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diff --git a/36195.txt b/36195.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b1da8ab --- /dev/null +++ b/36195.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1724 @@ +Project Gutenberg's Dr. Hardhack's Prescription, by Katharine McDowell Rice + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Dr. Hardhack's Prescription + A Play for Children in Four Acts + +Author: Katharine McDowell Rice + +Release Date: May 22, 2011 [EBook #36195] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DR. HARDHACK'S PRESCRIPTION *** + + + + +Produced by Mark C. Orton, Erica Pfister-Altschul, and the +Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net +(This file was produced from images generously made +available by The Internet Archive) + + + + + + + + + +_Dr. Hardhack's Prescription_ + +_A Play for Children +in Four Acts ..._ + +BY + +_K. McDOWELL RICE_ + + +"=Dr. Hardhack's Prescription.=" Typewritten suggestions for amateurs +will be loaned on receipt of above price (six cents). + + +Terms for the plays are as follows:--When used to make money for any +object, the royalty is one-tenth of whatever the play brings in (sale of +tickets, entrance money, gifts at door, etc.), before any expenses are +deducted. + +When no admission is charged and no money made by the play, the royalty +(each representation) is from $5.00 up according to length of play and +character of your entertainment. + +Should you decide to produce any of the plays, kindly notify me at once, +that no conflicting permissions may be issued. Send name of church, +hall, school or private house where play will be given, also approximate +date of performance. If play is later postponed or abandoned, please +send such information promptly, that all may be properly entered on +permission books. + + KATHARINE McDOWELL RICE, + AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER OF PLAYS, + WORTHINGTON, MASS. + + +_BY KATHARINE MCDOWELL RICE, WORTHINGTON, MASS._ + +DR. HARDHACK'S PRESCRIPTION + +A PLAY FOR CHILDREN IN FOUR SHORT ACTS + +A Dramatization of the story, "Little Pussy Willow," by Harriet Beecher +Stowe + + GRANDMA PROUDIE + MAMMA PROUDIE + EMILY PROUDIE + AUNT FLIGHTY + AUNT HIGHTY-TIGHTY + PUSSY WILLOW + MARY, the maid + DR. HARDHACK + +PERMISSION TO ACT MUST BE OBTAINED OF THE AUTHOR + + + "A delightful little play, 'Dr. Hardhack's Prescription,' was given + by the Junior Endeavor Society at Lyceum Hall, Worthington, Tuesday + afternoon and evening. The audience was composed largely of + children at the matinee, who were highly entertained, but no more + so than the grown-ups in the evening. Dr. Hardhack was played by a + lad of ten, who did an excellent piece of work. The other parts + were all finely acted by children not much older. The play was + directed by the author and made an entertainment long to be + remembered and one too that netted a nice little sum for the + Juniors' work."--_Hampshire Gazette._ + + "One of the most charming little plays for children I ever have + seen."--_Mrs. G. J. Thomas, Chattanooga, Tenn._ + + "We used 'Dr. Hardhack's Prescription' for the Nature Study number + in our annual program. It was given by the youngest pupils and was + a delight to our audience. The play is complete in itself and + perfectly charming, nevertheless I ventured to add an epilog. + Knowing the story of 'Little Pussy Willow,' I adapted the gifts of + the fairies ending with: 'Good night, dearie.' We wish to thank the + author for all her helpful suggestions and for such a sweet + play."--_Caroline Reed Thompson, Head of Department of Expression, + Arizona School of Music, Phenix, Ariz._ + + "A dear little play and we greatly enjoyed working it up. Our + audience was very enthusiastic and we are being urged to + repeat."--_Miss A. H. Young, Wilton, N. H._ + + "We gave 'Dr. Hardhack's Prescription' as a Thanksgiving + entertainment by our younger pupils, and everyone was charmed with + it."--_Emma Willard School, Troy, N. Y._ + +=Price 25 cents= + + +ALL ENDORSEMENTS UNSOLICITED ALL USED BY PERMISSION + + + + +DR. HARDHACK'S PRESCRIPTION + + +A Play for Children + +IN FOUR ACTS + + +BY +K. McDOWELL RICE + +Author of "Mrs. Tubbs's Telegram," "Good King Wenceslas," +"Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day," etc., etc. + + +PUBLISHED BY +K. McDOWELL RICE +Worthington, Mass. + + +Copyright 1908 +by +K. McDowell Rice +ALL RIGHTS RESERVED + + +Price 25 cents +Order of K. McDowell Rice +Worthington, Mass. + +Printed by Gazette Printing Co. +Northampton, Mass. + + + + +In bringing out the play, DR. HARDHACK'S PRESCRIPTION, the author wishes +to acknowledge the kindness of Houghton, Mifflin Company of Boston, +which allows her to publish it. This Company holds the copyright of +"Little Pussy Willow" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, on which the play is +founded. The author of the play has taken much of the conversation +verbatim from the book, as will be seen by reference to "Little Pussy +Willow," which charming story it is hoped may become better known to the +public of to-day through this dramatization. The publishers Houghton, +Mifflin Co., will send the book to any address by mail post-paid for +$1.25. + + + + +DRAMATIS PERSONAE + + + GRANDMA PROUDIE. + MAMMA PROUDIE. + EMILY PROUDIE. + AUNT FLIGHTY. + AUNT HIGHTY-TIGHTY. + PUSSY WILLOW. + MARY, the maid. + DR. HARDHACK. + + +This is a Royalty Play and terms must be made with the author for its +use. + +Permission to act or make any use of this play must be obtained of K. +McDowell Rice, Worthington, Massachusetts. + + + + +DR. HARDHACK'S PRESCRIPTION. + + +_DR. HARDHACK makes a professional visit to the _Proudie_ mansion, New +York City. In the sitting-room are gathered GRANDMA PROUDIE (L), MAMMA +PROUDIE (C), AUNT FLIGHTY (R)._ + +MAMMA PROUDIE. I greatly fear our dear Emily will never be restored to +health. + +AUNT FLIGHTY. Oh, don't say that. I've known people to look terribly +white and a great deal thinner than Emily, and not die of it. + +GRANDMA PROUDIE. [_To MAMMA P._] I thought you were going to send for +Dr. Hardhack. + +MAMMA P. I have sent for him. [_Sighs, rises and comes forward, taking +chair_] [_R_] But what can he do? Someway it doesn't seem as if he could +help. He's such a small man. + +GRANDMA P. Size doesn't matter if one has brains. It's brains that +count, my dear. Napoleon was small, but he will live forever. And look +at Alexander Pope. [_Waves hand_] + +AUNT F. [_Runs to window_] What! Where is he? Whom did you say to look +at? + +GRANDMA P. [_Witheringly_] Alexander Pope, who has been dead one hundred +and fifty years. + +AUNT F. [_Simpering_] Oh, I thought you said to look at somebody going +by. + +GRANDMA P. I said "Look at Alexander Pope," by which I meant "Consider +Alexander Pope"--a small man, not ever growing to be much larger than a +child. But what a poet! Brains, my dear, brains. In my day it was brains +that decided a person's value. Sometimes I think they have gone out of +fashion. + +MAMMA P. But they will come in again, mother. All the old fashions come +round in about so many years, they say. + +GRANDMA P. [_Who has returned to her knitting_] Perhaps the time has +come then for brains, for every one speaks so highly of Dr. Hardhack. + +_Enter MAID_ + +MARY. Dr. Hardhack, madam. + +MAMMA P. You may bring him in, Mary. [_Maid turns to go, but finds DR. +HARDHACK at her heels_] + +MAMMA and GRANDMA P. [_Gasp_] Oh, Dr. Hardhack! + +AUNT F. Oh, oh! We did not know you really had come! + +DR. HARDHACK. Good morning, ladies. Couldn't stop to be formally +announced. [_Puts his hat absently in AUNT F's sewing-basket. Basket +falls and all the things go tumbling out. DR. H. does not notice_] + +AUNT F. [_Simpers_] Oh, oh! [_MAID comes forward and assists AUNT F. in +picking up things_] + +DR. H. [_Looks about circle_] Which is my patient, please? + +MAMMA P. It is my daughter Emily. I will send for her. [_To MAID_] Mary, +will you ask Miss Emily to come? [_Exit MAID_] Oh, Dr. Hardhack, before +she comes I must say a word to you. [_DR. H. takes chair_] We would be +willing to found a water-cure, to hire a doctor on purpose, to try +homeopathy or hydropathy or allopathy or any other pathy that ever was +heard of if our dear elegant Emily could only be restored. It is her +sensitive nature that wears upon her. She was never made for this world. +She has an exquisiteness of perception that makes her feel even the +creases in a rose leaf. + +DR. H. Stuff and folderol, my dear madam! [_ALL start. AUNT F. gasps and +simpers_] + +MAMMA P. You are the nineteenth physician that has been called in to +dear Emily. + +DR. H. Well, I hope that I may cut out number twenty! [_Enter EMILY very +pale and listless_] Oh, here comes the young lady herself. [_Bows to +EMILY, which greeting E. very languidly returns_] Humph! Let me look at +her. [_Puts up his glasses and looks through them_] [_E. stands +supporting herself by table as though very weak_] Humph! A fashionable +potato sprout! Grown in a cellar! Not a drop of red blood in her veins! + +GRANDMA P. [_Aside to MAMMA P._] What odd ways he has, to be sure. But +then they say that's the way he talks to everybody. + +DR. H. My dear madam, you have tried to make a girl out of sugar and +almond paste, and now you are distressed that she has not red blood in +her veins and that her lungs gasp and flutter as she goes up-stairs. +Turn her out to grass, my dear madam, turn her out to grass! + +AUNT F. [_With hands over ears_] Oh, oh! + +DR. H. Yes, I mean what I say. Send her to old Mother Nature to nurse. + +MAMMA P. [_Exultantly_] I have said all along, Doctor, that I thought we +ought to have a trained nurse for Emily. + +DR. H. Trained fiddlesticks! [_ALL start_] Send her somewhere to a good +honest farmhouse in the hills, and let her run barefoot in the morning +dew, drink new milk from the cow-- + +MAMMA P. [_Interrupts_] Oh, Doctor, not new milk! Not unsterilized milk! +[_AUNT F. holds up hands in horror_] + +DR. H. I mean what I say, madam. Let her drink new milk from the cow, +romp in a good wide barn, learn to hunt hens' eggs, a few things like +this, and I warrant me you'll see another pair of cheeks in a year. Take +off all whalebones and strings around her lungs. Give her a chance, +madam, give her a chance! + +MAMMA P. But what medicine shall she take, Doctor? + +DR. H. [_Roars his disapproval_] Medicine? No medicine. Medicine won't +do her any good. You may make an apothecary's shop of her stomach-- + +AUNT F. Oh, oh! + +DR. H. [_Turns toward AUNT F._] Yes, _stomach_,--make an apothecary's +shop of her stomach, and matters will be only the worse. Why, there +isn't enough iron in her blood to make a needle. [_Points to needle in +AUNT F'S hand_] + +AUNT F. [_Simpers_] Oh, oh! + +MAMMA P. Iron in her blood! I never heard the like! + +DR. H. Yes, iron, red particles, globules or whatever you please to call +them. Her blood is all water and lymph, and that is the reason that her +cheeks and lips look so like a cambric handkerchief, why she pants and +puffs if she goes up-stairs. [_Motions to E. to come forward, puts head +to examine heart_] Her heart is all right if there were only blood to +work it in, but it sucks and wheezes like a dry pump for want of vital +fluid. [_Emphatically_] She must have more blood, madam, and Nature must +make it for her. + +GRANDMA P. We were thinking of going to Newport, Doctor. + +DR. H. [_Derisively_] Yes, to Newport! To a ball every night and a +flurry of dressing and flirtation every morning! No such thing! Send her +to an unfashionable old farmhouse where there was never a more exciting +party than a quilting frolic heard of. Let her learn the difference +between huckleberries and blackberries, learn where checkerberries grow +thickest and dig up sweet flag root with her own hands as country +children do. It would do her good to plant a few hills of potatoes-- + +AUNT F. _Our_ Emily! Potatoes! Oh, dreadful, dreadful! + +DR. H. Yes, potatoes. Plant a few hills of potatoes and hoe them herself +as I once heard of a royal princess doing, because [_With emphasis_] +_queens_ can afford to be sensible in the bringing up of _their_ +daughters! + +MAMMA P. What you say is all very new, Dr. Hardhack. Indeed, we had +never thought of such a thing as sending Emily into the _real_ country. +But I will talk it over with Mr. Proudie, and see what he thinks of it. + +DR. H. Well, ladies, I must be going. Good-morning to you all. [_Takes +up hat and medicine case and makes exit in haste_] + +MAMMA P. What strange ways he has! + +AUNT F. But then you know he's all the fashion. + +MAMMA P. People talk of his being small. I never once thought of it. + +GRANDMA P. Brains, my dear, brains, or in other words;--good common +sense. + + +CURTAIN. + + + + +ACT II. + +_DR. HARDHACK ready to give his last directions. MAMMA PROUDIE, AUNT +FLIGHTY, AUNT HIGHTY-TIGHTY, EMILY and DR. HARDHACK are all seated; E. +reclining languidly in easy chair._ + + +MAMMA P. Well, Doctor, we have decided to let Emily go and stay in the +country as you have directed. I have arranged everything and found a +pleasant place for her with a companion of her own age who is called +Pussy Willow. + +DR. H. H'm. Pussy Willow. Well, that begins to sound right. Wouldn't +have found any girl named Pussy Willow at Newport, I'll warrant you. + +AUNT HIGHTY-TIGHTY. Do, pray, dear Dr. Hardhack, tell us just how she +must be dressed for that cold mountain region. + +AUNT F. It makes me shiver to think of it. + +AUNT H.-T. Must she have high-necked, long-sleeved flannels? + +AUNT F. I will go right down and buy her half-a-dozen at once. [_Starts +to go, but is waved back by DR. H., and resumes seat_] + +DR. H. Not so fast. Let's see about this young lady. [_Endeavors to +introduce his forefinger under the belt of E'S dress. Belt snaps. DR. H. +draws out his finger with a jerk_] I thought so. I supposed that there +wasn't much breathing allowed behind there. + +MAMMA P. Oh, I do assure you, Doctor, Emily never dresses tightly. + +EMILY. No, indeed! I despise tight lacing. I never wear my clothes any +more than just comfortable. + +DR. H. Never saw a woman that did! The courage and constancy of the +female sex in bearing inconveniences is so great, however, that that +will be no test at all. Give me that thing. [_Motions for E.'S belt_] +[_E. hands him same_] You wouldn't catch a man saying he felt +comfortable under such circumstances. [_Holds up the tiny circle_] But +only persuade a girl that she looks stylish and pretty with her waist +drawn in, and you may lace her up till the very life leaves her, and +with her dying breath she will tell you she is nothing more than +"comfortable". So, my young lady, you don't catch me in that way! You +must leave off belts and tight waists of all sorts for six months at +least, and wear only loose sacques so that your lungs may have some +chance to play and fill with the vital air that I am going to send you +to breathe up in the hills. + +E. But, Doctor, I don't believe I could hold myself up. [_Droops as +without any strength_] When I sit up in a loose dress I feel so weak I +hardly know what to do. I need the support of something stiff around me. + +DR. H. That is because all those nice, strong muscles around your waist +[_Slapping his sides and holding himself very erect with his hands on +his ribs_] which Nature gave you to hold you up, have been bound down +and bandaged and flattened [_Emphasizes the words by each time striking +his right fist in palm of left hand_] until they have no strength in +them. + +E. Do you suppose, Doctor, if I should dress as you tell me for six +months, that I would get my health again? + +DR. H. It would go a long way towards it. You fashionable girls are not +good for much, to be sure, but if a doctor gets a chance to save one of +you in the way of business, he can't help wishing to do it. So I just +give you your choice. + +E. Of course I would like to be well, and in the country up there nobody +will see me, so it's no matter how I look. + +MAMMA P. [_Comes forward and puts arm about E._] To be sure it's no +matter. [_Kisses her_] Only get your health, my dear, and then we'll +see. + + +CURTAIN. + + + + +ACT III. + +_MAMMA PROUDIE, fearing EMILY is exerting herself too much up in the +country, calls in DR. HARDHACK to have him send her some word of +caution. In room are GRANDMA P. [Knitting] MAMMA P., AUNT FLIGHTY and +DR. H._ + + +MAMMA P. I wish you would caution Emily, Doctor. I'm sure she's +over-exerting herself, for she has sent home seven pats of butter of her +own churning! + +DR. H. Never fear, my dear madam. It's only that there is more iron +getting into her blood, that's all. Let her alone, or tell her to do it +more yet! + +MAMMA P. But, Doctor, may not the thing be carried too far? + +DR. H. For gentility, you mean? Don't you remember Marie Antoinette made +butter and King Louis was a miller at Marly? + +AUNT F. But just read the Doctor from Emily's last letter. + +MAMMA P. Yes, just hear what she has written, Doctor. [_Finds letter and +reads_] "You have no idea how different life looks to me now that I live +a little for somebody besides myself. Why have I been so foolish as to +suppose I was happy in living such a lazy, useless life as I have +lived?" [_Looks at DR. H. as she folds letter and shakes head_] + +DR. H. Iron in her blood, my dear madam, iron in her blood! [_Pounds +table_] She'll come home a strong, bouncing girl. + +AUNT F. Oh, shocking! + +DR. H. [_Turns to AUNT F._] Yes, _bouncing_! Why shouldn't she bounce? I +shall give you back a live niece in the fall instead of a half dead one, +and you [_Turns to MAMMA P._] a live daughter, madam, and I expect you +will all scream and stop your ears and run under beds because you never +saw a live girl before. + +MAMMA P. But, Doctor, I can't see as we shall ever get her home again. I +keep writing and writing, and still she says she isn't ready. There is +always something ahead. + +DR. H. Let her alone, madam, let her alone. Give Nature a good chance. +You will all undo all the good she's getting as soon as you get her +home. I insist upon it [_Pounds table_] that she shall keep away from +you all as long as she likes. + +_Exit DR. HARDHACK._ + +MAMMA P. [_To GRANDMA P._] Did you ever see such a queer old dear as Dr. +Hardhack? He does say the oddest things! Isn't he _so_ original? + +GRANDMA P. I haven't heard such good sense talked by any doctor in a +long time. + +AUNT F. And then you know, he's all the fashion now. + + +CURTAIN. + + + + +ACT IV. + +_Six months later than when EMILY went away. She has returned home, +bringing her friend, PUSSY WILLOW. In the room are gathered GRANDMA P., +MAMMA P., the two aunts, also EMILY and PUSSY and DR. HARDHACK._ + + +MAMMA P. Well, now, Dr. Hardhack, doesn't our Emily look beautiful? + +AUNT F. So healthy! + +AUNT H.-T. Such a splendid color! + +DR. H. Pretty fair, pretty fair. A good summer's work, that. [_Looks at +E. much pleased_] + +AUNT F. And now, Doctor, we want you to tell us just what she may do, +just how much. + +AUNT H.-T. Of course you know now she's got into a city, she can't dress +exactly as she did up in the country. + +DR. H. I see, I see. + +AUNT F. There isn't a thing of all her clothes she can wear. Having been +all summer in those loose sacques, she's sort o' _spread out_. [_Motions +with her hands_] + +DR. H. Well, my advice is that you begin gradually screwing her up. Get +something with plenty of whalebones ready and a good tough lacer. But +don't begin too hard, just tighten a little every day, and by and by she +will get back to where her clothes will fit her exactly. + +AUNT F. [_Clapping her hands_] That's just what I said we would have to +do. + +MAMMA P. But, Doctor, won't that injure her health? + +DR. H. Of course it will, but I fancy she will stand it for one winter. +It won't quite kill her, and that is all we doctors want. + +EMILY. [_Comes forward_] Well, I have something to say on this point. I +wouldn't lose my health again for anything that can be named. + +DR. H. Oh, pooh, pooh! [_Waves his hand incredulously at E._] When +patients are first up from a sickness, how prudent they mean to be! + +AUNT H.-T. But seriously, Doctor, you must tell us how much it will be +well to have Emily do. + +AUNT F. One doesn't want to give up the world entirely, and yet one +doesn't want to lose one's health. + +DR. H. I appreciate the case fully. [_Walks up and down considering_] +Let her begin with the opera twice a week and one dance kept up till +daylight. In a week she will feel stronger than ever she did and declare +nothing hurts her, then she can take two dances, then three, and so on. + +EMILY. But, Doctor, I'm not going to dances at all. I know now what life +is, and what health is worth, and I'm not going to waste it in that way. + +DR. H. Oh, it's all very well to talk! I knew a rich girl once right in +this city of New York who _would_ go round visiting the poor and sitting +up with sick people, and there was no end to the remarks made about her. +No, you mustn't breathe bad air, nor over-exert yourself unless you do +so from a purely selfish motive. Then, it's all right and proper. [_To +PUSSY_] Oh, you needn't sit over there, looking mischievous, miss! What +do you know of life? You will soon learn to be ashamed of your rosy +cheeks, and think it's pretty to have bad health. I'll bet a copper +[_Slaps his knee_] that by spring, if we manage right, we can send you +back as white and withered as Miss Emily was. + +E. Now, Dr. Hardhack, you dreadful man! You must stop this talk. I +brought Pussy down here on purpose to help me live better than I have +lived. It's so interesting now in New York that Pussy is here with me. I +never knew what wonderful things there were here. Pussy taught me to +know the birds this summer at her home, and now we have been this +morning to see a most wonderful collection at the museum. + +MAMMA P. [_Anxiously_] Is it wise, Doctor, for them to go and look at +those stuffed birds? To be sure the birds are under glass, but I'm so +afraid they will breathe poison. + +DR. H. Not nearly as much as they would breathe if they went to a +crowded theatre, madam. + +E. It makes me shudder to think of all the hours I've spent at the +theatre. As I think of it now, the rooms were so hot and overcrowded I +wonder I ever lived through it. Since I've been away, I have learned to +love everything that is connected with out-door life. Pussy has taught +me. So now we have arranged that Pussy shall spend the winter with me. +She is to take singing and music lessons and have all the advantages of +the city, and I shall go to her for the summer. Of course, we shall take +a peep or two at New York sights, but we are not going into the gay +world, Doctor, really, we're not! + +DR. H. Ta, ta, ta! Don't tell me. [_Shakes finger warningly_] I shall +hear of you yet. You'll see! + +_Exit DR. H._ + +PUSSY. What a droll man he is! But I think he's just as nice as he can +be. I hope he will come again while I'm here. I like to hear him talk. + +AUNT F. It's his way to always run on in this strange style about +everything. + +AUNT H.-T. For my part, I never half know what he means. + +E. It is plain what he means. You must do exactly contrary to what he +tells you, as I shall. So, Auntie, don't trouble yourself to alter my +things unless it be to let them out, for I'm going to keep all the +breathing room I've got whether I have what's called "a pretty waist" or +not. I'd rather have color in my cheeks and a cheerful heart than the +smallest waist that was ever squeezed together. + +AUNT H.-T. Such a pity, one couldn't have both. + +AUNT F. Your cousin Jane was in here last week with her new Bismarck +silk, and it fits her so beautifully! Somebody said she looked as if +she'd been melted and poured into it. There wasn't a crease or wrinkle. +It did look lovely! + +E. Well, Auntie dear, I must try some other way of looking lovely. May +be, if I'm cheerful and happy and always in good spirits and have a +fresh, bright face as Pussy always has, [_Puts her arm affectionately +about P._] it may make up for my not looking as if I had been melted and +poured into my clothes. + +GRANDMA P. [_Delightedly as she comes forward and joins others who are +now all standing_] This is just the way I thought things would turn out +if we followed Dr. Hardhack's Prescription. + + +CURTAIN. + + + + +_BY KATHARINE MCDOWELL RICE, WORTHINGTON, MASS._ + +CHARLEY'S COUNTRY COUSIN + +A COMEDY IN FOUR ACTS + + MRS. CHARLES COURTNEY CARLETON + MISS MARGARET MOFFAT + BRIDGET + MR. CHARLES COURTNEY CARLETON + +Time--The present. Place--Home of Mr. and Mrs. Carleton. + +Cast may be enlarged by having the "At Home" take place on the stage. +This gives opportunity for individual talent in musical and other lines. + +PERMISSION TO ACT MUST BE OBTAINED OF THE AUTHOR + + + "One of the most interesting occurrences of the season at + Worthington, Mass., was the initial presentation last week of + 'Charley's Country Cousin,' the author's latest comedy. The play + was enthusiastically received. There were some charming scenes + between 'Charley' and his 'Country Cousin,' especially that over + the telephone, and some very natural and spicy dialogue between Mr. + and Mrs. Carleton over the arrangements for an afternoon 'At Home.' + Bridget's various surprises and deductions kept the audience + constantly laughing whenever she appeared."--_Hampshire Gazette._ + + "'Charley's Country Cousin' was a great success here and we did not + consider it at all hard to give. We had two persons for Topsy and + counterpart and each did a monologue in the place where she was + supposed to be rehearsing. Topsy also did a colored song very well. + All who heard the play said it was the best we had had of the short + ones and remarkably well suited to any entertainment given under + the auspices of the church."--_Miss Elisabeth G. Day, Colchester, + Conn._ + + "The Geneva Club of the Y. W. C. A. gave 'Charley's Country Cousin' + with great success. The play proved very entertaining indeed, and + the Club was most pleased with the result."--_Miss Daisy D. Brown, + Detroit, Mich._ + + "We gave the play 'Charley's Country Cousin' as a D. A. R. + entertainment. Many thought it one of the best that had ever been + given in the town."--_Miss Clara Davis, Framingham, Mass._ + + "It is with genuine pleasure and satisfaction that I enclose the + royalty and report our great success with 'Charley's Country + Cousin,' given at our High School Midwinter Reunion. It was most + enthusiastically received. I was increasingly impressed with its + dignity and charm, sparkling humor and cleverly wrought out + situations. Nothing but the highest praise was accorded it."--_Anna + L. Smith, Bellevue, Ohio._ + +=Recommended by Drama League of America, Chicago, in two of its annual +bulletins. By Ladies' Home Journal in articles entitled, "Entertainments +for Teachers," and "Best Plays for Amateurs."= + +Price 25 cents + + +ALL ENDORSEMENTS UNSOLICITED ALL USED BY PERMISSION + + + + +CHARLEY'S COUNTRY COUSIN + +A COMEDY IN FOUR ACTS + + +Dramatis Personae + + MRS. CHARLES COURTNEY CARLETON + MISS MARGARET MOFFAT + BRIDGET + MR. CHARLES COURTNEY CARLETON + +Time--The present. Place--Home of Mr. and Mrs. Carleton. + + + "One of the most interesting occurrences of the season at + Worthington, Mass., was the initial presentation last week of + 'Charley's Country Cousin,' the author's latest comedy. The play + was enthusiastically received. There were some charming scenes + between 'Charley' and his 'Country Cousin,' especially that over + the telephone, and some very natural and spicy dialogue between Mr. + and Mrs. Carleton over the arrangements for an afternoon 'At Home.' + Bridget's various deductions and surprises kept the audience + constantly laughing whenever she appeared."--_Hampshire Gazette._ + + "Miss Rice has in the comedy, 'Charley's Country Cousin,' added + another to her list of delightful plays. The author is not only + very well known in this city socially, but also as a writer of + clever and original comedies, her 'Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day,' which + was presented several times last season, meeting with the greatest + favor. This latest play met a most appreciative audience at every + production. There were enthusiastic calls for the author both + evenings."--_Albany Argus._ + + "'Charley's Country Cousin' was a great success here and we did not + consider it at all hard to give. We had two persons for Topsy and + counterpart and each did a monologue in the place where she was + supposed to be rehearsing. Topsy also did a colored song very well. + All who heard the play said it was the best we had had of the short + ones and remarkably well suited to any entertainment given under + the auspices of the church."--_Miss Elisabeth G. Day, Colchester, + Conn._ + + "In view of other amateur plays which I have seen, there is not + anything that so perfectly meets the need as your plays. In the + matter of adaptibility to amateur talent, in action, in humor (at + once emphatic and fresh and clean) and in simple natural literary + style your writings cannot be excelled."--_Rev. W. H. Garth, St. + Michael's Rectory, Naugatuck, Conn._ + +Price 25 cents. + + + + +GOOD KING WENCESLAS + +A CHRISTMAS PLAY FOR CHILDREN IN TWO ACTS + + +This play was written to meet a request of church workers for a +Christmas entertainment of dramatic character to be given within one +hour and with no change of scene. The author, therefore, has arranged +Act I to be read aloud to an audience with no acting, which reading +shall be followed by the rise of curtain and the presentation of the two +scenes of Act II. The dramatic parts for the play, as thus arranged, are +those only that are found in Act II, and are given below. All may be +readily taken by children. + + DAME GOODY (Hedwig) + GRETCHEN + VIOLET } + ALFRED } Children of Mrs. Collingwood + BERNICE } + KENNETH } + + PAULINE } + LOUISE } + ESTHER } + OLIVE } + DOROTHY } Friends of the Collingwood children + LAURENCE } + RALPH } + DAVID } + +Other children may be added, if desired, or the above number lessened. +(See notes.) + + + "We had a most successful Christmas entertainment. The applause was + so loud we feared the children would forget to finish their + parts."--_Miss Alice F. Danforth, Springfield, Mass._ + + "A great success for a Christmas entertainment, there is so much + life and color in it, so much song and emotion. It is well and + carefully done with both the proportion of moderation and the charm + of deep sentiment."--_David S. Muzzey, Ph.D., Yonkers, N. Y._ + + "It is difficult to find words to express my admiration for the + play 'Good King Wenceslas.' I believe it will be far-reaching in + its influence."--_Miss N. H. Cottrell, Albany, N. Y._ + + "It is splendid."--_Rev. Wm. H. Garth, St. Michael's Rectory, + Naugatuck, Conn._ + +Price 25 cents. + + +GOOD KING WENCESLAS + +(See foregoing page.) + + +This play may be given more elaborately by the representing on the stage +of Act I. This arrangement will call for the addition of the following +characters: + + HELEN ARMSTRONG, a girl of 15, afterward Mrs. Collingwood + FOUR SCHOOL GIRLS + EDWIN, a footman + MAN, a thief + WOMAN, a thief + BOY + TRAIN ANNOUNCER + GATEMAN, who inspects tickets + +Other R. R. officials, passengers, etc., etc. + +Scene laid at New York R. R. Station + + + "Simple and picturesque, bright and pathetic in turn."--_Rt. Rev. + Alexander H. Vinton, D. D., Bishop, Springfield, Mass._ + + "It breathes the Christmas spirit and has a true dramatic interest + that holds one to the end."--_Miss Eleanor Meneely, Albany, N. Y._ + + "I have greatly enjoyed 'Good King Wenceslas.' The introduction of + the carols is a beautiful feature of the play. Your work along + these lines is a work that has long been needed."--_Rev. Fredk. J. + Sawers, Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, Canada._ + + "The play is splendid and the first act is great. I hope we can + give 'Good King Wenceslas,' for your plays are so 'playable,' it is + a joy to work over them."--_Miss Marion H. Sterns, Instructor in + Elocution and Physical Culture, Staten Island Academy, Staten + Island, N. Y._ + +Price 25 cents. + + + + +MRS. TUBBS'S TELEGRAM + +A COMEDY IN ONE ACT + + +Dramatis Personae + + MRS. TUBBS + ROWENA } + AMELIA } + TOMMY } Children of Mrs. Tubbs + TEDDY } + and } + OTHER LITTLE TUBBS } + MRS. RAVEN } + MRS. DONNELL } Neighbors of Mrs. Tubbs + MISS SIMPKINS } + and others } + As few or many neighbors as desired + TELEGRAPH MESSENGER + +Place--Kitchen of Mrs. Tubbs at Cinder Corner. If given as an out-door +play, action takes place on Mrs. Tubbs's back piazza. + +Time in representation 45 minutes to 1 hour. + +Given by all ages with equal success as following endorsements will +show. The parts of "Teddy" and "Tommy" may be taken by girls dressed as +boys or names may be changed to those of girls. + + + "A little comedy designed to supply a real demand--that of a + wholesome, amusing play to be used in school or home + theatricals."--_The Outlook._ + + "We heartily commend the capital little play, 'Mrs. Tubbs's + Telegram,' as a very natural and amusing comedietta, which is quite + within the acting capacities of every-day boys and + girls."--_Editorial Notes St. Nicholas._ + + "Our club presented your very clever little play, 'Mrs. Tubbs's + Telegram,' last evening before an audience of 400 persons who were + most enthusiastic."--_Mrs. Richard Farmer Wood, Concord, Mass._ + + "The best chapter play ever given at Vassar to my knowledge."--_An + Instructor for many years at the college. Quoted by Mabel H. + Baldwin, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y._ + + "The play was just what we wanted and proved the greatest kind of a + success."--_Charlotte W. Passmore, Morris House, Smith College, + Northampton, Mass._ + + "The little chapel was filled and 'Mrs. Tubbs' was greatly enjoyed. + It was a genuine satisfaction to give such a pure, clean little + play with life and fun from beginning to end."--_Miss Georgiana + Clinton, South Norwalk, Conn._ + + "Everyone spoke of it as a very bright little play and just the + thing for a church. We got along nicely without a curtain."--_Mrs. + F. S. Field, Shattuckville, Mass._ + + "We gave the comedy to a very large audience in the town hall, who + received it with the wildest enthusiasm."--_Principal High School, + Windsor, Conn._ + + "Given five times for five different charities by Y. W. C. A. of + Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Our last audience was larger and if possible + even more enthusiastic than our first."--_Miss Emma Mott, General + Secretary Y. W. C. A._ + + "A crowded house and everyone highly entertained. It is just the + thing for home entertainments where children are to take + part."--_Miss Lillian Fischer, Fulton, Missouri._ + + "Just the right sort of play for boys and girls to give."--_Mrs. F. + W. Davis, Cumberland, Maine._ + +Price, 25 cents. + + + + +MRS. BAGG'S BARGAIN DAY + +A COMEDY IN TWO ACTS + + +Dramatis Personae + + MRS. BAGG + MADELAINE BAGG + BENNY BAGG + YOUNGER BAGGS + MRS. TAGG + MRS. RAGG + MRS. FAGG + MRS. LAGG + MRS. PETTIT + MRS. SHORT + MRS. GRAND + MR. BAGG + MR. TALKHARD + +Cash boys, clerks, shoppers, maid, workmen, etc., etc. + +Act. I.--Interior of a department store. + +Act II.--Mrs. Bagg's home. + +Time in representation 1 to 1-1/2 hours, as preferred. + + + "The charming little comedy 'Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day,' was given + most successfully last night before the Fortnightly Club of this + place, and all were in hearty appreciation of its delightful merit. + The play was in the hands of gifted amateurs, so the humor and + pertinence of the text were in no way impaired."--_Eleanor Havens + Grant, Jamestown, N. Y._ + + "Given by Unity Dramatic Club, Springfield, Mass. The chapel was + packed full of people and so many turned away that the performance + will be again presented. A remarkably bright little + play."--_Springfield Republican._ + + Given by Alumnae of Albany Academy for Girls, benefit of Endowment + Fund, $250 realized. Later repeated by same amateurs for various + charities, seven performances in all being given. "A tremendous + success from start to finish. Large and enthusiastic audiences at + every representation."--_Albany Argus._ + + "I am delighted with 'Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day' and know it will + meet with success wherever presented."--_Miss Adele Ripont, + Instructor in Elocution and Physical Culture, Central High School, + Buffalo, N. Y._ + + "'Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day' was by far the greatest hit of anything + ever tried here. We found the parts very easy to take."--_Miss + Edith Irwin, President Y. W. C. A., Iberia Academy, Iberia, + Missouri._ + + "The young people are carried away with 'Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day,' + and want to commence work right away."--_Miss Lois B. Warner, + Salisbury, Conn._ + + "Given by the young people of St. Paul's Church, Poughkeepsie, N. + Y. Not a dull line in it."--_Rev. Francis Whitcome, Rector._ + + "We presented 'Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day' last Friday night at the + schoolhouse to a very appreciative audience. We were so well + pleased that we shall probably want to give another of your plays + in the autumn."--_Harry McCulloch, Class President, Freeport High + School, Freeport, Ill._ + + "The play succeeded excellently. We received considerable applause + and what we most wanted, lots of laughter."--_Kennebunk Festival + Chorus, Kennebunk, Maine._ + +Price 25 cents. + + + + +GOOD AS GOLD + +(Second Edition with Notes) + +A COMEDY IN FOUR ACTS + +The title, "Their Rich Relative," may be substituted if preferred. + + +Dramatis Personae + + MRS. ROGERS + MARIE } + HESTER } + DOROTHY } daughters of Mrs. Rogers + THEODORA } + MRS. LAURA VOSE sister of Mrs. Rogers + MISS LUCINDA PHELPS distant cousin of Mrs. Rogers + ROSA the maid + JANET } + ISABEL } little school girls + BAGGAGE-MAN + MUSICIANS + +As many male characters as desired may be introduced in Act II as +travelers, newsboys, ticket agent, boot black, etc., etc. (See notes). + +Play may be given by female characters only if preferred. A stewardess +may be substituted for the baggage-man or baggage-man eliminated. (See +notes). + +Time--The present. Place--New England village. + +Time in representation, longer form 2 hours; shorter form 1-1/2 hours. + +Given with equal success by girls' schools and women's clubs. + + + "Original and clever with interest sustained to the very + end."--_Rt. Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, D. D., LL. D., Bishop, Albany, + N. Y._ + + "The best play I have yet seen for girls."--_Miss Tebbetts, + Principal of St. Margaret's School, San Mateo, California._ + + "Every one pronounced it one of the prettiest plays ever + seen."--_Miss Josephine M. Taft, Greenville, N. H._ + + "Thank you for a play which is so bright and charming and so full + of good wholesome fun."--_Miss Susan E. Borthwick, Portsmouth, N. + H._ + + "Enclosed find our program of 'Gentlemen's Night,' which passed off + very pleasantly. All evidently appreciated the comical situations + in 'Good as Gold,' and the ladies certainly made the most of them. + The gentlemen seemed greatly to enjoy the play, and we were all + agreed that it was a bright, clean comedy, very suitable for + occasions like ours."--_Amherst Woman's Club, Amherst, Mass._ + + "We presented the play, 'Good as Gold,' at our summer residence + before an audience of a hundred and fifty people. The tickets were + sold at seventy-five cents apiece and the proceeds given to a local + charity. The parts were taken by ten girls from twelve to fourteen + years of age and they did themselves, as well as those who had + instructed them, great credit. Many pronounced it the best piece of + amateur acting they ever had seen. The play, itself, was highly + commended by all as being extremely refined, free from all foolish + ideas, bright and interesting from beginning to end."--_Mrs. Eugene + N. Foss, Cohasset, Mass._ + +Price 25 cents. + + + + +A SUCCESSFUL STRATAGEM + +A COMEDY IN ONE ACT + + +Dramatis Personae + + COLONEL WENTWORTH Retired army officer + COLONEL ASHMORE In active service + CAROLINE WENTWORTH An only daughter, aged 18 + NORA A maid + +Time 1 hour + + + "A charming, brilliant little comedy."--_Charles Eliot Norton._ + + "Bright and entertaining, compact and manageable, lending itself to + the conditions of almost any home in our land."--_Mrs. L. F. + Selfridge, Foot's Cray, Kent, London, England._ + + "If you happen to need a little play that may be easily acted by + amateurs in a home evening, send to K. McDowell Rice, Worthington, + Mass., and procure her list of original plays. They are clever and + droll, and the stage properties and setting come within the means + of a little company of high school girls, or of a charitable + association or guild. They have not one objectionable feature and + have many good ones."--_Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster, in Sunshine + Bulletin._ + + "I have seen your booklet containing the comedy, 'A Successful + Stratagem,' which I find wonderfully clever, and as I am thinking + of giving a little dramatic entertainment in my home for the + Woman's Club, I think this play will be most entertaining."--_Mrs. + Myron Dickson, Martinsville, Indiana._ + + "The choicest comedy in your collection."--_Miss Isadelle C. Couch, + Instructor of Vocal Training, Mt. Holyoke College, Mass._ + + "Any Sunshiner seeking a clean, bright play for college, school or + home theatricals, will not do better than to try 'Good as Gold' and + 'A Successful Stratagem.'"--_Mary D. Beattie in Sunshine Bulletin._ + + "I need always some bit of humor in my programs, and it is + difficult to find pure light humor that is not plebeian. Your plays + are most excellent in this very particular, that they are entirely + above coarseness."--_Miss M. M. Davis, Instructor in Expression and + Oratory, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan._ + + "Your plays are most attractive. The best thing of the kind I have + seen. You have my permission, most heartily granted, to use my + endorsement, as it is such a pleasure to find plays that are fresh, + interesting and 'playable,' after looking over quantities of the + silly, inane trash that is published to-day."--_E. B. Merrill, + Walla Walla, Washington._ + + "I regard your comedies as admirably adapted to school and church + entertainments and hope to use another at some future date."--_Rev. + C. F. Porter, Corinth, N. Y._ + + "I am delighted with 'A Successful Stratagem,' and with all your + plays."--_Mrs. Salome Cutler Fairchild, Vice-Director Library + School, Albany, N. Y._ + + "A Successful Stratagem" has been given by Smith College students + at Morris House and Belmont House, Northampton, Mass.; also by the + pupils of Miss Liggett's Home and Day School, Detroit, Mich., and + by many others. + +Price 25 cents. + + + + +UNCLE JOE'S JEWEL + +A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS + +COMEDY GIVEN AT WORTHINGTON. + +Initial Performance of Miss Rice's "Uncle Joe's Jewel" a Success. + + +The initial performance of a three-act comedy at Worthington, "Uncle +Joe's Jewel," the latest play of Miss Katharine McDowell Rice, took +place Friday. The parts were all excellently taken as follows: + + Molly Armstrong Mrs. O. B. Ireland + Grace Horton The author + Nora, the janitor's daughter Miss Rachel Ely + Mr. Winthrop ("Uncle Joe") W. G. Rice, Jr. + Jack Wetherbee Raymond Buck + Karl Pfeffer Donald Stevens + Postman Raymond Laird + + Stage Manager--Miss Susan Rice. + +The audience was a most appreciative one, the play being received with +constant laughter and applause. Among those from out of town who came +especially for the play were Mr. and Mrs. Goddard of New York, Mrs. and +Miss Gardner and Mr. Henry Carter of Albany, Mr. and Mrs. Mellor of +Philadelphia, Mrs. William Bryant of Montclair, N. J., Mrs. Lyman James +of Williamsburg, Mrs. Harry Williams and Mrs. H. R. Hinckley of +Northampton, Mrs. and Miss Merritt and Mr. Merritt of Brooklyn, Mrs. +Gillette of Hudson, Prof. Wellington of Amherst, and Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs +of Huntington. Word was received from Senator and Mrs. Crane that they +had hoped to be present, but were unavoidably detained. There were also +large parties from Middlefield, South Worthington, Littleville and +Chesterfield. Between Acts I and II some charming novelties from Paris +were sold by Mrs. W. G. Rice for benefit of new scenery and curtains, +about $25 being realized. Between Acts II and III Mrs. Rice delighted +the audience with some French songs, accompanied by Miss Julia Rogers of +Springfield. After the play the audience went largely out of doors to +enjoy the charming afternoon. Here Miss Rice received many +congratulations on the success of the play; $35 was received at the +door, to which was added $17 from friends present, making a total of $52 +for the library. + +The play was repeated in the evening for the benefit of the woman's +benevolent society and parish work; $36 was taken at the door, to which +was added the money received from sale of candy and refreshments, making +a total of about $60 for this benefit.--_Springfield Republican._ + + + + +_BY KATHARINE MCDOWELL RICE, WORTHINGTON, MASS._ + +UNCLE JOE'S JEWEL + +A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS + + + MOLLY ARMSTRONG + GRACE HORTON + NORA, the janitor's daughter + MR. WINTHROP ("Uncle Joe") + JACK WETHERBEE + KARL PFEFFER + POSTMAN + +Place: Apartment of Misses Horton and Armstrong + +PERMISSION TO ACT MUST BE OBTAINED OF THE AUTHOR + + + "I am delighted to express my appreciation of 'Uncle Joe's Jewel,' + given by our Woman's Guild of St. Peter's Church. It is a very + bright, clever little comedy."--_Mrs. H. A. Field, Springfield, + Mass._ + + "We and our audience greatly enjoyed your charming 'Uncle Joe's + Jewel.' Every one was most enthusiastic. I think you will be + interested to know that I never had so little trouble in drilling + girls for a play, which was to me psychological evidence that it + was so true to girl nature that they did it all naturally and + spontaneously. Our play was such a success that at request we + repeated it before the Mothers' Club of Christ Church, who were + highly entertained, appreciating all the points to the full. Give + us more plays as clever and wholesome as 'Uncle Joe's + Jewel.'"--_Clara L. Bostwick, Miss Porter's School, "The Elms," + Springfield, Mass._ + + "We gave 'Uncle Joe's Jewel' as a church entertainment and believe + you would have been proud of your work. Every word you write is to + the point and the actors brought it all out so well."--_M. K. + Royal, Plymouth, Mass._ + + "We have chosen 'Uncle Joe's Jewel' as our Freshman Play."--_All + Around Club, Jackson College._ + + "We gave 'Uncle Joe's Jewel' as our Class Play, and had such + success that we believe it will inaugurate the giving of a play + each year as a part of Senior Prom."--_New Bedford, Mass., High + School._ + +Price 25 cents + + +ALL ENDORSEMENTS UNSOLICITED ALL USED BY PERMISSION + + + + +DR. HARDHACK'S PRESCRIPTION + +A PLAY FOR CHILDREN +IN +FOUR SHORT ACTS + + +DRAMATIS PERSONAE + + GRANDMA PROUDIE + MAMMA PROUDIE + EMILY PROUDIE + AUNT FLIGHTY + AUNT HIGHTY-TIGHTY + PUSSY WILLOW + MARY, the maid + DR. 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