STRAIGHT: No, you take out your handkerchief. (biz.)
COMEDIAN: Suppose you ain't got a handkerchief?
STRAIGHT: Every flirter must have a handkerchief. It says it in the book. Now you shake the handkerchief three times like this (biz.). Do you know what that means?
COMEDIAN: (Biz. of shaking head.)
STRAIGHT: That means you want her to give you—
COMEDIAN: Ten cents.
STRAIGHT: No. Dat means you want her to give you a smile. So you shake the handkerchief three times like this (biz.), then you draw it across you mouth like this (biz.). What does that mean?
COMEDIAN: That means you just had a glass of beer.
STRAIGHT: No, dat means "I would like to speak with you."
COMEDIAN: And does she answer?