1890
CHARACTERS.
MRS. JOHNSON.
EDITH, Her daughter.
KATIE, Her daughter.
EDNA, Boarder.
SADIE, Boarder.
NELLIE, Boarder.
FLORA, Boarder.
MAMIE, a servant.
SCENERY. — A plainly furnished room, with a door in the centre and one at the side. In the middle a small table. To the left a bureau. In the background, in the right corner, a hat-stand with hats, wraps, shawls, etc. Also a long, narrow table standing against the wall .
ACT I.
To the right Katie is sitting with a book in her hand, studying. To the left, in the foreground, Flora. Edna and Sadie are busily engaged in the background beside a large wash basket, folding and sprinkling the washing. Nellie is seated at a table making a dress; near her, on a footstool, sits Edith with a basket of apples, which she is peeling. As the curtain rises, all are discovered hard at work .
PROPERTIES.
An organ, several masquerade costumes, masks, tray with crullers, wash basket with linen, an unfinished dress, basket of apples .
( reading from a grammar ).
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( reading the Bible ).
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( who has been studying in a low voice, now raises it ).
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( as above ).
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( as above ).
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( They all work away busily .)
( studying ).
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( same ).
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( entering at the side door ).
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( sighing ).
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( laughing ).
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( excitedly ).
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( interrupting ).
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( with a letter ).
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( opens the letter, and reads the contents hurriedly, to the girls ).
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( with dignity ).
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( all together ).
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( as before ).
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( the same ).
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( springing up ).
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( coming forward ).
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( shuts up her book noisily ).
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( crowding around Edith and coaxing her ).
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( trying to keep order ).
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( interrupting her ).
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( taking Edna aside ).
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( still pleading with Edith ).
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( undecided ).
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( her hands covered with flour, spreading all her fingers out ).
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( pulling her by the dress ).
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( pulling her on the other side ).
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( pulling her on the right ).
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( pulling her on the left ).
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( holding on to her ).
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( getting away at last ).
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( alone ).
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( through the middle door ).
( delighted ).
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( who has meantime entered with Flora ).
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( with Katie, carries the sewing table in the corner ).
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( re-entering ).
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( brings in a large plaid shawl ).
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( puts a large colored handkerchief round her shoulders ).
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( unfastening her hair ).
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( searching in the drawer ).
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( busy with Katie ).
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( suggestively ).
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( re-entering ).
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( starting back in surprise ).
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( springing back ).
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( afraid ).
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( turning to Edna ).
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( with a broken German accent ).
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( aside ).
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( aside ).
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( delighted, aside ).
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( aside ).
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( looking after them ).
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( whispers to Nellie )
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( in broken English ).
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( aside ).
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( to Katie, in the background ).
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( cry out ).
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( aside ).
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( imitating Mrs. Johnson's voice, sternly ).
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( aside ).
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( crying ).
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( who meantime have joined the others, aside ).
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( surprised, exclaims ).
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( surrounding her ).
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( aside ).
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( with an organ, entering by middle door ).
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( perceiving Edith for the first time, and being startled ).
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( biting her lips, so as not to laugh ).
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( sobbing in their handkerchiefs ).
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( resisting them ).
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( sobbing louder ).
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( aside ).
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( who has made a great effort to keep serious, suddenly bursts out laughing ).
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( taking their handkerchiefs from their eyes ).
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( removing the veil ).
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( surprised ).
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( plays a waltz on the organ. Katie and Nellie dance on the right, Sadie and Edna on the left side, all humming the melody ).
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( standing in the centre ).
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( enters with a tray full of crullers ).
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( In the midst of the dancing Mrs. Johnson enters suddenly through the centre door .)
( with raised voice ).
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( scream aloud, the music stops ).
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( falls into her mother's arms ).
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( The curtain falls quickly .)
[THE END.]