The Actress Page #4

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Well, then,

i'll throw up.

Oh, that will

be wonderful!

What do you think

you'll wear?

My new red tango

colored dress.

Some of it's

only basted,

but it's the only thing

stylish i've got.

Oh, you'll

look stunning!

Will you do your hair

any different?

Ruth, ruth, do it

like hazel dawn.

Let me try.

Come on.

I'll hold up

the picture for you.

I look funny.

You do not.

You'll look darling

with your hair

like hazel dawn.

I don't mean my hair.

I mean all over.

Oh, you don't,

either.

You know what

clark bookton

told gladys bain.

Oh, katherine.

If you tell that...

oh, go on.

What'd he say?

You went

and told anna

i was crazy

about herbert mann.

Oh, well,

that's nothing.

Clark bookton went

and told gladys bain

ruth had

a cute shape.

Oh, katherine!

Oh, why,

that's repulsive!

Your father

calling for you?

Perish the thought.

We got to go anyway.

Now, who's that,

do you suppose?

Well, now it's 9:00, clinton.

There's the curfew.

Ruth, go see who's

at the door, will you?

Who is it?

Oh, hello.

Hello.

It's 9:
00.

Who is it, ruth?

Who'd you say it was?

Why, fred,

you're out late.

It's just

fred whitmarsh.

What happened?

What happened?

I saw

your light on,

so i knew

you were still

sitting up.

We're not

sitting up long,

but you can come in

for a minute.

Thought you was

at harvard college.

Oh, i am,

but tonight's my

sister's birthday,

so we had

a little shindig.

Oh. Well...

good night, fred.

Good night, ruth.

Good night, fred.

Good night.

Good night,

ruth!

Oh, take

your coat off.

Thank you.

You think latin

trains your bean?

I forgot it already.

Sure, but while

you remember it,

it's supposed to be

quite instructive.

Here, punk! Here, punky punk!

In back of the stove.

Uh... latin never

seemed to be

about anything.

They were all

kind of bughouse...

caesar and cicero,

what's-his-name.

Oh, sure.

Come here, punky.

Come in here, fred.

Ever read ben hur?

In latin?

No. Just in a book.

He's gone and got himself

wedged in

behind the boiler.

Come on out of there,

worse-than-useless!

B-b-ben hur

was a roman

like those others,

but it was a good

book, at least.

You should go out.

Ruth,

you put him out.

Oh, mama, now i'll

get all the fur.

His fur doesn't

come out in march.

Don't be so notional.

Punk's just like me.

Doesn't like cold weather.

Cats are quite

a lot of trouble.

Punk would just as well as not

stay right here all night,

but he gets up

on the piano in the parlor

and eats my boston fern.

He does?

Mama, do you have

to do that now?

I should

think i did.

Look what time it is.

Papa and i

have to go to bed.

Oh, mama...

fred doesn't mind

my saying that.

I mean, do you

have to do that

with the silver?

Well, of course i do.

This is solid silver.

I can't leave it

lying around.

Mr. Edward f. Atkins

gave me these

for a wedding present.

I was his stenographer.

Secretary, mama.

I'd been his...

secretary for three years,

and the day i left

to get married,

his wife, mrs. Atkins,

came all the way in

from hopedale

and gave me these.

They're from preston hoyt,

the boston jeweler.

And she said,

"i just want to tell you

"how much mr. Atkins

is going to mind losing you

"because i know mr. Atkins

is never going

to tell you so himself. "

Mama,

fred isn't...

well, i don't

suppose he is,

but i can't leave things

like this lying around

for anyone to walk in,

help themselves to.

They go right in this box

under my bed.

After i'm gone

and they belong to you,

you can do with

as you see fit.

There's punk.

Put him in the cellar.

Oh, punk.

Good night.

Good night, sir.

Papa said

good night, ruth.

Good night.

Oh, mama, please.

Good night, fred.

Don't stay up

all night, ruth.

Be in bed by 9:
30,

and you come again,

fred.

Bear in mind you'll

be up late friday.

We're attending the ymcu

gymnastic exhibition.

I don't like to boast,

but mr. Jones

is appearing.

when you

get through with it,

turn out the light!

Thank you.

I mean, good night.

Good night.

Well, you want to go

into the parlor?

L... i dropped by

because...

Oh, clinton!

Uh... uh, what?

Oh, clinton!

Did you sing out?

The alarm clock says 9:07.

Is that right?

Close enough!

A little noisy

in here.

Do you want

to go into the kitchen,

maybe make some cocoa?

Perish the thought.

Oh. Well,

let's see...

Why, clinton, are you

going to take a bath?

No, just

testing her out

to see that the

pipes haven't froze.

Oh, if you don't

feel like cocoa,

maybe we could...

oh, the front porch

would be kind of

cold, i guess.

Yeah.

Didn't your par...

Didn't your parlor

ever have a door?

Let me know when

you're through, clinton.

I want to come in.

Take a walk maybe?

All right.

Come ahead.

I thought we could

talk better if...

The only thing is,

the kitchen maybe

has a door to close.

No, fred, no.

I'm not ever going

in the kitchen...

that is,

not ever with a fellow.

It's nothing against you,

fred, or like that,

but even if it was

president taft asking,

i wouldn't go

in the kitchen with him.

President taft's

married.

I can't help it.

Oh, well, anyway,

what i came to ask you about

and the reason i came

to ask you tonight is

that the harvard class day

invitations committee

got elected today,

and, well, i'm

on the committee, so...

you are?

So would you go

to harvard class day

with me?

Fred, did you

really say it?

It's going to...

what?

Harvard class day.

You know sometimes

how you get to

thinking about things

and how no fellow

will ever send you

flowers or take you

to the harvard and yale

football game

or ask you...

well, i'd just

as soon say it...

ask you

to get married.

Look, i really

never did think

that anyone

would ever,

so long as i lived,

ask me to class day

at harvard college.

Here i am, and i did

get invited.

Has he gone yet?

Oh, look, fred,

i guess...

i say, has he gone yet?

I'll drop back

tomorrow.

Uh-huh.

Only go now!

Better put

my collar up.

It's getting cold

out to cambridge.

Don't know if

it will or not...

charles river

might freeze over.

Good night.

Good night, clinton.

Say, have you heard

that new dance?

Out to cambridge,

everybody's dippy

about it.

Here...

let me show you.

Um...

da da da

da da da da

da da da da

da da da da da da

da da da da

da da da da

da da da da

da da da

da da da

da da da da

da da da da da

da da da

da da da da

da da da da da

da da da

da da da da

what's the

matter with that galoot,

making that

infernal racket

in the middle

of the night?

Doesn't he know

when to go home?

Look, fred,

you've got to go!

Oh, don't!

Ohh...

mmm, you

beautiful lady

i raise my eyes

my heart,

beautiful lady

to your heart sighs

come, come,

beautiful lady

to paradise

ere the sweet,

sweet waltz dream dies

Why, we're here

in lovely time!

I was just going to

drop by your place.

How do, mr. Mcgrath?

Ruth and i are going

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