Shirley and Thelma are stenographers living in a shared apartment. One afternoon, as Thelma soaps her riding boots and Shirley dries her newly-washed hair, their slow conversation is interrupted by the entry of Alvin Smiley, the man to whom Shirley is engaged. He plans on entering his tires in a competition, hoping to win the thousand-dollar prize and finally marry Shirley. After struggling to decide on a name for his product, he settles upon ‘Atlantic City Tires.’ The name fails to impress Shirley, even though she tries to cover it up and convince Alvin that she loves it. Although Alvin is a confident man, he constantly needs Shirley’s reassurance as well as a confirmation of her love, which she finds amusing. She is, however, shocked to realize that Alvin plans to have their honeymoon in Atlantic City; ever since she was a child, Shirley had fixed her sights on Niagara Falls as the perfect honeymoon trip. Despite her initial reaction, she allows the giddying thought of marriage to carry her along with it. Shirley believes that women must give everything up for their men, including their professional ambitions, and she is eager to espouse Alvin’s beliefs as much as humanly possible. The two dream of their life together, but Alvin hastens to ‘correct’ all of her notions until the dream is his and not hers. He is delighted to discover that there is no need for insecurity – he can control her thoughts just as he can control her heart. Feeling reassured, Alvin goes to get himself a stamp to mail his entry for the competition. Shirley asks Thelma, who is about to go riding, where she would like to honeymoon. Thelma says that her own rather obvious choice is Niagara Falls.