As dinnertime approaches, Gildersleeve gets onto his nephew, Leroy for being so messy. Why can’t he the more like his sister? As if on cue, Marjorie enters to show off her new ballerina dress. Gildy departs, so Leroy takes time to demonstrate his latest baseball move. Of course. The result is a broken vase.
Taking Leroy for a haircut, the Conversation in Floyd’s barber shop turns to the latest teams and games. Later. At home, has the hard feelings soften ed any? Maybe the mood has. But Leroy is still on the hook when it comes to working off his debt over the broken vase.
Gildy dozes, dreams, and waits for his date with Eve Goodwin. His dreams are interrupted to go look for Leroy.. He finds a knickerbocker clad Judge Hooker, but no Leroy. In Peavy’s drugstore, Gildy gripes over the window display, but no Leroy. Eve arrives for dinner. But still no Leroy. Has he run away? He manages to show up alright, and has even learned the importance of hard work to replace broken vases;.