Meet Me In St. Louis

Katie the Maid: Why must we have dinner an hour early?
Esther Smith: Because Rose is expecting...
Katie the Maid: Now don't go blaming your sister.
Esther Smith: Blaming her? Why, we're doing this for her. You know Rose's problem. Warren Sheffield has been writing to her for six months without one word that even smells like a proposal.
Katie the Maid: What's that got to do with having dinner an hour early?
Esther Smith: Warren is telephoning Rose long-distance from New York at half-past six.
Katie the Maid: Long-distance?
Esther Smith: Yes, and if the whole family is sitting here drinking in every word, she may be loathe to say the things a girl's compelled to say to get a proposal out of a man. If that man, unfortunately, is Warren Sheffield.
Katie the Maid: Personally, I wouldn't marry a man who proposed to me over an invention.

To all you gents out there: Don't propose over an invention! She won't even have the satisfaction of smacking you!

Telegram

A General Announcement to the General Public:

CHRISTMAS IS IN 6 WEEKS STOP TIME TO PANIC STOP UNLESS YOU HAVE YOUR TOWEL STOP