- First reporter: Say, do you know anything about electricity?
- S.B. Bellows: My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at State Prison.
- Martha Bellows: Gee, I- I'm so cute! I'll bet they put my picture on the front page.
- Scoop McPhail: I'll never forget the last time you had your picture on the front page. Your mouth was continued on page two.
- S.B. Bellows: [referring to Martha, who has just been rescued] Throw her back in, let the sharks protect themselves!
- Grace Fielding: Oh, I'm so sorry, Mr. Bellows. I didn't recognize you in this bad light.
- S.B. Bellows: Ah, everybody seems to see me in a bad light.