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 VOL. I. 
 1 Ion 
 
 J Fazio 
 
 i The Lady ei Lyoni 
 
 4 Richelieu 
 
 6 The Wife 
 
 6 The Honeymoon 
 
 7 The School for Scandal 
 
 8 Monty 
 
 VOL. II. 
 • The Stranger 
 
 10 Grandfather Whitehead 
 
 11 Richard III 
 
 12 Love's Sacrifice 
 18 The Gamester 
 
 14 A Cure for the Heartach. 
 
 15 The Hunchback 
 
 14 Don Ceeear de Bazan 
 VOL. III. 
 
 17 The Poor Gentleman 
 
 18 Hamlet 
 1» Charles II 
 
 20 Venice Preserved 
 
 21 Pizarro 
 
 22 The Lot* Chase 
 
 23 Othello 
 
 24 Lend me Five Shillings 
 
 VOL. IV. 
 26 VIrglnius 
 
 26 King of the Commons 
 21 Loudon Assurance 
 88 The Rent Day 
 29 Two Gentlemen of Verona 
 80 The Jealous Wife 
 31 The Rivals 
 82 Perfection 
 
 VOL. V. [Debts 
 38 A New Way to Pay Old 
 
 84 Look Before Vou Leap 
 
 85 King John 
 
 86 Nervous Man 
 
 37 Damon and Pythias 
 
 38 Clandestine Marriage 
 
 39 William Tell 
 
 40 Day after the Wedding 
 
 VOL. VI. 
 
 41 Speed the Plough 
 
 42 Romeo and Juliet 
 
 43 Feudal Times 
 
 44 Charles the Twelfth 
 46 The Bride 
 
 46 The Follies of a Night 
 
 47 Iron Chest [Fair Lady 
 
 48 Faint Heart Never Won 
 
 VOL. VII. 
 
 49 Road to Ruin 
 
 50 Macbeth 
 
 61 Temper 
 
 62 Evadn* 
 
 63 Bertram 
 
 64 The Duenna 
 
 66 Much Ado About Nothing 
 
 66 The Critic 
 
 VOL. VIII. 
 (7 The Apostate 
 68 Twelfth Night 
 
 19 Brutus 
 
 60 Simpson & Co 
 
 • 1 Merchant of Venice 
 
 42 Old Heads* Young Hearts 
 
 63 Mountaineers [ringe 
 
 64 Three Weeks after Mar- 
 
 VOL. IX. 
 
 61 Lore 
 
 86 As You Like It 
 
 67 The Elder Brother 
 
 68 Werner 
 
 69 Gitippus 
 
 70 Town and Country 
 Tl King Lear 
 
 72 Blue Devils 
 
 VOL. X. 
 78 Henry VIII 
 74 Married and Single 
 76 Henrv IV 
 
 76 Paul Pry 
 
 77 Guy Manncrlng 
 
 78 Sweethearts and Wives 
 
 79 Serious Family 
 
 60 Sne Stoops to Conquer 
 
 VOL. XL 
 
 81 Julius Csesar 
 
 82 Vicar of Wakefield 
 
 83 Leap Year 
 
 84 The Catspaw 
 
 »5 The Passing Cloud 
 
 86 Drunkard 
 
 87 Rob Roy 
 
 88 George Barnwell 
 
 VOL. XII. 
 
 89 Ingomar 
 
 90 Sketches In India 
 9\ Two Friends 
 
 9' Jane Shore 
 
 93 Corsican Brothers 
 
 94 Mind your own Business 
 
 95 Writing on the Wall 
 
 96 Heir at Law 
 
 VOL. XIII. 
 
 97 Soldier's Daughter 
 9 Douglas 
 
 99 Marco Spada 
 
 100 Nature's Nobleman 
 
 101 Sardanapalus 
 
 102 Civilization 
 
 103 The Robbers 
 
 104 Katharine and Petruchio 
 
 VOL. XIV. 
 
 105 Game of Love 
 
 106 Midsummer Night's 
 
 107 Ernestine [Dream 
 
 108 Rag Picker of Paris 
 
 109 Flying Dutchman 
 lid Hvpocrite 
 
 111 Therese 
 
 112 La Tour de Neele 
 
 VOL. XV. 
 
 113 Ireland At It It 
 
 114 Sea of Ice 
 
 115 Seven Clerks 
 
 116 Game of Life 
 
 117 Forty Thieves 
 
 118 Bryan Boroihme 
 
 119 Romance and Reality 
 
 120 Ugolino 
 
 \\.L. XVI. 
 
 121 The Tempest 
 
 122 The Pilot 
 
 123 Carpenter of Rouen 
 1 4 King's Rival 
 
 125 Little Treasure 
 
 126 Dombey and Son 
 
 12" Parents' and Guardians 
 ltd Jewess 
 
 VOL. XVII. 
 
 129 Camllle 
 
 130 Married Life 
 
 131 W'enlock of Wenlock 
 
 132 Rose of Etlrickvale 
 
 133 David Copperfield 
 
 134 Aline, or the Rose of 
 i35 Pauline [Killarney 
 136 Jane Eyre 
 
 VOL. XVIII. 
 Night and Morning 
 
 138 jEthiop 
 
 139 Three Guardsmen 
 
 140 Tom Cringle 
 
 141 Henriette, the Forsaken 
 
 42 Eustache Baudin 
 
 43 Ernest Maltraverg 
 
 144 Bold Dragoons 
 VOL. XIX. 
 
 145 Dred, or the Dismal 
 [Swamp 
 
 146 Last Days of Pompeii 
 
 147 Esmeralda 
 
 148 Peter Wilkins 
 
 149 Ben the BoUswain 
 HO Jonathan Bradford 
 151 Retribution 
 
 169 Mineral i 
 
 VOL. XX. 
 163 French Spy 
 154 Wept of Wish-ton Wish 
 1*6 Evil Genius 
 156 Ben Bolt 
 167 Sailor of Fra»ce 
 158 Red Mask 
 169 Life of an Aotrets 
 160 Wedding Day 
 
 [Moscow 
 
 VOL. XXI. 
 
 161 All's Fair in Lore 
 
 162 Hofer 
 
 163 Self 
 
 164 Cinderella 
 
 165 Phantom 
 
 166 Franklin 
 
 167 The Gunmaker'of 
 
 168 The Love of a Priuoo 
 
 VOL. XXII. 
 
 169 Son of the Night 
 
 170 RoryO'More 
 
 171 Golden Eagle 
 "72 Rienasi 
 
 173 Broke -i Sword 
 
 174 Rip Van Winkle 
 
 175 Isabelle 
 
 176 Heart of Mid Lothian 
 VOL. XXI II. 
 
 177 Actress of Padua 
 
 178 Floating Beacon 
 
 179 Bride oi Lammermoor 
 
 180 Cataract of the Ganges 
 
 181 Robber of the Rhine 
 
 182 School of Reform 
 
 183 Wandering Boys 
 "84 Mazeppa 
 
 VOL. XXIV. 
 
 185 Young New York 
 
 186 The Victims 
 
 187 Romance after Marriage 
 
 188 Brigand 
 
 189 Poor of New York 
 
 190 Ambrose Gwinett 
 
 191 Raymond and Agnes 
 
 192 Gambler's Fate 
 VOi.. XXV. 
 
 193 Father and Son 
 
 194 M issanie llo 
 
 195 Sixteen String Jack 
 
 196 Youthlul Queen 
 
 197 Skeleton Witness 
 
 98 Innkeeper of Abbeville 
 
 99 Miller and his Men 
 
 200 Aladdin 
 VOL. XXVT. 
 
 201 Adrienne the Actress 
 
 202 Undine 
 
 203 Jesse Brown' 
 
 204 Asmodeus 
 206 Mormons 
 
 206 Blanche of Brandy wine 
 
 207 Viola 
 
 208 Deseret Deserted 
 VOL. XXVII. 
 
 209 Americans in Paris 
 
 210 Victorine 
 
 211 Wizard of the Wave 
 
 212 Castle Spectre 
 
 218 Horse-shoe Robinson 
 21. Armand, Mrs. Mowatt 
 Fashion, Mrs. Mowatt 
 
 216 Glance at New York 
 VOL. XXV1I1. 
 
 217 Inconstant 
 
 218 Uncle Tom's Cabin 
 
 219 Uuide to the Stage 
 
 220 Veteran 
 Miller of New Jersey 
 
 222 Dark Hour before Dawn 
 
 223 Midsum'rNight'sDrean 
 [Laura Keene's Editioi 
 
 224 Art and Artifice 
 VOL. XXIX. 
 
 225 Poor Young Man 
 
 226 Ossawattomie Brown 
 
 227 Pope of Rome 
 
 228 Oliver Twist 
 
 229 Pauvrette 
 
 230 Man in the Iron Mask 
 
 231 Knight of Arva 
 
 232 Moll Pitcher 
 
 VOL. XXX. 
 
 233 Black Eyed Susan 
 v:<4 Satan in Paris 
 
 235 Rosin a Meadows [ess 
 
 236 West End, or Irish Heir- 
 
 237 Six Degrees of Crime 
 288 The Lady and the Devil 
 
 239 A veneer, or Moor of Sici- 
 
 240 Masks and Faces [ly 
 
 VOL. XXXI. 
 
 241 Merry Wives of Windsor 
 
 242 Mary's Birthday 
 
 243 Shandy Maguire 
 
 244 Wild Oats 
 
 245 Michael Erie 
 46 Idiot Witness 
 
 247 W T illow Cops* 
 
 248 People's Lawyer 
 'OL. XXXII. 
 
 249 The Boy Martyrs 
 
 250 Lucretia Borgia 
 
 251 Surgeon of Paris 
 
 252 Patrician's Daughter 
 
 253 Shoemaker of Toul usa 
 
 254 Momentous Question 
 
 255 Love and Loyalty 
 
 256 Robber's Wife 
 VOL. XXXIII. 
 
 257 Dumb Girl of Genoa 
 Wreck Ashore 
 
 259 Clari 
 
 260 Rural Felicity 
 
 261 Wallace 
 
 262 Madelaine 
 
 263 The Fireman 
 
 264 Grist to the Mill 
 VOL. XXXIV. 
 
 265 Two Loves and a Life 
 
 266 Annie Blake 
 67 Steward 
 
 268 Captain, Kyd 
 
 269 Nick of the Woods 
 
 270 Marble Heart 
 
 71 Second Love 
 
 72 Dream at Sea 
 
 vol. xxxv. 
 
 273 Breach of Promise 
 
 274 Review 
 
 275 Lady of the Lake 
 
 276 Still Water Runs Deep 
 
 277 The Scholar 
 
 278 Helping Hands 
 
 279 Faust and Marguerite 
 
 280 Last Man 
 VOL. XXXVI. 
 
 281 Belle's Stratagem 
 
 282 Old and Young 
 
 283 Raffaella 
 Ruth Oakley 
 
 285 British Sir *e 
 266 A Life s liansom 
 287 Giralda 
 28 Time Tries All 
 
 VOL. XXXVII. 
 
 289 Ella Rosenburg 
 
 290 Warlock of the Glen 
 
 291 Zelina 
 
 292 Beatrice 
 2i»3 Neighbor Jackwood 
 
 294 Wonder 
 
 295 Robert Emmet 
 
 296 Green Bushes 
 VOL. XXXVIII. 
 
 297 Flowers of the Forest 
 
 298 A Bachelor of Arts 
 
 299 The Midnight Banquet 
 
 300 Husband of m Hour 
 
 301 Love's Labor Lost 
 
 302 Naiad Queen 
 
 303 Caprice 
 
 304 Cradle of Liberty 
 VOL. XXXIX. 
 
 305 The Lost Ship 
 
 306 Country Squire 
 
 307 Fraud and its Victims 
 
 308 Putnam 
 
 309 King vid Deserter 
 810 La F ammina 
 
 311 A Hard Struggle 
 
 312 Gwinnette Vaughan 
 VOL. XL. 
 
 313 The Love Knot [Judge 
 
 314 Lavater, or Not a Bad 
 
 315 The Noble Heart 
 
 316 Coriolanus 
 
 317 The Winter's Tale 
 
 318 Eveleen Wilson 
 
 319 Ivanhne 
 
 320 Jonathan in England 
 
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AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL, 
 
 Characters. ^^ 
 
 Jane Scott, a practical young person. a . 
 
 Priscilla Parsons, irreproachable. 
 
 Bessie Thorn, irresponsible. 
 
 Madeline Gray, engaged. 
 
 Minnie Wells, 
 
 Julia Watson, 
 
 Henrietta Clark, 
 
 May Bell, 
 
 Mrs. Sims, a competent housekeeper from Peachville Centre. 
 
 Delia, an incompetent one from Ireland. 
 
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AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 
 
 Scene. — A room in the home of Bessie Thorn. A 
 kitchen shower for Madeline is in progress. Min- 
 nie and Julia have already eome a?id are seated 
 about a table toward the right of the stage showing 
 their gifts to Bessie. To the left, at the back of the 
 room, is a door through which the girls enter. 
 
 Bessie (examining the dainty little apron tjimmed 
 with lace and ribbon which Minnie has brought). Oh, 
 isn't this dear! And pink is so becoming to Madeline. 
 I am so glad you did not think, because this is a kitchen 
 shower, that you had to bring one of those ugly things 
 that most people wear. I would hate to see Madeline 
 in one. Did you make it yourself ? 
 
 Minnie. Yes, all but basting it together. Mother 
 did that for me for I was so puzzled when I saw all 
 the little pieces — the strings, ruffles and the rest. 
 What did you bring, Julia ? 
 
 Julia (unwrapping a very fancy cushion). All of the 
 kitchen chairs I have ever seen have been so hard and 
 uncomfortable looking that I have made a cushion so 
 that Madeline will have at least one inviting place to 
 sit in her kitchen. Don't you think it is pretty ? 
 
 Bessie. Indeed I do. It is perfectly sweet. Made- 
 line will be delighted with it, I am sure. And this is 
 what I am giving her (displaying candlesticks with elab- 
 orate green shades). Kitchens are such hot places, 
 you know, and green throws such a cool, pleasant 
 light. 
 
 Minnie. Aren't they just darling ! 
 
 Julia. Perfectly dear ! 
 
 Bessie. I think they are, too, and I hope the girls 
 will all bring pretty things. I am going to put every- 
 
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 thing on this table. (She rises and begins to arrange 
 them.) 
 
 (Enter Henrietta.) 
 
 All. Hello, Henrietta ! 
 
 Henrietta. Hello, girls ! 
 
 Bessie (embracing her). Oh, you dear thing ! What- 
 ever made you so long ? Here we've been waiting and 
 wondering. And say, what did you bring ? 
 
 Henrietta (showing her gift). I brought this tablet 
 for memoranda. See, I put this big green bow on it 
 partly because it looked pretty and partly because I 
 could hide quite a large satchet in each of the loops, 
 and you know it is so nice to have satchet in the kit- 
 chen — that is I should think it would be — to counteract 
 the odors of cooking. When I get married I am going 
 to have dozens in my kitchen. 
 
 Bessie {taking the satchet from Minnie and Julia 
 who have been admiring it). Weren't you clever to 
 think of it ! And see, the green ribbon just goes with 
 the candle shades. (She piaces it on the table with the 
 other things.) 
 
 Henrietta (going to the table). Oh, aren't they 
 
 dear ! Who 
 
 (Enter May with a big bundle in her arms.) 
 
 May (breathlessly). Oh, girls, I thought I would 
 never get here ! And say ! It began to sing in the 
 street car. Let me put it down somewhere. No, it is 
 not heavy but it is such an awkward thing to carry. 
 (She sets it down on a chair.) And its name is 
 Euliphilli ! 
 
 All. What ! 
 
 Bessie. Who's name ? What is it ? 
 
 May (taking off the wrappings as the girls crowd 
 about her). The little darling's name, of course. It 
 is a canary. Say, wouldn't you like to have one like 
 him in your kitchen ? Isn't he dear? And you ought 
 to hear him sing ! 
 
 Julia. Isn't he cunning ! Shall I put him on the 
 table with the other things ? 
 
AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 5 
 
 Bessie. Please do. Isn't this going to be the 
 finest kitchen shower you ever saw ! Every one is 
 bringing such delightful gifts. 
 
 {Enter Priscilla with an immense parcel.) 
 
 All. Oh, hello, Priscilla I 
 
 Priscilla. Good afternoon. Isn't this a beautiful 
 day ? Aren't we having fine weather for this time of 
 year ? 
 
 Bessie. Fine. But say, Priscilla, what did you 
 bring ? 
 
 Priscilla {handing her parcel to Bessie). I brought 
 a flowering plant. It is advisable, you know, to make 
 our surroundings as attractive as possible and 
 
 All (as the plant is unwrapped). Oh-h-h 1 
 
 Bessie. How sweet ! 
 
 Minnie. Darling ! 
 
 Julia. Dear ! 
 
 Henrietta. Perfectly lovely ! 
 
 May. Where did you get it, Priscilla, at the new 
 florist's on the corner of First Street ? He has beauti- 
 ful things. 
 
 Minnie. But won't it take up a lot of room in the 
 kitchen ? 
 
 Priscilla. If Madeline takes my advice she will 
 have a large airy kitchen. It is one of the most im- 
 portant 
 
 (Enter Jane.) 
 
 Jane. Hello, girls ! 
 
 All. Hello, Jane ! 
 
 Jane. Here's my donation. (She hands her package 
 to Bessie who unwraps a frying-pan and puts it on the 
 table with the other gifts with an air of great disappoint- 
 ment.) What you can't use is of no use, is my motto. 
 (Going to the table.) Is this the shower? It looks to 
 me more like a fancy table at a bazaar than a kitchen 
 shower. 
 
 Minnie (aside). Wasn't she horrid to bring such 
 an ugly thing ! 
 
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 Julia {aside). But people use frying-pans. 
 
 Minnie {aside). Yes, but brides don't want to think 
 about them. I wish I dared hide it under the table. 
 
 Jane (finding a comfortable chair). Where's Made- 
 line ? Hasn't the guest of honor come yet ? 
 
 Bessie. No, she is very late. I don't see what can 
 keep her. (They all seat themselves.) 
 
 May. Maybe she is writing to Mr. Randolph. She 
 writes to him every day, you know ; she told me so. 
 
 Henrietta. Have you met him, girls — Mr. Ran- 
 dolph ? I met him last week and he certainly is 
 stunning. 
 
 Priscilla. And they say he is clever too. 
 
 Julia. They say he has money too. 
 
 Jane. What a remarkable man ! 
 
 Bessie. Oh, girls ! Did you know that Susan 
 Moore and Will Henry have announced their engage- 
 ment ? i 
 
 Priscilla. Impossible I 
 
 Minnie. Gracious ! 
 
 Julia. Really ! 
 
 Jane. Poor Billy ! 
 
 Bessie. Oh, Jane, aren't you mean ! Susan is just 
 as sweet and dear as she can be. 
 
 Jane. Of course she is, and pretty too, but she 
 doesn't know anything, poor child ! 
 
 Bessie. Doesn't know anything! Why, she can 
 speak French and German and sing beautifully and 
 paint some — and 
 
 Jane. Oh, yes, I know all that, but it will not help 
 her to get poor Billy's dinner. 
 
 May. Well, Billy might hire a cook. 
 
 Jane. Yes, Billy might if Billy had the money. 
 
 Minnie. Jane, you'd spoil anybody's romance. 
 (Jane shrugs her shoulders as they all turn away f?-om 
 her with marhed disapproval.) 
 
 May. Have you seen the latest addition to Made- 
 line's trousseau? It is a rainbow chiffon wrap and it 
 is the sweetest, dearest thing you ever saw. Some 
 one sent it from Paris. She does not know how to put 
 
AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 7 
 
 it on yet but it certainly is the loveliest thing in the 
 world. 
 
 (Enter Madeline.) 
 
 All (ruing). Madeline ! 
 
 Bessie. What has kept you so long, dear ? Where 
 have you been ? 
 
 Madeline (sinking- into a chair). Let me get my 
 breath ! I have walked so fast. Girls, what do you 
 think ! 
 
 Bessie. Oh, we can't think — tell us. 
 
 Madeline. Well, it is certainly the strangest thing 
 you ever heard of. 
 
 May. Yes, I am sure it is. Go on. 
 
 (They all settle themselves but draw up closer to Ma- 
 deline.) 
 
 Madeline. Well, just I was getting ready to come 
 here, who do you think called ? 
 
 All. Who ? 
 
 Madeline. Mr. Scribbles ! 
 
 All. Mr. Scribbles ! 
 
 Madeline. Yes, Mr. Scribbles, the lawyer, and 
 what do you think he wanted ? 
 
 Bessie. What ? 
 
 Madeline. He wanted to tell me that Mr. Ran- 
 dolph's Aunt Maggie was dead. 
 
 Jane. Isn't that too bad! 
 
 Julia. I am so sorry ! 
 
 Bessie. Will it postpone your wedding ? 
 
 Jane. When did it happen ? 
 
 Madeline. I don't know, but the important part is 
 that she left a will. 
 
 Minnie. A will, gracious ! 
 
 Madeline. Yes, and the will says that she leaves 
 all of her money to Freddie — If 
 
 All. What ? 
 
 Madeline. If he married a competent house- 
 keeper ! 
 
 All. A housekeeper ! 
 
8 AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 
 
 Bessie. How perfectly ridiculous I 
 
 Madeline. Isn't it ? 
 
 Bessie. Why, she must have been crazy ! 
 
 Madeline. No, Mr. Scribbles says she was not, 
 and he seems to think that she showed a lot of good 
 sense in the matter. 
 
 Jane. So do I. 
 
 Bessie {reproachfully). Jane ! 
 
 Madeline. And he says that if Freddie marries a 
 girl who can not keep house she leaves every cent she 
 has to an orphan asylum. Think of it ! 
 
 May. But of course you can keep house, Madeline, 
 so it will be all right. 
 
 Madeline. Of course I can and I told Mr. Scrib- 
 bles so, but he said that the will stated that he must 
 assure himself of the fact, and he began to ask me 
 what I could do. 
 
 Jane. Well, what did you tell him ? 
 
 Madeline. I told him I could make tea and a 
 rarebit, and charlotte russe, and a lot of nice little 
 things. 
 
 Minnie. You make the most delicious fudge I ever 
 tasted, Madeline, didn't you tell him that ? 
 
 Madeline. No, I forgot that. 
 
 Jane. — What did he say when you told him about 
 the other things ? 
 
 Madeline. All he said was " Ahem ! " And then 
 he asked me if I knew how to clean house — sweep and 
 dust and scrub and things like that. 
 
 Bessie. — The horrid man ! And what did you tell 
 him then ? 
 
 Madeline. I told him that Mr. Randolph would 
 never think of allowing me to do such things. 
 
 Henrietta. Why of course he wouldn't. Just fancy 
 the wife of a stunning looking man like that getting 
 down and scrubbing the floor ! 
 
 Madeline. Yes, think of it 1 That's what I told 
 Mr. Scribbles, so he said that perhaps I need not do 
 the actual work myself but it would be necessary for 
 me to know how to do it so that I could direct the 
 
AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 9 
 
 servants ; and he asked me what I would do if were 
 house cleaning time. 
 
 Jane. And you told him — ? 
 
 Madeline. I told him I would hire a washwoman. 
 
 Priscilla. A washwoman ! What would you hire a 
 washwoman for ? 
 
 Madeline. Why, to wash the windows and floors 
 and— and — do the cleaning. 
 
 Bessie. How clever of you ! I never would have 
 thought of it. 
 
 Madeline. And then he asked me what room I 
 would clean first and I told him the hall because that 
 is the first thing you see when you come into a house, 
 and then I would clean the cellar because you always 
 begin at the bottom and go up. You see I had reasons 
 for everything I said, and he had to admit that they 
 sounded logical. 
 
 Julia. So it is all settled then, he is satisfied? 
 
 Madeline. No, he isn't. That is the funny part 
 of it. 
 
 Minnie. I don't see what more he could want. 
 Surely you answered him well. 
 
 Madeline. He said he would like to see my theo- 
 ries put into practice, so I am going to hire an apart- 
 ment and keep house. 
 
 Minnie. ) ~ , , 
 
 t, y Good ! 
 
 Bessie. ) 
 
 May. How lovely ! 
 
 Priscilla. That will be perfectly ideal. 
 
 Bessie. You will let me come and help you, won't 
 you ? 
 
 Madeline. Of course you can come and help if 
 there is anything to be done. I expect you all to come 
 and visit me anyway. But I haven't told you all yet. 
 Mr. Scribbles decided that he did not know anything 
 about housekeeping after all, and that it would be 
 better for him to send some one experienced to do the 
 inspecting. So, Mrs. Sims, a friend of Aunt Maggie, 
 who lives at Peachville Center, is coming to visit me 
 so that she can tell him that everything is all right. 
 
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 May. Peachville Center ! Way off there in the 
 country ! We will show her what housekeeping is ! I 
 have been reading in the magazines all about the latest 
 ideas for arranging the table. We must have her for 
 luncheon the first day and we'll have the decorations 
 in pink and green. I saw the sweetest plan for a 
 pink and green luncheon in last months Ladies' 
 Mazazine — you have all the things to eat in pink and 
 green too. 
 
 Minnie. Won't that be lovely ! 
 
 Henrietta. I think perhaps she will get some new 
 ideas on housekeeping before she goes home. 
 
 Jane. Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if she did. 
 Girls, if you will let me give you a bit of advice 
 
 Henrietta. Please don't, Jane. I know from the 
 way you have behaved this afternoon that you would 
 throw cold water on the whole scheme. 
 
 Jane [rising). Well, if I can't talk I may as well 
 go. Good-bye, girls. I wish you luck with the house- 
 keeping, Madeline. Good-bye ! 
 
 All. Good-bye ! 
 
 ( Exit Jane.) 4 
 
 Minnie. Jane means well, I know, but she isn't 
 always very agreeable. 
 
 Henrietta. No, she never will enter into our plans 
 and I sometimes wonder how she ever got into our set 
 anyway. 
 
 Bessie. When will you start, Madeline ? 
 
 Madeline. Just as soon as I find a place. 
 
 Priscilla. In the meantime, Madeline, I shall col- 
 lect all the useful bits of knowledge on the subject I 
 can find for your perusal. 
 
 May. Well, your kitchen is all furnished. 
 
 Bessie. Oh, yes ! I forgot this was a shower. 
 {Rising) Behold your kitchen furniture ! 
 
 Madeline (going over to the table). Aren't they all 
 perfectly lovely ? 
 
 May. All but the frying-pan. Wasn't it mean of 
 Jane to bring such an ugly thing? But then, Jane 
 always does do the unexpected. 
 
AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. H 
 
 Minnie. I am going to put it under the table, for 
 now that Jane is gone it cannot hurt her feelings and 
 it just spoils the other things. 
 
 Bessie. Do you know, I think it was just perfectly- 
 lovely for Mr. Randolph's Aunt Maggie to make a will 
 like that. It gives a little — er — spice to your engage- 
 ment. 
 
 Madeline. Yes, and whatever happens afterwards, 
 Freddie will always know that I am a good house- 
 keeper — for I will have proved it. 
 
 CURTAIN. 
 
 ACT II. 
 
 Scene. — The dining-room in Madeline's apartment. To 
 the rig/it of the stage is a table, to the left a couch. In 
 the background, to the left is a door leading out into 
 the hall ; to the right another door leading into the 
 kitchen. The room is in great confusion and Made- 
 line, Priscilla, Henrietta and May are trying 
 desperately to put it in order while Minnie and 
 Julia are setting the table. 
 
 May (pausing in the act of dusting a chair). Isn't 
 it perfectly lovely, Madeline, to be in your own home ? 
 (Circulating with the duster?) There is such a sense of 
 freedom ! 
 
 Madeline. Y — yes, but there is a sense of re- 
 sponsibility too. I wish we had started a week ago to 
 settle. I had no idea how much work it would be. It 
 is good of you girls to come and help me. But, oh ! 
 It is not anywhere near time for Mrs. Sims yet, is it ? 
 
 Henrietta. Oh, no ! of course not. Don't you 
 worry, Madeline, we will get everything done in time, 
 won't we, girls ? 
 
 Minnie. Of course we will. There, isn't the table 
 pretty ? I am sure the luncheon is going to be a suc- 
 cess. 
 
12 AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 
 
 Madeline. I do hope so, but I begin to wish that 
 I had done a little experimenting before I asked the 
 lady. Delia, you know, came only a few hours ago, 
 and it seems to me she needs a little training. I have 
 told her very carefully, though, how to serve things 
 and I think it will go all right. 
 
 May. This pile of old books doesn't look very nice 
 here on the table, what shall I do with them ? 
 
 Madeline. Oh, anything you don't know what to 
 do with just throw under this couch. 
 
 (May takes the books and shoves them under.) 
 
 Henrietta. What are you going to have for lunch, 
 Madeline ? 
 
 Madeline. First we are going to have tomato bis- 
 que. Delia said she did not know how to make it. so 
 I got it canned. Jane told me to — she 'phoned this 
 morning to see how I was getting along. And then 
 we are going to have salmon salad on lettuce leaves. 
 I got two dozen cans of salmon for I wanted to be sure 
 to have enough. That is two apiece for each of us — 
 counting Delia — and some left over. I think that will 
 do, don't you ? 
 
 May (rolling up an apro?i and throwing it under the 
 couch). Oh, I think that ought to be enough salmon, 
 but aren't you going to have anything else ? 
 
 Madeline. Yes, I am going to have some frogs' 
 legs. They are green, you know, and this is to be a 
 green and pink luncheon. 
 
 Minnie. They are green when they are alive, but 
 are they when they are cooked ? 
 
 Madeline. Well, I don't know why they wouldn't 
 be. I don't see how cooking would change their color. 
 
 Minnie. No, I don't see how it would either, but 
 I had an idea that maybe it did. See ? Don't you 
 think these flowers are better a little lower ? It is so 
 much more sociable when you can look across the 
 table at your neighbor. 
 
AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 13 
 
 (Enter Bessie with her arms full of bundles which she 
 drops on the table.) 
 
 Bessie. There is the bread and butter and pepper. 
 But say, Madeline ! I got only half a pound of pepper. 
 When I told the man I wanted a pound he asked me 
 if I really meant it, so I said I guessed a half a pound 
 would do, and he looked the queerest you ever saw 
 and said he guessed it would. Here it is; do you 
 think it will be enough ? 
 
 Madeline. Oh, I — I hope it will. But it doesn't 
 look like very much, does it ? 
 
 May. It will do for to-day anyway and then you 
 can easily get more. 
 
 Henrietta. I am going to throw this old cushion 
 under the couch too. {Throws it tinder) It doesn't go 
 with the color scheme a bit. 
 
 (Enter Delia from the kitchen. She is very untidy and 
 sets a plate down on the table roughly.) 
 
 Madeline (startlea). Delia ! 
 
 Delia. Yis, m'am. 
 
 Madeline. Please try to do things a little more 
 quietly. And, Delia, when you serve luncheon I hope 
 you will not come in with your kitchen apron on like 
 this, will you? 
 
 Delia (tjvirling her gingham apron behind her and 
 displaying a ivhite one under it). I'll do so, m'am, and 
 whin I stand before yer yer'll be none the wiser fur 
 phat's behind me. 
 
 Madeline. I 'd rather have you leave the gingham 
 apron in the kitchen. Did you fix the pink and green 
 ribbons on your cap as I told you to ? 
 
 Delia. Yis, m'am, and it's a grand headdress I'm 
 after havin'. Begorry, it would do fur me weddin'. 
 
 Madeline (motioning toward the bundles Bessie has 
 laid o?i the table). You may take these out to the 
 kitchen, Delia. 
 
 Delia. Yis, m'am. 
 
 Madeline. You may go now. 
 
14 AtTNT MAGGIES WILL. 
 
 Delia. Yis, m'am. 
 
 {Exit Delia.) 
 
 Madeline. Do you think she would be offended if 
 I told her to comb her hair ? 
 
 Priscilla. It is my theory that one should treat a 
 servant as one would like to be treated. Now, would 
 you like a stranger to tell you to comb your hair ? 
 
 Henrietta. But Madeline's hair never looks like 
 Delia's. 
 
 Priscilla. That is not the point — but the principle 
 is the same in both cases. 
 
 Madeline. Well, I am glad you think it is not the 
 thing for me to do. I was dreading it, but I thought 
 it might be my duty. 
 
 {All start as the bell rings loudly^) 
 
 Madeline. Can it be Mrs. Sims ! 
 
 Julia. Will Delia let her in all right ? 
 
 Madeline. Oh, I am afraid so, and just look at 
 this room ! 
 
 Bessie. But the parlor is all right and you can en- 
 tertain her there until we get things in order here. 
 
 (Enter Delia by the hall door.) 
 
 Delia. There's a woman at the door, m'am. 
 
 Madeline. A lady, Delia. Did you show her into 
 the parlor ? 
 
 Delia. 'Deed an' I did not. I stood her fininst 
 the door and, sez I, " Don't yez move a fut 'till I come 
 an' give yez laive." Garry jinny ! m'am, did yez think 
 I'd put her in the parlor to run off wid all yer gran- 
 deur ? 
 
 Madeline, Oh, what will she think of us ? 
 
 Julia. I am just as excited as I can be. (Throw- 
 ing things 7vildly under the couch) Hurry, girls ! Give 
 me everything that's lying around. This is the quick- 
 est way to get rid of them. 
 
AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 15 
 
 (All but Priscilla begin to pick up things and throw 
 them under the couch and hide them about the 
 room.) 
 
 Priscilla (thoughtfully). I would not call my state 
 of feeling excitement ; I would say rather, that I have 
 a great foreboding as if some terrible disaster were 
 near. 
 
 Delia. And it's right you are, m'am, for I hear it 
 coming as fast as its two feet will carry it along. 
 
 Delia goes out by the kitchen door. The hall door opens 
 suddenly and Madeline screams as Mrs. Sims 
 efiters and plants herself solidly before it.) 
 
 Mrs. Sims (to Madeline). I disapprove of nervous 
 women. 
 
 Madeline. I am sorry, Mrs. Sims, but you startled 
 me — you 
 
 Mrs. Sims. I surprised you. Yes, I know it. I 
 meant to. I'm here inspectin' housekeepin' and the 
 way to inspect thoroughly is to take the housekeeper 
 by surprise. Seems to me you have plenty of help 
 here. 
 
 Madeline. These are just friends who have come 
 in to lunch with me. Let me introduce the girls, Mrs. 
 Sims. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Oh, we don't need any introducin'. 
 All I need to know is their names and I guess I can 
 find that out by askin'. (Turning to Minnie) What's 
 your name? 
 
 Minnie. My name is Minnie Wells. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. And yours ? (She points to each in turn 
 and they respond with their names.) Any of you mar- 
 ried ? 
 
 All. Oh, no. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Going to be ? 
 
 May (giggling). I hope so, some day. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Are you engaged ? 
 
 May. Dear me, no ! 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Got a beau ? 
 
16 AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 
 
 May (with an attempt at dignity}. I don't know 
 what you mean, Mrs. Sims. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Well, if you don't know what a beau 
 means you ain' goin' to be marriedfor some time yet. 
 (Turning to Priscilla) You got a beau ? 
 
 Priscilla. Certainly not. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Certainly not ! Well, I guess you must 
 all be calculatin' to stay old maids. 
 
 (Delia enters from the kitche?i a?id motions to 
 Madeline.) 
 
 Madeline. Well, what is it, Delia ? 
 
 Delia (aside}. There's nothin' to make tay in, 
 m'am, but a fryin'-pan. 
 
 Madeline [aside). What else do you want ? 
 
 Delia. Sure, m'am. Yis, m'am. It's grain that 
 I am, m'am. 
 
 (Exit Delia.) 
 
 Madeline. Won't you let me take your hat, Mrs. 
 Sims ? 
 
 Mrs. Sims. No, thanks. I won't take it off. It 
 sets real comfortable. It's too bad you should have 
 so much company on wash day. 
 
 Madeline. This is not wash day. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. 'Tain't wash day ! Ain't that your 
 wash woman ? you don't mean to say it's your hired 
 girl? 
 
 Madeline. Yes, it is. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Well, I never ! I thought you was keep- 
 in' house yourself. 
 
 Madeline. I am directing the housekeeping. Mr. 
 Scribbles and I decided that it was not necessary for 
 me to do the menial work myself. I understand that 
 I am to know enough about it to manage a household, 
 and I have asked you here to show you that I am 
 quite capable of doing it. (Delia enters.) You may 
 serve lunch, Delia. 
 
 Delia. Yis, m'am. (She starts to go out, turns back 
 
AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 17 
 
 and whispers to Madeline, then goes out shaking her 
 head.) 
 
 Mrs. Sims (seating herself with her back to the table 
 and taking out her knitting). I'll jest knit a row while 
 we're waitin'. I never set idle, and let me tell you, if 
 that's the way you all do — set around ddin' nothin' this 
 way. — (she glances about disapprovingly at the girls who 
 are trying to appear at ease) 'tain't any wonder to me 
 that you ain't got any beaus and don't know what they 
 mean. Land sakes ! when I was a girl — But, what 
 with their washin' machines and trolley cars and all 
 sech like, times do change and I suppose there ain't 
 no use talkin'. But I ain't forgot how to keep house 
 yet, though, and folks are jest as crazy about my bread 
 an' pies an' cake as they were then, an' there's jest as 
 many as would like me fur their housekeeper. I could 
 have been married time and again more than I have 
 but I didn't want to be greedy with so many old maids 
 in the world. Give everybody a chance, sez I, whether 
 they'll take it or not. And when you've had three hus- 
 bands, and all of 'em as different as mine, I say that's 
 enough matrimony for one woman. Never — the — less 
 and not — with — standing, if you are a good cook and 
 housekeeper you'll never wait long to find out what a 
 beau is, and you'll know just as well — providin' you 
 keep your hand in — when you're sixty as you did when 
 you was sixteen. 
 
 (Delia has, in the mea?itime, been putting on the table 
 whole heads of lettuce, cans of salmon, a loaf of 
 bread and a pou?id of butter in the box as it came 
 from the store ; also she has put two immense bows 
 of pink and green ribbon in her untidy hair. 
 
 Delia (coming forward). That's the thruest word 
 yer ever spoke, m'am, and sure it's Delia Malony as 
 knows it. In the ould country there was niver a gir-r-1 
 what could bile praties wid meself, and it's many the 
 lad comes courtin' me. Ah, it's well I mind the times 
 I've had, m'am. And one day, m'am, I was goin' wid 
 Patsy McMannis to the fair — ha, ha ! It was this 
 
18 AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 
 
 way, m'am. We was ridin' wid a crate of chickens 
 in the cart — and finer hens was niver raised — when 
 shouldn't they bust open the crate and off they goes 
 over the bog and Patsy after 'em Ha, ha, ha ! When 
 I thinks of it now ! Patsy wid his coat-tails flyin' — ha, 
 ha, ha 1 
 
 Madeline. Delia, you forget yourself. 
 
 Delia. 'Deed an' I do, m'am, whin I think of Patsy 
 an' how he looked leppin' over the bogs, ha, ha, ha ! 
 But it's Delia, now, m'am, that wasn't far behind him. 
 
 Madeline. Delia, I wish you would continue to 
 serve the lunch. 
 
 Delia. Yis, m'am. And I'll tell yez the rest while 
 yez ate it. 
 
 (Exit Delia to kitchen) 
 
 Madeline. I am perfectly astonished at her ! 
 
 Mrs. Simms. Are you ? Well, I am perfectly as- 
 tonished to see somethin' stickin' out from under the 
 couch. Looks like it might be somebody's best bonnet. 
 (She gets up and pulls it out.) Well, I swan to gracious, 
 if it ain't ! And books and pictures and aprons and 
 coats, and land knows what all. Stuffed as full as a 
 roasted turkey. (She pulls them all out into the ??iiddle 
 of the room and then goes about looking behind and under 
 things, gathering here an apro?i, there a duster or a news- 
 paper and throwing each o?ito the pile, talking all the 
 time.) Well, I- never hear tell of sech a thing — under 
 the couch and behind the pictures. All flowers and 
 fuss before your eyes and rags and dirt and untidiness 
 in the corners. My, my, my ! How long did it take 
 you to put them away ? Jest look at it all now ! I 
 didn't know there was hidin' places enough in one room 
 to hold it all. (Pointing tragically to the pile.) Look, 
 look ! Is that what you call good housekeepin' ? 
 
 (Enter Delia.) 
 
 Delia. Yez can come ate now. (Goes out at once.) 
 
 (1 hey all exclaim as they catch sight of the table.) 
 
AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 19 
 
 Madeline. Oh, dear 1 How could you 1 
 Mrs. Simms. So that's what you're goin' to have 
 for lunch is it ? One, two, three — ah — h ! nine cans of 
 salmon ! You must think we have dainty little appe- 
 tites. Is that all you have in the house ? 
 
 Madeline (missing the sarcasm). Oh, no. I have 
 two dozen cans. I knew better than to run short. 
 
 (Enter Delia.) 
 
 Mrs. Simms. Yes, I guess you did, and we're goin' 
 to eat it all out of the cans. Well, it will save dish- 
 washin' and that's somethin' to be said for it. 
 
 Delia. 'Deed an' it is, m'am. But I hope it's yez 
 as can open 'em for it's more than I can do wid the 
 strength of me two arms. (Laying hatchet on the table) 
 I borrowed this and may be it will help yez out. 
 
 (Exit Delia.) 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Well, I guess we'll let that salmon sleep 
 peaceful in its cans, but as far as I can see there ain't 
 nothin' else to eat but elligance and dirty lettuce. 
 Humph ! ( To Delia who has come back with the frying- 
 pan full of tea) What yer got there ? 
 
 Delia. Sure it's tay, m'am. 
 
 Madeline. Oh, Delia, how could you 1 Isn't this 
 mortifying ! 
 
 Delia. 'Deed an' it's that, fur it's yourself as told 
 me to do it, and it's not the first queer thing you've 
 said this day. 
 
 Madeline. But I didn't mean 
 
 Delia. Faith, an' there's no tellin' phat yez mean, 
 m'am, wid yez grain frogs' legs and yer decorations to 
 match, an the bows yer stick on me head till I feel like 
 a cockatoo. Sure an' it's not long I'll be stayin' wid 
 the likes of yez. (To Mrs. Sims) An' wad yez be- 
 lieve me, m'am, there's narry a thing in the kitchen 
 but a canary bird, a flower-pot, a fryin'-pan — an' meself, 
 m'am. 
 
 Madeline (sobbing). You're a horrid — impudent — 
 ungrateful c-creature and you c-can g-go at once. 
 
20 AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 
 
 Delia. Sure an' I can that, an' it's glad I am to be 
 laivin'. 
 
 {Exit Delia slamming the door.) 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Well, I guess I've seen all I need to 
 and there 's nothin' left for me to do but tell you what 
 I think — which won't take long. What I think is jest 
 this : You ain't goin' to marry Freddie Randolph. I 
 knew his Aunt Maggie good. She could keep house 
 if she did have money, and she set proper store by her 
 housekeepin' — she didn't call it menial work — and she 
 would raise right up and hant me if I let Freddie marry 
 any one who did like this when she had used him to 
 what was right and proper. Good-bye ! I'm goin' 
 right out to find somethin' to eat and the railroad 
 station, and I'm mighty glad I didn't stop to take off 
 my bonnet. 
 
 {Exit Mrs. Sims through the hall door.) 
 
 Madeline {throwing herself down on the couch). Oh, 
 Freddie, Freddie ! 
 
 {Enter Jane and finds them all weeping?) 
 
 Bessie. Isn't this dreadful ! 
 
 Jane. It certainly is. I never saw so many tears 
 all at once in my life. 
 
 Madeline. Oh, Jane, do you know ? 
 
 Jane. I met the inspectress in the hall so I can 
 guess. 
 
 Madeline {sobbing). I have lost Freddie. Oh dear, 
 oh dear ! 
 
 Jane. Well, I wouldn't feel so bad about it. 
 
 Madeline. Bad about it! It will kill me ! 
 
 Minnie. You are an unfeeling wretch. 
 
 Jane. Not at all. I have just come to pour oil on 
 the troubled waters of your domestic life and show you 
 a ray of hope. 
 
 Madeline. I don't see any hope for m-me. 
 
 Jane. And you never will while you keep your eyes 
 full of handkerchief and your mouth full of tears. {A 
 
AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 21 
 
 brief pause broken only by sobs.) I went to See Mr. 
 Scribbles to-day. 
 
 Madeline. D-don't t-tell me anything about him. 
 He is r-responsible for all of this. 
 
 Jane. Don't be too hard on the poor man ; he is 
 going to give you another chance. I foresaw this 
 catastrophe and thought of a plan to set things right 
 again. Mr. Scribbles agrees and it only remains for 
 Madeline to approve and go to work. 
 
 Minnie. Go to work ! 
 
 Jane. Yes. My plan is simply this, that you, 
 Madeline, take a course in domestic science. You 
 would learn to cook and keep house and to manage 
 servants. I think I would keep this apartment, if I 
 were you, for practical work, and when you find from 
 experience that your housekeeping is satisfactory, ask 
 the lady again. 
 
 Madeline. I don't ever want to see her again. 
 
 Jane. Oh, you will change your mind about that. 
 
 Madeline. Do you think I could ever learn ? 
 
 Jane. Of course you could, but you would have to 
 postpone your wedding for it would take you at least a 
 year. 
 
 May. Well, better late than never. 
 
 Madeline {tragically). Oh, Freddie ! I haven't 
 lost you after all ! 
 
 (CURTAIN). 
 
 ACT III. 
 
 Scene. — The dining-room in Madeline's apartment. 
 A year has elapsed since the last act and the room 
 shows great improvement in housekeeping. The 
 table is set simply but daintily for two. As the cur- 
 tain goes up Mrs. Sims and Madeline enter by the 
 hall door. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. No siree ! You can't shet me off in no 
 parlor when I come on an inspectin' trip. I told you 
 
22 AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 
 
 that before. I want to be right on the spot and see 
 how you do things. {Looking around.) You seem to 
 be some tidied up since I was here last. 
 
 Madeline. Oh, yes, Mrs. Sims. I have learned a 
 great deal since then. 
 
 Mrs. Sims {looking tinder the couch). Yes, I see 
 you've learned somethin'. {She goes about examining 
 things.) Yes, yes, yes — you have learned somethin'. 
 No dust on the chairs, no dust on the table — everything 
 in pretty good order. {Seating herself.) Set down and 
 let me talk to you. You have learned somethin 1 about 
 cookin', too, I hear. What can you do, can you roast 
 meat ? 
 
 Madeline. Oh, yes, indeed ! 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Fry potatoes and make pie and cake 
 and biscuit and rolly-polly ? 
 
 Madeline. Oh yes, I can do all of these things, 
 and I can fix lobster a la Newburg and beef a. la mode, 
 and bake the most delicious casseroles, and make ten 
 different kinds of ice cream. And have you learned 
 to make Zuppa di Magro ? That is something quite 
 new. No ? You don't know ? Well, I will show you 
 if you care to learn. I hope you are going to make 
 me a nice visit this time. Won't you take off your 
 bonnet ? You must not leave without your lunch 
 to-day. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. N — no, I don't know as I will. I kinder 
 have a presentiment. 
 
 {Enter Minnie from the kitchen. She is dressed as a 
 waitress a?id puts something on the table and goes 
 out.) 
 
 Mrs. Sims. YouVe got a new hired girl, I see. 
 Well, she's enough sight better than the other one. 
 How does she work ? 
 
 Madeline. She works very well, thank you. You 
 see she is not really a hired girl ; she is one of the girls 
 you met here before. I have been teaching them as I 
 learned myself. Henrietta and Julia are cooking for 
 me to-day and are eager to show you how well they 
 can do it. 
 
AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 23 
 
 Mrs. Sims {untying her bonnet strings). Well, I 
 guess I'll stay a while — my presentiment's leaving. 
 
 Madeline (ringing a bell). May will take your 
 things. 
 
 (May, dressed as a maid, comes in, takes Mrs. Sims' 
 bonnet and goes out again?) 
 
 Mrs. Sims. The girls ain't very sociable since they 
 learned housekeepin'. Don't they never talk ? 
 
 Madeline. Not when they are acting as maids. 
 It is not proper for them to. 
 
 Mrs. Sims {stiffening). Humph ! 
 
 {Enter Minnie from kitchen). 
 
 Minnie. Luncheon is served. 
 
 Madeline (showing Mrs. Sims to her place.) Won't 
 you sit here, Mrs. Sims ? (They take their places and 
 Minnie passes the croutons?) 
 
 Mrs. Sims. What's them ? 
 
 Madeline. Croutons. 
 
 Mrs. Sims (disaprovinglv). Croutons 1 Never heard 
 of 'em. No, I don't want any. Take 'em away. 
 What kind of soup do you call this any way ? 
 
 Madeline. This is bouillon. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Humph ! Sort of thin stuff I call it 
 without any vegetables into it. Does Freddie like it ? 
 
 Madeline. I believe he does. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Well, I don't. You can take it away. 
 Never heard of serving soup in cups anyway. What 
 else have you got ? (Minnie removes the bouillon and 
 brings in the second course.) 
 
 Madeline. Did you have a pleasant trip this morn- 
 ing, Mrs. Sims ? 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Oh, so — so. 
 
 Madeline. Perhaps you would like to go shopping 
 with me this afternoon. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. I don't know as I am going to stay 
 that long, my presentiment is coming back. 
 
 Madeline. I thought you were going to stay a 
 week. 
 
24 AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. I was, but I don't feel jest comfortable. 
 What's this I'm goin' to eat now? 
 
 Madeline. This is Venetian Halibut. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Humph ! That don't sound tasty. 
 How do you make it ? 
 
 Madeline. You flake the halibut and then bake it 
 with carrots and celery and green peppers and a little 
 lemon juice. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Why, that ain't nothin' more nor less 
 than baked fish fixed up fancy. I guess I can eat 
 some of that. And creamed potatoes ! I know them 
 when I see 'em but I guess I wouldn't if you called 
 'em. Now what's this she's givin' me ? 
 
 Madeline. Tomato a la Homburgh. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Land o' Goshen ! If you called a 
 Peachville Center tomato a name like that it would rise 
 right up off the plate. That baker's bread ? 
 
 Madeline. No, I baked it myself this morning. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. You did ! Well, I must say it ain't so 
 bad. 
 
 Madeline. Will you have some more of the Vene- 
 tian Halibut ? 
 
 Mrs. Sims. No, thanks; don't know as I will. It 
 sounds so foreign that I can't eat it in peace. Do you 
 know how to fry beefsteak ? 
 
 Madeline. I can, yes, but I prefer to broil it. 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Oh, you do hey ? 
 
 Madeline. Yes, it makes it more tender. 
 
 Mrs. Sims (to Minnie as she removes this course). 
 So you have learned to cook too, I hear. 
 
 Minnie. Yes, madam. {Exit.) 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Well, I must say her manners ain't 
 improved any with all she's learned. If you'll give me 
 a cup of tea now, I'll be going. 
 
 Madeline (in dismay). What ! Hasn't the lunch- 
 eon been a success ? 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Maybe it has, but I ain't used to this 
 kind of success. I like good plain straight house- 
 keepin' without any frills, but when folks begins to put 
 for one, can't stand it. Here I can't eat a, 
 
AUNT MAGGIE'S WILL. 25 
 
 mouthful without I ask what it is and I say that ain't 
 a comfortable way to do. Give folks honest meat and 
 potatoes and make 'em good and keep your house 
 clean, says I. Who does more puts on airs and I ain't 
 got any use for it. (As Minnie puts a showy mould of 
 ice cream be/ore her.) What's that ? 
 
 Madeline. That is the ice cream. I made it my- 
 self and I do want you to taste it. 
 
 Mrs. Sims (rising). You expect me to spoil it by 
 eatin' ! That would go plumb against my conscience. 
 Where's my hat ? I can't stand this another minute. 
 Get me my hat. 
 
 Madeline (rings bell). And — and c-can't I marry 
 Freddie after all ? 
 
 Mrs. Sims. Don't ask me. (To May who enters 
 from the hall) Get me my hat. (To Madeline) 
 I don't know nothin' about it. You ask me to come 
 here and inspect housekeepin' and you show me frills. 
 I don't know anything about frills. You've got the 
 place clean, I must say, and your frills seem to set 
 good on you, but I say it again, they ain't becomin' to 
 Lydia Ann Sims. (Taking her bonnet from May and 
 tying it on hurriedly.) Thank you, m'am. No, m'am, 
 you can't do nothin' else for me. I'm that flustered 
 already with havin' someone at my elbow all the time 
 that I've fair got the creebles. Good-bye, m'am. 
 Freddie can marry you for all of me, but if he does 
 after eatin' here he deserves anything that happens to 
 him. Good-bye ! (She goes out, evide?itly very much 
 agitated, and the girls come in from the kitchen?) 
 
 May. Well, has she gone again ? 
 
 Henrietta. Is it all over ? 
 
 Madeline (triumphantly). It is all over but the 
 wedding. 
 
 CURTAIN. 
 
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 (French's Standard Drama Continued from 2d page of Cover.) 
 
 VOL. XLL 
 SSI The Pirate's U«ncy 
 S!S The Charcoal Burner 
 »*3 Adelgitha 
 S84 Senor Valient* 
 1*5 Forest Rose 
 821 Duke's Daughter 
 827 Camilla's Husband 
 8St Pure Gold 
 
 VOL. XLII. 
 894 Ticket of Leave Man 
 
 830 Fool'* Revenge 
 
 831 O'N'ell the Great 
 
 832 Handy Andy 
 
 833 Pirate* of the Islet 
 
 834 Fauchon 
 
 835 Little Barefoot 
 338 Wild Irish Girl 
 
 VOL. XLIIL 
 887 Pearl of Savoy 
 
 838 Dead Heart 
 
 839 Ten Nights in a Bar-room 
 
 840 Dumb Boy of Manchester 
 
 841 BelphegortheMounteb'k 
 
 842 Cricket on the Hearth ' 
 
 843 Printer's Devil 
 
 844 Meg's Diversion 
 
 VOL. XLIV. 
 346 Drunkard's Doom 
 
 346 Cbiinnev Corner 
 
 347 Fifteen Years of a Drunk 
 
 348 No Thoroughfare f ard's 
 
 349 Peep O' Day L L-ife 
 360 Everybody's Friend 
 351 Gen. Grant 
 
 362 Kathleen Mavourneen 
 
 VOL. XLV. 
 
 353 Nick Whiffles 
 
 354 Fruits of the Wine Cup 
 35b Drunkard's Warning 
 
 356 Temperance Doctor 
 
 357 Aunt Dinah 
 Widow Freeheart 
 Frou Frou 
 
 360 Long Strike 
 VOL. XLVI. 
 
 361 Larcers 
 36-2 Lu. ille 
 
 363 Randall's Thumb 
 
 364 Wicked World 
 
 365 Two Orphans 
 
 366 Colleen B nvn 
 
 367 'Twixt Axe and Crown 
 
 368 Lady Ckacarthy 
 
 VOL. XLVIL 
 
 369 Saratoga 
 
 370 Never Too Late to Mend 
 
 371 Lily of France 
 
 372 Led Astray 
 878 Henry V 
 374 Unequal Match 
 >76 May or Dolly'* Delusion 
 :76 Allatoona 
 
 VOL. XLVHI. 
 577 Enoch Arden 
 
 378 Under the Gaa Light 
 
 379 Daniel Rochat 
 
 380 Caste 
 
 381 School 
 
 382 Home 
 < David Garrick 
 
 384 Ours 
 
 VOL. XLIX 
 85 Social Glasf 
 
 386 Daniel Druce 
 
 387 Two Rosea 
 
 388 Adrienne 
 
 389 The Bella 
 
 390 Uncle 
 
 391 Courtship 
 
 392 Not Such a fool 
 
 VOL. L. 
 
 393 Fine Feathers 
 
 394 Prompter's Box 
 896 Iron Master 
 
 - .--Ml 
 
 ..iliouA Galatea 
 i6% Leah 
 
 399 Scrap of Paper 
 
 400 Lust in Lou. >. hi 
 
 VOL. U, 
 
 401 Octoroon 
 
 4Q3 Confederate Spy 
 408 Mariner's Return 
 
 404 Ruined by Drink 
 
 405 Dreams 
 
 406 M. P. 
 
 407 War 
 
 408 Birth 
 VOL. LII. 
 
 409 Nightingale 
 
 410 Progress 
 
 411 Play 
 
 412 Midnight Charge 
 
 413 Confidential Clerk 
 
 414 Snowball 
 
 415 Our Regimen i, 
 
 416 Married for Money 
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 VOL. XLL 
 Adventures of a Lo 
 
 ost Child [Letter 
 
 Court Cards 
 "ox and Box 
 -ty Winks 
 jriderful Woman 
 -tout Cat* 
 iedleton's Tall Coat 
 
 VOL. XLII. 
 
 329 As Like as Two Peas 
 
 330 Presumptive Evidence 
 831 Happy Band 
 
 332 I'inafore 
 
 333 Mock Trial 
 
 334 My Uncle's Will 
 
 335 Happy "air 
 836 My Turn Next 
 
 VOL. XLIII. 
 
 337 Sunset 
 
 338 For Half a Million 
 
 339 C ble Car 
 
 340 Early Bird 
 
 341 Alumni I 'lay 
 312 Show of Hands 
 :',43 Barbara 
 
 344 Who's Who 
 
 VOL. XLIV. 
 346 Who's To Win Him 
 
 346 Which is Which 
 
 347 Cup of Tea 
 
 3*3 Sarah's Young Man 
 34'! Hearts 
 
 350 In Honor Bound [Law 
 
 351 Freezing a Mother-in 
 358 My Lord in Livery 
 
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 VOL. I. 
 
 1 The Irish Attorney 
 
 2 Boots lit the Swan 
 
 3 H<.w to 1'ay the Reat 
 
 4 The Loan of a Lover 
 6 The Dead Shot 
 
 6 His Last l .,egs 
 
 7 The InvU.Dle Prince 
 b The Goblen Fanner 
 
 VOL. II. 
 9 I 'ride of the Market 
 
 10 Used Up 
 
 1 1 The Irish Tutor 
 
 12 The Barrack Room 
 
 13 Luke the Laborer 
 
 14 Beauty and the Beast 
 
 15 St. Patrick's Eve 
 
 16 Captain of the Watch 
 
 VOL. III. 
 IT The Secret [pe 
 
 18 White Horse of the Pe 
 
 19 The Jacobite 
 
 20 The Bottle 
 
 21 Box and Cox 
 
 22 Bamboozling 
 
 23 Widow's Victim 
 
 24 Robert Macaire 
 
 VOL. IT. 
 
 25 Secret Service 
 
 26 Omnibus 
 
 27 Irish Lion 
 
 28 Maid of Croissv 
 
 29 The Old Guard 
 
 30 Raising the Wind 
 
 31 Slasher and Crasher 
 
 33 Cocknies in California 
 
 34 Who Speaks First 
 
 35 Bombastes Furioso 
 
 36 Macbeth Travestie 
 
 37 Irish Ambassador 
 
 38 Delicate Ground 
 
 39 The Weathercock [Gold 
 
 40 All that Glitters It Not 
 
 VOL. VI. 
 
 41 Grimshaw, Bagshaw and 
 
 Bradshaw 
 
 42 Rough Diamond 
 
 13 Bloomer Costume 
 
 14 Two Bonnycastles 
 
 15 Born to Good Luck 
 
 lb Kiss In the Dark [jurer 
 47 'Twould Puzzle a Con- 
 18 Kill or Cure 
 
 VOL. VII. 
 
 49 Box and Cox Married and 
 
 50 St. Cupid [Settled 
 
 51 Go-to-bed Tom 
 5* The Lawyers 
 
 53 Jack Sheppard 
 
 54 The Toodlet 
 
 55 The Mobcap 
 51 Ladies Beware 
 
 VOL. VIII. 
 5T Morning Call 
 
 58 Popping the Questlox 
 
 59 Deaf as a Post 
 
 60 Ne ,t Footman 
 
 61 Pleasant Neighbor 
 ,2 Paddy the Piper 
 
 63 Brian O'Linn 
 
 64 Irish Assurance 
 
 VOL. IX 
 
 65 Temptation 
 
 66 Paddv <"*rey 
 
 67 Two Gregonee 
 
 68 King Charming 
 $9 Po-ca-hon-tas 
 
 70 Clockmaker's Hat 
 
 71 Married Rake 
 
 72 Lore and Murder 
 
 VOL. X. 
 
 78 Ireland and America 
 
 74 Pretty Piece of Business 
 
 75 Iriih Broom-maker 
 
 76 To Paris and Baek for 
 
 Plve Poundi 
 TT That Blessed Bab* 
 T8 Our Gal 
 
 79 Swiss Cottage 
 10 Young Widen' 
 
 VOL. XI. 
 
 81 O'Flannig an and the Fai 
 
 82 Irish Post [riei 
 
 83 My Neighbor's Wife 
 
 84 Irish Tiger 
 
 85 P. P., or Man and Tiger 
 
 86 To Oblige Benson 
 
 87 State Secrets 
 
 88 Irish Yankee 
 
 VOL. XII. 
 
 89 A Good Fellow 
 
 90 Cherry and Fair Star 
 
 91 Gale Breezely 
 
 92 Our Jemimy 
 
 93 Miller's Maid 
 
 94 Awkward Arrival 
 
 95 Crossing the Line 
 
 96 Conjugal Lesson 
 
 VOL. XIII. 
 
 97 My Wife's Mirror 
 
 98 Life in New York 
 
 99 Middy Ashore 
 
 100 Crown Prince 
 
 101 Two Queens 
 
 102 Thumping Legacy 
 
 103 Unfinished «»utleman 
 
 104 House Dog 
 
 VOL. XIV. 
 
 05 The Demon Lover 
 
 06 Matrimony 
 
 107 In and Out of Place 
 
 108 I Dine with My Mother 
 lCs Ili-a-wa-tha 
 
 110 Andv Blake 
 
 1 1 1 Love* in '76 [ties 
 
 112 Romance under Difficul- 
 VOL. XV. 
 
 118 One Coat for 1 Suite 
 
 114 A Decided Case 
 
 115 Daughter [noritv 
 
 116 No; or, the Glorious Mi- 
 
 117 Coroner's Inquisition 
 18 Love in Humble Life 
 
 119 Family Jars 
 Personation 
 
 VOL. XVI. 
 121 Children in the Wood 
 
 22 Winning a Husband 
 
 23 Day After the Fair 
 
 24 Maki Your Willi 
 ib Rendezvous 
 
 26 My Wife's Husband 
 
 27 Monsieur Tonson 
 
 28 Illustrious Stranger 
 
 VOL. XVII. 
 129 Mischief-Making [Mines 
 ' :10 A Live Woman in the 
 
 31 The Corsair 
 132 Shy lock 
 
 "Spoiled Child 
 
 134 Evil Eye 
 
 135 Nothing to Nurse 
 
 136 Wanted* Widow i 
 VOL. XVITL 
 
 137 Lottery Ticket 
 
 138 Fortune's Frollo 
 
 139 Is he Jealous! 
 K0 Married Bachelor 
 
 141 Husband at Sight 
 
 142 Irishman in London 
 
 143 Animal Magnetism 
 
 144 Highways and By-W ays 
 VOL. XIX. 
 
 145 Columbus 
 
 146 Harlequin Bluebeard 
 
 147 Ladie» at Home 
 
 48 Phenomenon in a Smock 
 
 Frock 
 
 49 Comedy and Tragedy 
 
 50 Opposite Neighbors 
 151 Dutchman's Ghost 
 
 52 Persecuted Dutchman 
 VOL. XX. 
 
 118 Wtusard Ball 
 
 ,5* Great Tragic Revival 
 165 High Low Jack A Game 
 
 156 A Gentleman from Ire- 
 
 157 Tom and Jerry [land 
 168 Village Lawyer 
 
 159 Captain's not A-miss 
 1W Amateurs and Aotors 
 
 
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 161 Promot 
 
 162 \ Fasi 
 
 163 Mrs. Ci 
 
 164 Shakespi 
 I6& Nrptune 
 
 166 Lady of 
 
 167 Take C 
 i68 Irish Wi 
 
 VOL. XX1L 
 
 169 Yankee Peduler 
 
 170 Hiram Hireout 
 
 171 Double-Bedded Room 
 
 172 The Drama Deiended 
 
 173 Vermont Wool Dealer 
 
 174 Ebenezer Venture [tei 
 
 175 Principles from Charac 
 
 176 Lady of the Lake (Trav) 
 
 Vol. xxiii. 
 
 177 Mad Dogs 
 
 178 Barney the Baron 
 
 179 Swiss Swains 
 
 180 Bachelor's Bedroom 
 
 181 A Roland for an OH 
 
 182 More Blunders than One 
 
 183 Dumb Belle 
 lf>4 Limerick boy 
 
 VOL. XXIV. 
 
 185 Vature and Philosophy 
 
 186 Teddy the Tiler 
 
 187 Spectre Bridegroom 
 
 188 Matteo Falcone 
 Jenny Lind 
 
 190 Two Buzzard* 
 
 191 Happy Mam 
 
 192 Betsy Baker 
 VOL. XXV. 
 
 193 No. 1 Round the Corner 
 
 194 Teddy Roe 
 
 195 Object of In West 
 
 196 My Fellow Clerk 
 
 197 Bengal Tiger 
 
 198 Laughing Hvena 
 
 199 The Victor Vanquished 
 Our Wife 
 
 VOL. XXVI. 
 
 201 My Husband's Mirror 
 
 202 Yankee Land 
 803 Norah Creina 
 
 204 Good for Nothing 
 
 205 The First Night 
 
 206 The Eton Boy 
 
 207 Wandering Minstrel 
 
 208 Wanted, 1000 Milliners 
 VOL. XXVII. 
 
 209 Poor Pilcoddy 
 
 210 The Mummy [Glasses 
 
 211 Don't Forget your Opera 
 
 212 Love in Livery 
 
 213 Anthony and Cleopatra 
 
 214 Trying It On 
 
 215 Stage Struck Yankee 
 
 216 Young Wife & Old Um- 
 brella 
 
 vol. xxvni. 
 
 217 Crinoline 
 A Family Failing 
 
 219 Adopted' Chi Id 
 
 220 Turned Heads 
 
 221 A Match in the Dark 
 
 222 Advice to Husbands 
 Siamese Twins 
 
 224 Sent to the Tower 
 
 vol. xxrx. 
 
 225 Somebodv Flse 
 2 6 Ladies' Battle 
 
 rt of Acting 
 
 228 The Ladv of the Lions 
 
 229 The Risrhts "f Man 
 
 230 My HusDand's Ghost 
 
 231 Two Can Play at that 
 Game 
 
 232 Fighting bv Proxy 
 VOL XXX 
 
 233 Unprotected Female 
 
 234 Pet of the Petticoats 
 
 235 Forty and Fifty [book 
 286 Who Stole the Pocket- 
 187 Mv Son Diana [sion 
 238 Unwarrantable I n t * u - 
 289 Mr. and M-s. White 
 240 A Quiet Family 
 
 (French's Minor Drama Continued on id page of Cover.) 
 
 016 103 286 4 * 
 
 Vol. xxxu. 
 
 249 Dr. D'l worth 
 
 250 Out to Nurse 
 
 251 A Lucky Hit 
 
 252 The Dowager 
 
 253 Metamora (Burlesque) 
 
 254 Dreams of Delusion 
 256 The Shaker Lovere 
 256 Ticklish Times 
 
 VOL. XXXIII. 
 v67 20 Minutes with a Tiger 
 
 258 Miralda; or, the Justice 
 
 of Tacou 
 
 259 A Soldier's Courtship 
 
 260 Servants by Legacy 
 
 261 Dying for Love 
 
 262 Alarming Sacrifice 
 
 263 Valet de Sham 
 
 264 Nicholas JSickleby 
 
 VOL. XXXIV. 
 
 265 The Last of the Pigtails 
 
 266 King Rene's Daughter 
 
 267 Th« Grotto Nymph 
 
 268 A Devilish Good Joke 
 
 269 A Twice Told Tale 
 
 270 Pas de Fascination 
 v71 Revolutionary Soldier 
 
 272 A Man Without a Head 
 
 VOL. XXXV. 
 
 273 The Olio, Part 1 
 
 274 The Olio, Part S 
 
 275 The Olio, Part 3 [ter 
 
 276 The Trumpeter's Daugh- 
 
 277 Seeing Warren 
 
 278 Green Mountain Boy 
 
 279 That Nose 
 
 280 Tom Noddy's Secret 
 
 VOL. XXXVI. 
 
 281 Shocking Event* 
 
 282 A Regular Fix 
 
 283 Dick Turpin 
 
 284 Young Scamp 
 
 285 Young Actress 
 
 286 Call at No. 1— T 
 
 287 One Touch of Nature 
 
 288 Two B'hoys 
 
 VOL. XXXVII. 
 
 289 All the World's a Stage 
 
 290 Quash, or Nigger Prao- 
 
 291 Turn Him Out [tlce 
 
 292 Pretty Girls of Stlllberg 
 2!*3 Angel of the Attic 
 
 294 C'rcumstancesalterCases 
 
 295 Rutty O'Sheal 
 
 296 A Supper in Dixie 
 
 VOL. XXXVIII. 
 
 297 Ioi on Parle Francais 
 
 298 Who Killed Cock Robin 
 
 299 Declaration of Ii.depend- 
 
 300 Heads or Tails fence 
 
 301 Obstinate Family 
 
 302 Mv Aunt 
 That Rascal Pat 
 
 304 Don Paddv de Bazan 
 
 VOL. XXXIX. [ture 
 Too Much for Good Na- 
 Cure for the Fidgets 
 
 307 Jack's the Lad 
 
 308 Much Ado A bout Nothing 
 "^9 Artful Dodsrer 
 
 Winning Hazard 
 
 1 Day's Fishing [Ac. 
 312 Did you ev>-r send your, 
 
 VOL. XL. 
 An Irishman's Maneuver' 
 
 314 Cousin Fannie 
 
 31 5 'Tis the Darkest Hour be-' 
 
 316 Masquerade [fore Dawn 
 
 317 Crowding the Season 
 8 Good Nisrht's Rust 
 
 319 Man with the Carpet B?<* 
 
 320 Terrible Tinker 
 
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