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BRAMAS. , ^ •\fthurEu,st:ice, 2oe 10 4 A Desperate Game 3 2 After Ten Years i 5 A Lif'o Revfiiige 7 5 Arrah de Baugh i 5 Auroni Floyd " 2 Aukl Robin Gray 25c 13 8 ' Beauty of Lyons 11 2 Bill Detrick '. " 3 Brae, the Poor House (jirl.... 4 4 B rigands of Ca! abria 6 1 Beyond Pardon 7 5 Conn: or. Love's Victory 11 3 Cle iring the Mists 5 3 Dora 'T 2 Driven to the Wall 10 3 Driven from Home 7 4 Dutch Jake 4 3 East Lynne 8 ( Emigrant's Daughter 8 3 Fielding Manor 9 6 Gertie's Vindication 3 3 Grandmother Hildebrand's Lgaev, 2ie 5 4 Haunted bv a Shallow 8 2 Hal Hazard. 25o 10 3 Heiirv Granden H 8 How He Did It 3 2 Hidden Treasures 4 2 Hunter of the Alps 9 4 Hidden Hand 15 7 Lij,'hts and Shadows ot the Great Rebellion, 25c 10 5 Ladv of Lyons 12 5 Ladv Audley's Secret •; 4 Lost in London 6 4 Man and Wife 12 7 Maud's Peril 5 3 Midnight .Mistake 6 2 Millie, the Quadmun 5 6 Miriam's Crime 5 2 .Michael Erie 8 :; Miller of Derwent Water 5 2 Mistletoe Bough 7 3 Mountebanks (The) 6 2 New York Book Au^ent 7 3 Old Honesty 5 2 Old Phil's BirthdiO' ■') -^ Outcast's Wife 12 3 Outon the Wo Id 5 4 Oath Bound 6 2 Painter of Ghent 5 3 Peun Hapgo d Kt 3 Peleg and Peter. 25e 4 2 Poacher's Doom 8 3 Phee'im O'Rookes' Curse s 3 Phyllis, the Beggar Girl 6 3 Rp verses 12 6 R.jck Allen 5 3 NO. M. F. 79 Spy of Atlanta, 2ic 14 3 275 Mmple Si:a,-- 6 3 2fi6 Sweetbrier 11 5 144 Thekia 9 4 Z6\ 'I lie < >>ujuuMcial Drunnner.... 6 2 242 The Dutch R^'cruit 2c 14 3 67 The Fal.se Friend 6 1 97 The Fatal Blow ,.... 7 1 119 The Forty-Niners 10 4 304 The (»eneral Mana.irer "5 5 93 The Gentleman in Black i) 4 112 The New Magdalen 8 3 71 The Reward of Crime 5 3 3)6 The three Hats... 4 3 105 Through Snow and Sunshine 6 4 '^01 Ticket of Leave Man 9 3 2'.'3 Tom Blossom 9 4 193 Toodles 7 2 277 Tim ^Mii'jic'il '•>ptain 15 2 200 Uncle Tom's Cabin 15 7 2 Wild Mab 6 2 121 Will-o'-the-Wisp. 9 1 41 Won at Last 7 3 192 Zion 7 4 TEMPERANCE PLAYS. 73 At Last 7 1 75 Adrift 5 4 187 Aunt Dinah's Pledse (i 3 254 Dot: the Miner's Daughter... y 5 202 Drunkard [The] 13 5 185 Drunkar 's Warning 6 3 189 Drunkard's Doom 15 5 181 Fifte-n Years of a Drunk- ard's Life 13 4 183 Fruits of the Wine Cup 6 3 104 Lost 2 146 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 fi;; Three Glasses a Day 4 2 62 Ten Nights in a Ba.r-Room.., 7 3 .58 Wrecked 9 3 COMEDIES. 168 A Pleasure Trip 7 H 136 A Lf/al Holiday 5 3 121 An Afflicted Family 7 5 2)7 ''aught in the Act 7 3 248 Cantured 4 178 Caste o 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 1.58 .Mr. Hudson's Tiger Hunt i 1 149 New Y''e!irs in N. \' .7 6 37 Not So Bad After All 6 5 Matchmaking Father; OR- THE BASHFUL SUITOR A FARCE IN ONE ACT. — BY — / Shettel and George. TO WHICH IS ADDED— i DFSCRTPTION OF THE COSTUMES-CAST OF THE CHARACTERS- ENTRANCES AND EXITS-RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THB PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OF THE SiAGE BUSINESS. -0 Entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1S92, by ^AMES' PUBLISHING CO., in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. a. CLYDE, OHIO; AMES' PUBLISHING CO. ^1 I ^ A MATCTUfAKIXG FATHER CAST OF CHARACTERS. Mr. Edgeway - - - - - ^4 hislifitl suitor Mr. Wiley - - - A. riiatckniaJc in g father. Gladys - - - - - His fair daugJder Nancy ----- His plain daugliter C0STU2IES. Mr. Wiley — Sraokins^ oown, white vest, dark trousers, white shirt and collars, black stripe tie and slippers. Mr. Edgeway. — Evening dress. G-LADYS. — A becoming evening dress. Nancy.— An unbecoming evening dress; mother-in law wig, also bare scalp, for effect in tussel with Edgeway. X PROPERTIES. Book and sprinkling can for Gladys ; pipe and cane for Wiley. TIME— 30 MINUTES, r , TAGE DIRECTIONS. ft means Kiglil-;. l., Left; R. h.. Right Mancl; l. h., Left \\%xi\\ c, Centre; s. re., 2dE 1 Second Entraaoe; u. k.. Upper Eatr.iaoe; m. d., Middle Do3r; p., tha Flat; D. F.', Door in Flat; r. c, Right of Centre; l. C, Left of Centre. R. C. C. L. 0. L. *** The reader is sapposed to be upon ths stase facing the aulienoa. h f^alchmaking Father- . —OR,— THE BASHFUL SUITOR. SCENE. — Dnnring room in Wjley's liovi^e — Gladys seated on sofa l., wJtJi open hook in hand; Wiley seated ht rex-l-f/r, smokinfj pipe. ^Viley. Your sister, Nancy, spoke to me this morning, about having another reception dress. Now, tell me, what in thunder! does she want with a reception dress? She never receives. I've been decking that girl with silks and satins ever since she's been out of her teens — and Lord knows how Ions; that is — Gladys. Father I father ! you are making yourself old by worrying so much. ^YiJey. No ! darn it, it's my family that's making me old. As I was saying, I've been spending money on that girl for clothes for the last thirty-eight years — Gladys. Twenty-eight, \^\\wy. AYihy. Thirty-eight, I say. Don't I know the ages of my young uns ? Gladys. Young uns? ^Vhy, father, you shock me. One would suppose you were I'iglit out of the back woods. ^Yilcy. I wi.-h to heavens I was in 'em. Money, money, dress, dress, they are the only words in a woman's vocabu- larv. It is a waste of cash and material to attire Nancy in iino raiment. She is positively and hopelessly homely and any attempt at adornment makes it all the more evi- dent. I have given up all hopes of ever making a match for her. Gladys Matches, thev say, are made in Heaven. Wiley. Judging from your sister's luck, they must have ^ A MATCHMAKING FATHER, suspended business up there. Why, there's young Haskins, who visited us last summer, a poor, poverty-stricken no- body, with no prospects at all. I was certain I could ar- range a match between him and Nancy, but when I merely hinted at the matter in an off-hand way, just to sound him, it scared him half to death, and he hasn't been inside this house since that day. Oh! it's no use, no use, I have given up all hopes. Gladys. It isn't so desperate as you think it is. Wiley. Don't be deceived, Gladys. It is a hopeless case. Mo^e than that, she even drives your suitors away. Gladys. You are mistaken — I have always had as many suitors as I desired. Nancy never interferes. Sometimes, I think I have indeed 'too many. Wiley. Well would it be, if you could share them with your less fortunate sister. Gladys. How willingly would I give a share of them to her. Wiley. Why, Gladys, that suggests an idea. Old Mr. Edgeway, who was once a suitor for your mother's hand, has spoken of a fancy his son has taken for you. Young Edgeway, as you know, is a very modest — I might say timid young man, but will in course of time, become as bold as the majority. Gladys. But, father, I will not think of such a thing. I had been anticipating a proposal, and now that you ap- prise me of his fancy for me, I feel certain of it. If he comes, I shall not be at home. Wiley. Tut! tut ! listen to me, daughter, listen to me — Gladys. I shall not marry the big, awkward, blunder- ing, bashful booby. Wiley. Hark, my child ! Gladys, i shan't! I shan't! I would rather shut my- self up in a convent, than marry him. Wiley. Will you allow me to speak? I have not im- parted my idea to you yet. It is this . When Mr. Edge- way proposes to you, like ail young men suffering from too much modesty, he will direct his gaze to the floor. Just before the crisis you could quietly steal away and allow your sister to take your place by his side. We could have the room darkened for the occasion. She will gladly accept him, of course. When he discovers his mistake, he will be too A MATCHMAKING FATHER. 6 abashed to wiggle out of tlie dilemma. I will then appear and, by commenting on their loving attitude, will add to his embarassment. Oh ! it's a great scheme and can't fail to succeed if you will lend me your aid. Gladys. A brilliant idea. Wiley. Do you take to it? Gladys. I will do my utmost to unite two loving hearts. Wiley, {rising) Good girl ! good girl ! if we are blessed with success in this venture, I will buy you and your sister a dozen gowns apiece — reception, deception or any sort you choose. Gladys, {leaves sofa, ruskes to Wiley andjKits him on cheek) You are such a dear, old papa. Wiley. You are a very dear, little daughter. Good looks and good sense. The very image of your departed mother, in both features and mind. But, tell me, who in thunder does Nancy take after? Gladys, {edging away) Ma always said she much re- sembled you. Wiley. {Ihuniping on floor with cane) It's a lie! it's a. lie ! Your mother never said any such thing. I was the smartest and handsomest young man in the village. Your mother often told me so. Gladys. Yes, but tnat was only when she wanted ice cream or something. Wiley. We didn't have such stuff in those days. Times vvere hard ; young men saved their money and didn't spend it foolivshly as they do nowadays. Gladys. Ma said you used to loose all your change play- ing poker behind the barn with the man who is now our minister. Wiley. Will you quit informing me what your mother said? Next thing you will be telling me your mother said I was a convict or a hangman. Your imagination is entirely to vivid. {hell rings Gladys. The bell ! the bell ! It's Edgeway ! ^ Wiley. What, Edgeway? Don't forget the plan. I will find your sister at once and prepare her for her part. {stage darTxens, exit, Wiley, r. Gladys. Poor Edgeway ! poor unsuspecting victim! I wouldn't be in his boots for the world. 6- A MATCHMAKING FATHER. Enter, Edgeway, c. Edgeway. Miss Gladys — Miss Wiley, I say — excuse me do I find you at home ? Gladys. Good evening, Mr. Edgeway ; I am so glad to see you once again. Edgeway. I am so glad — you are so glad — Gladys — I mean Miss Wiley. Gladys. Be seated, Mr. Edgeway. (Edgeway crosses to chair, Gladys seats herself on sofa — coughmg) Here's the sofa. EdgevKiy. I — I perceive. {crosses to sofa and takes seat hesld^ Gladys. Gladys. This is more comfortable than a chair. Edgeimy. No — that is — I presume it may be Do you think it will rain to-morrow ? Gladys. Why do you ask me ? Do you want to go picnicing ? Really, I dare not say, lor fear I would tell you wrong. Interval of silence, during -which Edgeway fidgets and tiriddles his thumbs, Gladys toi/s languidly with luindhercliief. Edgeinay. I fear — you are — not interested in my con- versation, face turned from her 'Gladys. Oh ! deeply interested. Edge way. You don't say so. Now — what was — I — about to remark. Gladys. Something brilliant, I feel certain. Edgeway, Your adulation — Miss Wiley — will turn my head. Gladys, (aside) Would to goodness it would. It would l>e much more pleasant than speaking to his back, {aloud) I always lavish praise where merits invites it. Edgeway. You do me — too much honor, I assure you. {interval of silence — business) ■ Is — is your father well? Gladys. In very good health, thank you. Edgeway. i noticed — you were out walking yesterday — with your aunt, I presume. Gladys, Beg pardon, that was my sister. Edgeway. Pardon me. By the way — Miss Wiley, I would like to tell you — a little story. Gladys. Please tell it, I love stories. A MATCHMAKING FATHER. 7 Edgeicaij. Now let me— think. I raust recall the story. But I fear it will bore you. Gladys. Go on ! I am already interested. Jidgeiiynj. There was onc^e a young man, I knew him personally. I — er — attended his wedding recently. Gladys. Is this a I'omance, Mr. Edgeway ? Edgeioay. It — is — nothing, — if not romance. He — loved a young lady of my acquaintance. He loved her deeply. He was always — timid about — proposing to the young lady, knowing well it would kill liira if jilted by her. He didn't want to die young, so he put off the matter of proposal. Of course he did not want to wait until the lady was old before he married her, and then too some other chap might step between them. Procrastination was dangerotis. But — I fear — I am not telling this well {inopes Ids hro'w wltJi Jiandl'ercJdef Gladys. Do proceed. I don't like stories to end so abruptly. Edgeimy. Well, at last Chollie — that is his name — mus- tered sufficient courage to pop the question. The lady wisely accepted. Gladys. What an exciting tale. You ought to write it •up for a magazine. Edgeicay. What do you think of the lover ? Gladys. He is just my ideal. I detest bold men. Edgeway. Putting yotirself in the lady's plaep, wottld you have done as she ? {looks air < j froni her Enter ^ Nancy, l., takes Gladys place, unseen by Edgeway, Gladys exit, l. Nancy. Putting myself in her place, I think I would have done as she. Edgeimy. [aside) That's encouraging. I'll do it with one bold stroke, (aloud — to Nancy, ivit/iout looking up) The story I have told is but a plain statement of my own . case. I am here to plead for your hand. Nancy. It is yours. . Edgeway. Darling ! {looking up) Great Ceasar! What have I done ? Enter, Wiley, r. Wiley. You have proposed to my Nancy. I bless you, my children. A MATGHMAKINCt FATHEE, EdgeuKiy. The devil ! I don't understand this, sir! Wiley. Let me congratulate you, I wish you joy. Edgeway. There is a serious mistake here. This is nol tne woman I love. Nancy. Why Edgie, you said you did, Edgeway. This is either a most egregious blunder on my part or a most diabolical deception on yours. By the gods, you must have resorted to some bit of oriental conjuring. {to Mr. Wiley) I proposed to your younger daughter, Miss Gladys, she must have vanished, and tiiis one appeared in her place. Wiley: Mr. Edgeway, this is ridiculous. Why you have been making love to Nancy for the last hour. I heard you just ask her to marry you. She accepted. You both have my consent, and it is my duty as a father, to see that this engagement is not broken. You shall marry her. {thumps wponflooT vnth cane Edgeway. Marry that hag ? Never ! Nancy, {leaping to her feet) Oh ! you cruel wretch I ni show you ! {catehes hold of Edgeway Edgeway. Murder! murder ! take the blamed thing ofi ! She's going to kiss me. Nancy. I'm not, you nasty man. {grahs Edgeway hyhair and drags him ah out Edgeway. Take it off! take it off! Wiley, {rapping with cam) Stop ! stop ! this is scan- dalous ! Edgeway, let her along, I say. Edgeway. Make her stop ! Police ! police ! 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