not wet outside It's only muddy muddy is enough for Hartley Well, he has no one to thank for it put himself I don't know and mr. Tucker decided to make Hartley's victim. There's no getting out of it Hartley should have been firm. He didn't have to let himself be swept off his feet by that old man Except he probably wanted to be. Yeah, maybe he did. Where are you going Julia? Just into the kitchen to get a glass of water Oh, I'll get it for you. Oh, it's all right. I'll get it Well, don't you want something else to drink besides water? Milk for instance heavens. No, I haven't drunk milk since I was two you lived on a farm You drink it anyway, maybe that's one of the reasons I don't live on a farm I suppose if you don't like a farm, that's as good a reason as any Well, I guess I'm just not the milkmaid type land. Am I? Claudia you're any type you want to be but I'm a little too old for that I'll just get this glass of water and then you can pick me up to see my nephew You know, I don't think she's ever given a farm a fair chance Yeah, stop taking it so personally Julia likes a city. There's nothing wrong with some people liking the city So stop trying to convert her. Yeah, I suppose you're right. She said herself. She's unconvertible Farmer do her a lot of good though, but she doesn't want to be done good, too Oh, I didn't mean it that way darling. I meant Would do her good to walk around without a girdle and without every hair in place Not be afraid to touch an animal Farm and make her get rid of her inferiority complex David. Mm-hmm. What makes you think she has one? Because you always try so hard to look so perfect. Oh, you think you're smart, huh? Am I? David stop rumbling my hair. You don't want to look so perfect. Do you? Oh dear I know I don't wear my clothes like Julia, and I don't know all sorts of fancy people like Julia, but You love me So-so. Hmm. That's what I get for asking Still I forgive her. Forgive who? What Julia? Who do you think we're talking about? No idea because for the kind of person she is she's She's fine Very fond of her. You better be because I am I couldn't have married her but for a sister-in-law She'll do fine. You know, it's funny about brothers, isn't it? Come again. What I mean is that fundamentally you're you're you're quite alike you and Hartley even though he's ten years older than you and Look what different women you married. Life is full of wonderful surprises. Isn't it though? Come on. I'm going downtown. You want to come along? Yes, I guess I'd better have to buy some extra meat now that Julian Hartley are here Oh, wait, I'll just see if Julia wants to come along too Julia Did you fall into that glass of water? No, but I fell into something else. What come on in David not going down against Julia, what are you doing? I hardly know myself. What am I doing? You look as if you were rolling in dough I guess that's what I am doing How come that's what you I'm doing. I don't know exactly I came in here to get a glass of water and Bertha was starting to make these cookies And she looked as if she had a million things to do when I asked her how to make the cookies I guess she thought I was interested in making cookies. So she started telling me and Well, here I am Julia. You don't have to do this if you don't want to just leave it go on I don't mind it's rather amusing. I Wonder if I could make them. Well, I know I couldn't with Bertha hovering over my shoulder. I'm sure that even I can Won't hardly be surprised. He doesn't think I'm good for anything. I'll surprise him He'll be wonderfully surprised. So you run along downtown do and when you come home You can taste one of my golden brown cookies or all of Bertha's Violin, I'll be back very quickly David listen never believe it Julia is making cookies stop talking Really Bertha and they go there and Bertha's a wonderful invader almost as good as Tucker It is the ninth wonder of the world. You could see her David She's making them at arms length as if the batter were dirty Say what's the eighth wonder of the world? Hardly stringing a wire fence David they're gonna hate us from never come back Heart is gonna be so stiff. He won't be able to walk for a week. He'll hurt in every muscle He's gonna ruin her nails in the dough and her hair in the oven It's mean to laugh, but I can't help it They just don't belong do they well this life isn't for everybody you know, I know Until you came along. I didn't even know it was for me You didn't even know it was for you until long after I came along, but David I'm so glad you came along This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney In offices and factories and shops Workers pause to refresh at the Coca-Cola cooler during breaks in routine You can work refreshed at home too Pick up a carton of coke at the grocery or drugstore or have the service station attendant put a case in the car Then you can keep coke on ice so that it's always ready for you when you're ready for the pause that refreshes 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 of war 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