- [first lines]
- [Happy Jimmy Smith opens a silver dish to reveal a single slice of bacon]
- Mr. 'Happy' Jimmy Smith: Pauline, what's this?
- Pauline: Bacon.
- Mr. 'Happy' Jimmy Smith: Well, I know that but...
- Pauline: We've already had our allowance for the month.
- Mr. 'Happy' Jimmy Smith: You mean...?
- Pauline: Not another slice until Wednesday.
- Title Card: The Smith estate, North Shore, Boston. A sanctuary from the world of the hurly-burly, something more than a house - a home, the happy home of "Happy" Jimmy Smith
- Mrs. Susan Smith: I've never seen such a man for bacon.
- Pauline: I've never seen such bacon for a man.