" Oh, George." " Yes, sir?" "Has he seen it?" "Oh..." "Thank you." "Morning, J.P." "Morning." "I thought I sold everything below 38th Street three years ago." "Well, that store is right on 38th Street, J.P., so we kept it." "Neeley Department Store." "N, N, N, N..." "Natural Foundry, Napex Corporation" "National Radiator, yes, Neeley Department Store." "You still own it." "This dummy doesn't look like me." "Maybe it's supposed to be one of you." "There's a sign on the dummy with your name on it." "Where?" "M-E-R-R..." "That's all you can see." "What's been done about this?" "!" "We had a talk with the manager of the department store." "He fired the ring leader and half a dozen of the employees who participated in it." "Have this picture enlarged." "And everybody, even watching it, fired." "Out!" "That's an excellent suggestion, J.P." "I pay you a great deal to take care of my interests and my privacy." "I want privacy." "I haven't had my photograph in a newspaper in 20 years." "This is temporary, J.P." "Who could have gone to all the trouble of finding out I own this piddly investment?" "Our detective will ferret the whole thing out, J.P., in no time." "What detective?" "We have a man who's an expert." "If you care to speak with him..." "He'll show you this is a simple little disturbance that has no significance." "The Boston Tea Party was a little disturbance." "I want to talk to this... detective." "Good day, gentlemen." " Good day, J.P." " Goodbye." " Good day, J.P." " Good day, sir." "There's a detective here for you to interview." "This way, sir." "Thank you." "Sit down." "Thank you." " What's your name?" " Thomas Higgins." "What progress have you made, Higgins?" "I, uh, I've gotten a job in the store." "Nobody in the whole store knows I'm a detective except the Personnel Head." "Not even the General Manager." "I see." "I'm a salesman in the Children's Shoe department." "That's the hotbed." "That whole fifth floor." "Will you have the graham crackers individually or shall I crumble them in the bowl?" " Individually." " Yes, sir." " No." "Crumble them for a change." " Yes, sir." "Tell me." "How soon could you find out who these employees are?" "The troublemakers?" "Not more than two or three weeks." "Why not two or three days?" "Why, I've got to worm my way into their confidence." "Become one of them." "How do I know what they're going to do in the next two or three weeks?" "I'm not gonna hang from every lamppost in the city while you worm your way into their confidence." " It's a very difficult assignment." " There's nothing difficult about it!" "Fire anyone that's even suspicious." "You don't have to be accurate." "Is there anybody you suspect yet?" "Well, I..." "I haven't really started." "I thought I'd begin the day after tomorrow." " What's that?" " My wife's having a baby in Philadelphia." "That's where I live." "I thought I'd go home tomorrow." "I don't think you ought to be separated from your wife while you're having a baby." "I'll get someone else for this assignment." "That's very considerate of you, Mr. Merrick." "My wife..." "Nothing at all." "I'll just keep this card for the next fellow." "Good day." " Thank you for your kindness." " Perfectly all right." "Go back to Poughkeepsie and forget about it." "Poughkeepsie?" "Yes, sir." "Good day, sir." "George?" "Yes, sir?" "Come here." "I want you to tell me the truth, George." "Yes, sir." "What would you like to see changed in the world?" "In a business way?" " Well..." " Yes?" "I have a few shares of steel stock." "I would be happy if it went up a little." "If anyone asks you, George." "You're not a typical working man." "No, sir." "Dr. Schindler made up your pepsin into sticks of chewing gum, sir." "He thought you would like the change." "You are to have one every hour on the hour." "You will find them in your lower left breast pocket." "It's time for one now." "Look at their faces." "Moron." "Sheep." "No wonder you can convince them of anything." "How I'd like to hear one of those troublemakers talking." "I'd show him." " Mr. Merrick!" " Why not?" "I'd like to see them operate." " Your stomach." " I'll be one of them." "Mix with them." "Let them talk to me." "Why, these idiots." "I'd play with them like a cat and mouse." "Oh my...." "George, my name is..." "Thomas Higgins." "Young lady, could you direct me to the Section Manager?" "He's right over there." "See?" "Standing at the little desk?" "Thank you." " There you are, madam." " Thank you very much." "Thank you." "And what can I do for you, sir?" "Oh, uh." "I'm working here." "I'm a new salesman." " You're Higgins?" " Mh-hm." ""Yes, sir."" "Yes, sir." "Higgins..." "Harrison..." "In the intelligence test you took this morning your rating was 66." "That's one point over the lowest passing grade." "66?" "There must be some mistake." "I answered all the questions." "You might have answered some of them wrong." "That's possible, isn't it?" "I said that's possible, isn't it?" "Yes, it is." "Sir." "We never make mistakes, Higgins." "Neeley's is always right." "This is the lowest intelligence rating in my department." "I hope you have other qualities to compensate for it." "For your own sake." "Miss Jones?" "Don't lean against my desk." "And remove your hat." "Please." "Miss Jones, I'm assigning Higgins to Slippers." "Show him his duties." "Welcome to the shoe department, Mr. Higgins." "You come right along with me." "Now." "This will be your counter, Mr. Higgins." "Bedroom, lounging, and house slippers." "You know, this is really the best job." "No bending down for try-ons." "No running back and forth for different models." "Everything's right here." "I wish I had this counter." "He doesn't think that I'm good enough to sell shoes, is that it?" "Now don't be silly." "This is just the same." "It's even better." "You have to be cleverer selling slippers than you do shoes." "Don't forget people can always do without slippers." "They have to be convinced." "How could he tell I'm not as good a salesman as the next one?" "It's just your vanity that's hurt." "And you can sell shoes when you relief for lunch." "Show him then what a good salesman you are." "Your lunch hour will be from 12:00 to 1:00." "That's in 30 minutes." "I'm not going to eat lunch." " You're not?" " I'm going to stay here selling slippers." " I'm going to make a good impression." " Why aren't you going to have lunch?" "I'm not hungry." "I never have lunch anyway." "You go to lunch at 12:00 sharp." "No arguments." "You don't mind waiting on me, do you?" "What can I do for you, madam?" "Mr. Higgins?" "It's time for lunch." "I'll take over the counter." "I'm really not hungry." "Why do you argue so much?" "You go to lunch!" "And hurry up about it." " I don't know where to go." " Well, you... um..." " Oh, Elizabeth?" " Yes?" "Miss Ellis, this is Mr. Higgins." " How do you do?" " How do you do?" "Elizabeth, will you show Mr. Higgins where the employees' restaurant is, please?" "I'd be glad to." "Did you sell anything?" "One pair of men's slippers, size 9, $1.98." "That's fine!" "Did you have any trouble selling them?" " Oh no." "No." " Wonderful!" "Be back in an hour, now." " The restaurant's two flights up." " Aren't you coming?" "I always bring my own lunch and eat in the park." "It's pleasant in there." "I don't intend to eat at all." "Would it inconvenience you if I sat with you?" " Not at all." "I'd love to have you." " Thank you." " Kind of stuffy in here." " Yes, isn't it?" " Sure you won't have something?" " No, no, thanks." "I never eat lunch." "You men worry more about your figures than women do." "It's not my figure I worry about." "It's uh..." "I'm just not hungry." "Isn't it terrible about the store not letting people organize?" "I made these myself." "It's very rude of you not to try one." "I wonder where they are holding a meeting tonight?" "Go on, eat it." " What is it?" " Tuna fish popover." " Tuna fish popover?" " It's my own invention." "Bite it." " Oh, no, I couldn't." "Really, I couldn't." " Oh, please." "If I ask you to?" "You haven't got a graham cracker, have you?" "Oh, a grown man eating graham crackers." "Why, there's no nourishment in that." "You eat that popover." "It won't bite you." "Won't it, though?" "Tuna fish." "Like it?" "I don't know yet." " Is it good tuna fish?" " Costs 12 cents a tin." " 12 cents!" " It's almost as good as you can buy." " Almost?" " Go on, eat it." " Tastes good." " Thank you." " Here, have another." " No, no, thank you just the same." "Oh, one isn't enough to feed an infant." "Go on, take it." "How does a man exist without a woman looking after him?" "I could tell you were a single man." "You are single, aren't you?" "Yes, I am." "What did you do before this?" "What kind of work?" "Oh, all kinds." "You'd be surprised." "Were you out of work long before you got this job?" " Hmm." "Yes." " How long did you work at your last place?" " Fifteen years." " And how long before that?" "Ten years." "Isn't that awful." "Mr. Hooper's coming." " Hello, Mr. Hooper." " Good afternoon, Mr. Hooper." "How do you do, Miss Ellis?" "He usually sits here for a few minutes." "Oh, I hope he's not angry." "Another popover!" "You know, he ate almost all my lunch." "He was famished!" "Oh." "I gave him 50 cents." "He probably needed it so badly he didn't want to spend it for lunch." "Oh dear." " Don't look up." "A shopper is coming." " What?" "A store shopper, they pretend they're customers." "But they're only testing you." "Be careful how you act." "Oh, uh, may I help you, madam?" "Oh, that's all right, this gentleman will wait on me." "Yes, ma'am." "What can I do for you, madam?" "Do you sell slippers here?" "Yes, ma'am, we do." "These are slippers." "That's what we call them, slippers." "They don't look very good." "Oh but they are." "I wear a pair of these myself." "Woolies." "Keep your feet nice and warm." " Real sheep wool." " Aren't they a little too warm for summer?" "We never had any complaint from the sheep." "Ha-ha." "I'll think about it." "I hope you didn't mind my inconveniencing you without buying anything." "Of course not, madam." "I'm only here to serve you." " Are you chewing gum?" " No, ma'am." "I'm a store shopper." "Open your mouth." " Did you swallow that gum?" " No, ma'am, I wasn't chewing any gum." "Well, see that you don't in the future." "And don't lean on the counter." "Yes, ma'am." "Well, you didn't do so badly." "Say, what are you doing?" "Keep a diary?" "It's a kind of a diary." "A Doomsday Book." "What's a Doomsday Book?" "It contains the names of a lot of people who are going to meet their doom." "I don't get it." "Employees!" "Listen, employees!" "Here I am!" "Right here!" "Gather round, please!" "All the employees of the Neeley's Department Store." "I have a message for you!" "They have fired some of us for organizing!" "But we haven't given up!" "We are still at it!" "Call the detectives!" "Call the detectives!" "Don't be afraid!" "Come to our meeting!" "If enough of us stick together, they won't be able to stop it!" "Nobody listen to him!" "Everybody stop him!" "I repeat, come to our meeting!" "Get him out!" "Get him out of here." "This is one time you can't throw me out, gentlemen." " And I haven't any key." " Take him away!" "Saw me out!" "It will only take about four hours." "And while you're sawing, I'll give a little speech." "Don't be afraid!" "Come to our meeting!" "In union there is strength!" "We gotta fight together." "We gotta think..." "Hey!" "Right is on our side!" "And don't be afraid!" "We got the situation well in hand!" "They can't stop us now!" "I tell you they can't stop us..." "Fellow employees." "And I call you fellow employees because that is what we all are from the smallest stock clerk to me myself though I carry the title of General Manager." "There was a disturbance on the 5th floor today." "A shocking un-American invasion of private property." "Nothing more or less than trespassing." "A criminal offense." "There are still some troublemakers employed in this store we have not as yet ferreted out." "But we shall." "And if employees are found cooperating with these traitors in our one big happy family" "I can tell you now, they will be not only discharged but blackballed from working in any department store in this city." "Now, may I wish you all a very good evening." "Good night, fellow employees." " Are you doing anything tonight?" " Eh?" "No." "Not especially." "Come with me." "Good night." "Good night." " What've you got in there?" " Me, you idiot?" "Don't get excited, Pop, thought it was a package." "Come on, come on." "Good night." "Good night." " Does it hurt much?" " A little." "I can't understand how you've never eaten in an Automat before." "I never thought of it." "I could sue them getting my finger caught like that." "Well, I don't know." "I've been eating there for years." "I never heard of anybody getting their fingers caught before." "Say, tell me the truth." "Was the manager right?" "Did you try to get that blueberry pie without putting in a nickel?" "You, too?" "I tell you, I did put in a nickel." "But I went to get coffee and somebody must have sneaked the pie out." "It was their responsibility to get me another piece of pie." "And I'd have gotten it too if you hadn't interfered." "Honey!" "Joe, did they do anything to you?" "Did they hurt you?" "Never laid a hand on me." "I dared 'em to." "I was so afraid that they'd do something to you." " Well, uh, who's this?" " He started in the store this morning." " Oh, welcome, brother!" " Mr. Higgins, this is Joe O'Brien." "He hung up the dummy of John P. Merrick." "Made the front page of the Times, that's all." " Did you see it?" " Yes, I saw it." "This is quite a pleasure." "Likewise." "Come on." "We're just about ready to start." "Come on." "I knew you'd join us." "I could tell that the minute I saw you." "All right, everybody." "I, uh, see that some of you are here for the first time and you'd probably like to know more about us." "We are not professional agitators." "I myself started six years ago at the Neeley store as a packing boy and worked up to Assistant Section Manager." "Now, our quarrel is simple." "We're given a small raise every year." "Thanks." "At the end of 10 or 15 years, when our salary is higher than a new employ's we're let out." "Now, this is a regular practice at the store, mind you." "It's probably good bookkeeping, but" "I think that it's pretty unfair." "We're entitled to some security in exchange for a quarter of a lifetime of loyalty to one employer." "Uhm, may I interrupt, please?" "I've attended many of these meetings but I've never spoken before." "I'd like to show you a practical case of what we're fighting for, if I may." "Certainly, Mary." "Step up here." "This is Miss Jones of Children's Shoes." "Mr. Higgins, would you step up here, please?" "Mr. Higgins!" "Mr. Higgins!" "Step up here, will you, please?" "This is Thomas Higgins." "How old are you, Mr. Higgins?" "Fifty-five." "Now, don't be nervous, Tom." "He's 55." "Now, that's not so very old." "Look at him, he's bright, alert, has all his faculties." "Can you honestly expect to be in better condition at his age?" "I hardly think so." "This then is the picture of you... and me at 55 years of age." "Now, I'm gonna tell you the rest of that picture." "He came to work this morning in Children's Shoes without the few cents in his pocket he needed to buy lunch." "And that isn't all." "I gave him 50 cents." "You know what he did with it?" "He kept it because he needed even that 50 cents more than he needed food." "Maybe for medicine." "Maybe for a place to sleep tonight, I don't know." "I didn't ask him." "I felt too ashamed for him." "Do you want to know how he got his lunch?" "From another employee." "Sharing the few crusts she brought which were hardly enough for herself." "Fifty-five years old and nothing to eat." "By what kind fate he got a job today I'll never know." "And how long will the store keep him?" "And what will become of him when they let him out?" "And he will be let out, he has been before." "He worked 15 years. 15 long loyal years, and they let him go." "Before that, he had a job for 10 years." "Twenty-five years for only two employers." "Surely this man must have been capable of holding a job." "And yet, now." "White-haired friendless, he faces another employer." "Who will use him." "And when he's through with him, he'll throw him aside for a younger man." "Leaving him insecure, friendless, homeless with no-one to turn to except charity and the poorhouse." "Please, take your seat." " You were wonderful." " I didn't do anything." "All right, everybody." "If you don't think that we're right now, nothing will ever convince you." "Are you with us or aren't you?" " We sure are, Joe." " We're with you, Joe." "What do you think their complaint is?" "They are getting too much money." "That's what it is, actually." "I knew they were crackpots." "Why don't they make themselves so indispensable the store can't fire them?" "Oh, no." "That's too hard." "Heh." "I'm glad I saw this." "I found out who some of them are." "The first day, too." "Not all of them." "But just give me another couple of days." "Heh." "The idiots." "Making me one of them." "I'll show them who hangs who." "Shall I crumble them, sir?" "Graham crackers, take it away." "And let me tell you another thing." "If I'm not sick by tonight or tomorrow at the latest my fancy Dr. Schindler from Vienna will wish he was back in Vienna." "Yes, sir." "And I want a lunch prepared for me tomorrow to take along." "In a shoe box." "Yes, sir." "I want tuna fish popovers." "Tuna fish popovers?" "!" " Tuna fish popovers?" " You heard me." "I wonder..." "I wonder if the chef can make tuna fish popovers?" "Then get one who does." "If certain people can make them on a little gas stove then that idiot downstairs ought to be able to make them in that whole restaurant." "Yes, sir." "I didn't do so well selling things today." " It's just a matter of luck." " Yes, sir." "What I want you to do is to get a little girl and bring her to the shoe department tomorrow at exactly ten after twelve." "Is there anything I can do for you, sir?" "I thought..." "I thought I would buy some shoes for my little girl." "Shoes for the little girl." "Yes, sir." "Certainly, sir." " Won't you be seated?" " Yes, sir." "I mean certainly." "He'll bungle it." "No, he's pretty good, Mr. Hooper." "I've been watching him." "I want you to buy a dozen pair of shoes." "Eleven?" "I think that's too many." "They'll get suspicious." " You think so?" " Yes, sir." "All right, then a half dozen." "No less." "No, sir, half a dozen." "One and a half." "Thank you." "This is your chance." "Now, don't be nervous." "I'm not nervous." "Stop talking about it." " What size do you want?" " One and a half." " Here." "Now ,don't be nervous." " For heaven's sake." "Is this the hardest shoe to sell?" "What's the hardest shoe to get rid of in the whole stock?" " The hardest?" " Yes." "Well, we have some high-tops that haven't moved for years." " 25 cents bonus for each pair you sell." " Fine." "These are the ones I want." "Don't you think you'd better start on these?" "How many of those you got in stock?" " Five." " That's too bad." "I could've sold six." "I wish you'd just try to sell the ordinary shoes." "You're making trouble for yourself." "Now." "Here we are." " Just slip your foot in." " I don't like that." " Come, come, now." " Put your foot in the shoe, Sally." "I don't want to, I don't like it." " Put your foot in." " I don't like it!" "Where'd you get this brat?" "She belongs to the upstairs maid." "If she don't stop squirming, there's going to be another upstairs maid." " Stop squirming, dear." " I don't like it!" "I don't like it!" "Na, na, na!" "I knew he didn't have the personality for shoes." " Stop squirming, dear." " I don't like it!" "I don't like it!" "Na, na, na, na, na..." " I don't like it!" " Grab hold of her, grab hold of her." "Well, well, well." "How are we coming along?" "Fine!" "Mr. Higgins." "We're not shoeing a horse, you know?" "Look." "Look what I've got for the little lady." "You're quite sure that you want this type of shoe?" "Yes, sir." "This is the type that I want." "Hmm." "All five pairs." "I've been looking for this model." "They are very hard to find." "There's someone at your slipper counter." "I'll take care of this customer." "I've got these shoes sold." "There's someone at your slipper counter." "He's not a regular shoe salesman." "I'm the Section Manager but I'm going to wait on you myself." "Thank you." "There's someone at your slipper counter." "Will you take them with you, sir, or shall I send them?" " Are you taking these shoes, sir?" " Yes, sir." "Wrap them up, please." "Now, young lady, your own shoe." "Don't you feel badly?" "He'll get his just desserts one of these days." "I'd like to be as certain of the hereafter, Miss Jones." "And don't lose confidence in yourself." "You could've sold them just as well." "He only butted in 'cause he wanted to get the bonus." "I don't remember when I've ever disliked anyone as heartily as I do him." "And I've disliked quite a few people in my time." "To their misfortune." "You just forget all about it." "I'm an elephant, Miss Jones." "A veritable elephant." "I never forget a good deed done me... or an ill one." "I consider myself a kind of divine justice." "Other people in this world have to forget things." "I do not." "Now, don't talk like you're out of your mind." "And don't be blasphemous about divine justice." "I don't like that." "I came over here to ask you something very important." "What is it?" "Well, Elizabeth asked me to ask you if you'd like to take her to Coney Island tomorrow with Joe and me." "Oh, it's Dutch treat." "And you have to let her know right away because... well, Mr. Hooper's asked her out." " Has he ever taken her out before?" " Oh, lots of times." " Does she like him?" " Well, uh...." "You know how it is, a girl has to go out with someone." "He keeps asking her and asking her." "Oh, I'd like to go, certainly." "I'll tell her." "Um, and there's something else." "Now, I don't want you to say anything to Mr. Hooper about the sale he took away from you." "There's no use antagonizing him, 'cause after all, he can let you out." "He can, eh?" "Now, promise me you won't say anything to her." " Promise me?" " Oh, all right." "I won't say anything." "Do you know what would be very clever?" "If you'd go over and thank him for helping you out." "Thank him?" "You want to keep this job, don't you?" "You're in no position to be independent." "Now go on over." "Go on." "Go on." "Mr. Hooper." "Mr. Hooper." "Yes?" "Well, uh." "I wanted to say, about that sale." " You've got quite a way with children." " Well..." "They certainly take to you like a duck to water." "Hot water." "Well, I probably couldn't have handled it as well as you..." "As well as me?" "You couldn't handle it at all." "I made that sale." "Oh, I don't know." "I have a hunch those shoes are coming back." " My sales never come back." " Want to bet?" "Certainly." "How much?" " Make it easy on yourself." " How much can you afford?" "Oh, I can manage to scrape something together." "Would ten dollars be too much?" " Make it twenty?" " I'd be lucky if I get the ten." "I'll say so." "If you want to bet any more, I'll give you odds." "Ten dollars." "Just get back to your slipper counter." "What do you think I was wig-wagging at you for?" "Playing Boy Scout?" "I..." "I didn't understand, sir." "I kept indicating for you not to buy anything." "That was simple enough." "But you had given me such definite instructions to buy the shoes, sir." "I..." "There's kind of a picnic tomorrow." "Everybody?" "s bringing something." "I said I'd bring a bottle of wine." "They don't think I will because I haven't the money." " Well, to the wine cellar." " Yes, sir." "I haven't been down here in 15 years." "No, sir, you bought most of these before prohibition." "What's the best bottle of wine in the whole place?" "The best?" "I would say this is, sir." "Roman?" "e-Conti 1903." "It's good, eh?" "There were only 24 bottles in the world originally." "You bought 12 and the royal family have the other 12." "Take the label off the bottle." "I don't want them to be suspicious." " Label off the bottle?" " Yes." "Yes, sir." "Very interesting, George, my little experiment." "I'm glad you are enjoying yourself, sir." "I watch the little ants scurry around and I know each and every one is going to get his just desserts." "I am sure they are." "That Joe, Mary's fellow..." "Bad." "An evil influence on the girl." "Kind of Svengali corrupting her whole viewpoint." " Yes, sir." " I'm going to break that up tomorrow." "I'll talk her out of that." "And then there's Hooper." "A petty tyrant." "Well, he's going to get his reward." "Then there's Elizabeth..." " Well, come on, up with you." " Yes, sir." "Oh dear, I knew I forgot something." "The pickles!" "Hey, you little guttersnipe!" "Why don't you look where you're going?" "Do you understand Italian?" "I understand that." "He-he." "Say, would it be too much to ask you two millionaires to lend a hand here?" "Woman's place in the world is to tend the male." "Not this woman and not this male." "Here, open it." "Why don't we try my wine?" "Oh, I've never been interested in domestic wine." "This isn't exactly domestic." "Oh, Tom, you shouldn't have spent your money for this." "Oh well." "You only live once." "Skol!" " But I don't know what it means." " Ha-ha." "Well?" "You like it, don't you?" "Yeah." "Well, I tell you Tom, it's not really bad, it's..." "Tom, did you spend more than 50 cents for this?" " 50 cents for..." " Oh, Tom, they saw you coming." "Who saw me coming?" "You mean you don't like this wine?" "Say, I got a good mind to return it and make them give you your money back." " Oh, the nerve of some people." " Gee whiz." "Now wait a minute." "You're not giving this wine a fair chance." "Hey, I got an idea." "Just a second." "Look here." "We'll open this and put some of this in it." "See?" "Put some of this in." "No, come on, it'll help kill the taste." "Well, skol again." " No." " It's no use." "No." "Guess you can't save it." "It's a shame, really." "Too bad we had to ruin a bottle of pop." "Isn't it?" "Pour it out, Tom." "It might make you sick." "I am sick." "Wine experts!" "Now, here's a bottle of wine that's really a bottle of wine." "This was made by our iceman's grandfather." "Same as he used to do in the old country." "He puts the grapes in the bathtub and he jumps on 'em." "I saw him do it." "Ah!" "Real jumped-on grapes, huh?" "Why didn't he take his socks off?" "I knew you'd like it." "Well, I'm going for a swim." "See you all in a minute." " Ha-ha!" " Ouch!" "Now, don't show off and swim way out!" "We'll be watching you!" "Say, maybe the Pregbury man will have some extra pickles he'll sell." "I'll be back in a minute." "Don't worry." "Nothing will happen to him." "Ah." "He's a pretty good swimmer." "He's pretty good at everything." " You wouldn't be prejudiced?" " Maybe." "Is it possible you're reading virtues into him that don't exist?" "Don't you like him?" "What makes you say that?" "Well, I was watching you on the subway and thought that you were making faces at him." "My feet were hurting me." "But you're not really crazy about him." "Well, that depends upon how much you're in love with him." "And I don't think you're any judge." "Who's a better one?" "Any outsider." "Me, for instance." "Now, look around us." "There's a couple over there." "They think they were made for each other." "He's biting her ear." "Now she's biting his ear." "Very touching." "I think so." "They've found each other, haven't they?" "Out of this whole wide world, these two were lucky enough to come together." "But don't you think if she hadn't met him there wouldn't be somebody else biting her ear now?" "And don't you think he wouldn't be at some other girl's ear?" "Probably ten feet away?" "Maybe." "But that doesn't prove anything." "Scientists can write all the books they like about love being a trap of nature." "I remember reading that." "That it's biology and the chemistry inside a woman that fools her." "But all the scientists are going to convince are other scientists not women in love." "I don't say Joe is the greatest thing that ever lived." "I probably wouldn't love him if he was." "I'd just want to look at him." "But you see, I'm not the greatest girl in the world, either." "Two people look at each other and they see something way deep inside that nobody else can." "And that's it." "I wouldn't be surprised if the greatest love affair in the world was between a Chinaman wearing a pigtail and a girl who's missing two front teeth if you could measure it." "If they feel it, they feel it." " Do you?" " Not the way you see in the movies." "Or hear in those songs, you know... about the touch of your hand, you set me on fire." "I guess I'm not the combustible type." "But when I'm with him" "I don't know if it's the advertised 7th heaven." "We get along just average, I guess." "Little arguing..." "Even maybe being a little bored now and then if we admit it." "But yet if I knew I'd never see him again..." "Yes?" "I've never even thought of what it would be like not to see him anymore." "I guess that's the test of it." "If I thought" "I'd never see him again" "I don't think I'd care if I lived or died." "Look!" "I found some pretzels." "They're homemade." "The Pregbury man's wife makes them." " From her own recipe." " Don't they look delicious?" "Gangway!" "Oh boy!" "Pretzels!" "Oh, Joe!" "No!" "Don't you dare!" "You'll spoil your lunch!" "Joe!" "No!" "Joe!" "Spit it out!" "Spit it out, Joe!" "I beg your pardon." "I was wondering if I could find out whether my clothes are in this bathhouse?" " Did you take them off in here?" " Well, I don't exactly remember." "Where's your locker key?" "That's got our name on it." "I shared the locker with a young friend of mine, he has the key." "But unfortunately I can't find him or any of the people I came with." " I've been walking about for hours." " Does this look like the place?" "I rented this suit." "Can you tell me if it's yours?" "Not ours." "That's a pretty cheap suit." "Not yours." "Thank you." "Ain't ours." "Thanks." "It don't belong to us." "How many bathhouses are there around here?" " A couple of hundred." " A couple of hundred?" "Thanks." "Young man." "Yes, sir?" "I've got a big bargain for you." "How would you like to give me a dollar or two for this gold watch?" "You mean, uh, you want to leave it for security?" "No, I don't think I'll be down here again." " I'll let you have it for a dollar." " A dollar?" "That's all." "It's a very fine watch." "Solid gold." "Here, take a look at it." "Yes." "Mh-hm." "Uh, would you mind if I showed this to the boss?" "I'll only be a second." "I only want a dollar for it." "This is a pretty good watch for a dollar, Pop." " You got any more?" " For heaven's sake!" "No need to get excited." "There's been a lot of stuff stolen from lockers around here and we're just checking up." "Well, I assure you that watch is not stolen." "It's an awful good watch to go for a buck." "Officer, I've lost the friends I came with." "I can't find my bathhouse and I've been walking around for hours trying to trace this rented suit." "I want to sell the watch so I can telephone my home and have my car and chauffeur come for me." " Oh, you have a car and chauffeur?" " Yes, I have." " And you rent a bathing suit?" " No, my ..." " Where did you get this watch?" " Well, if you want to know..." "The Governor gave it to me on my birthday." "The Governor?" "My boss works for him." "Now, what do you say we go down and pay him a little visit?" " You know, kind of friendly-like." " You let go my arm!" "Now, now." "Be a good boy, Pop." "Come on." " Come on." " Take your hand off of me." "...pretty monotonous." "And I'm getting good and sick of seeing your ugly little face." "You're not even a good pickpocket." "When are you going to get sense enough to quit?" " Take him away." "Marv." " Yes, sir." "Come on." "He was trying to sell this watch to a clerk in a drugstore for a dollar." "When I questioned him about it, he said he wanted the money to call his chauffeur." "And beside that he told me that he got the watch from the Governor." "I thought that sounded suspicious." "Suspicious enough for me..." "I would advise you two simple guardians of law and order for the sake of your own future security to be very careful of any decision you make concerning me." " How was that again?" " Tom!" "Tom, we've been looking everywhere for you!" "Joe's running up and down the boardwalk and Elizabeth's gone to the hospital." " What happened to you?" " I got lost." "My!" "Well thank heaven you're all in one piece." " Thanks for finding him, officer." " That's all right, miss." "You can call your chauffeur from here." "Here." "What chauffeur?" "What chauffeur?" "The chauffeur that you were going to call." " Me?" " Certainly you." "I haven't got any chauffeur." "Wasn't he trying to get money to call his chauffeur?" "That's what he told me." "Say, what's going on here?" "I don't know what he's talking about." "Oh, you must be mistaking him for somebody else." "Say, what do you two do for a living?" "We work, of course." "Where?" "Don't list the store." "We'll get fired." "Hey, stop that!" "Where do you work?" "At the Automat." "What do you do?" "I have charge of blueberry pies." "I put them in those little boxes." "And what do you do?" "I, uh..." "I help him." "I..." "I snap the boxes shut." "There's something fishy going on here." "My feet hurt." "Can't we continue this while we're seated?" "You know, you ought to be ashamed of yourself." "Supposing someone treated your father like this." "Is he your father?" "Yes." "Girlie, I catch you in more lies than you can shake a stick at." "If he's your father, why did you call him Tom when you came in here?" "I always call him Tom." "My goodness!" "Is there a law against calling your own father by his first name?" "Come with me, miss." "Where were you born?" " In New York." " Shhh, keep your voice down." "What street?" "Uh, 121st street." "What street was she born on?" "Look at me!" "72nd street?" "They're the ones that have been selling this hot stuff all right." "I'll bet on it." "How much do you want to bet?" "Mary!" "Where did you disappear to?" "I got lost, and I couldn't find..." "Quiet, everybody, quiet." "I'm telling you two that anything you say may be used against you." " So, uh, use your own judgment." " What happened?" "Joe, you better go home." "We'll met you later." "Quiet, you!" "How well do you know these two?" "Well, I know them well enough to know they haven't done anything." "Where do they work?" " Uh..." "Mary, stop that!" " Come on!" " The Neeley Department Store." " Ah-haa!" "Ah-haa!" "Some detective!" "Are they, uh, father and daughter?" "Uh... yes... no, they're not!" "What are you..." "Joe, please don't say anything more." "I don't want to have to tell you to keep quiet again, girlie." "How about using a more civil tone, officer?" " Who, me?" " Yes, you." " Have they charged you with anything?" " No." "Then you don't have to stay here." "Come on out." "Hey, stay right here!" "Look, you can't hold people here unless you've got a charge preferred against them!" "I can fix that." "Was he dressed like that in the drugstore?" "Yes, sir." "Violating a city ordinance, wearing a bathing suit on the boardwalk." "How do you like that for a charge?" "A great many other people were wearing bathing suits." "Well, are you satisfied, or would you like to see another charge?" " You just try it." " Really?" "Did he come along peaceful or did he pull on your arm?" " He made quite a protest." " He did, eh?" "OK." "Resisting an officer." "Would you like to see another charge?" " I'd like it fine!" " Say!" " Trespassing." " Suits me." " Soliciting funds." " Keep on." " Peddling without a license." " Ha-ha, you're not frightening me." "Stop!" "He's frightening me." "And we'll throw in a little case of vagrancy." "How does that suit you?" "That's just dandy." " A vagrant." "Me?" " We haven't even started on you yet." "Young man, what do you think you're accomplishing?" "I'm giving him enough rope to hang himself." "You're giving me enough rope?" "I've got a little surprise for you, too." "I'm charging you with obstructing justice." " Fine." " And contempt of police authority." "Fine." "And suspicion of inciting a group to riot." "Fine." "What's the matter?" "Your imagination running out of charges?" "Are you an idiot?" "Who do you think this man is?" "This man is a servant of the people, that's all." "And a darn poor one at that." "I don't work for him, he works for me." "How do you like that?" "Let him put me in jail." "I'll holler my head off." "This is a free country." "You let a guy say you were spitting on the sidewalk when you weren't and the next thing he'll do is tear up the Constitution." "Say, are you crazy?" "Yes, I'm a little crazy." "But that happens to me my particular kind of patriotism" "I don't care how small the right is you're trying to take away from me." "I'll fight for it." "The Boston Tea Party was started over one penny." "This is big enough for me." "Well, put me in jail." "Don't tell me what to do." "I'm running this place." "Go on!" "Lock me up!" "You've got enough charges." "I'll lock you up when I'm good and ready." "OK, take your time." "We, the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility provide for the common defense, promo..." "Don't look so startled, sergeant." "In case you didn't recognize it that's the beginning of our Constitution." "I'll recite it for you." "Where was I?" "Oh, yes..." "Provide for the common defense..." "There he is." "If he thinks he's right, he won't give into anybody." " Isn't it wonderful?" " It isn't very practical." "No, he isn't." "But he's wonderful!" "I also know some of the Declaration of Independence." "I might get a couple of the words wrong, but you'll get the general idea." "When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary to..." " I don't like this." " Neither do I." "When they start reciting the Constitution, look out." "We had a nut like this downtown once." "It was awful." " What can one fellow like him do?" " It's not him, but it gets in the papers." "That somebody sends down a big lawyer, then you ought to see what happens in court." " You'd think it was a big murder trial." " What?" "For a little thing like this?" "The way they mix it up?" "Turns out that Abraham Lincoln's on trial." " Lincoln?" " Trial downtown took over two weeks." "Two weeks?" "My vacation starts Wednesday." "Oh, but you'll spend it listening to Abraham Lincoln." "In a nice hot courtroom." "My wife would skin me alive." "One of them reporters will be here any minute now." "You know what'll happen then." "Yeah." "Quiet!" "A lucky thing for you that I feel charitable today." "I'm gonna to suspend charges on both of you." "Go on." "Oh, no you don't." "Wait a minute!" "You're not going to get off that easy!" "I'm not going to get off?" "We don't want any suspended charges hanging over our heads." " What do you want?" "An apology?" " Well, what's wrong with that?" "You humiliated this man." "You dragged him in here barefooted, questioned him like a criminal and you think an apology's too much?" "Boys!" "Throw him out!" "I'm not going to move one step until those charges are not suspended, but dropped." "All right, they're dropped." "And I apologize." "Now get out of here!" "I didn't that you'd have the grace to apologize." "Even in that tone it's appreciated." "And stay out of this precinct, or I'll have you arrested." "Go on about your business." "Next time you bring a thing like that in here, I'll throw you right into the ocean." "Yes, sir." "I mean no, sir." "Lincoln!" "Say, we'd better get you dressed." "You two try to cool off on the sand." "Joe?" "What's that for?" "Because you're wonderful." "Some wonderful." "Come on." "It's getting pretty late." "We better wake 'em up and go home." "Oh, let's let 'em sleep a while longer." "They must be awfully tired." "You know, he didn't like you very much." "But I think he changed his opinion in the police station." "I was watching him." "Whether that old goat likes me or not, it certainly doesn't change my life." "Did you watch what he's been eating?" "He acts like a guy that just discovered his stomach." "I don't think a goat could put that stuff away." "You know, you're making him a responsibility." "I want him to marry Elizabeth." " Oh." " Why shouldn't they get married?" " Well, why should they?" " Because she loves him." " How do you know?" " I can tell." "It'd be wonderful for him." "He must be very lonely." "It doesn't make any difference how many people you talk to during the day." "If you haven't got someone that really cares for you you're all alone." "You're one person against the world unless you have someone." "Then it's only half as hard." "At least you're two against the world." "So you both starve, instead of starving alone." "Joe..." "Don't let yourself get depressed." "It's all over, Mary." "We've lost." "What do you mean, we've lost?" "400 employees out of a possible 2500." "How can you blame them?" "Black list, store detectives." "I don't see how we got the 400." " Maybe if you gave it more time, Joe." " Time?" "We had a year already." "So we'd have a 100 more, they'd walk out like sheep to the slaughter." "People like this who starve quietly wishing they hadn't joined." "Oh, it's doomed, Mary, I know it." "Got the poor suckers into working, at least keep their jobs." "Joe, if you could only reach all of them." "Yeah, if, if, sure." "If the store would only ask 'em all to go out to Bryant Park and let me speak to them." "Mary, I want to talk to you." "I meant to do it when I brought you home, but now's as good a time as any." "I can't get a job in New York." "Mary, I..." "I can't see you anymore." "For a while." "What do you mean?" "Well, I..." "I can't." "I can't take up your time." "Is that what you call our relationship?" "Taking up my time?" "I haven't got the right to take up your time, that's what I'm trying to tell you." "Well, I think that you might ask my opinion about that." "What are your plans, Joe?" "What do you want to do?" "Go out of town?" "I'll go with you, that's not such a terrible thing to ask." " Oh, Mary you'd..." " But I'd love to if you want me." "Oh, I wish you'd marry me, just like it is." " I'm not afraid." " Marriage?" "You're not afraid." "No, women are never afraid." "How long do you think you'd be in love with me, living off your salary?" "That's nothing to be ashamed of, if you can't help it." "Not to you, but it is to me." "I bought me a $5 wallet for my birthday and left the sales slip in so I could trade it in for the money." "Oh, who are we fooling?" "The next step will be giving me the money." "A quarter at a time, for lunch, for carfare, for cigarettes..." "I can't be in love under those conditions." "I..." "I don't want to marry you." "Honey, I..." "I shouldn't have done that." "I didn't have any right to ask you to marry me." "I don't own you, you know, even though I do act like it." "We've got to look at it sensibly." "Maybe, it'll still turn out all right in some way." "But I..." "I couldn't go away obligating you to wait for me." "That's very considerate of you, at least." "Maybe I hope you'll wait for me." "But you're young and attractive, you got a whole life ahead of you." "Go out and meet people, have a good time." "It's certainly coming to you." "Who knows?" "You might get interested in somebody wonderful." "Yeah." "That's what someone was telling me recently." "That's what nature does, let you get interested in other people." "It's a kind of protection." "Well..." "Then I don't promise to wait for you, if that'll make you happy." "What do you intend to do, Joe?" "Uh, why, the government's taking young fellas for construction work." "Down in Panama." "I'd have a trade by the time I get back." "You only have to stay a little while." "Two or three years, I think." "Two or three years?" "Why, I..." "I thought you meant you'd only be gone a few months." "Why, you're nothing but a coward." "That's what you are." "For all your bravery in police stations you can't even face life." "Half the world's starving to death and you're afraid to get married because you might not be able to get a job." "It's not me I'm worrying about." "I'm not going to get locked up in a hall bedroom watching you iron my shirts and nobody's going to make me." "Nobody's going to make you do anything." " Go on to Panama, go any place you like..." " Oh, Mary, now..." "Right now you can go on home." "Go on, unless you're afraid of the dark." "Better keep it." "It's going to turn out all right." "I've got a seventh sense." " You mean a sixth sense." " I mean a seventh sense." "I've got a sixth sense and a seventh sense." "It's going to turn out all right." "You really shouldn't drink." "It isn't good for you." "Three glasses of beer." "You can't get drunk on that." " You are." " Oh..." " Elizabeth?" " Yes, Tom?" " I want you to tell me something." " What is it?" "Didn't Hooper ask you out today?" " Yes, he did." " Well, why did you go with me instead?" " You really want to know?" " Certainly." " You won't laugh at me?" " Of course not." "Well, Mr. Hooper is the..." "Well, he's the executive type and you're sort of helpless and need someone to look after you." " He's the executive and I'm..." " Now, don't be offended." "People can't tell on themselves." "That's the type you are." "Oh, for heaven's sake!" "I don't like the executive type." "What you can see in him is beyond me." "Well, he asked me to marry him during the clearance sale." " Did you even consider it?" " To be honest, I did." "Well, why didn't you?" "I didn't know whether I loved him." "Maybe I'd be marrying him for his money." " Has he got money?" " Oh, he makes $55 a week." "Fifty-five dollars?" "I don't see how a woman can marry a man with money." "She'd always feel that maybe... maybe she'd married him not for what he was but for what he has." "There'd always be that doubt between them." " Oh, my..." " Don't you feel well?" "Elizabeth?" "I wonder if you'd care for the real me." "I think I know the real you." "I may not be exactly as I appear on the surface." "Well, no-one's really perfect." "I'm not." "What do you mean, on the surface?" " Are you married or something?" " No, no, no, no..." " Then what is it?" " Well, I, uh..." "I've got a very weak stomach." "You put your stomach in my hands." "Oh, our station!" "Good night, Mary." "It was lovely." "See you tomorrow, Mary." "Good night." "Hello." "Hello!" "Dorothy, I'm sorry to get you out of bed so late but this is very..." "This is very important." "Do you still go with that fellow that works in the personnel department?" "Yes, I do." "Well, give me his telephone number." "I have to speak to him tonight." "It's for you, Sam." "Yeah?" "Uh, Sam, Sam, listen..." "We're in terrible trouble." "Meet me at the employees' entrance right now?" "Now?" "You mean this late?" "Yes, now!" "As long as there's a chance we can win" "I'm going to stick." "Yes, dear." "They locked me out of my room." "Can I sleep on your roof?" "Yes, dear." "What's the matter with you, honey?" "Mary!" "Mary, I'm back." "Don't take it so hard." "I'm going to stay here." "Yes, dear." "Good night, Joe." "Good night, honey." "I won't see you for breakfast." "I'm starting out real early." " Well, you can have breakfast." " Mh-hm." "Good night." "Remember the list with the 400 names?" "Mh-hm." "Where do you think it is?" "Down on the sand at Coney." "It's in Higgins' pocket." "And he's a spy for the store." "What?" "Who?" "Who?" "Higgins?" "And there's no mistake." "And he's got all those names?" "All those poor people." "And it's my fault." "Where does he live?" "I'll get that list back tonight." "I don't know." "Tomorrow." "You get him in the stock room." "I'll get that list." "How are you going to get in the store?" "Don't worry how I get in the store." "You get him in the stockroom, see?" "And I'll join you." "And I'll get that list if I have to hit him over the head." "Will you please sign, Mr. Hooper?" "Our friend Higgins seems to be a little late this morning." "Probably drinking last night." "Oh, he only had three beers." " You were with him yesterday?" " I..." "We..." "Mary and Joe" "No, just Tom and I." "Mr. Higgins and I went to the beach." "He asked me before you did, really." "That's perfectly all right." " Ah, who have we here?" " Good morning, Elizabeth." "Good morning, Mr. Higgins." "Tom." " We're a little late this morning, aren't we?" " Oh, did you come late, too?" "You are a little late this morning." " Yes, I am." " And why, may I ask?" "Because I overslept." "I was tired." " Well, that's a novel excuse." " Well, it's true." " I don't like your tone of voice." " I don't like yours, either." "Who do you think you're talking to?" "Just another employee in the store." "That's all." "And a darn poor one at that." "Do you know what's going to happen to you?" "You're going to be fired." " I'm going to be fired?" " Yes." "Let me tell you something." "You're going to be fired." "How do you like that?" "Five pairs of these high-tops come back in the exchange." "Ha!" "Give me my 10 dollars." " Bring them in here." " Hey, where's my money?" " You shouldn't have done that, Tom." " Why not?" "I'm entitled to common courtesy." " It doesn't work that way." " The trouble with you people is you have no faith in employers." "Well, where's my sales book?" "I'm worried about him." "Elizabeth, you know, you've..." "you've lead a very sheltered life." "Now, men aren't exactly what they seem to be." "Some men are wonderful." "Other men are beasts, like..." "Well, like other men." "Oh, honey." "Joe will come back." "It isn't Joe." "I'm talking about a particular party." "Who thinks nothing of toying with the heart of a good woman." "How'd you like what I said to Hooper?" "You were very brave but foolhardy." "Mr. Higgins, would you be kind enough to assist me in the stockroom?" " Is it necessary?" " Most necessary." "Well, what happens?" "Uh... there's been a lot of trouble in here." "Uh... there should be a right shoe and a left shoe in every one of these boxes and lately, there's been a right shoe with a right shoe when there ought to be a right shoe with a left shoe." "What's that again?" "Uh, look, you just open every box and see that there's a right shoe and a left shoe in it." "I'll be right back." "Mr. Higgins!" "Mr. Higgins." "Tom!" "Tom!" "Tom!" "Tom, say something." "Say something." "Oh dear." " Is this Higgins?" " Yes." " Are you Jones?" " Yes." " He's drunk." " He is not!" "Come on, you two." "The General Manager wants to see you." "Up." "Where am I?" " Where are you taking me?" " To the General Manager's office." "Is that how he makes people go to his office?" "Oh!" "You must feel pretty good, Mr. Higgins." "You'll probably get a raise after they fire all of these poor people." "You Benedict Arnold in sheep's clothing." "I'll show you who's a Benedict Arnold in sheep's clothing!" "You watch!" "Is this the way you discharge your responsibility?" "Can't you understand that dealing with people the way you do is the reason for this civil war around here?" "I've worked with these people." "They have rights." "What do you suggest?" "I suggest that you get a different job if you can't get the confidence of your employees." "You bumble-witted idiot!" "Tom..." "Tom, this is wonderful what you're doing." "And you'll never regret it." "Let them fire you." "As long as there's a breath in my body you'll never go hungry." "Calling me names isn't the solution." "I'd like nothing better than to get the confidence of my employees." "But who can I talk to?" "Who represents enough of these people?" "Would you consider 400 enough?" "Yes, I would." "There's our representative." "Where are your 400 names?" "There's the catch." "He wants the names." "See?" "My hands are tied." " This isn't a trick, is it?" " Do I look like I'm lying to you?" " No." "You don't." " Mary, you can't." "If there's a right way, this is it." "We're not being fair to him." "If we want him to trust us, we gotta trust him." "Well, I'm against it." "I'm taking a big chance too, Joe." "I..." "If this doesn't go, I lose you." "All right, honey." "Well, Tom, have you got the list you picked up on the beach last night?" " Yes, I have." " Give it to Mr. Allison, please." "It's going to be terrible if you fool these two young people." "You old fool." "How dare you come into my office and talk to me like you did?" "I can outwit morons like you every day of the week and twice on Sundays." "Which is why I sit behind the desk while you stand in front of it." "Why, you!" "Hooper, get that paper!" "Keep your hands off of her!" " Harley, McGinnis, come in!" " Ahh!" "You idiots!" "Both of you, I discharge you!" "Eat it!" "Eat it!" "Give me that paper!" "Give me that!" "Stop it!" "Stop it, I say, you idiots!" "Stop it!" "Oh!" "Stop it!" "Stop it, I say!" "Why, you mashing brute!" "Give me that paper!" "Stop it, I say!" "How dare you?" "I'll have you discharged!" "Every one of you!" "Now, you simpleton." "I'll show you who can outwit who." "Who're you going to fire now?" "You give me the name of everybody on that list or I'll fire the entire 5th floor for starter." "That's not fair." "Many people on the 5th floor know nothing about this." "Every name or else they all go." "Every one of them." "Get out of my way!" "Discharge slips." "For everyone on the 5th floor." " Yes, sir." " How dare you?" "What do you mean?" "!" " Hold that door!" "Get it open!" " Help me, Tom!" "Stop that!" "Take it out!" "Employees!" "Listen to me, everybody!" "Come out to Bryant Park!" "Don't be afraid!" "Everybody together!" "If we all walk out now, we got 'em licked!" "Come out to Bryant Park." "Drop what you're doing and come out to Bryant Park!" "If we all get together now, they can't stop us!" "Here we go!" "Everybody out!" "Leave what you're doing!" "Don't just stand there!" "Move!" "Go on, walk!" "Everybody together!" "Come out to Bryant Park, don't be afraid!" "If we all walk out at once, we got 'em licked!" "Come out to Bryant Park!" "Shhh!" "Picket..." "Picketing your house." "George." "I'm worried." "Elizabeth won't marry me." "A man with money." "Maybe, in your case, she will make an exception." " Do you think so?" " Maybe." " No." " No." "No, it's against her principles." "She'll have to know sometime." "Right now!" " Don't get excited, J.P." " We'll call the police." "Nobody's going to call anybody." "I'm going to send for the ringleaders and have it out right now." " You wait in there." " Excellent idea." "We'll handle them." " How do I get out the back way?" " This way, sir." "Get my hat." "Tommy, you son-of-a-gun!" "There he is!" "Tom, where have you been?" "Mary!" "Here he is!" "We got a surprise for you." " You've got a surprise for me?" " Yup, look." "We decided that nobody was to have the honor of carrying this but you." " Come on, folks, we have to keep moving." " Wait!" "They're waiting inside there to meet with us." "What?" "!" "Tom, how did you arrange it?" "It wasn't hard." "Oh, Tom, that's wonderful!" "Come on, in we go!" "This is it, folks!" "Get rid of that old fool." "Elizabeth!" "You do like me, don't you?" "Of course I do, Tom." "Just the way you are." "Oh, my." "You sit here." "Well, let's begin." "That's right, let's begin." " Suits me." " We're ready." "You know you're not in a very good bargaining position." "Maybe not, but the store's closed." "We can open it again!" "And very easily!" "Let's not raise our voices." "Yeah, that's right." "Let's not raise our voices." "Uh, I don't know very much about business, but from a woman's viewpoint, there are moral issues involved here." "Miss, we are not concerned with moral issues." " Why aren't we?" " Because we aren't!" "Moral issues are pretty important." "Oh." "I see your point of view." "Uh, could I have a word?" "This may sound foolish, but in my opinion, one of the things that ought to be corrected in this store is" "Go on!" "Well, there ought to be somebody in the store's pet shop on Sunday." "All those canaries there without water the whole day." "Canaries?" "That's the most idiotic thing I've ever heard!" "Talking about canaries at a time like this!" "That's purely idiotic!" "There's nothing idiotic about it!" "Certainly!" "There's nothing idiotic about it!" " There are moral issues involved." " How can you say a thing like that?" "Excuse me." "Madam, have you gone mad?" " Get your hands off him!" " Let go of Mr. Merrick!" "Let go of Mr. Higgins!" " Are you hurt, Mr. Merrick?" " Are you all right, Mr. Merrick?" " Are you hurt, Mr. Merrick?" " Are you all right, Mr. Merrick?" " Are you hurt, Mr. Merrick?" " Are you all right, Mr. Merrick?" "Elizabeth, money isn't everything." "You could learn to love me." "Mary, you see my side of it." "Say something!" "Joe!" "Hey, that's my wife you've got there." "This one's yours." "Ignore him." "We're having a swell time, Mr. Merrick." "Glad you are, Mr..." "Mr. Feldspar." "Men's Clothing, 3rd floor." "Lovely dress, Mary." "Our debutante model, $27.75." "You remember Mrs. Craig, Lingerie, 5th floor?" "Mr. Martin, Hardware, basement?" " Mr. Merrick." " How do you do?" "Do you remember everybody's name in the store?" "Almost everybody." " Oh, aren't they having a wonderful time?" " Yeah." " He's all right!" " Who's all right?" "Merrick's all right!" "Gee, this is wonderful!" "I can't believe we're really going to Honolulu."