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 THOUGHTS BEFORE MARRIAGE. 
 
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THOUGHTS BEFORE MiRRI AGE. 
 
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 THOUGHTS BEFOEE MARRIAGE. 
 
 SBAHATIS FliBSONJE. 
 
 Marie. 
 
 C O S T U M E S . — M O D E R N . 
 
 PROPERTIES. 
 
 Bed-room furniture complete. Window, with curtains. Small bed, with curtains. 
 Crucifix. Fireplace, with mantel and clock on it. Small chest of drawers, with 
 wnting-desk on it. Large letter in writing-desk, and other papers. At foot of bed 
 prie-dieu. Small table. A larger table, on which is a camel's hair shawl and tur- 
 quise necklace. A wedding-dress, and orange blossom wreath placed over two 
 chairs. Lighted lamp. Materials for mixing a glass of sugar and water. Looking- 
 glass 
 
 EXPLANATION OF THE STAGE DIRECTIONS. 
 
 R.. means first entrance right, and right. L , first entrance left, and left. S.E.R., 
 .second entrance right. S.E.L., second entrance left. T.E.R, third entrance right. 
 T. K.L., third entrance left. F.E. R., foiirtli entrance rigiit. F E L., fourth entrance 
 left. U E.R, upper entrance right. U.EL, upper entrance left. R.F., right flat, 
 L.F., left flat. RC, right of centre. L.C., left of centre C, centre. C.D., centre 
 doors. C.R., centre towards right. C.L.. centre towards left. Observing you are 
 supposed t9 face the audience. 
 
Thoughts Before Marriage. 
 
 Scene. — A Bed-Boom, Door, l. Window, e., with curtains. Small 
 bed, curtains, and crucifix. At s.k.l., fireplace, and mantel-piece 
 with clock. At R., S7nall chest of drawers, loith writing desk on it. 
 At foot of bed, prie-dieu. At head of bed, small table. A iable,^ on 
 which is a cameVs hair sharol and turquoise necklace. A wedding- 
 dress laid over two chairs, and orange-blossom wreath laid on it. 
 
 Enter Marie, quickly, door l., lamp in hand — speaks off to back of the 
 scenes, holding door half open. 
 
 Marie, Yes, mamma, I am ^'oing to bed at once — at once — at 
 ouce. Don't worry about me— 1<> h;leep— to sleep ! Good night, dar- 
 ling mamma. Good-bye — till to-morrow! (Kisses her hand, shids 
 door— stands qxdte stdlfor a mvni-nl ) To bed— to sleep— till to-mor- 
 row. (Putting lamp on table near bed. ) To bed, certainly, but— to 
 sleep? Ab, that I won't answer lor. (Sighs. J To-morrow, I am to 
 be married to Monsieur de—( Correcting herself, and loith an attempt at 
 ease)— to Henry, my fiance. Married? I? Who ever would have 
 thought it ? What a complete change this will make in the house ! 
 I shall have a husband; isn't it funny? (Laughs.) A man who 
 will call me "wife," and say "dear "to me! No one has ever yet 
 called me "my dear" but papa and mamma — oh, yes, and my uncle 
 — and to-morrow — gracious, I shall have to say "dear " to him ! Oh, 
 I never shall dare to, the first time. My cousin Henrietta did not say 
 ••dear" to her husband until she had been married eleven days — and 
 
4 THOUGHTS BEFOUE MARRIAGE. 
 
 she is by no means timid — she alwn3's took the gj^mnastic prize at 
 school — so that she must have been prett\' bold. I shall be called 
 madame, like mamma. Oh, that, I oicn, will delight me beyoud any- 
 thing. Why I leei myself getting red at the very idea. (Bowing to 
 herself as it were.) Madame — everyone will call me madame, even 
 my .schoolmates. I shall be spoken of as madame. I shall be written 
 to as madame. The first letter that I receive with madame on the 
 envelope I shall preserve carefully in my writmg-desk. ( Tarns up 
 lamp. ) What's the matter with this lamp ? It won't barn. ( Tukbig 
 large letter from writing-desk. ) I stole one of our wedding invitation 
 cards, and here it is! (Reading indistinctly.) "Monsieur and 
 Madame request the honor of your company at the marriage of Made- 
 moiselle — (Stopping) — Mademoiselle!' Fortunately, I shan't have 
 myself called that much longer. Mademoiselle — Mademoiselle — is 
 very nice at first, when they cease calling you "my little girl," or 
 " my child," or " little one," even little one ! There was an old gen- 
 tleman who used to come here who had a mania for calling me 
 " little one." How I did hate it ! Poor man, he's dead. I was very 
 fond of him. What a pity it is that he died. He would have been 
 at my wedding to-morrow, and would have called me madame. I'm 
 sure it would have pleased him ! (Sigh. ) Ah, it would have pleased 
 us both ! (Putting hack eiivelope in writing-desk, a)id looking at wed- 
 ding-dress. ) I've never been dressed in white, except on the day of 
 my first communion ; to-morrow will be the second time. White is 
 very becoming to me, although Madame d'Arqueney-Joyeuse pretends 
 that it only looks well on dark-haired people — because she's dark. 
 My wreath ! (Holding it over her head.) Well, I'm fair, and does 
 not this wreath become me ? (Looking (d it with air of curiosity. ) I 
 wonder why young brides always wear orange blossoms? I suppose 
 there must be a reason, but — ( To lamp — pshaw ! how the old lamp 
 is smoking ! (Pause, pensive. ) I am going to say "yes " to-morrow. 
 Now that yes is very funny — to-morrow's yes ! How ought I to say 
 it? Not too loud— certainly not, in a church — but not too soft 
 either. Oh, f shall be dreadfully frightened, I know I shall ! Stop ! 
 I've got an idea. I'll shut my eyes ! (Imitating half -smothered tone 
 of priest, indistinctly.) "Monsieur, will you take mademoiselle for 
 your wedded wife?" Oh, he — he will answer boldly. Yes. I can 
 hear him now with his lovely voice— so sweet and serious. (In same 
 priest-like maimer.) "Mademoiselle, will you take monsieur to 
 be your wedded husband?" ( SJ tutting eyes. ) Oh, my eyes ! (In a 
 half-smothered voice.) Y-e-s ! (Fretfully, j Oh, that's not it, at all 
 — I've lost the pitch. I'll try again. Following the words of the 
 priest softly to myself, I shall only have to answer — for him. (Mat- 
 ters in a deep voice.) "Monsieur, will you take mademoiselle to be 
 your wedded wife?" "Yes." Now for myself. (With sqe<(ky 
 voice.) "Mademoiselle, will you take monsieur to be your wedded 
 husband?" Yes. (Angrily.) P.shaw, that's not the voice. (Quick- 
 ly, didl voice.) Yes. That's not it either ; it sounds as it I was con- 
 
THOUGHTS BEFORE MARRIAGE. 5 
 
 fessiug a crime. (Very softly, ichistling voice. J Yes. Oh, dear, 
 that's worse than ever! (Himihlij.) Yes. Oue would think I was 
 afraid of a beating. Y'es-s. (Mocking lierself.) Yes-s-s. I'm get- 
 ting worse and worse. (Pause.) It certainly is very difficidt, and 
 yet how simple it seems — three letters — y e s, as simple jis a b c — and 
 yet it really is very complicated. I shall be inspired at the proper 
 moment, and the courage of despair will come to my aid. Besides, 
 if these should fail me, why, from the moment that I think of — 
 ( Willi enVnisiasm ; hand on heart) — ah, and I shall think a great 
 deal. (Exidlbtgly.) Yes! (Seizing idea qxdckly, and repeating.) 
 Y^'es! Ah, that's perfect! (Shaking her head. ) Yes, but to-morrow 
 I shall not be here alone. Never mind. If I dared, I would ask 
 mamma how she said it on her wedding-day — but she would only 
 laugh at me. No, I don't dare to, and then probably she has for- 
 gotten. (Clock strikes once.) Eh, what's that? Half-past three! 
 It's not possible ! Yes — the fact is, mamma and I talked together for 
 some time, and I did not come to my room until very late — past one 
 o'clock. I must go to bed. I'm no longer astonished that the lamp 
 — (Turning it up again) — poor lamp, I am going to leave you. My 
 room has a very strange efl'ect on me to-night. When I look at my 
 tables and chairs I feel like crying. It seems to me as if I were going 
 on a voyage far away. I feel as if already the room was but a mem- 
 ory. (After a long absorbed pause, takes off belt, and mixes a glass of 
 sugar and water. ) I feel feverish and uneasy, and what makes me ? 
 Oh, I know ! It is this sleepless night ! I wish mamma was here. 
 She is asleep, perhaps. I saw her crying this morning. I am going 
 to leave her. Marriage is much more serious than it appears at first. 
 (Slie kneels on prie-dieu, icith face in Iter two hands — long pause, then 
 crosses herself.) Oh, merciful Mary, thou who art most blessed 
 above all women — (Pause) — but my poor people are going to lose 
 me. The)' will not know what has become of me, they will be un- 
 easy and not understand what it all means, they will be very unhappy. 
 They will think me ungrateful. The Abbe Duplantelle is right. TLe 
 poor are a sacred charge. (Pa"s<- — [>-':'ys.) "Thou who art blessed 
 above all women." (Pause — rising and standhig pensively, with arms 
 down, and hands clasped. ) Oh, if I could but have one year more — 
 one year ! ( She comes for icard slowly, head down. ) We M-ere to have 
 left here to-morrow for Italy, but we shall not go now for a month, 
 which delights me, for we shall have time to pay our wedding visits 
 before our departure. ( Going to table and taking camel's hair sluvwl. ) 
 It is only the end of April now, and I shall put on my camel's hair 
 shawl. A camel's hair ! What happiness ! One is no longer a girl 
 with that on her shoulders. She is called "Madame" by every one, 
 even passers-by, if they should have occasion to speak to her. For 
 example, an awkward man apologizes for stepj)ing uiaon her train, 
 (Jiolding the shawl far off from her) like ih\H— ( Carelessly ) — "Excuse 
 me, mademoiselle ;" (throioing Vie shaiol overlJier shoxdders, and draw- 
 ing herself up seriously, ) like this — ( With earnestness) — ''A thousand 
 
6 THOUGHTS BEFOKE MABniAGE. 
 
 pardons, madame." A camel's hair shawl is reality what marks the 
 dift'ereuce belweeu a married woman and a young girl. ( Willi iu- 
 ieuse delight.) How well I look in it ! (Looking at herself <is she 
 walks about. ) My husband says that it's very hard to wear a camel's 
 hair sbawl gracefully ; that in that respect it is like a man's dress- 
 coat. He wears a dress-coat most gracefulh'. (Looking at heiself in 
 the glass.) It seems to me I can see us both now, payiug visits. 
 ( AcVduj the scene — curtseying,) Monsieur, Madame. You are going 
 to travel, madame, I hear ? Yes, madame. Are you not afraid of 
 travehng, madame? Oh, no, madame; I enjoy it exceedingly. I 
 shall be a week in Paris on my return to see my mother, and from 
 there shall go to Treport or to luy husband's place in Touraine. 
 C Speakrng ill natural tone. ) And we shall get into our carriage and 
 begin the same thiug somewhere else. Tiie other day I was at the 
 Princess Rodowna's when a young married couple came in. I listen- 
 ed, and it was something like this that they talked. Colonel de Mon- 
 tegron is to be my husband's best man to-morrow. I wonder how he 
 will be dressed ! I hope in uniform. He is very brave — and has 
 many decorations, which will make him look splendid. Then again, 
 some one said before me that Monsieur and Madame Montclos were 
 going to be separated. I asked why, and the reply was because they 
 didn't love each other any longer. Then husband and wife can cease 
 to love each other ! How can that be ? Does one ever stop loving 
 one's mother? Their answer to my question. I remember, seemed sim- 
 ple and natural, as nnich as to say, "Because they had somewhere to 
 go, and did not take the same road!" And then they all laughed. 
 Separation ! It's so queer, so — ^why, it makes me have a sort of feel- 
 ing that people suddenly go mad ! Its like a man going up in a bal- 
 loon, and, after reaching a certain height, breaking it on purpose — it 
 was not worth while his going up at all ! Oh, heavens ! Suppose my 
 husband should cease to lo — (Slops short— pause) — how can I manage 
 to know beforehand ? ( Takes up necklace. ) Pve got an idea ! I've 
 been told that the turquoise is a remarkable stone — which changes 
 its color according to the feeling of the wearer — bright blue when she 
 is happy — pale and greenish-looking, even breaking, when she is un- 
 happy —when she is no longer loved. Let me see. (Looking at it 
 joiifidl]/. ) Oh, they are the most beautiful blue — blue as the lieavens. 
 (Slops suddenly. ) But! forgot — how silly I am. they have just come 
 from the jeweller's. I've never worn them myself, which of course I 
 must do before I can find out my fate. I would give an\ thing in the 
 M'orld to know whether { very softly) he will always love u)e— always. 
 ( Strikes forehead. ) Oh. 1 know! If there are an even number, he 
 will and if uneven — I'll count them. Perhaps I am doing very 
 wronu' to believe in such nonsense. I don't care, I shall feel fiatisfied 
 it" it is even ; and if it is uneven— why, I sha'n't attach any impor- 
 tance to such an absurd superstition. ( Countbig. ) Two — four — six 
 — eight. Oh, how my heart beats! Suppose tliere should be eleven 
 — or fifteen — or nineteen — or — ( Counting) — ten — twelve — fourteeu — 
 
THOUGHTS BEPOEE MAKEIAGB. 
 
 St^.7.'^ of r^^^f^^^'^^T-^^^"' S« ^i" '^I^ays love me! 
 Eighteen ! Oh. bow huppy I am! (Kissing necklace aaain and 
 agauuj Eigbteeu-eigbteen-eighteen ! I nLt take ca/e not o 
 break one, for tben there would only be seventeen. Ei-^bteen I 
 Mas so nghtened while I was counting, r^ra.dy. ; Bu now- 
 nf Tl;n"nV"T-^^~'>,^ don't know what is the matter w^b 
 fnrrnlTf ^ /'•^''' ""^^ ^P^"' ^"^"^ ^^^'^ breatbe-I want air. 
 
 (Biaws hack curiains-dayVght-witk a cry of surprise.) Good 
 
 £^m^•w^^'''/'^'^y^^f^■ r^P----'o«'.; An'^^aliibebh-ds 
 S X oVlo J^^ oT I ^ ? clock can ,t be ? (Looks at dock-stupefied, ) 
 S X , clock ! Oh, but then it's not to-morrow, ifs-it's to-tlaj i*^ To- 
 ci . ion'Vf T"" M '^' l'^"8\\i"g and crying at the same time in anti- 
 cipatiou of It Mamma will be coming soon to wake me. Poor 
 
 and sobs-then raises her head and sees herself in glass. ) Well. I look 
 evTs '' Ob ' wi,r1'lf ' ^'' fi 7f i"g-^1ay. with Ly face pale and reS 
 rlfn ol ;^ "z?^-^' *^^ ^ ^^^P' badly-tbat's alb It's very 
 
 natmal, _ (Kisses necklace again. ) Eighteen ! Ob, what happiness ' 
 Mademoiselle for the last time, and Madame for the first ' Four- 
 
 hll.ri'^ V^'^^^®"~®^S^*®^"- (^''^'^ necklace.) Yes, I'm 
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 21 Harlequin Little Red Rid- 
 
 44 Mischievous Bob. 
 
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 Three Bears. 
 
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 49 Mothers and Fathers. 
 
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 26 An Eligible Situation. 
 
 50 Taken In and Done For. 
 
 i Men of Sherwood Forest. 
 
 27 The Pet Lamb. 
 
 51 All's Fair in Love and War 
 
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 52 Dross from Gold. 
 
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 53 Aunt J erusha's Visit. 
 
 54 The Village Belle. 
 
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 Curiosity. 
 
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 55 Lord Dundreary's Visit. 
 
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 31 His First Brief. 
 
 56 My Peter. 
 
 9 Two Gentlemen at Mivarts 
 
 32 The Girls of the Period. 
 
 57 The Cream of Love. 
 
 lo Dark Deeds. 
 
 33 Matched but not Mated. 
 
 58 The Babes in the Wood. 
 
 II Marry in Haste and Re- 
 
 34 Penelope Anne. 
 
 59 Closmg of the " Eagle." 
 
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 12 Wearing of the Green. 
 
 35 A Woman will be a Wo- 
 
 60 Don't Marry a Drunkard 
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 13 The Result of a Nap. 
 
 36 Caught in His own Toils. 
 
 61 Furnished Apartments. 
 
 14 Monsieur Pierre. 
 
 37 Cousin Florence. 
 
 62 The Harvest Storm. 
 
 15 Virtue Victorious. 
 
 38 Lucy's Love Lesson. 
 
 63 Maud's Command. 
 
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 17 Afloat and Ashore. 
 
 39 A Game of Billiards. 
 
 64 Out of the Depths. 
 
 65 The Poisoned Darkies. 
 
 40 The Wrong Bottle. 
 
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 19 Fairy Freaks. 
 
 41 A Lyrical Lover. 
 
 66 Ralph Coleman's Refor- 
 
 42 A Bad Temper. 
 
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 43 Women's Rights. 
 
 67 Slighted Treasures. 
 
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 Faustum. 
 
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 79 De Octoroon. 
 
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 81 Lucmda's Wedding. 
 
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 82 Mumbo Jum. 
 
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 10 Villikins and hisDinah, 
 
 47 No Cure, No Pay. 
 
 48 Fighting for the Union. 
 
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 84 Mishaps of Caesar Crum; 
 
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 85 Pete's Luck. 
 
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 86 Pete and Ephraim. 
 
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 90 Scipio Africanus. 
 
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 lor De Trail ob Blood. 
 
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 103 De Cream ob Tenors, 
 
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 68 Cooney in de Hollow. 
 
 104 Old Uncle Billy. 
 
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 69 Porgyjoe. 
 
 105 An Elephant on Ice. 
 
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 70 Gallusjake. 
 
 106 A Manager in a Fix. 
 
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 71 De Coon Hunt. 
 
 107 Bones at a Raffle. 
 
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 72 Don Cato. 
 
 108 Aunty Chloe. 
 
 35 Rose Dale. 
 
 73 Sambo's Return. 
 
 109 Dancing Mad. 
 
 36 Feast. 
 
 74 Under de Kerosene. 
 
 no Julianna Johnson. 
 
 37 Fenian Spy. 
 
 
 
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 Boarding School. 
 
 The Spitfire. 
 
 Irish Dragoon. 
 
 School for Tigers. 
 
 Gabrielle de Belle Isle. 
 
 7":ppetary Legacy. 
 
 Deeds of Dreadful Note. 
 
 A Peculiar Position. 
 
 A Private Inquiry. 
 
 I'll Tell Your Wife. 
 
 Fast Family. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra 
 
 Married and Settled. 
 My Friend in the Straps. 
 School for Scheming (Love 
 
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 Our Mary Anne. 
 Miseries of Human Life. 
 An Irish Engagement. 
 How to Settle Accounts 
 
 With Your Laundress. 
 Advice Gratis. 
 A Hasty Conclusion. 
 Weak Points. 
 Grace Darling. 
 A Gray Mare. 
 Middle Temple. 
 1 he Original. 
 'J he Sentinel. 
 Tiger at Large. 
 Why Did You Die? 
 Sayings and Doings. 
 Twin Brothers. 
 Ask no Questions. 
 Cure for Coquettes. 
 Cabin Boy. 
 
 Who Stole the Spoons ? 
 Mrs. Gamps Tea and Turn 
 Village Doctor. [Out. 
 
 Family Pride. 
 Queen Mary. 
 I'hree Grocers. 
 Race Hall. 
 Presented at Court. 
 A Sign of Affection. 
 Dancing Barber. 
 Who's Your Friend ? 
 Charity. 
 
 Wicked World. [ingWell 
 Mother and Child are Do- 1 
 
 Lying in Ordinary. 
 
 The Ringdoves. 
 
 Camille. 
 
 Lady Clancarty. 
 
 Ten Nights in a Bar-Room 
 
 Drunkard's Warning. 
 
 Fifteen Years of a Drunk- 
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 Fruits of the Wine Cup. 
 
 Aunt Dinah's Pledge. 
 
 Yankee Peddler. 
 
 Vermont Wool Dealer. 
 
 Persecuted Dutchman. 
 
 Stage-Struck Yankee. 
 
 The Limerick Boy (Paddy 
 Miles Boyj. 
 
 63 Drunkard's Home. 
 
 64 Bachelor's Bed-Room. 
 
 65 Perfection (The Cork Leg) . 
 
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 72 Patches and Powder. 
 
 73 To Let, Furnished. 
 
 74 The Lost Heir. 
 
 75 Is the Man Mad? 
 
 76 A Trip to Cambridge. 
 
 77 Twenty and Forty. 
 
 78 Hob-Nobbing. 
 
 79 The Great Eastern. 
 
 80 Three Guesses. 
 
 81 Getting up in the World. 
 
 82 Wardrobe. 
 
 83 Generous Jew. 
 
 84 A Crumpled Rose Leaf. 
 
 85 Wild Flowers. [Ladies. 
 
 86 Don't All Speak At Once, 
 
 87 Woman Nature Will Out. 
 
 88 Aunt Betsy's Beaux. 
 
 89 Child of Circumstances. 
 
 90 Wom.en's Club. 
 
 91 Shamrock. 
 
 92 The Changelings. 
 
 93 Society for doing good 
 
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 94 Matrimony. 
 
 95 Refinement. 
 
 96 Master-piece. 
 
 1 The Big Banana. 
 
 2 Dot Mad Tog. 
 
 3 A Gay Old Man Am I 
 
 4 The Law Allows it. 
 
 5 A Leedle Misdake. 
 
 6 The Spelling Match. 
 
 7 There's Millions In It 
 
 8 Tootle, Tootle, Too ! 
 
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 9 Dot Madrimonial 
 
 disement. 
 ID Mulcahy's Cat. 
 
 11 Dot Quied Lotgings. 
 
 12 All in der Family. 
 
 13 Who Got the Pig? 
 
 14 A Mad Astronomer. 
 
 15 A Purty Shure Cure. 
 
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 97 Frenchman. 
 
 98 Punch and Judy. 
 
 99 My Precious Betsy. 
 
 00 Woman of the World. 
 
 01 Rob the Hermit. 
 
 02 Love Master, Love Man. 
 
 03 Inhuman. 
 
 04 Champaigne. 
 
 05 H. M. S. Pinafore. 
 
 06 Family Pictures. 
 
 07 Prison and Palace. 
 
 08 The Bailiff's Daughter. 
 
 09 La Cigale. 
 
 10 Broken Promises. 
 
 11 The Broken Seal. 
 
 12 Betsy's Profile. 
 
 13 Going Through Him. 
 
 14 Male and Female. 
 
 15 Thoughts before Marriage 
 
 16 Diplomacy. 
 
 17 Our Professor. 
 
 18 Hurrah for Paris. 
 
 19 Tittlebat a Father. 
 
 20 Cross Purposes. 
 
 21 Love to Music. 
 
 22 Carried by Assault. 
 
 23 The Locked Door. 
 
 24 Those "Cussed" Waves. 
 
 25 Masquerading for Two. 
 
 26 The Love Flower. 
 
 27 Oh, My Uncle! 
 
 28 The Dawn of Love. 
 
 29 Juliet's Love Letter. 
 
 30 Bric-a-Brac. 
 
 31 A Cousin to Them All. 
 
 32 The Wanderer's Return. 
 
 33 Uncle Jack. 
 
 34 The Married Widows. 
 
 35 Foresight; or. My Daugh- 
 ter's Dowry. 
 
 36 Muolo the Monkey. 
 
 ■3.-1 Too Windy for an Um- 
 brella. 
 
 38 Beauty and the Beast. 
 
 39 Cinderella. 
 
 40 Rosebud; or, the Sleeping 
 Beauty. 
 
 41 The Princess. 
 
 42 Rumplestiltskin. 
 
 43 Skinflint. 
 
 44 One Must Marry. 
 
 16 I Love Your Wife. 
 
 17 The Ould Man's Coat tails. 
 
 18 The Decree of Divorce. 
 
 19 Let Those Laugh Who Win 
 
 20 A Dark Noight's Business. 
 
 21 The Lonely Polywog of 
 
 the Mill Pond. 
 
 22 The Dutchman in Ireland. 
 
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