Overdue Vacation

Mother, our post-40% Brand Flakes really the best tasting cereal of them all? Well, your father says so, and Father Knows Best. Guess it's Father Knows Best, transcribed in Hollywood starring Robert Young as Father. A half hour visit with your neighbors the Anderson, brought to you by America's largest selling Brand Flakes.

Post-40% Brand Flakes, and by instant post-em, the good tasting drink that's entirely caffeine-free. Well, this is about the time of the year when a person begins to think how nice it would be to get away for a while.

Just a couple of days. Of course, it isn't always easy, but it's worth trying. At least that's the way Jim Anderson feels this afternoon, as he heads the family car in the general direction of the White Frame House on Maple Street.

There he goes, up grand. Turns on fourth. And hey, there's Bud, trudging home from school. Bud? Oh, Bud? Hi, Dad. Going home? Sure, get in. Yeah, thanks. Well, how'd school go today? Pretty good. You coming home early?

Yes, I closed up the office this afternoon. I'm going to take a couple of days off. Got a new suit, huh? Yep. Stopped at the barbershop. Got a shave and a haircut. Good idea. You don't have to shave for a couple of days now.

Well, that isn't exactly the idea. I thought I'd take your mother and just the two of us have a little holiday. Go away for a couple of days, maybe. You are? I guess Mom will be surprised.

What's in the box here? Flowers. Flowers? Certainly. It doesn't red roses. Holy cow. You'll learn as you grow older son that there's nothing pleases a woman quite so much as to have a husband come home early. All spruced up, bring her flowers, say honey you look beautiful. Women love that sort of thing. You think mom will be home? Oh of