The Workhorse

I'm Olive Soph, your beauty hope and lustre cream shampoo for soft glamorous green girl hair bring you our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden. Our Miss Brooks teaches English at Madison High, and though she's fond of her work and her pupils, these last few days have been rather hectic.

In fact, she's even had to neglect her favorite faculty member, biology teacher Philip Boynton. And when I have to neglect Mr. Boynton, you can be sure things are hectic. Of course, like most scientific men, he's rather preoccupied.

But he doesn't spend all his time looking at frogs and white mice in his laboratory. No, indeed. Every Friday he goes to the zoo and looks at frog. Despite of his apparent absorption in scientific matters, I can't help feeling that deep down underneath, there's a definite lack of interest in me.

But I keep trying. Now take this past week, for example. I had to get the midterm examinations ready, but I wanted desperately to get my work done by Thursday afternoon so I could keep a date we had for that evening.

Maybe I'd better start at the beginning. Thursday morning my landlady Mrs. Davis woke me promptly at 730. Oh, Connie, it's 730, you've got to get up. Come on in Mrs. Davis. Time to rise and shine, my dear.

Oh, I may rise, but you'll have to get your own shine. I'm glad you got me up on time, though. Maybe I can make up a few questions before my first class. I don't think you should do anything before you finish your work at school.

You've been going at this midterm examination too hard, Connie. I don't like to scare you, but I'm worried about your health. Oh, it's sweet of you to take such an interest in me, Mrs. Davis.