My Little Margie #38

When Margie's father refuses to give her money for a new gown before the country club dance, she convinces him that a big business deal could land him a raise—but his boss won't decide without consulting his wife's medium, Spirit Spaley. Determined to guarantee that raise, Margie hatches a plan to impersonate the medium herself at the séance, with her father's help. What unfolds is a comedy of mistaken identities and exposés that neither of them quite saw coming.

When Angie reads a science fiction magazine about Martian invasions, her older sister Stella dismisses it as trash—so the mischievous younger girl decides to turn the tables with a prank of her own, crafting painted balloons and tossing them from her window to frighten Stella and her boyfriend Wayne. As chaos erupts and a shotgun is produced, Angie's practical joke spirals into unexpected territory that leaves everyone scrambling to figure out what's really going on.

When Margie's dad overhears his daughter planning something "very special and dear" for tomorrow night, he jumps to the worst possible conclusion—until a jewelry store clerk's slip of the tongue sends him into a panic about elopement. Convinced that Margie and her boyfriend are planning to run off together, he races to buy her a gift as a last-ditch effort, only to discover the real reason behind all the secrecy when the truth finally comes out.