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Sara, a member of a sewing class for younger chlidren, at the Wesley House. Members of Ethel's Sunday School class: Blanche, Ger- trude, Harriet, Dean, Grace and Hester. Members of the senior sewing class at the Wesley House : Bessie, Annie, Thelma, Viola, Evelyn and Frances. DEC 30 CID 63224 Ethel's Sunday School Class PART I. The scene is laid in a small class room used by the girls of the Addison Avenue Sunday School. The busi- ness session is about over when the curtain goes up. Ethel — Is there any other business to come before the class? (As she speaks she arranges the papers on the table before her and shows surprise as she picks up a letter.) Here is a letter that I came near forgetting. The deaconess of the Wesley House wants two or three of us to teach sewing every Saturday morning from nine o'clock to eleven. Who will volunteer? (The girls look from one to another. It is evident they are not interested in going.) Ethel— You can't all go, girls. The deaconess wants only two or three teachers. There are not enough classes for all of you. Blanche— (holding out her purse) Take my mon- ey, Ethel, but let me have my life. What would I do try- ing to teach children anything? As for sewing, I cannot put a button on my coat without getting the thread in a tangle. The children would have to teach me. Gertrude— We all belong to the Young People's Missionary Society. We give our dues and pledges reg- ularly and some of the money is used for the support of the Wesley House and its deaconess. I think we do our part in the missionary society without having calls made on us as a Sunday school class. Hester— I think so, too. I do not think we should be asked to work with those people. If we give them our money we do our part by them. Let the deaconess teach them. Ethel's Sunday School Class Ethel — But the deaconess cannot teach several classes. Gertrude — Deaconesses get paid for their work. Let them do it. Harriet — Pay, my dear Gertrude, is it pay you want? Are you hunting a job as deaconess? If you are, I'll give you a check every week if you will teach and let me watch you. It would be a show ! I remember the day you tried to teach Lucia to darn her stocking and she gathered it into a monstrous pucker. Dean — Now, Harriet, you need not make fun of Gertrude. Of course, we know you can sew and she can't. It's not so much a question of ability as it is a question of whether we are going to let this institution rob us of our time. The more you do for any charitable institution, the more they want you to do. It seems to me that when we, as a missionary society, help with the equipment and the deaconess and give a box at Christmas time, we should not be annoyed when we come together as a Sunday school class. Grace — And Saturday of all days! In the winter we want to have time to get ready to go to the show in the afternoon, and in the summer we have our nicest pic- nics on that day. Blanche — Well, I should say we do ! Ethel — Then, no one will go? Dean — You have guessed correctly, unless you will offer yourself for this noble mission. CURTAIN PART II. Scene — A room in the Wesley House. The deaconess is helping the girls of the senior class get their two sew- ing machines before the windows. The girls talk as they unfold their work.) Bessie — Are we going to have a teacher today, Miss Ethel's Sunday School Class Landis? I have done my best to make this skirt hang right, and it won't. Annie tried to help me, but she does not know any more about it than I do. Deaconess — I hope you will have a teacher today. I have asked the young women of the Addison Avenue Sunday School to send some teachers . If no one comes, I will do my best to get away from the other classes long enough to help you. (Sara runs into the room and pulls Miss Landis to- ward the door.) Sara — Oh, Miss Landis, do come quick ! Jane Davis put the doll dress I made on her doll and there was chew- ing gum on it and the dress stuck and Jane is cutting the dress oft'. Hurry, Miss Landis, save my doll dress ! (Deaconess and Sara hasten from the room.) Annie — That is just the way it always happens. Miss Landis never does get time to show us how to sew. Those kids keep her busy settling their rumpuses. When I am grown I am going to help girls learn to sew, even if I do get rich all of a sudden, like I dreamed last night. Thelma — I would not care to be rich if I could just be good like Miss Landis. Viola — (looking from window) There's an auto. Look at the young lady getting out. I bet she is our teacher. She must be rich. Look at that fur coat ! Annie — Hope she ain't stuck up. Evelyn — Bet she don't know how to sew. Frances — Well, she's good to look at, anywa.y Bessie — Sh-h-h! She will hear you. (The girls get busy with their seiving as the deacon- ess and Ethel enter the room.) Ethel — I am sorry none of the other girls could come, Miss Landis, but it seems that Saturday is a busy morning with them. Deaconess — I am sorry they could not come, but I am very glad you are here. Will you teach the senior class this morning? Mrs. Morse, who usually has the Ethel's Sunday School Class class, has been called from the city because of the illness of her mother. Ethel — I feel flattered. I had expected to teach be- ginners. (Turns to the girls and talks as she removes her coat and gloves. Several girls rub the coat softhj when Ethel is not looking.) Ethel — What are you making, girls? Annie — Underskirts. Bessie's hikes in the back. She wants you to level it off for her. Ethel — I shall be glad to. Let me see the skirt, Bessie. (Bessie brings the skirt and it is spread upon a ta- ble. All gather around while Ethel trims it.) Ethel — Slip it on over your dress and let us see how it hangs. (Bessie puts on the skirt and all the girls are in- terested, some pat it into place, others stoop to the floor to see how it hangs.) Thelma — Ain't that grand, now? Viola — I tried to make a skirt for my little sister, and the more I trimmed it the more it hung in scallops. How did you know how to do it? Ethel — I learned at school. I make nearly all my clothes. Frances — (disappointed) You do? Then you are not rich. Rich folks hire their clothes made, or buy them at the stores. Bessie — Do you make your clothes so that you will have money for coats and cars? Frances — Was that your car you came in today? Annie — It must be swell to have a fur coat and a car. Have you a beau? (This question is of such importance that all crowd around to hear Ethel's answer. Her sloivness is under- stood to mean that she is without this desirable posses- sion. Bessie pats her on the shoulder and says in sooth- ing tones.:) Ethel's Sunday School Class Bessie— There, there, don't worry about it. My brother's sweetie went back on him. She ran away with the ash man last week. My brother would just admire to be your steady. (Enter Deaconess.) Deaconess — Girls, girls, you will smother your teacher. Sit down. How is the work getting along? Bessie — Fine, Miss Landis. Look at this skirt. It hangs just grand! Deaconess — (examines work and hands out trim- ming for the skirts.) See how neatly you can gather this embroidery for a ruffle. Annie: — Oh, ain't it pretty! I never had a ruffle on a petticoat in my life. Won't ma be proud? (A ragged little girl enters the room and stands in front of the deaconess.) Cora — Miss Landis, there's a little girl lives next door to me what's awful sick, and her granny won't let nobody do nothing for her no way. Won't you come give her some medicine what'll make her well? We plays to- gether when she's well. I 'spect she's hungry, too, 'cause they ain't ever got much to eat over there. Deaconess — Of course I'll go to see her. She lives next door to your house, you say? Cora — Yes'm, next door to me in Tatter Rag Alley. It's an awful house — the tumbledownest one there is. You'd better hurry up, 'cause she's awful sick. I'll wait till you puts on your bunnit. Deaconess — It is time for the sewing school to be dismissed. Put your work away neatly, girls. I will hurry and get some things to take to the sick child. Ethel — May I go with you? Deaconess — I shall be glad to have you go. CURTAIN Ethel's Sunday School Class PART III. Scene — Inside a one-room hut. Myrtle is tossing about on a pile of dirty rags. The grandmother, in a dirty calico wrapper and ragged shawl is knocking the ashes from her cob pipe as she sits huddled over an old stove. A few pieces of broken furniture are scattered about the room. A knock is heard at the door.) Grandmother — (screaming in shrill voice) Come on in! You don't have to knock the door down. (Enter Deaconess and Ethel.) Deaconess — I heard that there is a little sick girl here. May I help you do something for her? Grandmother — Don't see as how it's any of your business to come pryin' into something as ain't none o' your business. I ain't goin' ter have none o' your doctors an' none o' your medicines. I done give her some herb tea; an' if that won't cure her, nothin' will. (The Deaconess examines the child while Ethel stands by and watches.) Deaconess — The child is very ill. She must be bathed and dressed in clean clothes and have proper care. Grandmother — You ain't goin' ter tetch her clothes! She's done sewed up in 'em for the winter, an' they ain't goin' ter come off her till spring. An' there ain't no sense in washin' her, she ain't used ter it. She'll ketch cold if you put water on her. Deaconess — These clothes must come off, and the child shall be bathed. Bring me a pan of water and some soap. Grandmother — Ain't got no pan, but a skillet, an' they ain't no soap in the house. Deaconess — Then bring me some water in the skil- let and borrow some soap. (The water is brought in the skillet and the old woman hobbles from the room.) Ethel — Where will you get a clean gown and sheets and how will the poor child get nourishment? Ethel's Sunday School Class Deaconess — I have a clean gown for her and some milk. As soon as she is cleaned up and fed I shall have her carried to the hospital. I was told just before the sewing school started this morning, that the old woman is no kin to the child, so we will have to send her to an orphanage when she gets well. Ethel — How did you happen to have the gown and the milk all ready to bring? Deaconess — We keep a supply of gowns and sheets at the Wesley House for emergencies like this. Our milk station gives milk to poor families where there are ba- bies or sick people. (Myrtle tosses and moans.) Ethel — Poor little child! I wish the girls of my Sunday School class could be here and see. CURTAIN PART IV. Setting is the same as in Part I. Ethel is in the midst of her story ivhen the curtain rises. Ethel. — Oh, girls, if you could have seen that poor little child as she tossed on those dirty rags! If you could have heard that old woman's shrill voice! I never can forget that dirty room. The old woman kept the child to beg money so that she could buy tobacco to smoke in her old cob pipe. But Myrtle is getting better. I saw her at the hospital this afternoon and even the few hours had helped her. Dean — I want to go to see her, Ethel. Gertrude — I am going to give the Wesley House some sheets and gowns. Harriet — Why can't we have an old time sewing bee and make a lot of sheets and pillow cases and gowns for the Wesley House? Blanche: — I'd love to. 10 Ethel's Sunday School Class Grace — All you girls come to my house next Wednes- day, and spend the day, and we will sew and sew. Here is something toward buying some sheeting and tubing. (Puts some money on the table.) Hester — I have a lot of change in my pocketbook that has been heavy to carry. I want to donate it to this fund. (She dumps a lot of change upon the table.) Dean — Do they still need teachers for the sewing classes? Ethel — Three or four. Harriet — I cannot go next Saturday, but I can be- gin next month and go every week. Hester — Is there something I could do? I cannot sew. Ethel — There is a Little Mothers' club where the girls learn to do things that all real mothers need to do for their children. The cooking classes are very helpful, as many of the children have to prepare their own food while their mothers are at work. There are clubs for boys and for girls, and the story hour. There is work for every girl in this class if she will do it. Blanche — I believe we will be interested from now on. What about it, girls? (A chorus of voices answers as the curtain falls: "Yes, yes! We will") CURTAIN New Juvenile Entertainments A-B-C-Capers By Soemple. 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