Edna
I hope you haven’t got one.
Fred
No. Liquor don’t afflict me like most people.
Edna
I hardly ever touch it myself, only once in a great while, at a party.
Fred
Girls ought to lay off it entirely.
Edna
Quickly covering her slip.
I never touch it.
Fred
Take some of those women in Schenectady and they want to go out somewhere every night and guzzle. Married women, too.
Edna
I don’t see how they can, with a home to take care of.
Fred
Either they get all dressed up and drag their husband to a dance or a card party every night, or either they lay around the house in a wrapper.
Edna
When I marry I’ll be just as careful of my appearance as I am now. I believe a husband appreciates a wife dressing up for him.
Fred
Ever the practical soul.
If it ain’t too expensive.