Belles on Their Toes Page #5

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- Wow. Pipe the sheik.

- That coat cost $600 if it cost a nickel.

- I can't see!

And that roadster, I wonder

what he paid for that.

- Don't you dare ask him.

- Yes, Ernestine.

You can count on me to act civilized.

If you marry him, none of us will have to work.

[ Martha ]

Yeah, we'd all come and live with you.

- Who is it?

- It's Al Lynch, the Nantucket heartthrob.

- Oh.

- You said it was all right for me to invite him here.

Yes, dear, I remember.

- Remember, boys, you all stand up

when he comes in.

- Here he is!

Quick, everybody,

sit down.

- What for?

- How can we stand up

if we're not sitting down first?

[ Doorbell Ringing ]

Why, Al Lynch,

what a delightful surprise.

- Baby!

- [ Gasps ]

Oh, Al. Oh, Ally, dear.

- Baby, whose pin are you wearing?

- Oh, no.! Al, please.

[ Gasps ]

No, Al.

Okay. Did you get a load of the chariot?

Cost 2,000 smackers.

- I hope that answers your question.

- It's beautiful, Al.

- How about taking a quick spin?

- I want you to say hello to my family first.

I got plenty of time for that.

I'm gonna be here the whole weekend, ain't I?

- I'll just tell Mother.

- Sure. I'd like to meet your old lady.

[ Growling ]

Get away from me!

Mother, I'd like you

to meet Al Lynch.

- Al, this is my mother.

- Your mother?

I could have sworn

she was your sister.

She looks just like your sister.

I'd have sworn it.

Ernestine, won't you be cold

in that open car?

It's all right, Mrs. G.

She gets cold...

I'll give her part

of my coat-- the sleeves.

- Oh, Al!

- [ Chuckles ] Well, be seizing ya.

[ Door Closes ]

And to think we're having

a party tonight in his honor.

Lend her his sleeves. I'd like to lend him

a swift kick in the pants.

That's what Dad would've done.

[ Engine Starting ]

[ Musical Horn Honking ]

If you don't really care for

Morton Dykes, why did you invite him?

Why didn't you ask

somebody else?

Because there isn't

anybody else I do care for... yet.

[ Humming ]

[ Door Opens ]

- Hello.

- Well, hello.

We had the most divine spin

in the roadster.

- For three hours?

- We ran out of g-g-gas.

- Oh, Ernestine!

- You didn't fall for that old chestnut?

- You're jealous.

- Believe me, Ernestine, I am not jealous...

not the slightest bit.

You're not?

[ Shivers ]

- You poor kid, you're frozen to death!

- Better take a hot bath.

- You poor kid, you're frozen to death!

- Better take a hot bath.

Fight on for Sagiwan

Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight

Now just do what I told you.

You go first, Bill.

- Yeah.

- A nd fight, fight, fight

- Fight on for Gilbreth.

- Right.

- For Sagiwan

- Hi.

Hi.

- Hey, I thought I locked that door.

- Oh, that lock never worked.

Nobody pays any attention

to a thing like that in a big family.

You mean one of the girls

might walk in here too?

Sure, but they probably wouldn't

even look at you.Just walk right past.

- What?

- That's the way we were brought up.

You weren't brought up.

You were dragged up.

That's very funny.

- Hey, close the door!

- Sure, but it won't keep anybody out.

Fight on for Sagiwan

Hi.

- Sure it's out there?

- Sure. I threw it up and it didn't come down.

- Okay, I'll get it for you.

- What are you doing?

- His ball's out there and I wanna get it for him.

- Are you crazy?

Oh, it isn't dangerous out here.

There's a big, wide roof.

[ Wind Gusting ]

Give me that brush.

I can't reach it.

- Sure.

- Hey.

Gee, you got hair on your chest.

You got more hair than Tom.

[ Indistinct ]

- Get away from me!

- I got it.

- Good. Come on, Fred.

- Okay. Thanks a lot, fella.

Close the window!

Close that door!

- [ Screams ]

- [ High-pitched ] Oh, pardon me.

I'm terribly sorry, Al, dear.

It is Al, isn't it?

[ Giggles ]

[ Big Band ]

- Mother, let's have a PaulJones.

- All right, dear.

A PaulJones, everybody. Every time

the music stops, change partners.

- I don't wanna change partners.

- I'm just trying to pep up the party.

- Have you seen Al?

- No.

- I wonder what happened to him.

- To who?

- Oh, no, you don't.

- [ Resumes ]

Oh!

Excuse me, please.

No locks on the doors...

people parading in and out

while other people are taking a bath...

brothers dressing up like sisters.

I always thought

this family was a little peculiar...

but I never thought

they were just plain crazy.

I don't want to hear another word

against my family!

If you don't like us,just go!

- What do you think I'm doin'?

- Well, then go.

- Not without my pin.

- Oh! As if I wanted it.

Believe me,

it's just an oversight.

How anybody could overlook anything

as vulgarly large as that!

Al Lynch takes that

from who it comes.

W e're sorry to see you go

We're sorry to see you go

W e hope to heck you'll never come back

We're sorry to see you go

W e're sorry to see you go

We're sorry to see you go

- W e hope to heck

- [ Musical Horn Honking ]

[ Scatting ]

Oh, Mother!

I don't know what they did to him,

but they did something terrible.

- Who did?

- I don't know.

But, Mother,

I gave him back his pin.

You did exactly right.

- Go in there and try to have a good time.

- I can't. I can't possibly.

You must.

You have other guests.

- [ Stops ]

- I'll get to the bottom of this.

I'll find out exactly what happened.

- Tom, you know everything

that goes on in this house.

- [ Resumes ]

What happened upstairs?

Who was wearing his sister's dress?

- I knew I forgot something.

- Tom, who was it?

I'm sorry, Mrs. Gilbreth,

but I'm no informant.

Frank. Will you come out here a minute?

I wanna speak to you.

Oh, sure, Mother.

Did you have anything to do

with insulting Al Lynch?

Well, it took quite a bit of doing,

but we managed it.

Frank, Al Lynch

was Ernestine's guest.

Well, sure, Mother.

That was the trouble.

It wasn't up to you to judge him.

- The poor girl's heartbroken.

- Huh?

She's in tears. He took his pin back.

She's beside herself.

- Ernestine?

- Yes.

Mother, come here.

There's something I want you to see.

Now, Mother,

you'll just have to face it.

From now on, there are certain things

the men of the family will have to do for you.

Yes, Frank.

[ Horn Honking ]

[ Horn Honking ]

- Oh, I beg your pardon, madam,

but are you Dr. Gilbreth?

- Yes, I am.

Would you mind waiting here

for just a moment?

- Why, no.

- Thank you.

[ Horn Honking ]

Dr. Gilbreth, I'm Kendall Williams,

chairman of the Speakers' Committee.

How do you do?

Is something wrong?

I'm terribly sorry. This is awfully embarrassing,

but a dreadful mistake has been made.

One of the rules of

the Engineers' Club is...

that no women

are allowed to enter it.

- Surely, you must be joking.

- I most certainly am not.

I tried to call you at your home,

but you'd already left.

I'm terribly sorry.

Would you mind telling me

why I was invited in the first place?

I read an article by L.M. Gilbreth,

and I was very much impressed with it.

I thought it would be interesting

if L.M. Gilbreth would speak to us.

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