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Theodore, Jr, 
 
 A Play in One Act 
 
 By 
 SALLY SHUTE 
 
 Author of "Miss Todd's Vampire r etc. 
 
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 The professional rights in this play are strictly reserve ™a 
 
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 BOSTON 
 
 WALTER H. BAKER & CO. 
 
 1920 
 
Theodore, Jr. 
 
 
 CHARACTERS 
 
 Nancy Dorrin. 
 
 Olive Davis. 
 
 Belle Martin. 
 
 Kate Goodwin. 
 
 Maude Smythe. 
 
 Mary. 
 
 A Woman. 
 
 Theodore Harrington, Jr. 
 
 Copyright, 19 19, by Walter H. Baker & Co. 
 
 m 22 
 
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 D 5JH25 
 
 
Theodore, Jr. 
 
 SCENE. — The library of Mr. Dorrin's house, situated 
 in a town near a famous summer resort on the North 
 Shore of Massachusetts. The room is evidently used 
 as a living-room. Opposite the audience there is door 
 leading into a hall. On the left a window and on the 
 right a fireplace. A door leading into a closet is just 
 above the fireplace. The room is well furnished with 
 bookshelves, a large library table, small telephone table, 
 a sofa, easy chairs, etc., etc. The time is late afternoon 
 of a summer day. 
 
 (Nancy Dorrin, an extremely attractive girl of eight- 
 een, is sitting in the most comfortable chair in the 
 room near the fireplace, counting stitches. She is 
 trying to make a sweater. Olive Davis, a pretty 
 petite blonde, not quite so modishly gowned as her 
 hostess, is knitting steadily with skilful fingers. 
 There is silence a few moments after the rise of the 
 curtain. ) 
 
 Nancy. Oh, dear! 
 
 Olive. What's the trouble now, Nan? 
 
 Nancy. Count these stitches for me, will you, Olive? 
 I can't make them come out twice alike. 
 
 Olive (reaching out for the sweater). Pass it here. 
 
 Nancy. You come and get it. I'm afraid I'll drop a 
 stitch if I move. 
 
 (Olive goes for sweater; returns to her seat by table.) 
 
 Olive (counting aloud). Two — four — six — eight 
 
 3 
 
4 THEODORE, JR. 
 
 Nancy. I wish I had your patience, Ollie. 
 
 Olive. Why don't you try to cultivate it? 
 
 Nancy. That's the worst of it. I haven't enough 
 patience to even try to have patience. 
 
 Olive. That's only because you've been petted and 
 indulged all your life. 
 
 Nancy. I won't be indulged much longer now dad's 
 lost most of his money. 
 
 Olive. Your only salvation is in a wealthy marriage, 
 Nan. 
 
 Nancy. Why, Olive, from you of all people! 
 
 Olive. It isn't your fault, Nancy, that you're so help- 
 less ; but you simply must marry a millionaire. 
 
 Nancy. That's right, — at least I would be hopeless as 
 a poor man's wife. 
 
 Olive. Perhaps if you'd gone with your father and 
 mother this summer you might have met your fate. 
 
 Nancy. What, in that little ordinary boarding house 
 in the country ! I would hate it ! 
 
 Olive. I'd love it. 
 
 Nancy. Yes, you would. You remind me of a good 
 old placid cow, Ollie. 
 
 Olive. Thanks, you're flattering. (Counts.) Two — 
 four — six — eight — ten 
 
 Nancy. I meant it for a compliment. I really envy 
 your placidity. 
 
 Olive. Twelve — fourteen If you don't keep 
 
 still while I count this, I'll — lose it. 
 
 Nancy (walks over to the window and looks out). 
 The count? (Smiling over her shoulder at Olive.) 
 
 Olive. No, my placidity. (Both laugh.) Sixteen — 
 eighteen 
 
 Nancy. Isn't it time for the movies to be out? The 
 girls were coming here after the show. 
 
 Olive. Who, Kate and Belle ? 
 
 Nancy. Yes, and Belle's cousin, Maude Smythe. I 
 was going to give them some tea. 
 
 Olive. Isn't she pretty? 
 
 Nancy. Yes. She's awfully stupid, though ; I'd hate 
 to have to entertain her alone. In a crowd she's all right. 
 
THEODORE, JR. 5 
 
 Olive. The men like her. 
 
 Nancy. Men? There isn't a real man in the town. 
 Honest, Olive, don't you think this is an awful stupid 
 place? {Takes her seat again.) 
 
 Olive. I suppose you find it so — twenty — twenty-two 
 — but being a cow 
 
 Nancy. Moo-oo-oo ! Oh, stop counting, you exas- 
 perate me. 
 
 Olive. You're disgruntled, Nan, because you haven't 
 half a score of men trailing after you. Summer hotel 
 life has spoiled you. This is the first time you haven't 
 
 been to the mountains for years (Passes sweater 
 
 back.) That's all right. 
 
 Nancy. I'd be perfectly satisfied with one man, Olive 
 Davis, if he were a real one. You don't consider these 
 half -grown boys 
 
 (Bell rings; Nancy makes no move to answer it.) 
 
 Olive. It's Mary's day out, isn't it? 
 
 Nancy. Yes, but if she happens to be in on her " out " 
 days she usually answers the bell. Let them ring again, 
 then she'll know I'm not answering it. Here, Ollie, I've 
 dropped another stitch ; fix it for me like a dear. 
 
 (Olive goes and gets sweater which she had returned.) 
 
 Olive. Does she get your supper, too, now your 
 people are away ? 
 
 Nancy. She puts it on the table before she goes out — 
 that is if she goes out. 
 
 (Girls come in. Kate Goodwin is a tall girl with a 
 boyish figure and a frank manner. Clever bat too 
 sharp tongued to be popular with the opposite sex. 
 Cousin Maude Smythe is a pretty, inane bit of hu- 
 manity, but good-natured. Belle Martin is good- 
 looking but just ordinary.) 
 
 Kate. Hullo, everybody! 
 
 Nancy. Nice time to come for an afternoon " knit." 
 Where've you been, movies? (She doesn't rise.) 
 
6 THEODORE, JR. 
 
 Belle. Yes. You girls ought to have gone. Willis 
 Trevor was dandy. Wasn't he, Maude? 
 
 Maude. Adorable. A perfect Adonis. I'm just wild 
 over him. 
 
 Kate. Stares at the camera every minute. He's dis- 
 gusting ! 
 
 Maude. I didn't see him look at any camera. Did 
 you, Belle? Where was the camera? 
 
 Kate. Oh, didn't you see him smiling and smirking 
 straight at you? 
 
 Maude. At me! How could he be staring at me? 
 
 He didn't know I was (Girls laugh.) Oh, it's just 
 
 one of your jokes. 
 
 Belle. Where shall we put our hats, Nan ? 
 
 Nancy. Oh, anywhere. 
 
 (Girls go into hall to hang hats on rack; as Kate is 
 about to go out she takes a letter out of her pocket.) 
 
 Kate. Oh, I almost forgot this. The postman handed 
 it to me on the doorstep. It's for your mother. 
 
 (Hands letter to Nancy, who has remained sitting 
 through the conversation. Nancy looks at letter and 
 opens it. She redds it while girls are in hall. Olive 
 is trying to recover the lost stitch.) 
 
 Olive. Do you always open your mother's mail, Nan ? 
 
 (Girls come in. All have knitting bags. They knit 
 while Nancy reads.) 
 
 Nancy. I thought this was from Aunt Jane. She's 
 in the mountains now. Mean thing, she might have taken 
 me with her. Mind if I read it, girls ? 
 
 Girls. No. 
 
 Maude. Oh, what an adorable sweater you're making. 
 Look, girls, at Olive's sweater. 
 
 (Girls crowd about Olive to look at sweater.) 
 
THEODORE, JR. J 
 
 Olive. It's Nan's. I'm trying to pick up some 
 dropped stitches. 
 
 Kate. Lucky Nan, some one always looks out for 
 you. Look at Nan's face, girls; I do believe she's got a 
 proposal. 
 
 Nancy. Oh ! I haven't half read it yet, but it's aw- 
 fully exciting. Want me to read it to you? 
 
 Girls. Yes, do. 
 
 Kate. Let's all get seated first. Come, Maude, you 
 can look at that sweater later. 
 
 (They all find seats and Nancy prepares to read.) 
 
 Belle. All ready, Nancy. 
 
 Nancy. ' First, I must tell you, this is from a very 
 wealthy — I might say a disgustingly wealthy lady, who 
 is the proud mother of an only child, a boy, or rather a 
 man. 
 
 Maude. How interesting! 
 
 Kate. Adorable! (Mimicking Maude.) 
 
 Belle. Please let Nan read it. 
 
 Kate. Go ahead, Nancy; you have my permis- 
 sion 
 
 Nancy. " My dear Anna " 
 
 Maude. Oh, I thought your name was really Nancy. 
 
 Olive. The letter was written to her mother. 
 
 Maude. Oh, that's my mother's name too, she 
 
 Nancy (girls exchange glances at Maude's remarks). 
 " I know you will be surprised to hear from me after all 
 these years." 
 
 Maude. Just like the letter in the play this afternoon. 
 Willis's father, or was it his uncle? — yes, Willis's father 
 was 
 
 Nancy. Well, girls, shall we listen to Maude's ac- 
 count of the play before 
 
 Kate. Postpone it, Maudie — indefinitely. 
 
 (Maude smiles good-naturedly.) 
 
 Nancy. " I think the last time you wrote me was 
 when your little girl was born. She must be quite a 
 young lady now." 
 
8 THEODORE, JR. 
 
 Kate. How did she guess it? So clever of her. 
 
 Maude. Why, I don't think that was very clever. 
 Any one would grow into a young lady in eighteen 
 years 
 
 Olive. Any one? Quite a sweeping remark, Maude. 
 ( Girls laugh. ) 
 
 Maude. Well, wouldn't one? 
 
 Kate. Maude, you're hopeless. Do let Nan read. 
 
 Nancy. " I truly meant to have answered that letter, 
 but you know what demands a society woman has on her 
 time." 
 
 Belle. Yes, we know 
 
 Nancy. " To come to the point at once — I am going 
 to ask a great favor of you. I have learned lately 
 through a mutual friend that your husband lost a greater 
 part of his property during the war. For several weeks 
 I have been much worried over Theodore. He is not 
 happy here. The mountains seem to get upon his nerves. 
 The doctor thinks it may be the altitude; anyway he is 
 miserable and his father agrees with me that he cannot 
 stay here." 
 
 Kate. Ah, I see a light. The lady wants to come to 
 Fairport for the summer 
 
 Nancy. Wait ! 
 
 Maude. Why, I should think 
 
 Kate. Yes, you should but you don't. 
 
 (Girls laugh.) 
 
 Olive. Oh, Kate, you say the worst things ! 
 
 Nancy. " I am, as you see by this address, in the 
 woods away up in the White Mountains, and here I must 
 stay, as my health demands " 
 
 Belle. Can't you skip some? 
 
 Nancy. That's important. The health of a prospec- 
 tive mother-in-law. 
 
 Girls. Nancy Dorrin ! 
 
 Nancy. Well, to continue 
 
THEODORE, JR. 9 
 
 Olive. Without interruption. 
 
 Nancy. Good for you, little one ! 
 
 Belle. Oh, I don't think we will ever get to him. 
 
 Kate. I think it would be a good idea to read every 
 word. A man inherits his mentality from the maternal 
 side. By her words we can judge him. 
 
 Nancy. She's all kinds of a fool judging from this. 
 (Reads.) " Er — er demands it." 
 
 Maude. What demands which? 
 
 Olive. Her health demands that she stay in the 
 woods. 
 
 Maude. Oh ! 
 
 Nancy. " Now the moment I heard that you had lost 
 your money I thought, How fortunate ! " 
 
 Kate. She's a thoughtful creature ! 
 
 Nancy. " I will ask them to take Theodore to board. 
 You see I couldn't bear to think of his being homesick 
 and lonely, and he does dislike strangers so." — Poor us, 
 with only one maid to our name. — " I don't think you will 
 find him any trouble. So long as he has plenty to eat he 
 seems satisfied. Since we came he has taken milk three 
 times a day and just before retiring." 
 
 Olive. I wonder if he likes it warm. 
 
 Kate. " Straucht frae the coo," as the Scotch say. 
 
 Belle. Better buy him a bottle, Nan. 
 
 Maude. I don't believe I shall like him. 
 
 Kate. Write for him not to come. Maude doesn't 
 approve. 
 
 Belle. He's a sissy. Imagine having to let his mother 
 decide where he shall board 
 
 Nancy. " His father thinks I am foolish." 
 
 Kate. Shake hands, father. 
 
 Nancy. " Perhaps I am, but you see he is an only 
 child. Not one bit spoilt though, as even his father will 
 admit. And, Anna, he is so handsome ! He has his 
 father's eyes and my hair — mother was always so proud 
 of my hair — and such a soulful expression " 
 
 Maude. Just like Willis Trevor 
 
 Kate. You may count me out of the running. I 
 think I'll go out and take some bicarb of soda 
 
10 THEODORE, JR. 
 
 Maude. I told you those caramels would make you 
 ill. 
 
 (Girls laugh.) 
 
 Olive. Oh, come, Kate, maybe he's a great husky, 
 but as his mother's an invalid, of course he wouldn't do 
 anything to displease her. I don't think one can tell any- 
 thing by a mother's description anyway. 
 
 Nancy. Olive to the rescue, as usual. Well, let's get 
 along. " Your girl " — listen to this, if you please — 
 " Your girl will adore him." 
 
 (Girls scream.) 
 
 Belle. You're making that up, Nan. 
 
 Nancy. True as I live. That's just what she has 
 written. " I hope she is fond of walking." — She isn't. — 
 " Theo is very fond of the out-of-doors. He spends a 
 great part of the time riding, too. If you have had to 
 dispense with your auto, I will hire one or send you the 
 one he is most attached to. We have no chance to drive 
 one here." 
 
 Kate. I hope it isn't a runabout for two. 
 
 Nancy. If it is, we'll have turns. I'll take no mean 
 advantage, girls ; until he begins to show a decided incli- 
 nation toward — some one of us, we'll share and share 
 alike. 
 
 Belle. You're very generous, Nancy. 
 
 Nancy. " Now if I do not hear from you unfavor- 
 ably, I shall start him off on the seventeenth." 
 
 Olive. How old is he, Nancy ? 
 
 Nancy. Just the age of my brother Edward — twenty- 
 two. 
 
 Belle. It's the seventeenth to-day. 
 
 Maude. She probably means the seventeenth of next 
 month. 
 
 Kate. What's the date of the letter, Nan? 
 
 Nancy. July second. There must be some mistake 
 or delay in posting. Let's see what else she has to say. 
 Ah ! here this explains it. " I am going to give this to the 
 grocer's boy to post, as we are miles from the office." 
 
 Olive. Oh, the grocer's boy forgot to post it. 
 
THEODORE, JR. II 
 
 Belle. Then he may be here at any minute. When 
 is there a train due, Kate? 
 
 Kate. No train now until after five. It's pretty near 
 that now. What will you get for his supper, Nan? 
 
 Nancy. Supper ! Good gracious ! I didn't intend to 
 have any supper. I thought if we had afternoon tea I 
 wouldn't bother with supper, as it's Mary's afternoon out. 
 
 Maude. I should think you would have to order some- 
 thing nice for a millionaire. 
 
 Nancy. The only thing I can make is a rarebit ; if 
 that won't satisfy him, he can go to a hotel. 
 
 Maude. He'll have to go there anyway; you haven't 
 any chaperon 
 
 Kate. Don't send him to a hotel, Nan ; some summer 
 girl will grab him. 
 
 {She says something to Belle and goes out. ) 
 
 Olive. Telephone your Aunt Anna to come over for 
 a few days. 
 
 Nancy. That's a good idea. I'll do it. {She goes 
 to 'phone.) 257W. No, 2-5-7W. Oh, these girls! 
 
 They're so stupid Hullo! is this you, Aunt Anna? 
 
 Yes, it's Nan Oh, I'm all right, thank you. 
 
 Aunt Anna, can you come over and stay with me 
 
 for a few days ? No, they're coming next week. 
 
 No, Mary is here, but Mr. Harrington is coming 
 
 on the next train No, wwexpectedly, and I need you. 
 
 But you must come That's fine 
 
 Olive. Tell her not to come until after supper. We'll 
 see you through that. 
 
 Nancy {in 'phone). You needn't come until after 
 supper. Good-bye. She'll think I'm awfully hospitable. 
 
 Olive. Now, Nancy, you must think what you are 
 going to give him for breakfast 
 
 Belle. Yes, and dinner and supper 
 
 Maude. Won't he want his dinner at night ? 
 
 Nancy. Oh, I wish he didn't have to be fed. What 
 shall I get, Olive? 
 
 Olive. Lamb's always good but — it's awfully high. 
 
 Belle. He's going to pay for it. Nan should worry. 
 
12 THEODORE, JR. 
 
 Maude. Don't forget his milk. 
 
 Olive. You'd better order an extra quart from your 
 milkman. 
 
 Nancy (at 'phone). 422M. That's right, 422M. 
 Well — hullo ! What, police department ! No, I don't 
 want the police department. What is the milkman's 
 number, Olive? (Olive looks up the number.) I was 
 sure I knew the milkman's 
 
 Olive. 950. 
 
 Nancy (in 'phone). 950. Yes, please. Hullo, Mr. 
 Smith, this is Miss Dorrin talking. Mr. Smith, will you 
 
 please bring us an extra quart of You don't sell it 
 
 any more 
 
 Olive. Oh, Nan, I gave you the wrong Mr. Smith. 
 That was the saloon-keeper. 
 
 Girls. Oh ! 
 
 Nancy (shutting off quickly). Well, I'll have a dandy 
 reputation before I get through this. Will you kindly 
 give me the right 
 
 Olive. Oh, here it is. Mr. James V. Smith, milk 
 dealer — 422W. 
 
 Nancy (in 'phone). 422W. Yes " W," not " M." 
 You gave me " M " before. You ought to have known I 
 
 didn't want Hullo, is this Mr. Smith ? Are you 
 
 the milk dealer ? Will you bring us an extra quart 
 
 of milk 
 
 Olive. Until further notice. 
 
 Nancy. Until further notice. Thanks Oh, Miss 
 
 Dorrin Mrs. M. G. Dorrin. There, I'm glad that is 
 
 over! 
 
 Belle. Aren't you going to telephone the meat man ? 
 
 Nancy. Oh, girls, do tell me what to get. 
 
 Maude. You ought to have peas with lamb, and cu- 
 cumbers are nice 
 
 Nancy. They won't go with milk well. 
 
 Belle. Better get a lot of different vegetables. Men 
 are so finicky, you never know what they particularlv dis- 
 like. 
 
 Maude. That sounds just like Kate. 
 
 Olive. Where is Kate? 
 
THEODORE, JR. 13 
 
 Belle. Said she was going to get some flowers for 
 decoration. 
 
 Nancy. Here, Maude, you do the telephoning and 
 we'll tell you what to order. 
 
 (Maude exchanges places with Nancy.) 
 
 Maude. What's his number? 
 
 Olive {consulting book). 5762 — You want Babson's, 
 don't you, Nan ? 
 
 Nancy. Yes, but please don't give us Babson's Livery 
 Stable. 
 
 ( Girls laugh. ) 
 
 Olive. Babson's Market — 5762. 
 
 Maude (in a honey sweet voice). Central, please give 
 me 5762 Yes, thank you. — They don't answer. 
 
 Nancy. Central's powdering its nose. Jiggle the re- 
 ceiver. 
 
 Maude (business with receiver). Give me 
 
 What was the number, Olive? — Just a minute, Cen- 
 tral 
 
 Olive. 5762. 
 
 Maude. 5762 Yes, thank you Oh, hullo, 
 
 is this the Meat Market? Maude Smythe — no, 
 
 Maude, M-a-u-d-e That's right. Oh, is that you, 
 
 Ben? Oh, are you? Isn't that nice? I'd simply adore 
 
 it Yes, I'm up to Nancy Dorrin's. We're going 
 
 to 
 
 Nancy. For Heaven's sake, Maude! 
 
 (Girls show amusement through this conversation.) 
 
 Maude. Nancy wants me to order the dinner. ..... 
 
 Yes, a young millionaire 
 
 Nancy. Here, give me the 'phone. 
 
 Maude. It's Ben Cotton. I couldn't be rude to him. 
 (In 'phone.) I was speaking to Nancy 
 
 Nancy. Order lamb. 
 
 Maude. Lamb. No, I wasn't calling you names. 
 (Giggles.) Nan wants a lamb. 
 
 Nancy. A leg of lamb, you goose. 
 
14 THEODORE, JR. 
 
 Maude. A leg of lamb, and 
 
 Nancy. Potatoes, beets, squashes, cucumbers, onions, 
 radishes 
 
 Maude {very rapidly). Potatoes — beets — squashes — 
 
 onions — radishes I don't know. One of each, I 
 
 mean two 
 
 Nancy. Get up, Maude. (Maude rises with a bewil- 
 dered look; in 'phone.) Never mind I say never 
 
 mind. This is Miss Dorrin Yes, I'll order later. 
 
 (Snaps out.) Good-bye. 
 
 Maude. I'm sorry, Nan ; I'm sure I tried to 
 
 Olive. Maude didn't — understand. 
 
 Nancy. She never does. Aunt Anna can do the 
 ordering. I'm exhausted. 
 
 (Bell rings.) 
 
 Belle. It's him. 
 Nancy. Gracious ! 
 
 (All listen expectantly for Mary to answer tKe bell. 
 Maude takes out vanity case and powders her nose. 
 Belle is evidently a bit nervous. Nancy adopts a 
 nonchalant air, while Olive sits complacently knit- 
 ting. A noise like a suppressed giggle is heard off, 
 then the door opens and Kate, dressed in Nancy's 
 father's evening clothes, wearing a small mustache 
 and carrying a tall hat and stick, enters. At first the 
 girls do not recognise her, but gradually it dawns 
 upon them who it is.) 
 
 Kate. Ah ! Good-awfternoon, ladies. I'm not unex- 
 pected, I trust. Which of you, may I enquire, is Mrs. 
 Dorrin ? 
 
 Girls. It's Kate ! 
 
 (All shout with laughter.) 
 
 Kate. Walked all the way from the station, by gin- 
 ger! in this broiling heat. I'm Theodore Harrington. 
 You got mama's letter, didn't you ? 
 
 Belle. Yes, Theo. Shall I milk the cow, Nan? 
 
THEODORE, JR. 1 5 
 
 (Kate sings " Won't You Wait Till the Cows Come 
 Home," dancing about room. Girls join in song.) 
 
 Nancy {interrupting). Did you write that letter, 
 Kate Goodwin? If you did, I'll never forgive you, 
 never ! 
 
 Kate {laughing). No, I didn't write the letter. The 
 postman really gave it to me as I was coming in. 
 
 Maude. You make an adorable boy, Kate. Doesn't 
 he, girls ? Why, I really thought for a 
 
 (Kate walks about ogling the girls.) 
 
 Nancy. Honest, Kate, didn't you 
 
 Kate. No, dearie, but I really thought you needed a 
 little rehearsing for the reception of Theodore. And 
 haven't I proved myself right? You were altogether too 
 nonchalant, Nancy, dear; in fact, you quite overdid it. 
 Olive's hand was trembling and she didn't really take a 
 stitch. Belle was awfully nervous, and Maude's nose is 
 a sight. You quite gave yourselves away. 
 
 Maude. Is he really coming? 
 
 Kate. How do I know ? I tell you I didn't write that 
 letter. Look at the postmark if you don't believe me. 
 (Nancy examines letter.) Isn't it about time to begin 
 the rarebit? 
 
 Maude. Oh, let's wait until he comes and he can help 
 us. Don't you just adore 
 
 Olive. I think it would be wise to get everything 
 ready. We might leave the cheese for him to help cut. 
 It would be less embarrassing for him to have something 
 to do 
 
 Maude. Imagine eating cheese cut by a real million- 
 aire ! 
 
 Kate. Where you going to serve it, Nan — in the 
 dining-room ? 
 
 NancY. No, right here. I always make chafing-dish 
 things here for dad Sundays. You'll find everything you 
 need right in that closet. I'm going out to pick those 
 flowers that Kate didn't. Olive, you take charge, will 
 you? The crackers, olives, sandwiches, etc., are in the 
 pantry. [Exit. 
 
l6 THEODORE, JR. 
 
 Kate. Isn't it like Nan to leave everything for some 
 one else to do? 
 
 Belle. Oh, she'll always be waited upon 
 
 Maude. She'll just have to marry Theodore 
 
 Olive (taking table-cloth from closet). Here, Kate, 
 help me with this. 
 
 (Kate hurriedly takes books and magazines from 
 library table; she and Olive lay cloth.) 
 
 Kate. Get busy, Maude. 
 
 Maude. What shall I do? 
 
 Belle (with chafing-dish in hand). Put this on the 
 table. 
 
 Maude (obeys). Oh, the knives! Let's see, how 
 many do we need? 
 
 Belle. We don't need any for a rarebit. 
 
 Maude. Well, forks then. Let's see There's 
 
 me and Theodore and Nan 
 
 Kate. Notice the sequence, girls? 
 
 Maude (looks uncomprehendingly at Kate). and 
 
 you and Olive and Belle. Six. 
 
 (Goes to closet for forks. Belle places tray contain- 
 ing silver cream pitcher, sugar-bowl, etc., on table.) 
 
 Olive. There won't be room to sit about the table. 
 We'll have to hold our plates. [Exit. 
 
 Maude. Where do you suppose he will sit? 
 
 Kate. Right here beside you, Maudie. (She pulls 
 Maude down on the sofa beside her and puts her arm 
 around Maude's waist.) Isn't this adorable? 
 
 (Maude giggles; Olive enters zuith sandwiches and 
 olives, and Nancy comes in carrying a big bunch of 
 flowers in a tall vase. ) 
 
 Olive. Put them right in the center, Nan. Aren't 
 they lovely ! 
 
 (Girls stand admiring the results of their labor when 
 the bell rings.) 
 
 Kate. Goodness ! Let me get out. 
 
THEODORE, JR. \J 
 
 (She makes a mad rush for the door.) 
 
 Girls. Your hat ! Your hat ! 
 
 (Kate returns, grabs hat, rushes toward door, trips 
 on mat. The girls are laughing heartily. Mary 
 enters. ) 
 
 Mary. It's a woman, Miss Nancy. She says she 
 wanted to see your mother, but you'll do. Shall I ask 
 her in ? 
 
 Nancy.' Yes. (Mary exits.) What a bother! I 
 hope she will know enough not to stay long. (Mary 
 ushers in a large woman with a voluminous skirt, who 
 stands just inside the door.) How do you do? I'm 
 sorry mother isn't at home 
 
 Woman. Didn't she expect me? Mrs. Harrington 
 said she wrote 
 
 Nancy. Mrs. Harrington! 
 
 Woman. Yes, about boardin' Theodore. 
 
 Nancy. Yes, oh, yes. 
 
 Woman. Well, here he is. 
 
 (She draws forward a tiny little boy of about three 
 or four years of age who has been hidden behind her 
 skirts. ) 
 
 Girls. ' Oh! 
 
 Nancy. That Theodore ! I thought he was — bigger. 
 
 (Girls giggle.) 
 
 Woman. I guess, Miss, you was a-thinkin' of his pa. 
 Beats all how they do grow up. Theodore he's been mar- 
 ried quite a spell now. This is Theodore Harrington, Jr. 
 
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TEN BOYS' FARCES 
 
 With an Introduction on impromptu Dramatics 
 By Eustace M. Peixoito 
 This very original collection of plays for boys is one of the most inter- 
 esting books of its kind that we have ever offered, both in its matter and 
 in its origin. They are for boys and they are also largely by boys, hav- 
 ing grown rather than been written, much as the Iliad was ; having been 
 spoken many times until their form was satisfactory and then written 
 down. They were thus originated in The Columbia Park Boys' Club, of 
 San Francisco, and have all been many times acted — one of them, «« Ro.^ie, 
 the Girl from Paris," having been presented several thousand times iii 
 public as well as in private since its beginnings in 1900. "The Last 
 Rehearsal" has been performed about two thousand times in this country 
 and in Australia. The collection is offered with confidence that it is an 
 adequate answer to that most difficult of all requests in this line — " a good 
 
 " y ■> Price, 25 cents 
 
 CONTENTS 
 
 Introduction. 
 
 Ding-a-Ling. For six boys. 
 
 The Last Rehearsal. For six boys. 
 
 Rosie, the Girl from Paris. For nine boys. 
 
 The Teacher's Pet. For seven boys ; pupils ad libitum. 
 
 Lost But Found. For eight boys. 
 
 Political Promises. For six boys. 
 
 When the Cat Is Away. For seven boys. 
 
 The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them. For three boys. 
 
 Chips Off the Old Block. For four boys. 
 
 The Tramp Barbers. For seven boys. 
 
 A TROUBLESOME FLOCK 
 
 A Mother Goose Play for Children 
 By Elizabeth F. Guptill 
 Ten boys, fifteen girls. Mother Goose costumes ; scenery unimportant. 
 Plays forty-five minutes. This welcome addition to the small list of 
 Mother Goose entertainments can be given in any hall or schoolroom, no 
 special setting being required, and can easily be presented by a smaller 
 number than twenty-five children, the full cast called for, by eliminating 
 some parts. The music called for is printed with the songs in each case, 
 Strongly recommended. 
 
 Price, 25 cents 
 
 THE DOLL THAT SAVED AN ARMY 
 
 An Historical Play in Four Scenes 
 By Edyth M. Wormwood 
 Twelve boys, six girls and as many soldiers as are desired. Costumes 
 of the Revolution ; scenery, simple. Tlays thirty minutes. Five char- 
 acters may be eliminated by doubling, making it possible for thirteen 
 children to give the play. Important papers are got to General Wash- 
 ington's hands inside the doll of a patriotic American girl whose adven- 
 tures constitute the action. Recommended. 
 
 Price, /j cents 
 
TEAM-WORK 
 
 A College Comedy in Three Acts 
 
 By H. Q. Gallupe and Charles Gott 
 
 Prize-winner , Pen, Paint and Pretzel Contest, Tufts College, November, igio 
 
 Ten males, five females. Costumes, modern ; scenery, two interiors. 
 Plays two hours and a quarter. The college course of Bob, the mainstay 
 of the football team, is threatened by his father's ruin, due to the schem- 
 ing of the uncle and patron of Humphrey, a classmate. Humphrey places 
 his own standing in jeopardy to save his chum and finally saves the situ- 
 ation. This is the backbone of a strong play with very strong and various 
 incidental interests and lots of first class comedy. Good atmosphere, lots 
 of humor, strong characters ; can be highly recommended. 
 
 Price, 25 cents 
 
 CHARACTERS 
 
 Stewart Almy, " Toot," a ?nember of "Paint and Powder," 1 a 
 
 dramatic club. 
 William Jefferson Jordan, "Shine," the playwright, member of 
 
 "Paint and Powder. 
 Bob Richards, captain of the football team, host at Forest Lodge, 
 H. Gardner Humphrey, football manager. 
 Frank Bell, electrician for " Paint and Powder." 
 Bill Black, 
 
 stage hands for "Paint and Powder.' 
 
 Jack Brown, 
 
 Tom White, 
 
 Sam Green, 
 
 Messenger Boy. 
 
 Dorothy Sprague, 1 
 
 Edith Richards, Bob's sister, I Students at Jackson College. 
 
 Ruth Sargent, J 
 
 Mrs. Hodgkins, Bob's aunt, the chaperon. 
 
 Amy Sinclair Grandby, a Radcliffe student, Edith 's friend. 
 
 SYNOPSIS 
 Act I. — Dining-room at Forest Lodge, morning. 
 Act II. — Same as Act I. Evening of the following day. 
 Act III. — Stage of the college gymnasium, on the afternoon 
 preceding the performance of the Paint and Powder play. 
 
 THE CRIBBER 
 
 A College Comedy in Three Acts 
 By W. P. Mcintosh 
 Six males, five females. Costumes, modern; scenery, three easy in- 
 teriors. Plays an hour and a half. A student finds an examination paper 
 that a professor has mislaid and hides it for temporary safety in another 
 student's desk, where it is found in a search for a lady's letter by a jealous 
 rival. The case looks black against a very popular man for a while, but 
 is finally cleared up. Co-educational piece, with good atmosphere and 
 lots of incidental fun. 
 
 Price, 13 cents 
 
THE SLACKER 
 
 A Patriotic Play in One Act 
 
 By Jewell BoiJiwell lull 
 Two male, seven female characters. Scene, an interior; costumes, 
 modern and military. Plays forty minutes. The hero, beyond the draft 
 age, has not enlisted because he deems it to be his widowed mother's wish 
 and his sweetheart's preference, as Well as his own duty not to do so. He 
 tries on the uniform of a friend who is going, "just to be in it once," and 
 being discovered, finds to his surprise that both his mother and his fiancee 
 have been miserable under the charge that he is a " slacker " and are re- 
 joiced to have him make good. Picturesque, patriotic, dramatic — an ideal 
 play for a Red Cross Entertainment. Strongly recommended. 
 
 Price, 25 cents 
 
 CHARACTERS 
 
 Grant Moore. Mrs. Smith, his mother. 
 
 Mrs. Moore, his mother. Ella Brown, his sweetheart. 
 
 Betty Caldwell, his fiancee. Mrs. Ralph. 
 Benny Smith, a young lieu- Mrs. Elton. 
 tenant. Mrs. Jones. 
 
 Other ladies and girls of the Marsville Red Cross Society. 
 
 A ROMANCE IN PORCELAIN 
 
 A Comedy in One Act 
 By Rudolph Raphael 
 Three males, one female. Scene, an interior ; costumes, modern. 
 Plays twenty minutes. Cecilia and Clarence, engaged to marry, resort to 
 Dr. Spencer before the knot is tied to secure a new upper set. Their troub- 
 les in concealing their errand from each other reach a climax when both 
 sets are stolen and the truth has to come out. Very funny and heartily 
 recommended. Price, 25 cents 
 
 A PROFESSIONAL VISIT 
 
 A Comedy in One Act 
 By Rudolph Raphael 
 Two males, one female. Scene, an interior ; costumes, modern. James 
 Winlhrop, impecunious, calls upon his old friend, Dr. Raleigh, also hard 
 up, to discuss the situation, and ends by getting engaged to the Doctor's 
 landlady, a rich widow, who calls to collect the rent. Very swift work. 
 Recommended. Price, 25 cents 
 
 THE GO-BETWEEN 
 
 A Dramatic Comedy Playlet 
 By Harry L. Newton 
 One male, two females. Scene, an interior ; costumes, modern. Plays 
 twenty minutes. Hezekiah, jilted on the eve of his wedding to Muriel, a 
 heartless adventuress, who has ruined him, is rescued from suicide by 
 Jane, a country sweetheart, in a capital little piece, mingling humor and 
 pathos most adroitly. Strongly recommended. 
 
 Price, 25 cents 
 
TEDDY, OR, THE RUNAWAYS 
 
 A Comedy in Three Acts 
 
 By Walter Ben Hare 
 
 {Originally produced at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City \ 
 February 16, IQI2. ) 
 
 Four males, four females. Scenery, a single interior ; costumes, mod- 
 ern. Plays two and a quarter hours. An eloping couple take refuge with 
 the Junipers when their auto breaks down. The lady explains that they 
 are being pursued by her brothers, so when a sheriff and posse arrive in 
 pursuit of two thieves, Mrs. Juniper locks them down cellar to let the 
 lovers escape. The sheriff gets out and arrests the Junipers whom he 
 accuses of being the thieves. It finally appears that the lady is an author- 
 ess and that she and her husband are posing as thieves in order to gel ma- 
 terial for a novel. Full of action; characters all good; lots of comedy; 
 strongly recommended. 
 
 Price, 2 'J cents 
 
 CHARACTERS 
 
 Jean MacLean, Little Miss Fixit. 
 Mrs. Juniper, a Young Wife. 
 Victoria, the Girl in the Taxi. 
 Tex an A, the Girl of the Golden West. 
 Max Juniper, the Perplexed Husband. 
 Alonzo Willing, the Fortune Hunter. 
 Ted Keegan, the Man on the Box. 
 Sheriff Jim Larrabee, Officer 666. 
 Two Deputy Sheriffs 
 
 SYNOPSIS 
 
 Act I. — Living room at Max Juniper's house on a Texas ranch. 
 Spring time. 
 
 Act II. — Same as Act I. The great diamond robbery. 
 Act III. — Same as Acts I and II. The thunderbolt. 
 
 WANTED— A PITCHER 
 
 A Farce in One Act 
 
 By M. N. Beebe 
 
 Eleven males. Scenery not important; costumes, modern. Plays half an 
 hour. Hank Dewberry, the crack pitcher of the home nine, is kept from 
 the championship game by his skinflini father who wants him to do the hay- 
 ing. Hank's friends try to find a substitute pitcher, with humorous but 
 unsatisfactory results. The elder Dewberry finally releases Hank when 
 one of the players shows him how to win the county championship at 
 checkers, on which he sets his heart. Hebrew, Irish, Italian and " hay- 
 seed " comedy character parts. Recommended. 
 
 Price, 15 cents 
 
THE VOICE OF AUTHORITY 
 
 A Farce in Three Acts 
 For Female Characters Only 
 By Bertha Currier Porter 
 
 Seven females. Costumes, modern ; scenery, a plain interior. Plays 
 two hours. Seven girls go camping all by themselves so as to have no 
 men bothering around. After a week of it they decide to send for their 
 brothers and fiances, but they have no sooner done so than they are noti- 
 fied that their camp has been quarantined by the authorities because one of 
 them the day before has been seen holding a baby that has the scarlet 
 fever. The men arrive, but are not allowed to enter, and the girls can- 
 not come out. Trouble follows, ended by the discovery that the baby did 
 not have scarlet fever after all. Full of life and laughs ; strongly recom- 
 mended. 
 
 Price, 25 cents 
 
 CHARACTERS 
 
 Jean Campbell, the stenographer, engaged to Bert. 
 Priscilla Carter, the newspaper woman, engaged to Ralph. 
 Martha Stearns, the cooking teacher, engaged to Max. 
 Gladys Cushing, the butterfly, engaged to Charlie. 
 Margery Whiting, the bride-to-be, engaged to Billy. 
 Elizabeth Kennedy, independent, not ejigaged at all. 
 Dr. E. T. Simpson, the physician. 
 And 
 The Voice of Authority, unseen but all-powerful. 
 
 THE COMING OF ANNABEL 
 
 A Comedy in One Act 
 
 By Alice C. Thompson 
 
 Six females. Costumes, modern ; scene, an interior. Plays thirty 
 
 minutes. A group of village gossips, bent on the slaughter of the char 
 
 acter of a visitor to the town, are routed and reformed by the example of 
 
 Annabel's charity and amiability. Good character. Clever and effective. 
 
 Price, 1 j cents 
 
 THE MISSES PRINGLES' LEAP YEAR 
 
 A Comedy in Two Acts 
 By Amaryllis V. Lord 
 Ten females and the apparition of a man. Costumes, modern ; scenery, 
 mimportant. Plays half an hour. The Misses Barbara, Priscilla and 
 lietsy Pringle, while scorning matrimony in public, have a secret inclina- 
 tion toward it, and taking advantage of leap year, each, without the 
 knowledge of the others, proposes by letter to Deacon Smith with sur- 
 prising results. Very easy and amusing, requiring no scenery and but 
 little rehearsing. 
 
 Price, 75 cents 
 
RED ACRE FARM 
 
 A Rural Comedy Drama in Three Acts by Gordan V. May. Sever 
 males, five females. Costumes, modern ; scenery, one interior, one exte- 
 rior. Plays two hours. An easy and entertaining play with a well-bal« 
 f.nced cast of characters. The story is strong and sympathetic and the 
 comedy element varied and amusing. Barnaby Strutt is a great part for 
 i good comedian ; " Junior " a close second. Strongly recommended. 
 
 Price, 2 'j cents 
 
 THE COUNTRY MINISTER 
 
 A Comedy Drama in Five Acts by Arthur Lewis Tubbs. Eight males, 
 five females. Costumes, modern ; scenery not difficult. Plays a full even 
 mg. A very sympathetic piece, of powerful dramatic interest ; strong and 
 varied comedy relieves the serious plot. Ralph Underwood, the minister. 
 is a great part, and Roxy a strong soubrette ; all parts are good and full 
 of opportunity. Clean, bright and strongly recommended. 
 
 Price, 25 eents 
 
 THE COLONEL'S MAID 
 
 A Comedy in Three Acts by C. Leona Dalrymple. Six males, three 
 females. Costumes, modern ; scenery, two interiors. Plays a full even- 
 ing. An exceptionally bright and amusing comedy, full of action ; all the 
 parts good. Capital Chinese low comedy part ; two first-class old men. 
 This is a very exceptional piece and can be strongly recommended. 
 
 Pi ice, 25 cento 
 
 MOSE 
 
 A Comedy in Three Acts by C. W. Miles, Eleven males, ten females. 
 Scenery, two interiors ; costumes, modern. Plays an hour and a half. A 
 lively college farce, full of the true college spirit. Its cast is large, but 
 many of the parts are small and incidental. Introduces a good deal of 
 singing, which will serve to lengthen the performance. Recommended 
 highly for co educational colleges. Price, ij cents 
 
 OUR WIVES 
 
 A Farce in Three Acts by Anthony E. Wills. Seven males, four fe- 
 males. Costumes, modern ; scenery, two interiors. Plays two hours and 
 a half. A bustling, up-to-date farce, full of movement and action ; all 
 the parts good and effective ; easy to produce ; just the thing for an ex- 
 perienced amateur club and hard to spoil, even in the hands of less 
 practical players. Free for amateur performance. Price, 25 cents 
 
 THE SISTERHOOD OF BRIDGET 
 
 A Farce in Three Acts by Robert Elwin Ford. Seven males, six fe« 
 males. Costumes, modern ; scenery, easy interiors. Plays two hours. 
 An easy, effective and very humorous piece turning upon the always in- 
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