shirley is putting a new dress on, new stockings and going out. "where did you get those things?" john allen asks. "tony", shirley says belligerently. "there, how do i look", she says to john. "like what you are." john allen says. john says that she can't go out looking that way, as his wife. shirley indicates that she has credibility now, "with the other girls", as she's married, "there are things a mrs. can get away with that a miss can't". lizzie, the cleaning lady (dorothea wolbert) tells shirley that the landlady is after them for the rent. john allen indicates that they must put this off, pay her later. lizzie indicates that they'll get thrown out "her brothers a cop you know". shirley pulls a clip of money out of her stocking. "where did you get that from?" john asks. "tony". shirley tells him that the money is an "advance". she then tells john that she is trying to get buds ex-girlfriend annie, who she met at buds funeral, a job at the dance hall. allen: "not annie!. "annie was buds steady company" (girlfriend). you can't make a tramp out of annie!". shirley throws a dollar at john allen as she leaves. "here's a buck, in case you need anything".