Enter Warren Williams from L.
Warren. Hello, Eddie. Are you acting as Santa Claus?
Eddie (who has put the hat on floor at rear). Yas, sah; yas, sah. I's old Santa Claus to most everybody 'cept maself. Looks like old Christmas done passed me by.
Warren (sees package on table). Hello, here's a present for me.
Eddie. Yas, sah. I brung it up.
Warren (opens it). Cigars! From my wife. (Looks at box dubiously.) She must have got them at a bargain sale. (Reads cover.) Santas Odoriferous. (Passes box to Eddie.) Have a cigar, Eddie.
Eddie. Yas, sah. Thank you, boss.
Warren (lighting one). Now, that certainly is a sensible present. So many women don't know how to select a cigar, but Kitty—
Eddie (smoking). Yas, sah. Your wife certainly am a lady ob discernibility. She shore am.
Warren. So many women give their husbands such foolish presents.