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IN ONE ACT —BY— T - Joseph H. Slater, TO WHICH IS ADDED A r>F:«CRlPTION OF THE COSTUMES— CAST OF THE CHARAC- IKKS -ENTRANCES AND EXITS— RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OF THE STAGE BUSINESS. ' Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1917 by W. H. AMES. in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. AMES' PUBTJ8HING CO. — CLYDE, onro - SHE COTLDN T MARRY THREE. 'X^ /^^ Frank Raymond A dioorced husband. Oliver Trimble Seeking his affiniUj Jupiter r A colored seroant. Angelina Trusting but deceived wife. LuciNDA Trimble •■•■A model wife. % TIME-~45 minutes. PROPERTIES. Sofa, table, two chairs, call bell; duster, a tray with a bottle and 5;1hss for Jupiter; two swords for Frank and Oliver. . ISTAGE DIRECTIONS. R means Right; L'.'Left; R. ii.. Right Hand; l, h., Left Hand; c, Cen- tre s E [2d E.,] Second Entrance; u. t:.. Upper Entrance; M. D., Middle Door; f.' the Flat; D. f. Door in Flat; r. c. Right of Centre; l. c. Left of Centre. R. r. c. c. l. c. l. ■■>* The reader is supposed to beupon the Stage, facing the audience. ©CI.D 4S249 NOV -5 1917 ^-u^ •_./ _. * . felie (.\>n1dii't MaL*±*y Three. SCENE — Parlor — c. D., fancy sofa l. c, tab{e and two chairs R., call bell on table — D. L. 3 E., and D. R. 3 E. — Jupiter discoverd dusting ad. lib. Jupiter. Golly, dis family am a nice bunch of lunatics. Eber since de massa came home from de fair, he am a much changed man. He neglects his business an' he goes aroun' singin", "All foh de lub of a dear little gal." Now he can't mean his present wife, foh no man would be so foolish as to fall in lub with his own wife, and besides she's not a little gal — den it's my private opinion dat dar's another woman in de case, an' dat means trouble. Wheneber a middle-aged married man falls in lub with a strange woman, look out foh de loco- motive. As a colored gentleman, I can't stand foh such goin's on in a 'spectable family. I'm goin' to give my notice to-day. It's my opinion dat de people of dis country spend one half their lives gettin' married an' de other half gettin' divorced. My massa says he's lookin' foh his affinity — whateber dat means. De massa told me it meant somefin to cling to, so it must mean a telephone pole. Dat's not so bad about three o'clock in de inornin'. (door bell heard ring off' R. c. Ah, ha! there goes de door bell. Well, I wonder who can be our vis- itor. No mattah who it am, nothin' can surprise me in this house of mystery, (bell rings again) I'se cumin, I'se comin' ! (exit R. c. D. — Jupiter heard off a All right sah, I guess he'll be home pretty soon if you'll wait. Enter Jupiter, c. d. r., followed by Frank Raymond. Frank Raymond. Well Jupiter, you kept me a long while at the door, ringing the bell. Jupiter. I didn't 'magine it was you sah, I thought it was a book agent, sah. Frank. Thought I was a book agent eh? (laughs) Well, that.s one on me. Where's Mr. Trimble this morning, Jupiter? (sits on sofa. Jupiter. He's up stairs singin', sah. Frank. Singing! why I didn't know he had voice enough left in him to sing. 4 ' SHE COULDN' T MARRY TflKEEr-, Jupiter. Well sah, he hasn't much of a singin' voice, he'd make a mighty poor canary, but he keeps on singin' just de same. Ftank. Indeed, and what's the song he's in the habit of singing? Jupiter. "All foh de lub of a dear little girl. " Frank. The giddy old masher. He must have heard that at the fair. Jupiter. I think dar's somefin" wrong in his upper story. Frank. Jupiter, you surprise me. Jupiter. Yes sah, I was surprised myself. I gave him credit foh habing beUah sehce at his time of life. Frank. Does his wife know anything of this? :-j^%..^ Jupiter. I don't think so. •:?'-' Frank. Jupiter, this must be looked into. What are his symptons? Jupiter. His what. . .. Frank. His symptons. ' Jupiter. I don't know what cennamons are. Frank. I mean in what way has Mr. Trimble behaved since he visited the fair? Jupiter. He acts very strangely sah. He appears absent-minded an' sings softly to himself. In fact 1 think he's gone crazy. Frank. I see it all now, your master is not crazy. I'll bet a dollar he's been to see the Midway Plaisance dancing girls. Jupiter. You don't mean to say sah, he would go to see those hootchie coochie girls, where they dance la, ta, ta, ta. (busines of dancing Frank. The same, and the sly old dog has become smitten with their charms. Jupiter. Is that all? Frank. Is that all! Great guns! ain't that enough for any married man? If his wife should know it, she would sue him for a divorce. It's the first time I ever knew he was such a high flyer since he got married. I tell you what it is Jupiter, when your master was young he was one of the boys, he sowed his wild oats. Jupiter. Den it's a wonder he didn't marry a grass widow. Frank. But I thought he had given up all such frivolities and flir- tations since his marriage, but 1 see I was mistaken. If what you tell me is true he must indeed be a gay old boy. Jupiter. I think sah, dis city is not swift enough foh him. Frank. Not swift enough for him ! Well if this city is not swift enough for him, where in the name of all that's great will he go? Jupiter. Go to (local hit) on Saturday night. Frank, (laughs — aside) Not so bad for the nigger, (aloud) Now run along and tell your master I want to see him. Jupiter. AH right sah, I'm off like a race horse. (exit c. D. R. Frank. Oliver Trimble has a nice comfortable home here, and he ought to be happy, if he is not. I would be happy if I had a wife like his, but when I come to think of it my wife was all right, but her re- lations were all wrong, and so we parted forever, and all on account of her blamed meddUng mother. It is the same sad story of what might have been — "For every evil under the sun, there is a remedy or there is none. If there is one try and find it, if there is none never mind it." Olioer Trimhip (heard singing off c. R.) "0 for the love of a dear littlegirl" - 5/7' "^OULDN'T MARRY THREE. . 5 i^nler Oliver Trimble, c. d. r. Hello ! Frank old boy, glad to see you, why didn't you write, telegraph or telephone? Where have you been so long? I thought I'd meet you at the fair. Frank. Say old man, one question at a time please. In the first place, have you had enough of "The Fair?" (aside) 1 won't let on Jupiter told me anything, and perhaps he'll tell me all. Olioer. Sit down Frank, I've got something to tell you. (Olivi R sils R. at table. Frank, (sits l. — aside) He'sgoing to confess, (aloud) Go ahead old man. Olioer. In the first place, what do you think of my singing voice? Frank. Why do you practice singing when your wife's not around? Have you any object in it? Oliver. Frank, ever since I visited the fair I feel that I must sing, and those Algerian dancing girls were divine. Frank, they were danc- ers from Dancerville. Talk of the poetry of motion, they were the real candy. 1 saw them over fifty times. Frank. Were you there that often with your wife? Oliver. Oh, not on your life! I only went three times with her. Frank. And the other forty-seven times — Oliver. I went with jnyself to enjoy the beauty shows at the fair. Frank. What under the sun caused you to visit that place so often? Oliver. My affinity. Frank. Your what? Oliver. My affinity. The very counterpart of my own soul that has been wandering in space so long. I tell you Frank she is my destiny, my heart's idol, the beautiful, bewitching Angelina. Frank. Was she one of the features of the Beauty show? Oliver. One of the features ! She was the whole show. Frank. You certainly are enthusiastic enough in sounding her praises, and you have evidently a bad case of love-at-first-sight. But is it mutual? Oliver. I can't tell until we become better acquainted. Who knows but she may learn to love me. I saw her only forty-seven times. Frank, (aside) I should think forty-seven times was quite enough for any couple to know each other, (aloud) Did you tell her your name and that you were a married man? Oliver. I did not. I was so entranced, so enraptured with her that it was just heavenly. I have found my affinity at last. Frank. However if your wife should hear of this, she wouldn't do a thing to you and your so-called affinity. The course of true love never does run smooth you know. Oliver. But my wife knows nothing of this, and where ignorance is bliss, you know the rest of the proverb. Frank. I know, but then your wife might find it out. Oliver. Yes and cows might fly if they had wings. Of course if she should find it out, there would be the devil to pay. Frank. In the shape of a divorce lawyer. Remember, the smart- est sometimes get trapped. Olioer. Oh yes, but my wife is a simple credulous sort of woman and she has the most unbounded faith in me. so there is no danger of me being detected. Frank: I hope so for your wife's sake, anything at all to keep peace Ft? SHE COULDN'T MARRY THREE. [in the family. Olioer. By the way. how are you and your better half getting along? Frank. We are not getting along at all. Haven't you heard the [news. Oliver. News, what news? Fcank. We are no longer man and wife. She got a divorce from ] m-i and left. Olioer. What was the matter with the board, didn't you give her i en 'ligh to eat? Fcank. It wasn't for that, so we agreed to disagree. She claimed she couldn't live with me any longer. Olioer. I understand, incompatibility of temper, that is a very prevalent disease among married people. Fiank. She claimed that I snored in my sleep so as to injure her I health and peace of mind. It was really a case of too much mother- j in-law. Her mother came to live with us, and one day she started a ; rough house, ending in a free-for-all-fight. She said I had insulted j her" and that 1 owed her an apology. 1 told her 1 owed her nothing. I She at once sent for her able-bodied son, my respected bruther-in-law.. I lie came — he is something over six feet, I knew 1 hadn't a ghost 'of a show in a rough and tumble with him if we got into an argu- ment. Olioer. And as a matter of self preservation you ran away Frank. Not a bit of it. I stood my ground. Olioer. And got whipped of course. .,i: Frank. How foolish you must thiniv I am. i OHoer. Well, what did you do? Frank. Sent for a friend of mine, by the name of Jack Ryan, who is a professional prize fighter. I explained to Ryan what he was to do. He promised to do ail, and I must say he kept his wurd. The day my brother-in-law arrived. 1 was reading a newspaper, when he entered, without saying a wurd, he aimed a blow at my head. I dodged — Olioer. Which was only natural. Frank. However, Ryan was ready for him. In two minutes the the fight was over, and my brother-in-law was being removed to the hospital in an ambulance. Olioer. How did it all end? Frank. In the divorce court. My wife said she could no longer live with a man who handled her relations in such a manner. So she went to a lawyer and found out she could get a divorce, and got one. Olioer. And what became of your ex-wife? Frank. Her whereabouts at present, are to me a dark mystery. I heard she had changed her name, and is now leading a butterfly ex- istence. The last time I heard of her brother, he was still in the liospital. Oliver. I never saw or heard of your ex- wife. Frank. I don't see how you are going to explain matters to your wife. There's liable to be an explosion here shortly. You are cer- tainly in a bad fix. What are you going to do about it? Olioer. 1 want you to help me out of this scrape. Frank. I will if I can without compromising, myself, since this is llic first time I've been here since I got married. You see I've a lew tioublcs of my own, still I'll lielp you just the sa'iie. SHE COULDN'T MARRY THREE. 7 Olivet, (rises) Thank you Frank, a friend in need is a friend in- deed. But let us take a walk, and have a talk and a smoke. Frank. A good idea. We will drive dull care away and let us hope that all our troubles will end in smoke. (exunt c. D. R. — bells heard ringing off r. Enter Lucjnda Trimble, d l. Lucinda Triwhle. Dear me, what are all the bells ringing for? One would think they were ringing in the New Year. Enter Jupiter, c. d. r. Jupiter, what's the matter with everything and every body in the house? Jupiter. Dat's what has bothered me. It am turnin' into a pri- vate lunatic asylum, an' if I stay here much longer, I'll be as crazy as de rest. Luc. V/here's your master? Jupiter. Out in de garden smokin' a cascaret. Luc. Smoking what? Jupiter. I mean smokin' one of dem Egyptian cigarettes. Luc. Yes, ever since he visited the fair, he has developed a strange taste for everything Oriental. I cannot account for his eccen- tric behavior. Jupiter. I can account for it ma'am, your husband is either in lub or insane. Luc. But he is not even affectionate towards me of late — in fact, he is cold. Jupiter. I have noticed de same myself — especially, since he came back from de fair, he is a changed man. He talks to himself, an' sings de same old song, "Oh fnh de lub of a dear little girl." Now ma'am, you ain't his dear little girl. Den there must be another woman in de case. Luc. {walks up and f^own stage) If I thought my husband was false to me, I'd quit his roof forever. Jupiter. Yes, we'd quit his roof foreber. Luc. Jupiter, I'm gonig to my room now to 'compoise my nerves. ■When my husband cow.es, notify me. won't you? I want to haul him over the coals. Jupiter. Yes, well bury him in de coal cella.'-. (bell heard ringing. ' Luc. Oh, there is thac avful bell dgain. W ili it never cease? (exit D. L. 3. Jupiler. (bell heard ring off n.) Ring out, wild bells. I lub your [music. I'se comin'. I'se coniin'. - (axit c. D. R. Re-enter Jupiter, c. d. r., followed by Angelina. fYou wait here Miss, an' I'll tell massa you wish to see him. What mame shall 1 say? Angelina. My name is not to be uttered by the vuij^ar. just tell him ^a lady from the fair is here, and must see him. Jupiler. A lady from de fair. Ang riiat's what 1 said. Now begone — vanish iiiciiial— quit my sight, (turns l. 8 SHE COULbiM 1 MAkkY THREE. Jujiiter. Oh Lord, quit her sight. Wait "till de Missus sees her, an' she'll make her quit her sight, or my name ain't Jupiter Jackson Johnson. (exit c. d. r. Ang. {lakes off hat, places it on table) I wonder what Ohver will say when he discovers me here. I certainly have my nerve with me to beard the lion in his den, especially when the lions wife is at home, but 1 want to see my ex-husband and bring about a rec'>ncili- ation and a reunion. I'm just as much in love with my iiusband as ever, even though we are divorced. We can get married again — it will be so romantic. {crosses to L Enter Oliver Trimble, c. d. r. Oliver. Angelina ! you here? Ang. {turns c.) Yes, my own dear Rudolph. Are you not glad to see your own tootsie wootsie? Oliver, (neroous) Oh yes, of course, I'm very glad to see you. • Ang. 1 hen embrace your own Angelina. Oliver, {they embrace — aside) Oh Lord, if my wife should see me now. Ang. What's the matter, have you got St. "Vitus dance? - Oliver. No, I think it's the Merry Widow waltz. Ang. Come, let us sit down and have a social chat. By the way Oliver, how did you come by the romantic name of Rudolph? {both sit on i^ofa L. Oliver. I got it out of one of Bertha Clay's novels. How did you coine to call yourself Angelina? Of course this is not your real name. Ang. 1 got it out of one of Laura Jean Libbey's novels, you old ducky darling. {they embrace Oliver, {aside) Oh. if my wife could only see me now. {aloud) You cannot s.tay here. Ang. I shall only visit you for a week, and maybe longer. Oliver. A week! Great heavens, no! A minute, you mean. What shall 1 tell my wife? Ang. Why Rudolph, tell her 1 am your long lost sister. Oliver. How can I have a long lost sister, when I never had a sis- ter to loose. Ang. Then pass me ofT for your half-sister. 1 don't care, 1 am here to stay. Oliver, you can't shake me so easy. Whether your wife likes it or not, you giddy old flirt. You must pay the penalty of your folly. There's no fool like an old fool. {bell heard ring Oliver, {jumps up) Oh, Lord, that may be my wife now. Ang. Let her come. I'll stand my ground — remember, I am your long lost sister. Now, Oliver, order me some refreshments, 1 am thirsty after my long journey. Now then, light out. vamose, vanish. Oliver. On second thought, step into this room (indicates d. r. 3 E.) and 111 have the servant bring you a cup of weak tea. Ang. (crosses to D. R. 3 E.) No weak tea or pink tea in mine, send me a bottle of champagne, and do it quick, (exit R. 3 E. Oliver. If ever I get out of this scrape, I'll join the Salvation army. (bell heard ring) There's that confounded bell again. I mustn't forget about the whie. (rings call bell on table K.) No use in talk- ing, I must get that woman out of the house before my wif« sees her. or there will be the devil to pay. iHE COULDN'T MARRY THREE. y 'i Enter Jupiter c. D. R. Jupiter, bring a bottle of Munim's Extra Dry Champagne to ttie lady in (points to n. 3 e.) that room. Jupiter, Is de lady extra dry? Oliver. None of you're business! Get out! Jupiter, (sings) "Oh foh de lub of a dear little girl." (exit R. c. E. 0/ioer. (Angeuna heard singing from R. 3 e.) Oh. Lord! I must tell her to stop that. If my wife should hear that, it would be grounds for a divorce. (exit R. 3 E. Enter LvcmoA.D. L. 3 e. Luc. I'd like to find out what all the bells are ringing for, one would think it was a New York hotel with fifty bell boys. £nSTUB;4- -OR- The Fool From Boston. A Farce Comedy in 4 acts, by Charles O. Williard, for 8 maU and 3 female characters. Time. 1 hour and 30 minutes. SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. ACT I.— The outing— Stub— The beast— Arrival of the fool— Helen and her thoughts — The villain appears — Logan Marsh — The dastardly attempt to steal the papers — The fool on deck. ACT II. — Scene 1. — Welcome Hotel — The Conspirators — ^The bum — Stub and the bum come to an understanding — Scene 2. — The scheme progressing — Scene 3. — Home of Logan Marsh — ^The Squire tries his hand — Ditto Stanley — Arrival of Simon and the bum — "Then I'll do it myself" — Change of feeling — Narrow escape of Jack — Stub to the rescue. 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Pinafore 5 3 Somebody's Nobody 3 2 Strictly Temperance 2 2 Stage Struck Yankee 4 2 Struck by Lightning 2 2 Slick and Skinner 5 Slasher and Crasher 5 2 Stupid Cupid 4 Snow Ball 3 2 Signing an Actor 1 1 Switched Off 8 Too Many Cousins 3 3 Two Gentlemen in a Fix. .2 Taking the Census 1 1 Turn Him Out 3 2 Thirty- three Next Birthday .4 2 Tim Flanigan 5 Trials of a Country Editor 6 2 Texan Mother-in-Law 4 2 Two Aunt Emilys 8 $10,000 Wager 4 2 Uncle Ethan 4 3 Unjust Justice 6 2 Vermont Wool Dealer 6 2 Wonderful Telephone 3 1 Which is Which, 3 3 Wanted a Husband 2 1 Wooing Under Difficulties. 4 3 Which Will He Marry?... 2 8 Widower's Trials , . 4 5 Waking Him Up 1 2 Why They Joined the Re- beccas 4 Who's Who? 3 2 Winning a Wife 2 1 Yankee Duelist ..^ 3 1 Yankee Peddler 7 3 Yacob's Hotel Experience. 3 ETHIOPIAN FARCES. 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