Belles on Their Toes Page #3

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With the new day you make

Here's theJapanese sandman

Trading silver for gold

Just an old secondhand man

Trading new days for old

- Here's theJapanese sandman

- [ Scatting ]

Sneaking on with the dew

- Just an old secondhand man

- What does he do

- He'll buy your old day from you

- [ Scatting ]

- He will take every sorrow

- Take it away

- Of the day that is through

- [ Scatting ]

And he'll give you tomorrow

- No sorrow tomorrow

- [ Both ] Just start life anew

- Then you'll be a bit older

- [ Scatting ]

- In the dawn when you wake

- Things will be jake when you awake

- And you'll be a bit bolder

- Bolder and bolder

- With the new day you make

- And you'll be making no mistake

- Here's theJapanese sandman

- [ Humming ]

- Trading silver for gold

- Come on, Martha. Dance.

- Yeah, Martha, come on.

- Come on and dance

New days for old

Dance, dance, dance

[ All Humming ]

[ Continues ]

- Sandman

- [ Scatting ]

Trading silver for gold

- [ Whistling ]

- [ Blowing Air]

[ Scatting ]

Didn't think we could do it.

Look! There's Mother!

Mother!

Mother, what a surprise.

[ Laughing ]

Oh, children, you look wonderful.

- Welcome back, Mrs. Gilbreth.

- Thank you, Tom.

Hello, Mrs. Gilbreth. I'm Colonel Putnam,

one of your new neighbors.

- How do you do?

- Won't you join us?

- Thank you, Colonel.

- [ Emily ] Come and get it, everybody.!

[ Singing Indistinctly ]

Is something wrong, Mother?

- No. Why?

- We weren't expecting you

till the middle of August.

I know, dear. I just did everything

very quickly.

Isn't this steak delicious?

Seconds, anyone?

Uh, y-yes, please.

Just a song

At twilight

When the lights

Are low

- [ Continues Indistinctly ]

- What a beautiful night. Seems such a shame.

- What does, Mother?

- Well, Ann, you might as well know.

We'll all have to go

back to Montclair.

I stopped in to see

the real estate agent...

and he thinks he can rent the house here

for the rest of the summer.

Then the trip didn't go very well.

No, two of the lectures

were canceled...

and I couldn't get any of the others

to renew your father's old contracts.

But you and Father always

worked so closely together.

I guess he was the one

they were really hiring.

They think of me as someone

who just tagged along.

- What will you do, Mother?

- I don't know, Ann.

But when we get back, I'll write letters

to every firm I can think of...

and hope that someone will condescend

to hire a lady engineer.

Mother, I don't have to

go back to college.

I can skip a year. I could stay home

and get a job and help.

Well, we won't make

any drastic plans until we have to.

- Mother.! Mother.!

- Yes, Frank?

Don't say anything to the others.

I'll tell them in the morning.

Ernestine's no good at the harmony.

Would you take it?

- Well, I'll try.

- [ Chuckles ]

Though the heart be weary

Sad the day

And long

Still to us

At twilight

Comes love's

Old song

Comes love's old

Sweet

Song

[ Mother Narrating ] We went back to Montclair

and faced the problem of making ends meet.

We scrimped and cut corners

with one purpose in mind--

to keep the family together.

There you are.

- Thanks, Albert.

- Thank you, Doctor. Come in again.

If you don't mind, I'll take my lunch

while the business is slow.

- You go ahead, Albert. Enjoy.

- Thank you, Doctor.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

Where's the other barber?

- Oh, he-- Uh, he just went out to lunch.

- Oh.

Is there anything

I can do for you?

Well, I had hoped to talk

to Albert because I--

Dan, Fred, stop that right now!

We've been coming here for so many years

and he knows us so well.

Whatever Albert can do for you,

I'd be glad to do, and more.

Well, these are

my brothers and sisters.

All of them?

No, there are four more.

But since we're such a large family

and need so many haircuts...

don't you think we ought

to get a special rate?

I think you should get a medal.

[ Chuckles ]

I mean, large families

are the backbone of the nation.

That's not the point. The point is,

do you think you can give us a special price?

Well, that's a lot of hair.

How do I know these are really

your brothers and sisters?

How do I know you didn't

collect them on the street...

and you're getting a rebate

from their mothers and fathers?

I never! Everyone in Montclair

knows the Gilbreth family.

- Gilbreth, how do you spell that?

- [ Fred ] Cut it out.!

G-I-L-B-R-E-T-H.

- Mm-hmm. First name?

- I don't need a haircut.

Yes, I noticed that.

You look fine.

You should always

wear it that way.

You don't sound like

a barber to me.

Ah, Miss Gilbreth,

glad to see you back.

- You still here, Dr. Grayson?

- Doctor?

- Are you a doctor?

- Don't feel bad, Miss Gilbreth.

I'm usually taken for a busboy

or a street cleaner.

- Do you think a mustache would help?

- No.

Neither do I.

Good-bye, Gilbreths.

[ Children ]

Bye.

Well!

Oh, Dan!

Hey, come on!

Hurry up, for crying out loud!

What kept you so long?

- Gee, you sure got a lot of bottles.

- We couldn't carry them.

Any rags, any bones

any bottles today

- Hurry up, you kids.

- [ Scatting ]

Any rags, any bones

any bottles today

Funny old ragpicker

coming this way

A ny rags, any bones

any bottles today

Rags

[ Scatting ]

- Pass him, Ann. Pass him.

-Just watch me.

T he same old story

in the same old way

Rags

[ Scatting ]

Rags

[ Scatting ]

Any rags, any bones

any bottles today

Funny old ragpicker

coming this way

Whoa! Whoa!

[ All Laughing ]

- Rags

- [ All Scatting ]

Any rags, any bones

any bottles today

Same old story

in the same old way

[ Scatting ]

[ Laughing ]

[ Laughing ]

- Here you are.

- Thanks.

That a boy.

Here's another load.

Okay, now. Step on it.

You're doing fine.

Keep it up.

Here she comes, Bill.

- Gangway!

- Let her slide.

Bottle caps!

Bottle--

- Accident?

- Why?

- Because if it wasn't--

- I'll slaughter you.

- Yeah?

- Yeah!

[ Frank ]

Jiggers.!

- What on earth's going on in here?

- We're making root beer.

- To sell?

- Who wants to sell it? We wanna drink it.

Do you know how much root beer

this family drinks in the summertime?

- No.

- Three cases a week.

A total cash expenditure

of $3.60 every week.

- It's astonishing.

- Oh, Mrs. Gilbreth.

- Yes, Tom?

- Uh, man here to see you.

Drove up in a mighty fine car.

Waitin' in the sittin' room.

Thank you.

Bill, when you empty that, send up

last week's batch. And remember.

Don't touch the ones with chalk marks.

They're Tom's.

- Okay.

- What flavor did Tom make?

I saw him put some yeast, prunes

and sugar in 'em.

Eew! Must taste terrible.

- How do you do?

- How do you do, Mrs. Gilbreth?

- That your husband?

- Yes.

- They tell me he was quite a guy.

- Yes, he was quite a guy.

I was just down here visiting

the Wilson Tool and Die outfit.

Wilson's got a couple of boys running

the plant for him and they're just great.

- They should be. My husband trained them.

- I know. That's why I'm here.

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