– The Origin of Superstition – Kissing Beneath the Mistletoe. ep6, 1935

Ruth is kissed beneath a mistletoe, but doesn’t want to be married within the year. It’ll ruinm her plans for her career. Roger explains how the custom orriginated in ancient Babylonia. As he lays out the tale of the old days, we fade into a dramatization.

The beautiful princess is being set up by her sister, to be sold as the wife of a king. The silver tongued sister takes the bride to be to the temple. As they discuss the weather, kidnappers abductt the princess. The maiden is tied up and begins her journey to the foreign king.

A surprise twist, involving a mistletoe returnms the princess to her own prince. Will Ruuth see the coincidence of the circumstance for what it is? She won’t really end up having to marry soon, will she?