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MacDonald - -Release Date: December 3, 2016 [EBook #53655] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TELEPHONING TO SANTA CLAUS *** - - - - -Produced by Emmy, MFR and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -[Transcriber's Note: Bold text is surrounded by =equal signs= and italic -text is surrounded by _underscores_.] - - - -Telephoning to Santa Claus - - By - JOHN D. MACDONALD - - - _Price 25 cents each, postpaid_ - - - _ALL RIGHTS RESERVED_ - - _Public performing rights given free - when 2 or more copies are purchased_ - - - _Tullar-Meredith Co._ - - 265 West 36th Street New York City - - _Copyright 1919 by Tullar Meredith Co._ - - _International Copyright Secured_ - - - - -Telephoning to Santa Claus - -Dialogue for Two Little Girls, Ten or Twelve Years Old - - - - -SCENE—_Sitting room_ - - -(_For telephone use box ten by fifteen inches or larger. Fix it to an -upright that can be moved out on the platform. Have one end fixed like -trap door. Tie skates to muff about one foot apart. Shove muff in box -first and then skates. Put electric or bicycle bell on box. Run heavy -cord to the window for telephone wire. Have mouthpiece on box, and -have box high enough so that the speaker must stand on a chair. Have a -receiver or an imitation quite a way from the box—perhaps six or seven -feet. Do not hurry._) - -_Esther_ (_seated in small rocker_). This is Christmas Eve, Mabel, and -I suppose that Santa Claus has his pack all made up, and is off with -his reindeer to visit all the good little boys and girls all over the -world. I do hope he will be sure and come to (_name your own town or -city_), because I want something very much this year. Just think, last -Christmas I laid awake most all night to see him, but I didn’t see him -at all. I don’t know when he got in the house or how he got out, but he -just fooled me, that’s what he did. - -_Mabel._ No doubt he’s started on his journey by this time. I think he -must ride like the wind to get all over the world in a night. Why it -took all night and a day for us to go to Aunt Ella’s last Thanksgiving -time, and that’s not so far as around the world. But I would like to -see Santa this year so I could tell him what I want. They say if Santa -Claus knows what you want he will almost always bring it to you. - -_Esther._ Yes, I know he will, because Maggie Brown wrote to him last -year and told him that she wanted a pony and a cart and he brought it -to her. - -_Mabel._ And Tommy Carter wrote to him, too, and told him that he -wanted a bicycle and he got it, too. I guess Santa is a nice old man. - -_Esther._ And Mrs. Santa must be a nice old lady, too, or she wouldn’t -dress all those nice dolls for Mr. Santa Claus. - -_Mabel._ It’s too bad that we did not write to him last week, and then -he surely would have gotten our letter. - -_Esther_ (_rising up and putting doll in the chair_). Mabel, why not -telephone to him? Papa has a long distance telephone, and I talked away -down to New York through it once, and I guess if cousin Mary could hear -me in New York, Santa Claus ought to hear me in Santa Claus Land. - -_Mabel._ Wasn’t Papa with you when you talked that time, Esther? - -_Esther._ Yes, but I remember just how I did it. You just ring the -bell, and talk in the box, and listen for the answer. Let’s try it, -anyway. - -_Mabel._ All right, we will, but he may not be at home. He must start -early to travel so far. - -_Esther._ I will ask Mrs. Santa Claus anyway. Now let’s do it quick, -before any one comes in. - -_Mabel_ (_getting a chair for Esther to stand on_). Here Esther, you -must stand upon this chair. Now be careful not to fall off. - -_Esther_ (_gets upon chair_). Now you take the receiver and stand over -there (_points_) and listen to what she says (_Esther rings._) - -_Mabel._ Some one is there, Esther. Ask them to give you Santa Claus -Land. - -_Esther._ Hello, hello! Give me Santa Claus Land, please. - -_Mabel._ She says that this is Santa Claus Land. - -_Esther._ Hello! Is this Mrs. Santa Claus? - -_Mabel._ She says “yes.” Ask her if Mr. Santa Claus is at home. - -_Esther._ Mrs. Santa Claus, Mrs. Santa Claus, is Mr. Santa Claus at -home? - -_Mabel._ She says “no,” he isn’t. He has gone on a journey to visit all -the good boys and girls. - -_Esther._ Hello, hello, Mrs. Santa Claus. Does Mr. Santa Claus only -make one trip on Christmas Eve? - -_Mabel._ She says “yes,” that is all he makes. Ask her to send some one -after him to catch him, because we want something very special. - -_Esther._ Mrs. Santa Claus. (_Both wait a moment._) - -_Mabel._ She can’t be at the phone, Esther, ring her up again. - -_Esther_ (_rings again_). Hello, Mrs. Santa Claus, will you please send -some one after Mr. Santa Claus, to tell him that we want something -special? - -_Mabel_ (_waits a moment_). She’s not there yet, Esther. Ring her up -again. (_Esther rings quite hard._) Now she is there, and she wants to -know why we bother her so on Christmas Eve. - -_Esther._ Mrs. Santa, please send some one after Mr. Santa, and tell -him that we are two good little girls, and we want a muff and a pair -of skates, and some candy canes as long as your arm. Now don’t forget, -Mrs. Santa—a muff, and skates, and candy canes as long as myself. - -_Mabel._ She says that Santa is too far away, and nobody could catch -him now. And she says that we must not bother her any more as she is -busy making her Christmas pies. - -_Esther_ (_to Mabel_). But I want my candy cane (_rings several times_). - -_Mabel_ (_frightened_). Oh, Esther, Mrs. Santy will be awfully angry -with us. Let’s go away. - -_Esther_ (_getting impatient_). Does she answer the ring? - -_Mabel._ No. (_Esther rings harder than before._) Now she is there and -she wants to know if it is the same two little girls. - -_Esther_ (_into the phone_). Yes, it’s Mabel and me, and we want Santa -Claus to bring us some skates, and a muff and candy canes as long as a -fishing-pole. - -_Mabel._ She says that we must be good or Santa won’t come to (_name -your town_) tonight at all. We bother her a lot, she says. - -_Esther_ (_into the phone_). Mrs. Santa—Mrs. Santa—(_no answer._) - -_Mabel._ She has gone away again, Esther. Let’s not bother her any more -or she may send some one after Santa to tell on us. - -_Esther._ I want to know if Santa is coming to (_your town_) tonight, -anyway (_rings long and several times_). - -_Mabel_ (_frightened_). I guess she is angry with us, Esther. Please do -let’s stop now. Let’s not ring any more, because I don’t care for the -skates, anyway. - -_Esther_ (_to Mabel_). Isn’t she there yet? - -_Mabel._ No—I guess not. (_Esther rings and rings._) Oh, Oh, Esther do -stop! - -_Esther._ Now—is—she—there? - -_Mabel._ Yes, and she wants papa to take those naughty girls away from -the “phone,” or Santa won’t come to (_your town_) tonight. Please do -stop ringing, Esther. (_Listens._) Oh, Esther, I think I hear papa -coming, and he will be angry, too. - -_Esther._ No, papa won’t be angry, he would like to have us get our -muff and skates. (_Ring, rings and rings._) - -_Mabel_ (_during the ringing_). Oh, Esther, oh, Esther! She says to -stop that ringing!! - -_Esther_ (_stamping her foot, keeps on ringing_). I’m mad with her, -Mabel (_then into the phone_). Mrs. Santa—Mrs. Santa—do you hear, Mrs. -Santa? Do—you—hear—Mrs. Santa? We want our muff, and our skates, and -the candy canes as big as a house. Do—you—hear, Mrs. Santa? Mrs. Santa! -I want my muff and skates. (_Rings while talking._) I am mad with you, -Mrs. Santa. I want my muff. (_Here pull the trap and the skates drop -out, pulling the muff also. Esther jumps down from the chair, Mabel -drops the receiver. They seize the skates and muff and say, as they -hold them up_): We’ve got them. We’ve got them, the skates and muff, -the skates and muff! - - (_Exit_) - - - - -CHRISTMAS PLAYS - - - =(+) OLA: OR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR MOTHER.= In this - little 15-minute play the Christmas present the three - children of the “Good” family find for mother is - none other than “Ola,” a street waif who comes in - to get warm while mother is out shopping. Alta, the - only girl in the family, has been wishing she had a - sister to share the trials which two (2) wideawake - brothers bring to her, so she has a double motive in - wanting to hide Ola away when mother comes and then - bring her out and present her as a Christmas present - to mother. Only five characters, 2 boys, 2 girls, and - 1 woman, required. No special costumes needed, and - the one home scene is simple to provide. Five copies - required. Price 30 cts., postpaid. - - =(+) MISCHIEVOUS ESTHER AT GRANDMOTHER’S.= It was all - Grandmother’s fault. Having so many nice things - hidden about the house at Christmastime should not be - permitted, when the grandchildren are to be left in - the house alone while grandmother goes out for the - afternoon. Of course the boys were not mischievous, - not even curious, but with Esther it was different, - for she was a girl. She was a very sweet one though, - especially when the molasses she got into was all - over her apron. It was Christmastime and everything - ends right during this happy season, so putting the - soiled apron into the box from which she took the - kitten and putting the kitten into the wash basin - intended for the apron was only a slight mixup, from - which mischievous Esther would soon clear herself. - Three characters, 1 girl and 2 boys, 12 years of age, - are employed. A simple sitting-room scene; no special - costumes; time about 15 minutes. 3 copies only - required. Price 25 cts., postpaid. - - =TELEPHONING TO SANTA CLAUS.= A Christmas dialogue for - two (2) girls, ten (10) or twelve (12) years of age, - who conceive the idea of using the telephone to tell - Santa Claus what they most want, and suffer no great - surprise when the very things asked for reach them - through the “phone.” A simple sitting-room scene in - which a make-believe “phone” is installed furnishes - the setting. Time of rendition about 10 minutes. - Price 25 cts., postpaid. - - =(+) WHAT CHRISTMAS DID FOR JERUSHA GRUMBLE.= - Self-confessedly, she was only 58, but for years - she had acted like sixty, that is to say,—oh well, - in nature she had been true to her name, and when - one’s nature suggests a name like hers, it’s quite - a job to change it. She couldn’t forget that, many - years before, she had expected to change her name, - but, oh well, it wasn’t her fault, and Christmas - came along and helped her to cover up the past and - open a new future for her. Of course it couldn’t - change her name, but this little play tells how - very effectively it did change her nature, and then - the contrast between name and nature was a charm in - the hitherto repulsive life. It’s a pretty story, - made into a pleasing Christmas play. There are five - characters, all girls; two scenes, easily arranged. - Quite ordinary costumes are used and only 5 copies of - the book required. Time about 30 minutes. Price 30 - cts., postpaid. - - =(+) WANTED—CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.= In Prolog, Three Scenes - and Epilog. By Hester L. Hopkins. 22 females and - 13 male characters in the entire play, but it can - be given with 8 females and 7 males by having some - assume different characters in various scenes. Time - of rendition, 30 to 40 minutes. If only 15 people - take part, 12 copies will be required. Price 30 cents - per copy, postpaid. - - =(+) CHRISTMAS CHEER.= A play in two acts for six - females. Time of rendition about 20 minutes. - - Four young ladies are the members of a Sunday School - class whose teacher has asked that each member of the - class shall do something to bring “Christmas Cheer” - to someone who would not otherwise be remembered. - Each of the girls, unbeknown to the other members of - the class, decides to make the “Jones Family” the - object of her Christmas visit. - - It turns out to be quite a “Surprise party.” While - one of the girls prepares the Christmas pie, the - others of the class provide a pleasant entertainment. - When the Christmas pie is cut, Caroline and Amanda - find that it is filled with the presents which the - class brought. Simple setting and costumes. 6 copies - required. Price 25 cents. 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