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Sensation Drama- 38 Seno-Comic Dmma 4Z Shadow Pantomimes 4 5 Shakespeare s P.ays :7 Sheet Music 4U Tableaux Vivants 37 Temperance plays 25 Theatrical F ice Preparations 46 Vocal Music of Shakespeare s Plays . 4 1 Wigs 47 ALL MAILABLE ARTICLES IN THIS CATALOGUE SENT POST FREE. In ordering and remitting 1>g Mail always send Post Office Orders if jioxxible. POSTAGE STAMPS TAKV.V TV PAYMENT. NEW YORK : SAMUEL FRENCH & SON. PUBLISHERS, 38 E. 14th St., Union Square. LONDON : S A M i: EL FRENCH PUBLISHER, 89, STRAND. Payment tyU/ST K romjKdii/ < <ich Order. A Catalogue with above Contents Sent Free - WANTED, ONE THOUSAND SPIRITED YOUNG MILLINERS, F0> THE GOLD DIGGINGS. J. STIRLING gOYNE. AUTHOR OF "HOW ft, SITTI.E ACCOUNTS WITH TOUR LAUXDHESS," " F&lO An ITS VICTIM/. 1 "QLEUr. SUBJKCT," "THE I.OVB KNOT," "TlIK UXPUO- TKtl . D FEMALE," "MAX OF MANY FHIIC.XUS," "FAS UK FASC1NATIO.V," tTC. LTC. With Orig.fal Cast, Costumes, and all the Stage Susineti. NEW- YORK . SAMUEL FRENCH, 191 NASSAU-STREET. WANTED, ONE THOUSAND YOUNG MILLINERS. SCENE A solicitor s office, furnished in the usual manner. A laryt table, with papers and writing materials on it, c. Windows K, and L., in fiat, with blinds to each. Door to SINGLETON S private room R. 3 E. Fire-place, over which is a chimney-alass, it. 2 E. Door of closet L. 3 E. Door of entrance L. 2 E. Nine office-cliairs and one easy -chair placed by fire-place, R. Lawyer s tin boxes on thefioorand on shelves. JOE BAGGS discovered writing, L. of table. Baggs. (writing and reading}. "All that and those tenements and he reditaments, situate, lying and being in the parish of Tetteringham, situate in the county of Norfolk, as lately in the possession of John Dobbin, farmer, and bounded on the north by Coppershaw Close " no " on the south " no "on the east 1 (Rising) Hang it ! I can think of noth ing but the plan I have in hand. I wonder if Tom Tipton has got my note. I must have Tom s assistance to carry out my project. He s a devilish clever fellow, is Tom, though he has been lor six years try ing unsuccessfully to pass the College of Surgeons. When I think of the larks we have played together ! Ha, ha, ha ! (Laughs with sup pressed glee. ) Tipton (putting his head in at D. L. 2 E.) Hallo, Joe ! What s up? (Enters.) You re as jolly as if somebody had lent you a five- pun note, to be paid three months after convenience. Bag. Oh, Tom ! I m glad you re come. But don t speak too loud ; for the governor is in his private room there. Such a lark, Tom ! I ve done him, done him brown, at last. Tip. What ! old Singleton, the cunningest fox in the Law List ; done him ? I 11 shake hands "with you, Joe. ( They shake hands. ) You re not such a fool as you look. Let me hear all about it. Bag. I ve had, for some time, a splendid project in my mind ; but I could not put it in execution without getting the governor out of the way for a whole day. Well, what do you think I do? Tip. Something stupid, of course. Bag. Ah ! you shall judge. The governor happens to have a rich old client down at Oxford ; Tottles, he s called. Well, I get a let ter written, and posted at Oxford, as from Mrs. Tottles, to the gov ernor, telling him that her husband had been taken suddenly very ill indeed, and wanted to make his will, and go out of the world com- M50102 4 WANTED, OXE THOUSAND YOUNG MILLINERS, forcibly ; -which; He could not <Jb unless his friend Singleton came down. Tip. Ah! Well? Bay-. The letter arrived this morning, by the early post, and, ft-trange as it may seem, the governor fell into the trap ; and the in fatuated individual is now packing his carpet-bag, preparing to start for Oxford. Tip. Bravo, Joe ! By Jove ! I could n t have managed it bettoi myself. But what are you going to do when you ve got the premi ses to yourself? Something must be done. Let me see ; I know half a dozen of Guy s fellows that I can muster in no time. One of them sings all the comic songs popular at Evans s, and another can mix punch, and balance no end of tobacco-pipes on his nose. You play loo? Of course you do. Well, I 11 bring a pack of cards ; and we 11 have in innumerable pots of shandygaff ; and you shall lock the door, and stick a notice outside, " Back in half an hour " meaning half an hour after no particular time ; and we 11 close the shutter and light the gas, and make a serious day of it, my boy ! (Slaps him on shoulder.) Bag. Why, you see, Tom, though I am rather partial to shandy gaff, and think you fellows of Guy s devilish pleasant company over a bowl of punch, I have a plan of my own that will interfere with yours. Tip. 0, in that case propound it. I am open to conviction. Bag. Hei*e it is. (Takes printed placards out of table-drawer t and exhibits one.) What do you think of it? Tip. Eh? (Reads) " Wanted, one thousand spirited young mil liners" A thousand ! Bag. Be the same more or less. Tip. (reading). " One thousand spirited young milliners, for tht gold diggings. Apply personally to Mrs. Vanderpants" Who the devil is Mrs. Vanderpants ? Bag. Never mind. Go on. Tip. (reading). "Apply personally to Mrs. Vanderpants, from ten o clock in the morning till twelve at night, at 210 Lincoln s Inn Fields." Why, Joe, that s here ! Bag. Undoubtedly. Tip. Eh? I begin to have some idea of your intentions. You re meditating a Circassian soiree Bag. Hush 1 You ve hit upon it ; a fete artistiquc. Tip. No? Bag. Jlrtistique, chorcgraphique, and chiralresque Tip. And millineresque. Bag. Millineresque essentially. Tip. Joe, I ve no hesitation in asserting that your idea is stupen dous ! I may say t is the volcanic and cutaneous eruption of a great mind. Bag. Well, the next thing to do is to get out a few bills. You must help me, Tom. Tip. Why, the fact is I have a good many out already ; but to accommodate a friend, I don t mind doing a few more. Where FOR TIIK GOLD DIGGINGS. 6 rour pen and ink ? (Sits L. of table.) Hand over your papers, and 1 11 put as good a name on them as ever spoiled a stamp. Bag. Pshaw ! I only want you to stick them. Tip. No, no ; pon my life I can t do that. I 11 accept them with pleasure, and you shall stick them; sccundum artcm ; that a the regular practice, I believe, at Guy s. Bay. Will you understand me ? I merely want you to stick a few of these placards. Tip. (rising). Oh ! I beg pardon ; I was thinking of another kind of bill-sticking ; three months after date. Hem ! give them to me. ( Takes placards. ) I 11 borrow an old hat and coat from the porter, and try my hand at external paper-hanging. But I say, where shall I put them up? Bag. Oh, anywhere in the neighborhood ; on any blank wall or pump you may find. Tip. Pump? Gad, then I 11 just step into Lincoln s Inn and the College of Surgeons, where I shall find plenty of old pumps. [Exit L. 2E. Bag. I rather fancy I shall render myself illustrious in all future histories of England, by this coup d etat. There s certainly some thing magnificent in the notion of wanting a thousand milliners for the gold diggings ! Enter SINGLETOX, from room, R. 3 E., with carpet-bay, greatcoat, and shawl. Singleton. Eh, Baggs ; what s that you re saying about the dig gings? (Puts carpet-bag, <., on chair.) Bag. Diggings, sir? Oh, yes ; I was observing to myself, in your absence, that an enterprising young man, with an industrious wife and a cradle, might do wonders at the gold diggings. Sin. All humbug ! There are no diggings like the diggings at Westminster Hall, where, if you hit upon a good case, you may wash lots of gold out of a client Come here, Joe. I am obliged to go down to Oxford this morning. Bag. (aside). And you may thank me for the journey. .Sin. Old Tottles is dying. Bag. Dying, sir? Dear me! that s sudden, sir! Execution on the body, removal by habeas corpus, doctors can t put in bail, must leave the world, his wife, and his lawyer, sir. But I dare say, sir, it will be a happy release for the poor man. Sin. Yes, yes, he s been ailing for some time. Ah ! by the bye, I ve a letter that I must write before I go. Where are the ink and paper? Bag. (arranging papers on table). Here they are, sir. (SINGLE TON sits R. of table.) But don t you think you may be late, sir? When a man is dying, you know , Sin. (writing). He s seldom in a hurry, Joe. Bag. Ila, ha, ha ! Why, no sir ; but (jJside) Hang him for a stubborn old mule. I m afraid Tom will be back before he s done. (Goes to window and looks out.) Si.i. (writing, and aside). I have full ten minutes to spare, be fore twill be time to start. Meanwhile I 11 mingle a little pleasure 6 WANTED, ONE THOUSAND YOUNG MILLINERS, with business, by answering the note I have just received from that charming creature whom I met in Kensington Gardens ; a sweet, timid little innocent, fresh from the country. Joe ! sealing-wax and a light. And she has consented to dine with me next Sunday, at Richmond. I really believe I possess an extraordinary power of fas cination over the fair sex. ( Writes.) Bag. Yes sir. (Lights match from box on chimney-piece. ) Phew ! matches, they say, are made in heaven ; but these, by their smell, must have been manufactured in a very different place. (Lights taper.) Sin. (addressing note). ".Miss Selina Smith, Post Office, Char ing Cross. To be called for." Bag. (placing taper on table). Here you are, sir. You hold the letter, and I 11 drop on the wax. Sin. Thank you. Enter TIPTON hastily, L. 2 E., wearing an old greatcoat and shabby white hat, and carrying a large brush. Tip. Phew ! All right ! Ha, ha, ha ! Sin. Eh! Who s that? Bag. (embarrassed). That, sir? Oh, that s (Drops melting wax on Six GI&TON S fingers.) Sin. Hallo ! the wax ! (Jumps up in pain, holding his finger in his mouth.) You ve burnt me to the bone with the infernal wax? Bag. (aside to TIPTON). What are you about ? The governor ! Tip. Hold hard! (Hides brush behind him.) Sin. What s your business, fellow ? Tip. (in a simple manner). I m a hartist ! Sin. (pompously). Oh! a painter, I suppose? Tip. Yes, and glazier as well. (Shows pot and brush.) Sin. And what do you come here for? Tip. I m come to paint you ! ( Uses the action of painting.) Sin. Paint me ? Tip. Yes. How will you be done ; in plain oak or mahogany ? Sin. You ve made a mistake, my good fellow. You re not wanted here. Tip. Oh ! perhaps it s the other old buffer, on the floor above, that master has sent me to do up. But, I say, I don t think a brush would do you much harm here. (Looks about.) You don t look re markably fresh. I should like to give you a coat or two. (SINGLE TON turns away.) JBag. (R.) Presumptuous painter ! we want none of your coats, when we have six suits in Chancery to our back, that we hope will last us all our lives, and descend to our children after us. Tip. (L.) Oh ! Well, good byD. (Slips behind door, L. 2 E., and conceals himself.) Sin. Joe, my coat. Mind you don t let that fellow in here again. ( Takes carpet-bag.) Be attentive to business, Joe. Go on with the draft of Edwards s mortgage and mind } r ou turn off the gas at night and have that writ served upon Jones and that sail. Goodbye. [ Exit L. 2 E. roil TI1E GOLD DIGGINGS. y Bag. Good bye, sir ! Take caro of yourself ! (Closes door, and discovers TIPTON standing upright against the wall.) Tip. (capering. Hooray ! the field s our own. I ve put them all up (imitates action of sticking a bill), in defiance of the solemn warn ing, " Bill-stickers beware ! " You should see them, Joe. They ro enormously attra* *ive ! The milliners can t help themselves. We shall catch ihont .live, like bluebottles in a grocer s window. They 11 be down on us in a swarm, directly. But where s Madame Vander- pants? You km.w you have announced her, and she must be forth coming. Bag. I m prepared for that. Madame Vanderpants is an old lady, a client of the governor s, who, having a heavy suit on hand, is obliged to come up to town frequently ; and to save trouble she leaves some boxes and trunks of clothes here, where she has them ready when she requires them. Now, I ve selected a few articles of ipparel from her store ; and when I ve got them on I think I shall make a very fair sample of the sex. Tip. You 11 be a prodigious creature, Joe ! But what am / to do? Bag. Why, as you re to be my assistant, I ve looked out a few .hings for you. (Brings down a lawyer s deed-box, which is on the floor at buck.) Here you are, in " Smith s Executors." On with iicse directly, or we shan t be ready to receive our visitors. (Gives "ox.) Go into that room, there ; and make haste. Tip. Well, this beats Guy s, by several chalks. [Exit, with box, R. SB. Bay. Now to make a clearance here. (Moves table lack.) So. ( Takes a note from table.) What s this ? A note, addressed to the governor, and in a female hand that I m not acquainted with. Hem ! I must see what he s been about. (Reals) Urn, urn " been think ing of you since the evening we met in Kensington Gardens 1 urn, um " tender emotions" um, um "love Cupid inno cence" um, um "flattering sex " um, um "happy to ac cept invitation to dine at Richmond." Ha! um, um * Ever thine, Selina Smith." Whew! here s a discovery ! Governor going to give a dinner at Richmond to a mysterious female. Soh ! I must look after the old gentleman s morals. (Puts letter in pocket.) He-enter TIPTON, n. 3. E. , dressed in female attire. Tip. Here, Joe, will you give this gown a pull, and hook it lor me? Bag. (assisting him). Yes, yes ; make haste. Tip. Oh, ho ! there ! you tickle me ! quick ! There ! oh! don t! there! I m as easily tickled as a kitten. Quick ^ Twisting) Oh ! Bag. Be quiet, will you ? Tip. What shameful stitching there is iu the gown ! You hear how it cracks krr-rr-rr ! Bag. It s my turn to dress, now. [Exit, running, L. 3 E. Tip. I wonder if I look interesting, in my new costume. (Goet to glass.) Oh, curse it! ha, ha, ha! I forgot my moustache. That will never do. A moustache on a lady s lip is an anomaly on 8 WANTED, ONE THOUSAND YOUNG MILLINERS, the face of it. I see I must sacrifice my capillary attraction, and have it off ; and luckily here s Joe s razor. ( Takes razor off chim ney-piece, and is strapping it on his hand, when a knock is heard at D. L. 2 E.) Hallo ! here s an applicant already. (Puts razor on chimney-piece.) I must defer the operation, and conceal my anom aly. Come in ! Enter ANGELICA, L. 2 E. Angelica. I believe Madame Vanderpants lives here? Tip. (keeping handkerchief to his mouth). Quite correct, ma am. (Aside) A devilish old bird. Pray walk in. Madame Vanderpants will be here presently. Hem ! I m her particular friend in fact, her medical assistant a when I say medical, you of course under stand I allude to millinery affairs. You ve come, I suppose, as a a Jin. A deputation, mem, from the young ladies of Mrs. Knappit, the milliner s establishment. There are seven of us, mem, all anx ious for exportation ; and as I was the youngest apprentice Tip. The youngest apprentice! (Aside) There s not much pre cocious talent amongst them. An. They said to me, " Angelica " (simpering) my name s Angelica Tod. I m a single young woman, mem. Tip. Single! ahem! I perceive. (Aside) A Iamb of many summers. Well, ma am I mean, my dear my name is (Aside) What the deuce is my name? Ah! oh! yes! Smithers Miss Smithers, my love. (ANGELICA curtseys.) An. Well, mem, the young ladies said to me, " Angelica, dear, as your manner and your bonnet are so superior, will you have tho kindness to go and inquire about this Madame Vanderpants, who wants a thousand milliners for the diggings." Tip. Very proper and prudent. An. May I ask, then, what are the prospects for young women in our line, in Australia ? Tip. Why, my dear, there s in the first place a prospect of seven thousand disconsolate diggers waiting with open arms, upon the beach, to receive the same number of affectionate wives. An. Well, I don t think that would be a very serious objection to any of us. Tip. Then what with drinking rum and hunting kangaroos, tho men die so fast there that an active young woman, if she have any luck, may calculate upon six husbands per annum, at least. An. Oh, I m sure the place will suit us. Tho young ladies are waiting for me, close by. I 11 fetch them directly. (Going. Re turns.) Oh, I had forgot. As wo are unprotected females, wo should like a reference, Miss Smithers. Tip. Oh, certainly. We refer you to a a let me see to the Royal College of Surgeons, or to the British Museum. An. Thank you, mem. That s quite suflicicnt. (Curtseys.) I ll now go and fetch the ladies. Tip. Do so, dear. We 11 be too happy to see .you all. And you may as well tell them to come prepared to remain for the day, aa FOR THE GOLD DIGGINGS. Madame Vanderpants likes to commence her colonial training as soon as possible. An. I 11 tell them, mem. [Exit I* 2 E. Tip. Now to get off the moustache before they arrive. (Hunt to glass, takes razor, and commences shaving.) Enter BAGGS, L. 3 E. Bag. (L.) Well, Tom, will I do ? Tip. (R.) You should n t interrupt a lady when she *s shaving. Bag. I beg your pardon. Have we had any applications yet ? Tip. (shaving). Yes, one nibble. Bay. Hah is she good looking ? Tip. That s a matter of taste. Bag. Young? Tip. Well a urn I should say hah tough as the devil ! Bag. The milliner? Tip. No, no ; the moustache. There, it s off. There goes the glory of Guy s. The sacrifice is accomplished. (Puts down razor, and turns round.) Hallo, Joe ! what have you been about ? You re not half dressed. Make haste. There will be a flock of young milli ners here directly. Hark ! I hear them on the stairs. Go ; and I 11 entertain them till you conie. (Pushes him L.) Bag. Well, mind, Tom, fair play ; honor bright, my boy. [Exit L. 3 E. ANGELICA, SELINA, SOPHY, CAROLINE, BELLA, CHARLOTTE, and JEMIMA, L. 2 E., each carrying a work-basket. Jin. Miss Smithers, these are the young ladies. Young ladies, ttiss Smithers. (Ladies curtsey, and TiriON curtseys awkwardly in ttturn.) jTip. (aside). Confound it ! I know I haven t got the back slide correctly. He ! hem ! very happy to see you, young ladies ; I may Bay delighted. Madame Vanderpants will be here presently. She s unly blowing a cloud in her room. Sophy. Blowing a cloud ? All. Blowing a cloud ! Tip. Aht>m ! a when I say blowing, I mean, of course, sew ing a cloud, my loves. It s the newest evening costume, the robe de vapeur, as the Trench call it ; quite an ctherial affair, I assure you. All. Oh! indeed! Selina. (x c.) Excuse me, miss, but we should like to know when we dine. Tip. When we dine ! Well, that depends on circumstances en tirely. T is a question that sometimes requires serious considera tion. Scl. For my part, I like my regular dinner, though I ve no ap petite worth naming. (Aside to others) Mind, ladies, we shan t etand being put off with an early tea for dinner. All (L.) No, certainly not. No ! no ! Tip. (R., aside). They ve formed themselves into a provisional committee upon the dinner question. I in afraid that s a contingency 10 WANTED, ONE THOUSAND YOUNG MILLINERS. that Joe has not contemplated ; for, as the sensible poet has observed, " Lips, though blooming, must still be fed ;" and I doubt if they d be satisfied -with a cold collation of Cases in Equity, or a lunch upon Remainders. Shakspeare must have been in a difficulty of this sort, \vhcn he said, " Oh ! that we should call these delicate creatures ours, and not their appetites ! " Bag. (without, L.) I say, Tom ! (Ladies start ) Sd. Tom! Tip. Oh ! that s Madame Vanderpants. She sometimes jocosely calls me Tom. My name is Thomasine. He, he, he ! SeL Madame Vanderpants ! Attention, ladies ; form line ; eyes down ; hands crossed ; prepare to curtsey ! ( They arrange them selves in line.) Enter BAGGS, L. 3 E. Tip. (aside to him). Call me Miss Smithers. Bag. (marching down c., without noticing ladies, who continue curtseying from the moment he enters.) Miss Smithers. Tip. (n.) Yes, mem. Bag. (c.) You went abroad yesterday evening without my per mission. Tis very improper ; and if it occurs again, we must part. (Jlsidc to TIPTON) How do I look, Tom? Tip. Plummy. Caroline (aside). There s a horrible old giraffe ! I know I shall hate her. SeL (aside to ladies, munching an apple). So shall I, if she don t let us have dinner very soon. Bag. (feigning to see them). Bless me, ladies ! SeL (L. c.) Yes, mem, we re the spirited young women that s wanted. Bag. Oh, I beg your pardon, my dears ! How many are there of you? Car. Six, if you please, mem. Jlng. (L.) And the apprentice, mem. (Curtseys.) Bag. (aside to TIPTON). That s exactly half a dozen for me, and the apprentice for you, Tom. Tip. (aside to BAGGS). Blow the apprentice ! Excuse the em phatic observation ; but I cannot avoid expressing my feelings strongly. Bag. (R.) Hush! it s all right. (To SOPHY) What may your pretty little name be, my dear ? Sophy. Sophy Stokes, mem. Bay. Pretty dear ! (Kisses her, and looks at TIPTON. To CARO LINE) And how are you called, darling ? Car. Caroline Jones, mem. Bag. Caroline! Ah! I once knew a Carol liie. J snail love you for her sake. (Kisses her, and as before.) Tip. By the bye, I remember, I ouc<? knew a Caroline, too. (Goes to embrace her.) Bag. (putting him back). No, Miss Slithers, it wasn *, Caroline ( To SBLINA) What s your name, dear? SeL (L. c.) Selina Smith, mem. FOR THE GOLD DIGGINGS. 11 Sag. (c.) Selina Smith. (Aside) That s the name to the note 1 found after the governor. (Takes out note, and examints it aside. Aloud) Selina Smith? Sel. Yes, mem. Bag. Ah! (Aside) It must be she. I m thinking, my dear, where I heard the name of Selina Smith. Was n t it at no yes at Kensington Gardens ? Scl. (embarrassed). Kensington Gardens ? (Aside) What can sh< know about them ? Bag. Or could it be something about Richmond, and a dinner at the Star and Garter, that was running in my head ? Sel. (more confused). I I really can t eay, mem. (Aside) Can she have heard of my invitation ? ( Goes up L.) Bag. (aside). Right. I have my thumb on the governor. "Well, young ladies, I ve decided upon accepting you all, including the ap prentice, whom I place under the especial protection of Miss Smith- crs. (ANGELICA, L., curtseys, and BAGGS hands her over to TIPTOX, R.) There ; I know you 11 be kind to the young creature. Tip. (turning up R., followed by ANGELICA.) I ll be Never mind. (She follows him about at back.) So. We re quite ready, mem, to begin work. We ve brought our baskets with us, and only want to show you what we can do. Bag. (aside to TIPTON). Have you got no work for them, Tom? Tip. (R., aside to BYGGS). Work! not I. Nothing but a simple fracture of a shirt-button, or a dislocation of a shirt-collar. Bag. What are we to do, then ? Tip. Can t you give them a large order for baby-linen? Bag. Where s the material? Gad, I have it, the window- blinds. Hush ! ( To ladies) Well, my dears, we 11 commence, when you ve taken off your bonnets, shawls Tip. And other personal incumbrances. Bag. In that closet (points to closet, L. 3 E.) you can put them away. (Ladies go into closet.) Now, Tom, do as I do. (Pulls down curtain at one window. TIPTON the same at the other.) We must make work for them somehow. (They tear curtains into eight strips. ) There there there there. There s a fair division of labor for them, at all events. Ladies re-enter, from closet, without their bonnets. An. Here we are, mem. J9c/ (aside). By Jove! a lovely brigade. Tip. And here s your work, ladies. ( Gives each a piece of tht cotton. ) Here s for you and you and you, &c. An. (L., curtseying and smirking). And the apprentice, mem. Tip. Oh ! the apprentice? (Gru/ly) There! (Gives her one of the pieces. ) Bag. Miss Smithers, a chair. (TiPTON gets two chairs, and places them c. Ladies get chairs, and form in a line on each side of BAGGS and TIPTOX, thus K. JEM. BEL. Sornr. BAOOS. Tinox. SEL. CHAR. CAR. A*. i. Tip. Now, ladies, commence your industral operations. WANTED, ONE THOUSAND YOUNG MILLINERS, Sel. What are we to do, mem? The work is not cut out Bag. (R. c.) Eh? Hem ! Tip. (L. c.) Why, no. The fact is, our cutter broke her arm, last week, pouring out some remarkably strong tea for the ladies. Ladies. Oh ! oh ! Poor soul ! What a pity ! Bag. But we re not particular, my dears. Back-stitch those pieces up one side and down the other, and put a herring-bone hem along the back seam and and that will do. Tip. And if you find the work refractory you had better whip it. Bag. (aside to TIPTON). I feel I m getting rather spoony about Sophy. What an eye she has ! Tip. (aside to BAGGS). Ah ! but Selina has two eyes, you dog. So. Don t you work, Miss Smithers ? Tip. I rather think I do, chiefly fancy work. Some of it would astonish you. I was reckoned one of the fastest hands, at Guy s. Bag. (aside to TIPTON). Guy s! What are you about ? (Kicks him slily.) Tip. Oh ! d n it ! (Hops about as in pain. Ladies rise in alarm.) Oh ! oh ! Ladies. What s the matter, Miss Smithers? Tip. (rubbing his leg). Oh ! oh ! nothing ; only a cramp that sometimes seizes me. A a-ah ! (Jlside to BAGGS) Hang it, Joe ! you need not have given me such a severe hint. (Ladies sit.) An. (aside to ladies). La ! don t Miss Smithers swear uncommon strong? Ladies. Don t she? Tip. Can any young lady lend me a needle? (All offer needles. He takes two.) Thank you, my little dears. ( To BAGGS) Here s one for you. Bag. Bless me ! where have I put my glasses? ( Takes spectacles from pocket, and puts them on. He and TIPTON then take thread, and, coming down, make ludicrous attempts to thread their needles. Half aside) Dash it ! Tip. (half aside). Hang it ! Bag. Can t you do it, Tom? Tip. No! Bag. Neither can I. Tip. Hold ! ah, ha ! I ve done it. Bag. You don t mean that ! Let me see. ( Takes threaded needle from TIPTON.) Thank you. There, you can have mine. (Sticks his needle in TIPTON S shoulder.) Tip. (jumping away.) Hoh ! Come, I say. (Takes stage L.) Bag. Miss Smithers, have you any idea what I ve done with my Ladies Companion? (.Rises.) Could I have put it in your work- basket, Miss Smith? (Opens SELINA S work-basket, and produces a looker.) Oh, a most remarkable Ladies Companion as ever I saw ! Sel. (rising). It s only a lobster, rnem, a present from a friend, who knows my delicate appetite. Bag. All surreptitious lobsters are confiscated in this establish* ment. (Gives it to TIPTON.) Sel. I protest against such an invasion up;n private property. Ladies (ruing). We all protest ! FOR TIIK GOLD DIOGINQS. 18 Bag. Private rights must always yield to the public weal. Ladies. Shame ! Robbery ! Shame ! Oh ! Bag. But to show my disinterested feelings, we 11 have the lobster at supper. Sel. Oh, if there s to be supper, I m satisfied! (Ladies sit.) But pray, mem, when shall we have dinner? Bag. Well, I ve not determined yet. (Sits beside SOPHY.) Dear me ! if I have n t lost my thimble ! So. I ve one here, if it will suit you, mem. Sag. Thank you, my love. (Puts it on thumb.) So. Good gracious, mem ! you have put your thimble on your thumb. Bag. Ah ! so I have. It pushes better that way. (Ladies laugh.) Tip. (looking over SELIXA S shoulder). Well, and how are you getting on, my dear ? Ah, very well, very well, indeed. (Pinches her. She screams.) Bag. What s that? Tip. Only a spider that I found on Miss Stokes s dress. (Pre tending to crush it with foot.) There, the presumptuous animal is defunct Bag. This house is full of spiders. Is not that another I see there ? (Pretends to see one on SOPHY S shoulder.) Jin. (screaming in alarm). Oh! where, where? (Rushes into TIPTON S arms.) Where? Tip. (seeing who it is). Eh ! Not here. (Pushes her away.) No, no. Car. (taking her work to BAGGS). Does that work please you, mem? Bag. (examining it). Beautiful ! Come here, my dear. Merit shall not go unrewarded. (Kisses her.) Car. (R. c., rubbing her cheek). Bless me! Madame Vanderpants has a chin like a nutmeg-grater. Tip. I must also reward meritorious industry. (Turns to em brace SELINA. ANGELICA interposes t and hejinds her in his arms. Aside) Oh, confound the apprentice! (Pushes her away. A knock ix L. 2 E. BAGGS and TIPTON come forward.) Bag. (aside). W T ho the devil can it be? (x to door.) Who s there? ( Without). Mrs. Knappit, the milliner. Bag. Mrs. Knappit? Scl. (to Ladies, in a suppressed tone). Mrs. Knappit ! Our mis tress ! Ladies (alarmed). 0-o-h ! {Without). I understand that some of my young ladies are here? Ladies (in a suppressed tone). 0-o-h ! Tip. Young ladies here, ma am? What an idea ! We re moral young men, a couple of betting- list-keepers, who have retired in disgust from the honesty of the world. ( While he speaks, BAGGS conducts Ladies to D. R. 3 E., pushes them in, and shuts it.) And we ve registered a vow, ina aui, not to let any female enter our mel ancholy abode ! 14 WANTED, ONE THOUSAND YOUNG MILLINERS, ( Without). Oh dear ! I beg your pardon, gentlemen very sorry but good morning good morning. Tip. Adieu, ma am farewell mind the two steps, ma am. ( Turns, with a pirouette.) Tol de rol she s off ! Bag. (meeting him dancing). Tom, I ve an idea. During the temporary absence of the ladies, may we not have a pipe? Tip. The very thing I was about to propose. I ve got my fumi- gator here. ( Takes pipe from apron pocket. Both sit C.) Bag. And I mine. (Takes out pipe.) Tip. (lighting German tinder against sole of shoe). Have a light. Joe? Bag. (the same). Thank you, I have got it. (Light pipes.) Tip. Joe (puff ) I say, the smell of the tobacco may discover us (puff) eh? Bag. Nonsense ! (puff) tobacco has no smell. (Puff.) Tip. (puff). I m glad of that. (Puff.) 00 Enter SELINA, cautiously, E. 3. E. Scl. Mrs. Vanderpants ! (Both jump up suddenly. TIPTON x to E., and throws away pipe. BAGGS puts his in pocket. Both blow to disperse smoke. She comes down n.) Is she gone? Tip. Yes, we persuaded her to go. Sel. I never was so frightened in my life! (Sniffs) Eh! Bless me ! there s been some one smoking here ! Sel. Don t you smell it? Both. No. Tip. Yet now I fancy I perceive a delicate perfume of roses. (Aside to BAGGS) Joe, you re on fire ! Bag. (aside, jumping). The devil I am ! Oh, tis the rascally pipe ! (Snatches pipe hastily out of pocket, and throws it away. While this takes place, Ladies enter D. K. 3 E., and take places on B., each holding something behind her. TIPTON and BAGGS on L.) So. Mrs. Vanderpants, we ve discovered a something in that room that has alarmed our delicacy, mem. Bay. Your delicacy, child ? So. Yes, mem. Do ladies usually wear Wellington boots ? (So- PIIY and BELLA each produce a boot.) Car. Or is it the fashion for our sex to amuse themselves with box ing-gloves so? (She and JEMIMA produce two pairs of boxing- gloves on their hands, and take a pugilistic altitude.) Char. Or play upon the post-horn? (Produces horn, and blows a discordant note. SELINA goes to chimney-piece, and returns with razor.) Jin. Or to wear such a hat as this? (Puts wide-awake on head.) Scl. And I should like to know what business a correct female can have with a razor. (Exhibits razor.) Ladies. 0-o-h ! ah ! Bag. Miss Srnithers, explain. Tip. Me explain! Bay. (aside to him). Hush ! it s all right. Say something. rOR TOE GOLD I>IGCING9. 15 Tip. (L., affecting modesty}. Well, mem, I ll tell the truth. There is a young man comes here sometimes to to tea. Bag. A man ? Oh ! support me, ladies ! ( Totters , and is sup ported by Ladies.) Tip. Oh, mem ! but it s all correct, I 11 assure you ! We ve put up the banns ; and he s quite a respectable young gent a medical student, mem. Bug. A medical student ? Unhappy young woman ! Tip. A student of Guy s, mem. Bag. A student of Guy s. Worse and worse ! T is really shock ing ! I oh, oh ! {Pretends to faint. Ladies surround him.) So. She s fainted ! Scl. and Ladies. Cold water ! (ANGELICA runs into room, R. 3 E.) Set. Poor dear ! the shock has done it. So. Open her dress ! Car. Cut her stays ! ( They pull off his cap and corsage, the skirts of the gown only remaining ; he appears as a man down to the waist.) Re-enter ANGELICA, D. R. 3 E., carrying a water-pitcher. 00 An. Here, here s the water. (Dashes it in his face.) Bag. Pooh! wooh ! Zounds! (Jumps up.) Q$ Ladies (screaming and retreating). Gracious! it s a man ! Tip. A man? a monster. (Slips into room R. 3 E.) Sel. Ladies, if you have the spirit of ladies, you must punish the impostor. So. Pinch him to death ! An. Tickle him into fits ! Car. Scratch his eyes out ! Sel. No, no. Let all do as I do, prepare needles. ( Ladies take needles out of work.) Present needles! (They present needles at him.) Bag. What are you about, ladies ? Sel. Charge needles ! ( They prick him on all sides.) Bag. Oh ! the devil spare me ! Oh ! I say for heaven s sake there, have done do ladies! I m not a bag of bran! Oh, oh, oh ! (Breaks from them, and runs into closet L. 3 E.) Sel. Follow him ! Don t let him escape. (They pursue him into closet; his remonstrances heard within.) Enter TIPTON, R. 3 E., in man s attire, except head-dress. Tip. What a pack of little demons. (Ladies cheer in closet.) There they go. If I could find my coat I d be off. (Looks for it. BAGGS in his own clothes, is hauled in by Ladies, bound with scarfs and shawls. TIPTON conceals himself behind arm-chair.) Bag. I demand quarter. Ladies. No quarter ! no quarter. ( They push him into chair, L, c., and proceed to tie him in.) Bag. Charming Selina ! have pity on me. Sel. (seeing TIPTON). Oh ! there s the other tiger lying in ambush, to spring upon his victims. Tip. Me a tiger ? I deny it I m a trembling fawn an inno- 16 WANTED, ONE THOUSAND lOUNG MILLINERS. cent lamb a (Moves L. Ladies seize and tie him in chair B., with the pieces they have been sewing.) Tip. Help! Murder! Set. Stop his mouth ! Tip. (struggling.) Would you stifle the voice of the people? Enter SINGLETON, with carpet-bag, L. 2 E. Sin. Ha, ladies ! A female invasion ! My clerk, Joe Baggg, and that rascal Tom Tipton ! What brought you all here ? Jin. (R.) This, sir. (Shows placard, which SINGLETON reads. Ladies unbind TIPTON and BAGGS.) Sel. (aside). I 11 be hanged if it isn t the old gentleman that I was to dine with at Richmond, next Sunday ! Sin. (L.) What s this? (Reads) "Milliners for the. gold dig gings " um < apply " um * to Mrs. Vanderpants. My respected client. Where is she ? Bag. (L. c., timidly). I m that penitent individual, sir. Tip. And I m her unhappy friend, Miss Smithers, sir. Sin. Oh, indeed ! Now I understand the hoax. This is why you wished me to go to Oxford. Why, the first man I met on the plat form at the station was old Tottles, alive and well. Then I shall have the pleasure of confiding Mrs. Vanderpants and her friend to the custody of the police directly. ( Going. ) I 11 make an exam ple of them. Bag. A word with you, sir, first. (Draws hin>. io c., and shows him note.) You know that note, sir Sin. (aside). Selina Smith s. How the deuce did I lose it? Bag. Never mind, governor ; don t be alarmed. Let s cry quits, and I 11 be secret. Sin. (as from sudden thought). I know nothing about it ! Sel. (down L.) Nothing about it ? Not about me, sir ? Sin. (aside). Eh ? The deponent herself. Hem ! ha ! there s no twisting out of this. Well ha, ha, ha ! hush-h ! my char acter ! preserve my character, and all shall be forgiven ! There, I don t want to know what you ve been doing. Don t tell me. I 11 go and dine at a tavern. Bag. Dine at a tavern ! when I have ordered a splendid cold col lation and a dozen of champagne ? Sel. and Ladies. Bravo ! bravo ! Bag. Which my worthy governor here insists he shall pay for. Ladies. Oh! Bravo ! bravo ! bravo ! (Clap hands.) Encore! Tip. You re an honor to the country that gave you birth, and to the boots in which you stanJ. We ve taken some slight liberties with you, sir ; but if you 11 forgive us we ll drink your health and your own champagne, with enthusiastic applause. Sin. Forgive you ? Never ! I 11 be Bag. (aside to him). Hem ! Selina Smith ! Sin. Ah ! hern ! Selina ! Yes, yes, I forgive you (aside) and be hanged to you ! Tip. We re much obliged. ( To Ladies) Ladies, may we Ah 1 bless their dear little hearts ! they have smiled our pardon before I asked it. And now to make our last appeal to a liberal and enlight FOE THE GOLD DIGGINGS. 17 ened public. 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