The Old Lady Shows Her Medals

Great scenes from great plays with your host Walter Handen, and starring tonight Miss Faye Bainter in The Old Lady Shows Her Metal. On behalf of the families of the Protestant Episcopal Church in your own community and the Episcopal Actors Guild, we welcome you to another half hour of great scenes from great plays, transcribed by famous artists of stage, screen and radio.

And now I present your host, the distinguished actor-manager, Mr. Walter Ham. Thank you and good evening. So James M. Barry, who wrote the old lady shows her medals, spoke to the hearts of men and women, agelessly and unforgettably.

His touching story of a London charwoman in the years of the First World War is an enduring testament to faith and courage. And here to play the role of that charwoman, called Mrs. Dowy. I'm privileged to present the beloved star of stage and screen, Miss Faye Binter.

Thank you, Walter. Being both in the Piscopalian and a member of the Episcopal Actors Guild, I'm delighted to participate in this wonderful series of great scenes from great play. Faye, I'm sure our audience anticipates hearing this dauntless little play again as much as I do.

So let's raise the curtain now on the old lady shows her medals, adapted for radio by Philohiggly, and starring Faye Bainter as Mrs. Dower with Anthony Ross as Kenneth. The Muff and Pale are Mrs. Dower's badge of office, and for an aging scrub woman, life in wartime London can be anything but cozy.

All the same brisk little Mrs. Dower who is scotched by birth usually contribes a late tea in her basement lodging. Her guests this afternoon are two peppery charwomen friends. If our hostess seems to wear a slightly furtive air when these other ladies proudly hail the exploits of their sons, don't be surprised, there's a reason and we'll come to it in time.