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Mother Earth And Her 
 Vegetable DAUGHTER'S: 
 
 -OR- 
 
 CROWNING THE QUEEN OF 
 VEGETABLES, 
 
 AN EVENING ENTERTAINMENT, 
 
 IN ONE SCENE. 
 
 -BY— 
 
 E. A. and C. M, Lewis. 
 
 TO WUICH IS ADDRD — 
 
 .^. DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES-CAST OF THE CHARACTERS- 
 ENTRANCES AND EXITS— RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE 
 PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE 
 OF THE STAGE BUSINESS. 
 
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MOTHER K A irrtL T'!)^'^ 
 
 CAST OF CHARACTERS. 
 
 ^ Beans. Beets. Carrots. 
 
 Mother Earth | Cabbage. Cucumbers. Lettuce. 
 AND HER \- Onions. Peas. Pieplant. 
 
 Daughters. I Pumpkin. Potatoes. Radishes. 
 Squash. Turnips. Tomatoes. 
 Watermelon. 
 
 TIME OF PLAYING— 45 minutes, 
 
 COSTUMES, 
 
 Beans. — Liglit green ; patriotic. 
 Beets. — Dark red. 
 Carrots. — Orange; tall in statue. 
 Cabbage. — Dark and liglit green. 
 Cucumber. — Green with black spots. 
 Lettuce. — Green and brown. 
 
 Onions. — Silver or white; strong minded or independent. 
 Peas. — Pea-green. 
 Pieplant. —Green. 
 
 Pumpkin. — Bright yellow; short and plump. 
 Potatoes. — Brown. 
 Radishes. — Red and white. 
 
 Squash. — Yellow; long necked and crooking her neck at 
 the Avords "if my long neck does crook." 
 Turnips. — Green and w^hite. 
 Tomatoes. — Bright red. 
 Watermelon. — Green with white stripes. 
 
 • STAGE DIRECTIONS. 
 
 R., means Right; l , Left; r. n. , Right Hand; l. il, Left 
 Hand; c, Centre; s. k., (2d e.) Second Entrance; u. e. 
 Upper Entrance ; -^i. d. , Middle Door ; F., the Flat ; ix 
 r., Door in Flat; r. c, Right of Centre; L. c, Left of 
 Centre. 
 
 E. E. C. C. L. C. L. 
 
 ^*^Reader is supposed to be upon the stage facing audience. 
 
Mother Earlli And Her Vegetable 
 Daughters. 
 
 SCENE,— A stage decorated with evergreens, houghs of 
 trees, floicers, vegetables, etc. 
 
 Enter, Mother EartH; l. e., decorated loith the leaves, 
 flowers and fill it of various vegetables, followed hy 
 her Vegetable Daughters, each one adorned tuith 
 the leaves, floivers and fridt of tlie vegetable ivJiich sJie 
 represents — tliey tal<e their places at tite back of the 
 stage, seated in a semi-circle, ivhile Mother Earth 
 advances to tJie front and addresses the audience. 
 
 Mother Earth. 
 
 Kind friends, thou mayst not recognize 
 
 Who now thus stands before thine eyes, 
 
 Though on my bosom thou hast reclined, 
 
 And on my bounties thou hast dined, 
 
 Long ere thou wast, was I, 
 
 And I shall be, long after thou shalt die. 
 
 My name thou well knowest, 
 
 And to me thou owest 
 
 All thou hast of earthly wealth, 
 
 Of earthly comfort, of earthly health; 
 
 Eor I am servant of that great Hand 
 
 That holdeth all and ruleth the land, 
 
 My work is to do His will, 
 
 Thy hungry mouths to fill, 
 
 To clothe, to shelter and protect; 
 
 My work's to do what'er His laws direct. 
 
 Would'st know my name, mv nature, or my birth? 
 
 Then I will tell thee, I am Mother Earth. 
 
4 VEGETABLE DA UQHTERS. 
 
 But not to speak of myself I came, 
 
 Not for myself do I coyet fame; 
 
 But a kindly greeting to yon I bear, 
 
 From my daughters— yonr Vegetable Sisters fair. 
 
 They have met for a purpose which soon you'll hear. 
 
 If you'll kindly lend me a listening ear; 
 
 No Queen o'er their small kingdom holds sway, 
 
 And that is what calls them together to-day. 
 
 My beautiful daughter's so proud "and fair, 
 
 Would choose one from their number the crown to 
 
 wesr; 
 You shall hear them speak for themselves to-night, 
 And judge for yourselves if their choice be right. 
 
 Ton will now have the pleasure of listening to a song 
 composed especially for this occasion. 
 
 Helect one of the Vegetables luJio loill he best able to sing 
 this song, lohich is to he sung to the iiuie of America— 
 as she speaks the name, each one should advance to 
 front astoform circle, all join in last half of last verse. 
 
 SONG. 
 
 My country 'tis of thee, 
 
 Sweet land of liberty. 
 
 Of thee I sing. 
 
 Land where the Squash and Bean, 
 
 Pumpkin and Peas are seen. 
 
 Of all lands thou art the Queen, 
 
 Thy praise Pll sing. 
 
 Kind friends assembled here. 
 We hope your hearts to cheer 
 With many a good dish. 
 And if by hook or crook. 
 Kind word or pleasant look. 
 We reach your pocket book, 
 We'll have our wish. 
 
 Open your eyes and stare. 
 Here comes our bill of fare, 
 Such a rare treat! 
 Onions so strong and green, 
 Best Pototoes ever seen. 
 
VEGETABLE DA UGHTERS, i 
 
 Fit for a King or Queen! 
 Come, buy and eat! 
 
 There stands the Pumpkin yellow. 
 Good enough for any fellow 
 Who loves good pie. 
 Lettuce so good to eat, 
 Witli cream and sugar sweet. 
 Don't miss so rare a treat — 
 Who'll come and buy? 
 
 Cabbage and Squash and Bean, 
 Best Tomatoes ever seen — 
 Are they not sweet? 
 Turnips to please your taste, 
 Don't throw your time to waste, 
 Come, friends, and make all haste. 
 Come, buy and eat! 
 
 Pieplant, who stands close by. 
 Makes an exquisite pie. 
 As you all know, 
 Peas, lovely as a bride, 
 Cucumber by her side. 
 Beets blushing in her pride. 
 Greet you also. 
 
 Radish so round and small. 
 Hastens to greet you all, 
 Smiling and fair, 
 And from her modest place. 
 Sweet Watermelon's face 
 Peeps out in smiling grace. 
 Luscious and sweet. 
 
 Last, but not least at all, 
 
 Cometh the Carrots tall, 
 
 Th' feast to complete. 
 
 Let mortal men awake, [all sing 
 
 And for their stomach's sake. 
 
 Let all that's here partake 
 
 Of this rich treat. (all sealed 
 
 M. E. And now let me introduce to you the distin- 
 i^uished Miss Carrots. 
 
6' MOTHER EARTH AND HER 
 
 Carrois. (rises) 
 
 Carrots are a blessing to maukind, 
 And looking far and near you will not find 
 A yegetable so truly great and good as I, 
 'Twill only waste your precious time t ) try. 
 I truly, think that I deserve to be the Queen, 
 And if the rest d;n't think so, 'twill show that 
 they are p:reen. 
 
 Onions, {advances, sJiakes hands loith Caeeots) Car- 
 rots, you've; done well, very well, and I'm proud of you. 
 
 (resume seats 
 
 Tomatoes. Wasn't that grand! 
 
 Pumpldn. O! yes, but she needn't think she's so much 
 better than the rest of us! 
 
 M. E. My daughter, Miss Pease, will speak and I have 
 no doubt you will be highly entertained. 
 
 Pease, (rises) 
 
 Pease are better in their season 
 
 Than all else, and this is the reason, 
 
 Pm so tender, nice, and sweet, 
 
 Every one thinks I am a treat. 
 
 And I ^\'ant you all to understand, 
 
 If you want a Queen, Pm right on hand. (sils 
 
 Beans. That was just elegant! Wasn't it. Carrots? 
 
 Carrots. Quite so. But I don't like to hear so much 
 self praise. 
 
 Tomatoes, (significantly) Hem-m-m! 
 
 M. E. And this is my accomplished daughter. Miss 
 Eadish. 
 
 Radish, (rises) 
 
 Pm Kadish, and I'm proud of my name, 
 For everyone knows of my glory and fame, 
 Though Carrots, I'm sorry to say, did try 
 To make you believe she was better than I; 
 But don't be deceived, a vain boaster is she; 
 When a Queen is chosen, I'm sure 'twill be nie. 
 
 Squash. Kadish, you're a born orator, but I'm afraid 
 you've overestimated yourself. 
 
 Radish, (turns to Squash coniempuoushj) Indeed! 
 Pray don't frighten yourself, it might prove serious. 
 
VEGE TA BLE DA UGH TEE'S. 7 
 
 {sits 
 M. E. Beans, tlie world's renowned life-preserver now 
 stands l^efore you. • i 
 
 Beans, (rises) 
 
 I helped to save my Country ! 
 Can anyone say more than that? 
 Who has not liefnd of the ''Array Bean" 
 Baked together witli a piece of fat! 
 To feed and strengthen hungry soldiers brave, 
 Who fought and bled, their precious Jiomes to 
 save! (siis 
 
 Cucumber. We all appreciate the great service Avhich 
 Beans has given to our country. But for her, we might 
 not now be so prosperous. If all 11 ih men had been starved 
 in the war, who would have cultivatetl us? I think Beans 
 ought to have a pension. 
 
 Cabbage. Who would have cultivated us? Why, the 
 women would have cultivated us, of course. The men 
 don't do everything, I guess. You needn't think tlit; 
 women would haye set down and starved! 
 
 SquasJi. No, indeed! 
 
 M. E. And this is Miss Beets. She is very bashful 
 and I presume she will blush some, but you'll like to hear 
 what she has to say, I'm sure. 
 
 Beels. ( rises ) 
 
 I am the Beet, so good to eat, 
 
 Of vegetables the best. 
 
 All are good, but they say that I 
 
 Am better than all the rest; 
 
 i am so useful, don't you see? 
 
 They boil me for greens and so eat me. 
 
 Or make me into pickles that all like so well, 
 
 Oh! I am the best as many will tell. {sifs 
 
 Potatoes. Oh Beet! I wish I could speak as well as 
 you can! You are indeed the Beet that beats them all! 
 You're alive. You're no "dead-beat." 
 
 M. E. You will now have the pleasure of listening to 
 the most popular orator of the day, Miss Pumpkin. 
 
 Piimpldn. (rises) 
 
 I am the Pumpkin. For myself I claim 
 To be the finest pie^tuff known to fame; 
 
8 MOTHER EARTH AND HER 
 
 What indeed, would Thanksgiving be, 
 
 But a day of gloom instead of glee 
 
 Without a pumpkin pie? 
 
 So I say, that I 
 
 Am of more value to the human race, 
 
 Than any other vegetable in this j)la ce. {sUs 
 
 Lettuce. Bravo! YouVe done the best of any of them! 
 Tou've covered yourself with glory! 
 
 M. E. Miss Tomato, a general favorite with all, will 
 now hold your attention for a moment. 
 
 Tomcdo. (rises) 
 
 I am Tomato, loved by everyone, 
 
 Though green at first, I grow brilliant as the sun, 
 
 No richer, jucier treat than I 
 
 Could you find if you should try; 
 
 I'm far ahead of all the rest. 
 
 And really now, tho' I say it in jest, 
 
 I'm better suited to be the Queen 
 
 Than any other vegetable ever seen; 
 
 For I'm sweet and good and a favorite too. 
 
 And for a Queen, I'm sure I would do. (sits 
 
 Beans. My, oh my! What eloquence! "Brilliant as 
 the sun," what a comparison! 
 
 Squash. You quite dazzle us with your brilliancy! 
 
 Turnip' And really, if you hadn't told us, we would 
 have thought you were always green. 
 
 Watermelon. "Loved by all!" Huh! I guess they had 
 to learn to love you, leastways I never heard of anyone's 
 even liking Tomatoes at first sight. 
 
 Tomatoes. O! Watermelon, you need't turn your green 
 eye of jealousy at me. 
 
 Watermelon. Who's jealous? I'm not! 
 
 Tomatoes. Actions speak louder than words, and your 
 words imply it. 
 
 M. E. There! there! daughters! Let each be usetul 
 in her own way and live in harmony, trifling not with the 
 green eyed monster, lest he spoil the peace of your hearts. 
 Miss Lettuce, herald of health and tranquility, will now 
 take the floor. 
 
 Lettuce, (rises) 
 
 Lettuce now before you stands 
 
VEGETABLE DAUGHTERS, 9 
 
 The favorite of mai]y lands, 
 
 Healthful, tender, good am I, 
 
 None can ever pass me by; 
 
 And that I deserve the throne, 
 
 I'm quite sure you'll freely own. (sits 
 
 Pieplant That sounds well, but are you sure it's 
 original. Lettuce? 
 
 Tomatoes. It may be original, but I think it's a trifle 
 overdrawn. 
 
 M. E. Miss Watermelon, the jpride of many hearts, 
 will occupy a brief space of 3'our valuable time. 
 
 Waiermelon . ( rises ) 
 
 I'm Watermelon, and every one 
 
 Is fond of me I know, 
 
 From the southern Pickaninny, 
 
 To the fur-clad Eskimo; 
 The youth, and middle-aged and old 
 Have ever of my goodness told. 
 From North to South, from East to West, 
 I'm counted as the very best. [siis 
 
 Squash. I would' t care to have people so fond of me, 
 that I would be a temptation to them. 
 
 Waiermelon. Well, wdiat are you getting at? Pray ex- 
 plain yourself! 
 
 Squash. Why, how many a poor nigger has suffered 
 with the stings of an accusing conscience just on your a - 
 count! I shouldn' think you'd feel like boas'ing. 
 
 Cabbage. And think of the poor little Pickaninu}- 
 writhing in pain at the midnight hour— cause ? Colic from 
 green Watermelon! 
 
 Watermelon. Humph! You'd do better to save your 
 sympathies for the poor victims of indigestible Cabbage. 
 
 M. E. Miss Squash now stands before you, to please 
 you by her eloquence and 'grace. 
 
 Squash, (rises) 
 
 1 am the Squash, so soft and nice, 
 
 That peo]3le will buy me at any price 
 
 ( If they only are able ) 
 
 To put on their table, 
 
 As a luxury hard to be beat; 
 
 O! I am a beaut}^, if my long neck does crook, 
 
10 MOTHER EARTH AND HER 
 
 And I want to be Queen you can see by my look, 
 And I'm sure I \Yon't meet with defeat. (sils 
 
 Onions. Oh! yes, you're soft we all know that — how 
 often we hear the expression, "As soft as Squash!" 
 
 M. E. Miss Turnip, whom I now have the pleasure of 
 presenting to you, is the most aristocratic of all my 
 daughters. 
 
 Turnip, (rises) 
 
 I am the richest vegetable 
 
 That grows out of the soil, 
 
 And so I am a favorite 
 
 With all the sons of toil; 
 
 I'm very aristocratic, 
 
 As a Tuinip ought to be, 
 
 For many an old aristocrat 
 
 Has been likened unto me, 
 
 For I come of a good old family, 
 
 And I think it will be found 
 
 That, like many families of pride, 
 
 The best part's underground. (jsHs 
 
 Squash. The girl with the turn-up nose^^ 
 
 Tomato. The turn-up nose? 
 
 SqnasJi. Yes, I say, the girl with the turn-up nose, how 
 the appetite grows, when a man passes turnip patches; for 
 he almost invariably stops and snatches one of the best he 
 can find, takes his knife and peels off the rind and eats it 
 dirt and all. 
 
 Tomato. What, the rind? 
 
 Squash. No! The turnip, goosie! 
 
 i)l. E. Now Miss Pieplant, the favorite of all tlie pie- 
 loving world, will give you a piece of her eloquence. 
 
 Pieplant, (rises) 
 
 I'm Pieplant, I'm very modest too, 
 
 But I had just all that I could do 
 
 To keei3 my chair, 
 
 While that Pumpkin over there 
 
 Was praising herself clear up to the sky! 
 
 Why I just had to laugh to hear her tell! 
 
 For I was all up and ready for a pie, , 
 
 Before that silly Pumpkin even had a shell. 
 
 (sits 
 
VEGETABLE DA UGHTERS. 11 
 
 Fumpkiii Oil dear! But I didn't have to be covered 
 up with an old barrel to make me grow anyway, like you 
 did, and then you're too sour for iDies. Nobody but old 
 maids and disappointed bachelors would think of eating- 
 Pieplant pie! 
 
 3f. E. Allow me to introduce Miss Onions, the 
 strongest of my vegetable daughters. 
 
 Onions, {j'ises) 
 
 Onion is my name, 
 And doctors all agree 
 That all a\]io live on Onions, 
 Shall very healthful be; 
 
 What higher praise could an Onion wish? 
 When properly cooked, I'm a luscious dish. 
 If I Avere gone, the world w^ould fare ill, 
 For of course no other vegetable could fill the 
 bill. (s?/.s 
 
 Radish. 01 I guess we could get along without you! 
 Your cousin, the Leek, could fill your place quite w^ell. 
 8he is full as strong as you are. 
 
 Potatoes. For shame. Radish, to 'twit on facts! 
 
 Onions. There, Potatoes, you've bettered it now, haven't 
 you? 
 
 3f. E. You now see before you the head of the vegeta- 
 ble kingdom. Miss Cabbage. 
 
 Cabbage, (rises) To be great in this world, one must 
 liave a head; can anyone boast of a sounder head than I? 
 Which one of you, by taking thought, could grow such a 
 magnificent cabbage head. 
 
 If you're impartial. 
 
 You'll choose me to be the Queen, 
 
 For that I'm worthy of the throne 
 
 Is plainly to be seen. (szYs 
 
 Caciimher. Oh well, the largest heads don't always con- 
 tain the most brains. Quality, not quantity is what the 
 world looks at. 
 
 Cabbage. Not always. At least they don't seem to 
 when they're eating cucumbers. Anyway, I think they'd 
 iiave to eat quite a quantity to get much quality. 
 
 .21/. E, (rises) Miss Cucumber will now have a chance 
 
12 MOTHER EARTH AND HER 
 
 lo elistiiiguisli herself. 
 
 Ciicumbcr. (rises) 
 
 I'm Cucumber, I grow on a vine, 
 
 And I'Jl leive it to you if I'm not fine, 
 
 For pickles you love me — 
 
 There's no one p.bove me; 
 
 At picnics to eat with cake, 
 
 Jnst ask and you'll see 
 
 They all will agree, 
 
 I'm about as good as they make. (sits 
 
 Lelfticc. I wonder why it is that pickles are always so 
 scarce at picnics. I guess Cucumber believes in keeping 
 her goodness to herself. At least we never get much of it. 
 
 Caauuhei'. What special grudge do you owe me, 
 Lettuce ? 
 
 Lettuce. Oh none at all! I was just remarking. 
 
 Cucumber. Well, I must say, your remarks are very 
 choice. 
 
 M. E. And now last, but in no wise least, comes modest 
 Miss Potatoes. 
 
 POtaioes. (rises) 
 
 I'm only a Potato, I grow in the ground, 
 
 I know I've no beauty tp boast of; 
 
 Yet poor people find me quite good to the taste, 
 
 When there's naught else to make a good roast of; 
 
 I don't claim to be Queen! 
 
 But if the poor find me a friend, 
 
 I'm content to be humble. 
 
 And common and cheap, 
 
 And ever a helping hand lend. (sih 
 
 Bea'is. She's right, friends, the world could spare any 
 of us better than Potatoes. 
 
 Carrots. And she's modest too. Modesty is fitting in 
 a Queeu. 
 
 Fiunpkin. We could all profitably learn| a lesson of 
 modesty from our gentle little sister. 
 
 Water meton. Yes, we could! 
 
 Peas. I'm sure I never thought how important she 
 really was before. 
 
 Beets. Nor I. But she's proven it out plainly enough. 
 
VEGETABLE DA CUHTEKS. 13 
 
 Fieplnnt. So slie lias, surely I'll freely admit that 
 people might better have Potatoes than pie, il: it came to a 
 choice between the two. 
 
 Cuciunhe]'. And perhaps pickles could be better spared 
 than Potatoes atter all. 1 believe she's right 
 
 Cabbage. And she didn't say she was the^most impor- 
 tant. She really underrated her value. 
 
 31. E. Yes, my daughters, and that is just why you all 
 saw her in the true light. If she had spoken in boastful 
 self-praise, she would not have received the generous 
 praise from her sisters, which she now enjoys. I'm glad 
 to see the truth so quickly recognized. 
 
 Tomato, She ought to be the Queen. She surely is tln^ 
 most eloquent of us all. Eloquence belongs to a Queen. 
 
 Turnips. And truthfulness too. Modesty, eloquence 
 and truthfulness are all attributes of a Queen. 
 
 Peas. I move we crown her Queen ! 
 
 Beets. I second that motion! 
 
 M. E. The motion has been made and seconded that 
 Potatoes be crowned Queen. All in favor say I. 
 
 Omnes. I! 
 
 A crown is then brougJit foncard, fashioned from the 
 leaves, flowers and fruit of various vegetables- 
 Mother Earth leads Potatoes io the front and 
 places tlie crown upon her head, saying — 
 
 M. E. In the presence of all these people, we now 
 proclaim Potatoes to be the Queen of the Vegetable 
 Kingdom. 
 
 The Vegetables march tioo by two, lead by Mother 
 Earth, and sing the following ivords to t/ie tune of 
 '^Marching Through Georgia.'' 
 
 Potatoes raw or roasted, 
 
 Potatoes any w^ay. 
 
 Potatoes baked, jootatoes stewed 
 
 Are eaten every day. 
 
 Potatoes mashed, potatoes hashed. 
 
 Potatoes baked in skins, 
 
 No matter how cooked, always win. 
 
14 MOTHER EARTH AND HER 
 
 Hiirrali ! Hurrali ! 
 
 Potatoes is our Queen, 
 
 Hurrah! Hurrah! 
 
 The finest ever seen, 
 
 Joining in the chorus, 
 
 Swelling of the song, 
 
 Hurrali! for "Potatoes our Queen." 
 
 {they mar^ch off stage singing 
 
 CURTAIN. 
 
 THE END. 
 
JUST OUT-A New Temperance Play ! 
 
 Hot; the IVEinBr's U aughtEi", 
 
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 Dne Glass nf ASZ^inE. 
 
 IN rOUR ACTS. 
 
 DB AM ATI 8 PERSONS. 
 
 Da^'id Mason A farmer. 
 
 Heriiert Mason David^s son— just from college. 
 
 Royal Meadows Foster-son of Mrs. Clifton. 
 
 ARTJiuii Floyd A villain. 
 
 Georoje Clifton A returned Californian. 
 
 Parson Swift An astonished clergyman. 
 
 Bill Torry A boatman — Floyd^s confederate. 
 
 Brewster Police oficer. 
 
 Ebony A colored individual. 
 
 Mrs. Mason David's wife — a good adviser. 
 
 Dolores ? The miner's daughter. 
 
 Mrs. Clifton George Clifton's deserted wife. 
 
 WiNXiFRED Clifton Mrs. Clifton'' s daughter. 
 
 IIapzibah A lady of color. 
 
 Festival of Hays. 
 
 A NEW AND OBIGINAL SEEIES OF TABLEAUX. 
 It is esj^ecially <lesig-necl for Asnateiit' Coinpauies, as it re- 
 quires only a platforiti, no scenery being necessary 
 for its production, Mirlli and Sadness are 
 well combined . Cos^nnies Modern. 
 Time one liour. Tlie following 
 are tlie clays represented. 
 Price 15 Cents— Ordei* a Copy. 
 
 CHARACTERS. 
 
 Reader. 
 
 New Year Chorus of girls in white. 
 
 Washington's Birthday George Washington. 
 
 Valentine's Day Maiden and lover. 
 
 St. Patrick's Day Chorus of boys. 
 
 Washing Day Girls at tubs. 
 
 House-Cleaning Day Man and woman. 
 
 April Fool's Day Old maid, and little boy. 
 
 Ash Wednesday Monk. 
 
 Good Friday Women at cross. 
 
 Easter Chorus of girls in ivhite. 
 
 May Day May queen, chorus of children. 
 
 Memorial Day Tico soldiers. 
 
 July Fourth Uncle Sam, boys. 
 
 Emancipation Day Darkey. 
 
 Hallowe'en Group of girls. 
 
 Thanksgiving Day Man, little girl. 
 
 Christmas Group of children. 
 
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 Katie's Deception; 
 
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 The Troublesome Kid. ^ 
 
 Farce in 1 act, by TV. L. Bennett, 4 male and 2 female characters. 
 Costumes modei-n. Time of playing, 30 minutes. A bright 
 sparkling farce for amateurs. Good negro charac- 
 ter. Farmer from "Way back" answers i 
 Katie's matrimonial advertisement. 
 Characters are all good. 
 Price 15 cents. 
 
 Our Family Umbrelia. 
 
 A Comedietta in 2 acts, by E. E. Cleveland, 4 male and 2 female 
 characters. Scenery interior. Costumes modern. The old man 
 character is excellent, is ahvay buying umbrellas, but never has one 
 when needed. Amateurs will find this a good after-piec^'. 
 
 Price 15c. 
 
 Yacob's Hotel Experience. 
 
 Farce in 1 act by B. F. Eberhart, 3 male characters. Time of 
 playing 20 minutes. This will make a good after-piece. The dutch- 
 man is immense. His experience dn a first class hotel is ui^roarously 
 funny — 
 
 HOME RULE. 
 
 A Charade in 2 scenes, by the author of Yacob's Hotel Experience, 
 
 8 male and 3 female characters. Time of playing, 
 
 20 minutes. Price 15 cents. 
 
 Joan of Arc Drill. 
 
 A Spectacular Shepherd drill for 8 to 16 girls, by B. F.| 
 Eberhart. This drill is simple and easy to get up, requiring m.^ 
 scenery, can be produced indoor or out, no specia,! music is needed §i 
 in the march. Costume, Shepherd girls dress — girls carry a'; 
 Shepherd's crook. A diagram gives the line of march, so it is easily 
 understood. Ends with a tableau of Joan of Arc at the stake. 
 
 Price 15 cents. 
 
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 iiniBB' Plays — GontiniiBd. 
 
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 146 Our Awful Aunt 4 4 
 
 53 Out in the Streets 6 4 
 
 51 Rescued 5 3 
 
 59 Saved 2 3 
 
 102 Turn of the Tide 7 4 
 
 63 Three GHasses a Day 4 2 
 
 62 Ten Nights in a Bar-Room... 7 3 
 
 58 Wrecked 9 3 
 
 COMEDIES. 
 
 324 A Day In A Doctor's Office... 5 1 
 
 136 A Legal Holiday 5 3 
 
 168 A Pleasure Triu 7 3 
 
 124 An Affliiitcd Family 7 5 
 
 257 Caught in the Act 7 3 
 
 248 Captured 6 4 
 
 178 Caste 5 ,3 
 
 176 Factory Girl 6 3 
 
 207 Heroic Dutchman of '76 8 3 
 
 199 Home 4 3 
 
 174 Love's Labor Not Lost 3 3 
 
 158 Mr.Hudson's Tiger Hunt 1 1 
 
 149 New Years in N. Y 7 6 
 
 37 Not So Bad After All 6 5 
 
 237 Not Such a Fool as He Looks 6 3 
 
 338 OurB.ys 6 4 
 
 126 Our Daughters 8 6 
 
 265 Pug and the Baby 5 3 
 
 114 Passions 8 4 
 
 264 Prof. James' Experience 
 
 Teaching Country School 4 3 
 
 219 Rags and Bottles 4 1 
 
 239 Scale with Sharps and Flats.. 3 2 
 
 221 Solon Shingle 14 2 
 
 262 Two Bad Boys 7 3 
 
 S7 The Biter Bit 3 2 
 
 in TheCigarette 4 2 
 
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 16 The Serf 6 3 
 
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 316 Aunt Charlotte's Maid 3 
 
 289 A Colonel's Misnap 5 
 
 12 A Capital Match. 
 
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 i303 A Kiss in the Dark 2 
 
 F166 ATexan Mother-in-Law., 
 
 3(J A Day Well Spent 7 
 
 169 A Regular Fix 2 
 
 A Professional Gardener 4 
 
 Alarmingly Suspicious 4 
 
 m All In A MiuMe 3 
 
 78 An Awful Criminal 3 
 
 513 A Matchmaking Father 2 
 
 A Pet of the Public 4 
 
 A Romantic Attachment 3 
 
 l-i-i A Thrilling Item _ . 
 
 20 A Ticket of Leave 3 2 
 
 29 A Valets, Mistake 5 4 
 
 324 A Day in a Doctors Ofl5ce 5 1 
 
 175 Betsey Baker 2 2 
 
 8 Better Half 5 
 
 86 Black va. Whit© 4 
 
 22 Captain Smith - 3 
 
 84 Cheek Will Win 3 
 
 287 Cousin Josiah 1 
 
 225 Cupids Caners 4 
 
 317 Cleveland's Reception Party. 6 
 
 249 Double Election 9 
 
 49 Der Two Surprises 1 
 
 72 Deuce is in Him 5 
 
 19 Did I Dream it 4 
 
 220 Dutchy vs. Nigger 3 
 
 188 Dutch Prize Fighter 3 
 
 42 Domestic Felicity 1 
 
 148 Eh? What Did You Say 3 
 
 218 Everybody Astonished 4 
 
 224 Fooling with the Wrong Man 2 
 
 233 Freezing a Mother-in-Law... 2 
 
 154 Fun in a Post OflBoe 4 
 
 184 Family Discipline 
 
 274 Family Jars 5 
 
 209 Goose with the Golden Egga.. 5 
 
 13 Give Me My Wife 3 
 
 307 Hallabahoola, the Medicine 
 
 Man 4 
 
 66 Hans, the Dutch J. P 3 
 
 271 Hans Brummel'a Cafe 5 
 
 116 Hash 4 
 
 120 H. M.S. Plum 1 
 
 50 How She has Own War. 1 
 
 140 How He Popped the Quest'n. 1 
 
 74 How to Tame M-in-Law 4 
 
 35 How Stovft Your Getting 5 
 
 247 Incompatibility of Temper... 1 
 
 95 In the Wrong Clothes 5 
 
 305 Jacob ShlafE's Mistake 3 
 
 ^99 Jimmie Jones 8 
 
 11 John Smith 5 
 
 323 Johimes Blatz's Mistake 4 
 
 99 Jumbo Jum 4 
 
 82 Killing Time 1 
 
 182 Kittie's Wedding Cake.... » 1 
 
 127 Lick Skillet Wedding 2 
 
 228 Lauderbach's Little Surprise 3 
 
 302 Locked in a Dress- maker's 
 
 Room 3 
 
 106 Lodgings for Two 3 
 
 288 Love in all Corners 5 
 
 139 Matrimonial Bliss 1 
 
 231 Match for a other-Min-Law.. 2 
 
 235 More Blunders than one 4 
 
 69 Mother's Fool 6 
 
 23 My Heart's in Highlands 4 
 
 208 My Precious Betsey 4 
 
 212 My Turn Next 4 
 
 32 My Wife's Relations 4 
 
 186 My Day and Now-a-Days 
 
 273 xMy Neighbor's Wife 3 
 
 296 Nanka's Leap Year Venture.. 5 
 
 259 Nobody's Moke 5 
 
 340 Our Hotel 5 3 
 
 334 Olivet 3 2 
 
 44 Obedience 1 2 
 
 33 On the Sly 3 2 
 
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 Paddy Miles' Boy 5 
 
 Patent Washing Machine 4 
 
 Persecuted Dutchman 6 
 
 Poor Pilicody 2 
 
 Quiet Family 4 
 
 Rough Diamond 4 
 
 Ripples. 2 
 
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 Room 44 
 
 Santa Glaus' Daughter. 
 
 Schnaps ~ 
 
 Sewing Circle of Period 
 S. H. A. M. Pinafore... 
 
 Somebody's Nobody 
 
 Strictly Temperance 
 
 Stage Struck Yankee ... 
 Struck by Lightning..., 
 
 Slick and Skinner 5 
 
 Slasher and Crasher 5 2 
 
 Too Many Cousins 3 3 
 
 Two Gentlemen in a Fix 2 
 
 Taking the Census 1 1 
 
 The Landlords Revenge 3 
 
 That Awful Carpet Bag 3 3 
 
 That Rascal Pat 3 2 
 
 That Mysterious B'dle 2 2 
 
 The Bewitched Closet 5 2 
 
 The Coming Man 3 1 
 
 Turn Him Out 3 2 
 
 The Actor's Scheme 4 4 
 
 The Irish Squire of Squash 
 
 Ridge 4 2 
 
 The Mashers Mashed 5 2 
 
 The Sham Professor 4 
 
 The Spellin' Skewl 7 
 
 The Two T. J's 4 
 
 Thirty-three Next Birthday.. 4 
 
 Tim Flannigan 5 
 
 Tit for Tat 2 
 
 The Printer and His Devils.. 3 
 Trials of a Country Editor.... 6 
 The Wonderful Telephone.... 3 
 
 Two Aunt Emilys 
 
 Uncle Ethan 4 
 
 Unjust Justice 6 
 
 U.S. Mail _ 2 
 
 Vermont Wool Dealer 5 
 
 Which is Which 3 
 
 Wanted a Husband 2 
 
 Wooing Under Difficulties! 5 
 
 Which will he Marry 2 
 
 Widower's Trials 4 
 
 Waking Him Up.. 
 Why they Joined the Re- 
 beccas 
 
 Yankee Duelist 
 
 Yankee Peddler 
 
 GUIDE BOOKS. 
 
 Hints on Elocution 
 
 Hints to Amateurs 
 
 CANTATA. 
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 ETHIOPIAN FARCES. 
 
 204 Academy of Stars 6 
 
 325 A Coincidence 8 
 
 65 An Unwelcome Return 3 1 
 
 15 An Unhappy Pair 1 1 
 
 172 Black Shoemaker 4 2 
 
 98 Black Statue 4 2 
 
 22 Colored Senators 3 
 
 214 Chops 3 
 
 145 CufE'sLuck .....2 1 
 
 190 Crimps Trip 5 
 
 27 Fetter Lane to Graveseud 2 
 
 153 Haunted House 2 
 
 230 Hamlet the Dainty 6 1 
 
 103 How Sister Paxey got her 
 
 Child Baptized 2 1 
 
 24 Handy Andy 2 
 
 236 Hypochondriac The 2 
 
 319 In For It 3 1 
 
 47 In the Wrong Box 3 
 
 77 Joe's Visit 2 1 
 
 88 Mischievous Nigger 4 2 
 
 256 Midnight Colic 2 1 
 
 128 Musical Darkey 2 i 
 
 90 No Cure No Pay 3 1 I 
 
 61 Not as Deaf a"? He Seems 3 r a ►> > 
 
 244 Old Clothes 3 (o^r^ 
 
 234 Old Dad's Cabin 2 1 / fcoP 
 
 150 OldPompey 1 1 
 
 246 Othello 4 1 
 
 109 Other People's Children 3 2 
 
 297 Pomp Green's Snakes 2 
 
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 134 Pomp's Pranks 2 
 
 258 Prof. Bones'Latest Invention 5 
 
 177 Quarrel-one Servants 3 
 
 96 Rooms to Let 2 1 
 
 107 School 5 
 
 133 Seeing Bosting 3 
 
 179 Sham Doctor 3 3 
 
 94 16.000 Years Ago 3 
 
 243 Sports on a Lark 3 
 
 25 Sport with a Sportsman 2 
 
 92 Stage Struck Darkey 2 1 
 
 238 Strawberry Shortcake 2 
 
 10 Stocks Up, Stocks Down 2 
 
 64 That Boy Sam 3 1 
 
 253 The Best Cure 4 1 
 
 282 The Intelligence Office 3 
 
 122 The Select School 5 0^ 
 
 118 The Popcorn Man 3 i 
 
 6 The Studio 3 i) 
 
 108 Those Awful Boys 5 o 
 
 245 Ticket Taker 3 o 
 
 4 Twain's Dodging -...3 1 
 
 197 Tricks 5 
 
 198 Uncle Jeff 5 
 
 216 Vice Versa 3 
 
 206 Villkens and Dinah 4 
 
 210 Virginia MumuiT-:, 6 
 
 203 Who Stole the Cnickens 1 
 
 205 William Tell 4 
 
 156 Wig-Maker and His Servants 3 
 
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