The First Nighter Program - Help Wanted Female

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The Genials first nighters.

Good evening, everybody. This promises to be one of the most exciting nights of the theater seasons. So let's lose no time.

In getting to the opening. Here's my camp boon't you step in? All right? Fighter, we're off.

I'll gordware cost forty second Street, and here is the famous sauce Roads of America.

I'm ahead.

There were the light star writers in the little theater off Times Square. Well, here we are.

Talking Cattish.

I'd never thought him that they do the pol Here they.

Take out the magic Tata has your ticket?

Threat see good evening, miss first natter the yes you will kill you to your seat?

Thank you.

We'll go right here, all right, ladies and gentlemen, we're all comfortably seated, and we just have time to look at the theater flowgram. Well, here's a notice right on the front cover of the program. It says, attention, listen a bract one tonight for news about Magic Touch. You'll hear all about it at the end of act once and I'll let's see about the night's play. It's another original called Help Watted Females. The author is Floyd Miller, and the coach stars that talented pair Wabra Luddy and

But now it's first curtain coming up soon.

Let's listen to Frank Worth and the famous first lighter orchestra.

Hurt.

There's the signal four first curtains. The housewife are out and here's the play.

The whole thing started last summer when I was unemployed. Each morning I.

Would buy the newspaper, mark the likely jobs in the want ad sections.

Then run my legs off from one side of Manhattan to.

The other, trying to beat a one hundred other girls to the personnel managers. I wasn't doing so well until the morning I saw the following the ad. It was under help wanted female, and it read administrative assistant to wealthy Philanthropists. Must have executive ability, be able to organize office, handle people, salary and upper brackets for right Christmas. Apply three pm, Room ten forty eight, Drakeson Hotel. While I tucked the paper under my arm and started for the Drakeson.

Sweet ten forty eight was jammed with smart and capable looking girls, and my courage almost failed me.

But I filed out the application blank and waited my turn to be ushered into the presence of the wealthy philanthropists.

Finally, Oh, hello, my dear, how do you do? Now?

Let's see you are Pamela Moore.

Yes, my name's mister Julius.

Ullia.

Now I see by your application here that you've been active in organizational and publicity work.

I was publicity directors for the New York area during the war for one of the War Agencies and later European Field Directives for Relief of Displaced persons.

Er excellent, excellent.

Now, this position that I have available will require a high degree of shall we say public relations? Nohow, not in the sense of producing and placing copy, but in the sense of knowing the pitfalls of that publicity a presentative job.

Oh, you mean that you would prefer to have no publicity at all rather.

Than the dead But the yes, that's it, my dear, you understand exactly. There will be, of course, other sides the job.

The building of a staff, the handing of the human as well as policy problems. In short, you would be my good right arm, for I intend to remain completely anonymous in this view.

Enterprise.

I like your background and your appearance.

Yes, I think you're the one.

You're available at one.

Oh.

Yes, your salary will be one hundred and twenty five dollars a week to start.

Oh, well, that's very generous, I'm sure.

But where do I come to work?

Well, for the time being, you stay home, be available in your apartment every day from nine to five. Now, go home and stay there until I telephone.

Hello.

Hello, Oh, I was afraid I was never going to hear from you.

Well, I'm quite ready to proceed with our class.

Now.

I want you to rest a suite of offices neighborhoods, preferably on Fifth or Madison or Park Avenue. Funnish them in your own good taste, and then we shall discuss the hiring of a general.

Manager for our enterprise.

But mister Julius, how can I rent offices when I know so little about our organizations?

But I don't even know the name?

Did I forget to tell you the name?

I'm sorry?

Humanity United against Hunger.

And that's the story of my experience with more. I've never quite headed up in an organization like this one.

What do you say the name of Humanity United against Hunger?

Yes, well, I've never been in the social service field, but I do no advertising publicity, and I think I could handle the job.

I think you could too.

This is a job of raising funds for the relief of European children, and I think your advertising and promotional experience is what we need.

You're hired, mister Andrew Gilbert.

You are now president of Humanity United against Hungary?

President, is that what you say?

We won't have a very large staff, so we all might as well have big titles.

Okay, President it is. But by the way, what's your title? I'm your secretary, my secretary.

I'm supposed to be a headman, but you're my secretary. Actually, you're a headman and i'm your I don't get it.

Well, it's really it's very simple. There is a wealthy philanthropist behind all this, and he wants to remain completely anonymous. I'm the only one who will know his identity, and I'll transmit his orders to you.

I'm sort of liaison.

I understand.

I understand that I take orders to my secretary. I don't care much for that.

The salary is good. Andy, you don't mind if I call you Andy.

I don't usually let my secretary call me but my first name, but this seems to be an unusual situation, doesn't it, miss More.

My dear.

I want to congratulate you an excellent personality.

I think mister Gilbert is going to be extremely valuable.

Mister Juli, I'm sure of it.

He told him nothing of me, of course, excellence, you see, I want no credit or public recognition for this humanitarian work we're about to do. The fact that we shall feed hungry mouths is all the satisfaction I require. Now, then here is the cash for operating expenses until public contributions begin to arrive. And here is my personal check for two hundred dollars. I want to make the first contribution to our great humanitarian fund. No publicity campaign, We must be crazy.

How do you expect to make the public conscious of our organization?

If we don't feed items for the columnists and radio commentators, how do you expect to get contributions from the people If.

I told you Andy, we'll do it by direct mail.

Direct mail is okay, but it's not enough. The country is in the middle of a food conservation campaign. The people are eager to send relief to the starving in Europe. We've got to let them know it can be done to us. We have a big public relations job they're doing.

We can't pinch pennies.

If we want a question of funds, we have plenty of money.

Well what is it? What in Heaven's name is holding things up?

He wants it done quietly, without standing.

He who is this mysterious person who runs our lives, and what does he know about it? Anyway, he pays our salaries. Andy, Well, okay, direct mail it is.

We'll get results.

You'll see. We'll use blow up pictures of starving children and hollow eyed mothers, the old heart appeal. We might even show a plump American baby in the foreground, a montage of hunger and misery.

Andy, you're not even listening.

No, no, I guess that wasn't timie. I was trying to figure you.

Oh and what did you decide?

Not much? Yet? You're pretty capable and cold? What else I don't know?

Cold?

Yeah, you handle starving kids as if there were so many numbers in the market research report, and you handle me the same way.

Oh, look for shock.

I know sentiments and business don't mix, but I always figured that sincerity was pretty important, and that's why I can't score you.

You're one of those men who likes to pigeon hole everybody is at it. Well, perhaps I don't sit in any of your pigeon holes.

You will fit one of them, all right. It's just a question of finding the right one in.

Time, unless, of course, you get fired.

That boss lady might even help me to find it.

First second, while I play a little at all time, say smoking.

Smoking.

Now between the acts, here is Larry Keating with a friend of his and that important mules you've been waiting for.

Please, mister Keating, won't you tell us something tonight about Magic Touch?

What Meedi?

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Other female.

Humanity united against tone was launched quietly without standing.

There, just as he could.

Uniform thousands of four color leaflets.

Were printed and sent to a general maid, and the results were almost instantaneous.

Money orders, checks, and chen began the flooring of the office.

Finally, I couldn't resist it any longer.

Now I took a bundle of money orders and green belts into Andrew Gilbert Thomas and flapped them on his dead. Well, Andy, take a look at the last mail delivery.

But a power cabbage one male, one male, one thousand, two hundred and fifty eight dollars and twenty six cents. And when you, the gentleman, said that direct male leafless wouldn't.

Pull, well, that was before I wrote the reef.

Now, if you will endorse the money orders.

You will take them to the bank, cash them, and turn the cash order.

Mister big that's the usual proceedure.

Oh, I am only president of the outfit, and I don't want to appear noisy mis moore, but there are a few things that striking me as.

Out of peculiar. You don't mind mind thinking out louder.

Of our organization under my sterling leadership, has taken in close to thirty thousand dollars for release services, and yet we've made no move to arrange the distribution of food or clothing.

It seems strange.

I've told you before that is all being taken.

Care of by the mysterious mister Big again. Yes, says Gord, we're nothing but money raisers.

He takes care of food distributions to a separate organization.

And why are you looking at me like?

I was just wondering about the identity of this mysterious mister Big. I was wondering if it might not even be you.

Male response, My dear, you're to be congratulated.

I thought you'd be pleased to j And it gets bigger every day.

I'm easily gratified.

And when I think of all the hungry little mouths, money will see them, my heart brims over.

Julius, Andrew Gilbert is asking some questions. Question what sort of question he's wondering about the distributy of relief.

Well, you told him that the separate organization was handled us.

I told him that he didn't see Saturday.

You should be able to handle him, my dear, After all, you you're a very excited woman. Well, mister Julius, no matter, my dear, I'm sure you've done your best. So mister Gilbert is wondering, perhaps we'll have to do something to satisfy his curiosity.

Oh, I to this old brownstone house on West they said street.

Late that night.

As I came down the steps, I saw that the street was deserted. But no, not entirely across the street, his hat pulled low over his eyes, a man leaned against the light pulse. There was something drag grew familiar about him when I remembered he had walked down.

The street behind me when I came to see mister.

Julius, two hours before I turned east toward the subway.

My heart tell me a man came to figure out and his heel and began to walk.

Now, there was no question this man was following me.

Hey, hey, wait a minute, I want to talk to you.

You andy, you, but you've been following.

We lived in that brownstone house. He got left.

I don't see it.

It's any of your business.

Whom I call there, mister Big, the mysterious head man. Well, and he heard my eye tell me his name.

I said, tell me miss and it mister Julius.

Any what are you doing.

I'm up to my neck and something, and I intend to find out what it is. I'm going to see this, mister Julius. Yes, are give it to Julius. That's my name. You're the man I want to see.

Hey here, you can't force your way into my apartment.

Andrew Gilbert, President of Humanity United against Hunger.

Well, oh, I wasn't at a coincidence, you know, mister Gilbert.

I've been wanting to have a talk with you, and that goes both ways. Or let's talk, Yes, let us do.

Indeed, I am. I hope you won't be offended at what I am about to say, mister Gilbert, But I feel that it's my duty to tell you that I have developed some grave doubts concerning your organizations.

You have doubts, that's a good one. Why hasn't application been made for food export license? We've taken in a lot of money. Why has any relief work been done?

My precise questions were indeed, come now, mister girl. But you're the president of the organization. Why haven't they steps been taken? Just a minute, our signals are crossed some place. You're the head man. You've been pocketing all the money. However, in the who told you that, Miss Pamela Moore?

What do you think of that? Miss Moore? I can't believe it looks true?

And I'm here for a showdown to you here, a showdown, mister Gilbert. Don't get excited, please, we must think this thing thru calmly. You see, I'm afraid that we've both been victimized.

All this double talk isn't going to help you you.

No, it's no double talk, my finion. I am almost convinced now that Miss Pamela Moore has been running a confidence game and we've been taken in. And she seems so compassionate, so selfless in her dedication to the hungry children of Europe. And I'm afraid that I contributed to your organization without investigating properly.

You contributed. I don't get it.

This, it's quite true. I have canciled checks to put She suddenly pooled me, my friend, I'm afraid that you and I fell for a pretty face. But she said, well, I mean yes, I know it's a blow. I've lost a few hundred dollars, but you, my friends, stand to lose much more. You have been the innocent front for this black conspiracy, but you will have have difficulty proving your innocence. You stand to lose, perhaps even your freedom. My advice to you is get out past.

Noll.

Is this the Federal Bureau of Investigation. My name is Julius, and I would like to talk to the head of the New York office.

Of the FBI.

He won't be in until the morrow afternoon. All right, I'll call in for an appointment. No, no, it's uh that I've been swindled in the clever confidence games, and I have reason to believe that the president of the organization is about to flee.

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Equal arty last skirt.

The first lighters are all in their seats, ready for the last act, and there goes the curtains.

I waited outside when Amy went in a seam as Julius. My heart still call me, my head spinning with half born fears. When he finally came out, his face was sit and grimm.

Andy.

Andy. Yeah, I waited for you.

I was a pray afraid of what I'd find out.

I'm afraid that something might happen to you.

Something did, Andy.

Where are you going?

I should I go with you?

There's a restaurant over there.

Okay, but I want you. I'm not going to be very good company.

Andy, you look so so tired.

What is it? You want it straight? Yes?

I want it straight.

Mister Julius informed me that Humanity United against Hunger is a huge confidence game.

And that he and I have been victimized by you.

No, oh, Andy, No, He says he has canceled checks to prove that he contributed to the organization under your persuasion.

He thinks you've pocketed all the contributions. No, No, you don't believe him, Andy, Any reason why I shouldn't.

No, I guess there isn't. There's no way I can prove what I now know is true.

He makes out a pretty good case against you. But guys, don't forgive me.

Oh and oh hey now it's no time for years, But I'm sorry.

It's a tough spot, boss lady, and we're both in it. Up to our team.

When it's nice fault and we'll head to go the police fun get locked up, but we'd tell them the truth.

You think they'd believe it.

There's an air type circumstantial case against us PAM. A jury wouldn't have to deliberate five minutes a week of verdict. Mister Julius has fixed himself the perfect racket.

And he's one hundred percent of the clear. I'm the president of the organization, I signed the checks.

I'm the patsy.

What are we going to do well?

I don't know. Now.

Let's approach it from Julius's angle. He must have figured it a short term, right, it because he certainly knew that organizations of foreign relief are licensed for the government, and that he'd be.

Investigated sooner or later.

That's why the direct mail campaign and nothing else. He wanted to keep it quiet as long as possible.

I was blind not to see it.

You must figure out that's about to blow up.

He's in the clear. He'll probably go to the police himself and complain he's been swindled. Yeah, we don't have much time, baby. There's only one way for us to clear ourselves, and that's to trip up Julius. And I've got my idea. It's a long shot, baby, and if it doesn't pay off, we'll cook good. Are you afraid?

I I'm scared today when I hold you like this.

I'm not afraid, Andy, not now.

I remember.

As far as Julius is concerned, I still think you're a real swinper. You mustn't tip him off that we're on doing sound worry confused?

You gotta good knock off, mister Julius.

This is Tamela Moore.

Yes, what is it?

But I told you last night that mister Gilbert was acting strangely. I hate to say this, that I think he's getting ready to run out of town.

You don't say what makes you think so, my dear.

I heard him make reservations for this afternoon twenty th Yes, that does look, but that is no.

We had a record mail today and he has with him five thousand dollars of the organization's fund.

Yes, what I told you to never let him handle the money.

I'm sorry, mister Julius, but he insisted on taking the money orders to the bank himself.

I I couldn't stop him.

Shall I call the police?

No, No, don't do that.

You'll have to be notified without taking care of it.

Don't do a thing, my dear, I'll take care of mister Gilbert properly.

It's done.

Are you a swell baby? Now, let's just pray that mister Julius bites this up bait. Here's everything all right?

Yes?

Everything fine for her? Well, I'll be having my dinner in my compartment, so please send a waiter in when singing, Yes, sir, just who's dinner's ready? Anything else you want to ring the buzz? Yes? Come in.

Good evening, mister Gilbert, Wow.

Good evening.

You are surprised to see me, no doubt, and not a time, mister jurious.

I've expected you, oh only I didn't expect you to walk in with a gun in your hands.

I've come for the money you are absconding with. Hand it over.

You're a greedy man, mister Julius. You don't expect to get away with this.

You're in enough trouble as it is. You're not likely to complain about this misadventure. The money, please, and Miss Moore.

Is not the swimmer at all you are, and we've been your victims.

I have been rather clever, don't you think, mister Gilbert. I've made close to forty thousand dollars out of the stale in a few months, and there's absolutely nothing to compromise me.

And it's for you.

My friends at the lad will never believe your story.

No they didn't. Yep, you've told the police. Yes, when I realized what a jam I was in, I told them everything. But but they let you go.

Well not really.

They just gave me one chance to prove my innocence. That's what I'm doing at this moment.

What are you talking about?

I counted on your greed to trip you up Julius, you had forty.

Grand and were sitting free and clear, but you just couldn't stand the thought of my getting a few dollars. It might have gone to you, so you came to get it, and that's where you made you a big mistake. A detective has been outside that door listening to everything you said.

Okay, Larson, come in, you'll double crossing.

Look out, Larcy's got a gun.

Okay, mister here, it is.

All right, Larcen, you're a baby from now on. That's quite a fundy punch you pack there, as I've been saving that one sometime, and it couldn't happen to a more deserving man.

Andy, Andy, Yes here I am.

Everything's okay, but I heard shut well. Mister Julius is a better confidence man than he is a mark. Oh Andy, Hey, you call that thing a handkerchief. Use this one.

Thank you.

The job now, Larcense to find that money imans to turn every sense of the contributors, along with a letter warning them not to give money to any but bona fide charities and relief organizations.

What a pitio.

It had to happen now, when the need is so great and there's so many worthy organizations working for this cause.

Well, okay, boss Lady, I'm not Boss Lady anymore, so maybe you are.

Now for the first time, I finally have you pigeonholes. You know, come mere pigeon.

Play off player. It's funny follow.

Thank you.

It's a real ramatic ingle store for you. It's a little theater off Times Square. It's another original plague Shatty Voat Serenade, and the folks who've seen the rehearsals say it'll be one of the top hits of the season, So be sure to tune in next week at the same time for Shanty Boat Serenade and meet some of the funniest and most fascinating people you've ever met.

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Good night.