Show I II r T T I I Domestic Dialogues I It t T t Copyright 1313 1111 by the Press Publishing Co THE Scene The Scene The Smiths Smiths' house in Flatbush MR In S. S dropping his commuter bundles lIos Freddie been today Mrs 11 s S S. helplessly Oh Oh hes he's been awful avdul George I r dont don't kno know what's got ot Into him hin He doesn't obey at all Mr 1 S. S grimly Has grimly Has he answered back today Mrs S. S trembling Yes When I told him not notto notto notto to ride his hit clo on the grass rass he said the difference Its It's all burned up b by tho the drought a anyway an n y way Mr Mi S. S with a final air Well all Well Its It's just as I told you last night Ive I've got to lick him Its It's like Ilke the tho elephant In the traveling circus Hell He'll behave beautifully beautifully beau u for a time Then all of a sudden hell he'll begin I Ito to act up and there's theres no stopping him until ho gets ets I a a. good boating and jabbing Mrs Irs S. S gasping But But George children arc are not like elephants Mr tr S. S dropping Into a a. chair No No Freddie's Fredd s 's an an- Indian But the same treatment holds good Ill I'll bet you OU after atter Ive I've finished giving g him this licking l tonight hell he'll bo be as meek as a lamb for tor a month Mrs S. S Youre You're Youre You're so eo strong George You might hurt him Mr S. S loudly Hurt loudl Hurt him That's what he needs Oh Im I'm not going to hit him In anger Im I'm going to tell him before dinner that Im I'm GOING to whip him before he goes to bed tonight That'll jive give he him something to think about Mrs S. S Oh S.-Oh Oh George If you OU tell him before he wont won't enjoy his dinner at all nil I think that's cruel really I do George Geors-e. Freddie Freddic comes up the hall halt Into tho time room Fred Fred- die lies lie's a mother makes an Impulsive move toward him bill and ind then draws back hack Freddie sweetly sweetly Good Good evening father lather was I It t warm In tho the city toda today Mr S. S taken aback aback It X-no X er it was very J comfortable Frederick your our mother tells me mc that 1 you OU have o been annoyingly disobedient toda Ive I've been very cry cr lenient with wiLl you Frederick heretofore Ive I've excused excuse almost everything e youve you've done but I find rind that the tho gentle kind wa way vay doesn't go o 0 with you ou Frederick I am going to whip you ou But ButI I 1 am m not j going to whip you OU now I am going to whip you OU before beCore you OU go to bed tonight ht j Nora Xora announces dinner 1 i 4 l Freddie his little face taco blanching Yc Yes sir Mrs Irl S. S nervously nervously Dinners Dinner's ready father J Shall wo we t sit it down lown The They move e to the thc dining room and seat scat themselves them them- 1 selves in solemn silence Mr 11 S. S clears his thora many times and makes a great re tt fuss with the table fixings s. s Dinner II Is served e Mr r. and Mrs Hr S S. pretend pre pretend tend to cat eat Freddie cats eats nothing I Mr Ir S. S firmly Eat Eat your oUr dinner Frederick meekly I I dont don't foci feel hungry lather father Mrs S. S hastily Just Just a a. little bit of this goo good soup Freddie It'll tone tono up your our stomach an anIA and MAKE IA KE you ou feel hungry dear Freddie with a wun wan smile I smile I really dont don't feel feci like eating mother I Mr S. S tr trying to be brusque brusque Wh Why DONT DON'T you ou feel reel like flee eating yoting man Freddie er very I f mildly I really dont don't know kno fa fa- fa thor there But lint 1 cant can't that's all Eat your our dinner please father dear f Mr S S. S. S having ha great difficulty In swallowing Have you ou a a. pain In an any decided place Freddie Tell fell I fa father timer Freddie with radiant pathos pathos Father Father eat your yOU dinner please father lear dear Im I'm all right Mr r. r S. S coughing sU slightly It If you dont don't feel leel like eating Freddie you ou may go SO out and play ORthe on OR the porch Freddie leaves lea the room with a slow alow dragging drags step i Mr Air S. S choking Tho choking Tho bo boys boya UI till Mrs S. S in tears Oh George Geors- you ou wont won't whip him him will you ou Mr S. S blowing his nose What nose What do you ou think I am am madame A vicious brute to strike a sick Freddie who's been listening in time the kitchen Nora Xora you OU fix me up a plate of grub and slide It l lown to the tho mother cellar on the Jump 01 or Ill I'll tell ou rou smashed one olla of ot the cut glass bowls and PUt pul ut no flO from the tho 5 and 10 cent store storo In Its place 0 o |