 The craft foods company makers of craft quality foods presents Harold Perry as the Great Gilder Sleeve The Great Gilder Sleeve is brought to you by the craft foods company Makers of the wonderful new craft deluxe slices everybody's talking about Have you discovered this marvelous new way to buy cheese in slices at your food store? Craft deluxe slices are different from any sliced cheese. You've ever had in your life before They're perfect slices cut wrapped and sealed by craft a little later on I'll tell you all about the amazing new craft deluxe slices Well three weeks from today the Great Gilder Sleeve's niece Marjorie is to be married and Things are beginning to move at a fast tempo around the water commissioners house By George I love a wedding No birdie, I'm still at the office Mr. Gil see by you spoofing me. Yeah What is it Bernie the wedding invitations just came. Oh, they did. Yes. So here they are all engraved Well, good, and here's the bill. Let's see. Oh, it must be engraved in solid gold Well, let's open them up I bring uncle Marjorie's wedding invitations Leroy. Yeah, let me see him. How many are there? Well, we ordered about 200 Yes, sir. Everybody in summer field wants to see Miss Marjorie married 200 gosh. I'll have to put bleachers in the church Well everyone we send invitations to it and supposed to attend the wedding Leroy they're just supposed to send presents Mr. Gil see he's gonna get his money back somehow Let me see what the invitation says don't handle them Leroy we don't want strawberry jam all over Feel that engraving it says mr. Throckmorton P. Giller sleeve That's me request the honor of your presence at the marriage of his niece Marjorie. That's smart To mr. Walter J. Thompson, that's Bronco. Yes On Wednesday the 10th of May Your wedding invitations just arrived my dear. Oh, they did. Yeah, you're gonna get married May 10 I know Leroy gosh just think Marge in three weeks. She'll be a ball and chain Don't you worry my dear you want waddle going down the aisle. I wonder if I will Bronco will be here in a minute. I can't wait for him to see the invitations. They look terribly expensive auntie Hey, why does the bride have to pay for everything? Oh very elementary my boy if the groom had to pay He wouldn't have enough left to start housekeeping You know, I'm afraid this is just the beginning Uncle Mord. Oh, they'll have to be a cake and things for the reception Well, I've been putting a little aside for that Well, then they'll be the flowers for the church. Yeah, we need plenty of flowers and an organist and a soloist Say, why don't I save some money and sing the soul of myself? I Could run around behind the church in time to take you down the aisle. Sure. You could use my bicycle All right, I just hope my money holds out. Oh, and that isn't all uncle Mord There's more. Well, we have to furnish dresses for the bridesmaids Zeke I wonder if I'm eligible for the Marshall plan Well, at least we won't have to buy your wedding dress Uncle ah, are you sure mother's dress is here? No, it must be well, Bertie and I've searched the attic And if it's here it must be in that old trunk of yours. Yeah, I guess so come on Margie Let's go up and find it. Huh? Oh, that must be Bronco. I can't go now. Why not bring Bronco along He can move the drunk uncle Mord the groom can't see the bride's dress before the wedding. Oh, oh for corn's sake The groom doesn't do nothing He doesn't pay for nothing. They don't even have to look at nothing That's it LeRoy Now if I can just squeeze past and had his dress form Pardon me and daddy Made it. She's getting bigger every year Where's the key? I've got it You're kind of rusty sounds just like judge hooker getting up off the bench All right, my boy Hey, what's this tied with the blue ribbon one of Margie's curls. Oh, no, that's not quite the right color. I imagine it's yours Mine that's sissy curl. Of course. You're a very cute little boy LeRoy Here's a note pinned to it. Yeah, Throck Morton's curl at age five I Guess you were pretty cute, too Remind LeRoy, let's look for the wedding dress. What color is it on white and lacy and see boxes my old fur mittens a comic Valentine Look at that Well, I guess it's not in this trunk. Oh Here's a picture of your mother wearing the dress though. Yeah Yeah, this was taken on her wedding day My little sister gosh, she's pretty. Yeah, and Marjorie's just like her What's this? Oh a letter she wrote when she sent me the picture Look at that postmark June 17th 1929 1929 gosh, I wasn't even born yet. Yeah That's rightly right. Let's see what the letter says She wrote better than me and Marge, didn't she? Yeah, beautiful hand Dear Throck Morton, I thought you'd like to have a picture of your sister on the happiest day of her life Marge feels the same way Why does everybody feel so happy when they get married? LeRoy, I'm reading your mother's letter. Oh sure I suppose we won't see each other for a long long time, but I keep telling myself Our family isn't breaking up. I'm just starting a new one Charles and I want two boys and two girls She had one boy and one girl You and Marge really wrong. Yeah, let's see what else she says It'll be the joy of my life to watch my children grow up and see them as happily married as I am Gosh, did mother say that? Yeah, she did What's the matter, uncle? Nothing my boy look Marge. I've got our honeymoon trip all figured out I drew a map on this piece of paper Yellowstone Park Grand Canyon a package of cheese. No Marge. No that part is mother's grocery list and the map is down below. Oh Bronco, yeah, I can't wait until May 10th Bronco, you'll have to go uncle Mort's coming with my wedding dress. Gee the groom sure gets pushed around Just a minute, Anki Bronco isn't supposed to see it. Oh, oh Bronco. Oh, Mr. Giller slave Marjorie I couldn't find your mother's dress. It wasn't in your trunk. No Leroy and I searched everywhere. Oh It's too bad Marge. Yeah, look Bronco Marjorie would look just like this. Is this a picture of her mother? Mm-hmm Isn't that a beautiful dress Bronco? It looks almost exactly like one. I saw it Hogan brothers You saw a dress like this my dear. Yes in the oval room, Anki oval room Yes, I haven't been there. The only rooms I've been at Hogan brothers were square Funny mr. Giller slave He's gonna be a fine son-in-law It had a neckline like this with little puff sleeves and it was all white satin and chantilly lace just like this picture Well, good. I'll go right down and get it. Oh, no, Anki. I wouldn't let you do that Why not if we can't find your mother's dress. We'll get the nearest thing to it But Anki, this is a very expensive dress. Oh Marge is right You've got to start watching expenses mr. Gilder sleeve. Well, I'm going to start right after the wedding poor Anki Now I've been figuring out what this wedding is costing you mr. Gilder sleeve I was lying awake the other night worrying about it. You were I said to myself Mr.. Gilder sleeves furnishing the flowers buying invitations paying for music giving a reception Well, yes, and what are my parents furnishing me? Well, what more could any girl want oh Well, if you two will excuse me I have to get downtown. I've got some things to do Anki Yes, my dear you're not going down and look at that wedding dress. Are you me? If I have to buy one I'll get something inexpensive after all I'll only be wearing it once Well walking down that aisle is a pretty important occasion. Isn't it Bronco? Yes, sir. I can't wait until May 10th See you later Nothing but women around here must be getting close to the oval room Some reason I don't feel very comfortable in this end of the store. Hope nobody sees me Judge Hooker Judge what are you doing up here among the wedding gowns pretty dangerous for an eligible bachelor like you not as dangerous for me As it is for you gildy. You're a fatter catch than I am Oh goat stop cackling horse everybody's looking at you as a matter of fact I was cutting through to the three-quarter length socks What are you doing here gildy? Well, I'm down here to buy a wedding dress from Marjorie's judge Why don't you come along matter afraid to walk into the oval room alone? Well, there are a lot of women in there very well I'll accompany you Beautiful room, isn't it? Yeah quiet to Big carpets. Yeah, I can hardly see my shoe tops Say hilly look over there you look over there judge. I'm looking over here What? models My is that a wedding gown? I think so, but let's keep moving. Are you gentlemen interested in wedding gowns? Yes indeed miss at least my niece is oh, well, do you like the one being modeled that blonde wedding gown? I mean I Gildy whatever happened to Marjorie's mother's wedding dress. We can't find a judge, but I'm here to get one just like it miss Yes, you have a dress here that my niece rather liked. Oh, can you describe it? Well, it's a white satin has a neckline sort of like this and Little puffy sleeves and there's a lot of that chantilly lace Chantilly lace There's nothing like the fragile gossamer beauty of chantilly lace like a fleecy cloud Hovering around the bride. Oh, brother All right judge come out of the clouds You know the one I have in mind miss. I'm sure I do. It's quite expensive. It is Gildy aren't you going overboard on Marjorie's wedding? No horse is taken about all I've saved for a rainy day, but what the heck let's spend it for a sunny day That's a nice attitude gildy. Of course. I'll have to cut down on cigars and lunches for a little while At a time like this. What's another 50 bucks for a wedding dress? Here's the dress Isn't it lovely? Oh, that's it. All right nice long train You it's a hundred and thirty five dollars a hundred and Zeke No a hundred and thirty-five He heard you miss Marjorie hello Marjorie hello judge uncle mort I thought I'd find you here Uncle you've spent too much money already. I forbid you to buy that dress. Well, I had no idea. It was that expensive May I show you something else? No, thanks miss. We're just cutting through to the three-quarter length socks. I Hope they're out of them. See you later Marjorie. Come along judge The great Gilders League will be right back folks ladies right now in your grocer's dairy case There's a wonderful surprise package for you. 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Yes, sir by George Marjorie's a sensible girl not letting me spend a hundred and thirty five dollars I don't have Still we have to have a wedding gum Hello PV What can I do for you today can give me a half dozen cigars PV And charge them to laugh for the wedding Only kidding my friend, but I'll have to admit this wedding is getting pretty expensive PV you've got no idea how expensive a wedding can be Sure, I married Mrs. PV Yeah, I know and I'm still paying What I'm talking about PV is the expenses before the wedding it's costing me five hundred dollars to give the bride away But it's gonna be a nice church wedding. We're gonna have an organ and soprano and everything They have everything with the wedding dress. You can't have a church wedding without a dress Marjorie planned to wear her mother's but we can't find it and guess what one like it costs at the oval room PV I hate to sing a hundred and thirty five dollars. You don't say yes Too steep for me PV after all a girl only wears a wedding dress once. Well, no, I wouldn't say that What Mrs. PV's cousin I don't use her six times In five different states My goodness cousin I'd like to travel Yeah, I can see that by the way, mr. Gillis Lee There's no reason why Mrs. PV's wedding dress shouldn't be used again you suppose Marjorie wear Marjorie It's a beautiful dress and as you say you've been put to a lot of expense Well, I don't know I'd consider it quite an honor to have Marjorie wear that dress and so it misses PV by George That's nice of you. I'm sure Marjorie would be honored to wear our phone and have Mrs. PV get it ready for Fine, you think it'll fit Marjorie. Well when Mrs. PV and I were married. She was about Marjorie size. I Remember carrying her across the threshold I got tangled up in the train Does the dress have a train PV mr. Gillis Lee's address has everything but a bell and a whistle Good I'll pick it up Marjorie I've got a surprise for you. Oh, what is it? Well, it's something nice that mr. Mrs. PV sent you a wedding present Why don't you open it to see all right? Oh by the way, Yankee? I almost forgot Bronco's mother called Mrs Thompson. Yes, she's on her way over. Oh, fine. What's she coming over for? Well, she didn't say but please I keep when she gets here. Don't start an argument Marjorie Nobody has to start an argument with Mrs. Thompson We'll be nice to all right. I'll be so sweet to her. She won't even recognize me. Well, let's open the box I'm here and I'll break the string for you. I can hardly wait to see what it is. Yeah, let's something We'll make you very very happy. Oh Oh Somebody's wedding dress. It's yours. My dear the PV's want you to wear it Well, that's awfully sweet of the PV's Uncle Mort, but I can't wear this. Why not hold it up You see it has a train everything but a bell and a whistle But I'll get has one of those old-fashioned bustles Say it has hasn't it PV didn't mention the caboose We could uncouple that my dear wedding dresses don't grow on trees, you know, oh That's probably Mrs. Thompson. I'll put the dress away. Yeah, I've got it Bernie Well mother Thompson, hello, mr. Gilda sleeve nice to see you. Yes indeed. Won't you come in there? Thank you My you're looking fine today, Mrs. Thompson It is a fiddle bull that is Mr. Gilda sleeve I said you're looking fine you look well, too Well, thank you. This is quite a surprise seeing you as they say if I'd known you were coming out of baked a cake Is Marjorie here mr. Gilda yeah, yeah, she's upstairs. She'll be down in a minute. Yes, indeed It's nice to see you Mrs. Thompson. What are you doing these days keeping busy? Are you yes? I'm keeping busy. Well good. Are you keeping busy me here? Yes indeed. I'm the water commissioner, you know, I know That's why I wondered One of what you meant by that. Oh, hello, Mrs. Thompson. Hello Marjorie my dear. I can't stay I just brought by to leave this package for you Oh for me well Bronco came home and told us how high the wedding expenses are running and this is something I'd like to do to help out isn't that nice. I brought you my wedding dress Not another one. What was that mr. Gilda sleep? I said, I'll bet it's a lovely one Well, it's very thoughtful of you Mrs. Thompson don't mention it my dear I know that a wedding dress is a very difficult thing to get not around here. It isn't Won't you come into the living room and sit down Mrs. Thompson? Thank you my dear Excuse me mr. Gilda sleeve right on my corn That isn't somebody else with a wedding dress Just oh how we danced on the night. We were What's in that package Jolson This is my sister Clarissa's wedding gown for Marjorie But just I'm not guilty old friend. This is something I want to do for you and Marjorie I drove over to my sister's house at Atherton and Clarissa and I spent three hours Burrowing in the attic. Yes, I'll get it. I insist if since Marjorie couldn't find her mother's dress I knew she'd like to be married in a dress furnished by an old friend. Oh, how can you refuse a sentimental old goat? Who is it? Hello Marjorie. Oh, hello judge Marjorie We don't have to let mrs. Thompson know but the judge brought you his sister's wedding dress, but it's beautiful Marjorie Eggshell crepe to sheen with a forget-me-not bodice and a pettipoint wimpole. Oh my goodness Well, oh, thank you judge I guess Marjorie is crying because she's so happy to have a wedding dress Yes Yes, I've been here about 15 minutes Birdie is Marjorie in a room. I noticed her door is closed. Yes, sir. She's been up there most all day She has that's a girl with too many wedding gowns on her hands. You're so right birdie and none of them hers Well, people are trying to be nice. Yes, but she don't want no secondhand dress. Mr. Gil sleep You're so right birdie. She wants a dress of all I know birdie. I'm going up and have a talk with her Marjorie and may I come in if you like looking out the window a Marjorie birdie and I were just talking about the wedding dresses. What am I going to do? Well, I don't want to offend the PV No, I know you don't and the judge was a deer to drive all the way over to his sisters to borrow her dress Yeah, and I can't refuse mrs. Thompson. I thought of that It's not a good idea to offend your mother-in-law Marjorie, yes, I'm gonna go up in the attic and take one last look for your mother's dress But you and Leroy were up there only yesterday. Well, we could have missed it. I might have looked right at it and never seen it run along my dear Been up there quite a while eat. I'm hungry Leroy. You're always hungry. We don't eat till all the family is here Where's Marge? She's keeping a little kid from getting his vitamins He's up in the attic my boy looking for her mother's wedding dress. How can she find it if we couldn't well? Maybe she has better eyes than we have Oh She must have seen a mouse. You must have seen something Yes, my dear look what I found. Well, you found your mother's dress Pretty she found the dress hold it up your shoulders Marjorie. All right. Oh Oh, it's absolutely the most beautiful wedding dress a girl ever had it sure isn't this Margie Yeah, that's keen. How do we miss it on? Yeah, Leroy. Let's go wash for dinner. Okay Bertie dinner will have to wait. I've got to try it on. Yes, ma'am You sure love that dress, don't you? Oh, yes, Bertie. I love it just as much as if it were mother's ain't it your mother? Look Bertie Land or life Hogan brothers a hundred and thirty five dollars We mustn't let unki know he forgot to take off the price tag We'll hear from the great gilder sleeve again very shortly For a grand surprise when you're shopping tomorrow Look in your grocer's dairy case for the newest thing in cheese slices You'll see a neat square package marked craft deluxe slices. It's such a neat package You'll be amazed to discover it holds eight big sandwich size slices of cheese They're craft deluxe slices cut wrapped and sealed by craft right after this fine process cheese is pasteurized Every slice is perfect easy to separate and protected by craft all the way to your kitchen Tomorrow get mellow good craft deluxe slices in your favorite craft kind craft American Pimento Swiss and sharp old English brand for quick and easy cheese snacks and sandwiches You'll be delighted with craft deluxe slices Hello PV. What can I do for you today? Mr. Gilder's name brought your wife's dress back PV Marjorie's very grateful You both but she found a wedding dress up in the attic. Oh her mother. Well, yes, PV one. I bought for her mother Well, that's nice Remember like that's a fun thing at a wedding. Yeah, I think I'll have some lunch PV Yeah, well, would you like the blue plate 60 cents 60 cents? It's the business man special Yeah, no, thanks, PV. Just give me a 10 cent sandwich and a glass of water What kind of a lunch is that the water commissioner special Good night, folks The Great Gilder sleeve is played by Harold Perry This show was written by Paul West John Elliott and Andy White with music by Jack Meakin Please sure to listen in next Wednesday and every Wednesday for the further adventures of the Great Gilder sleeve Here in America, most of us have plenty to say about what's wrong with our economic system And we have the right and the freedom to say what we think Certainly our economic system isn't perfect, but let's remember this It's provided more jobs shorter working hours better pay better homes more to eat more Downright good living than any other system in the world by all pulling together We can make this system work even better for all of us how? 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