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Professional actors or companies producing it in any form or under any title, without the permission of the author, who may be addressed in care of the publishers, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. BOSTON WALTER H. BAKER & CO. 1919 af 1 %, Joshing the Janitor CHARACTERS Sam, a colored janitor. Jones, a business man. COSTUMES Sam. Modern overalls and colored shirt. Jones. An ordinary business suit. Copyright, 19 19, by Walter H. Baker & Co. m 2o 1919 ©Cl.0 52«B8 /'"' Joshing the Janitor SCENE. — Jones' office. A simple business office setting, with table or desk, chairs, etc., is suggested. Use local names wherever possible. There are many oppor- tunities. (Sam is discovered sweeping; Jones enters.) Jones. Hello, Sam! Haven't seen you lately. Where've you been for a week back ? Sam. Weak back! Ah am* had no weak back, sah. Ah's bin sick abaid. Jones. Sick abed! Come, come, Sam, that won't wash ! Unless I'm greatly mistaken, I saw you two or three days ago running past the block like a house afire. Sam. Yes, sah. Ah reckon dat mus' 'a' bin when Ah was runnin' fo' de doctah, sah. Jones. Well, Sam, what was the trouble with you? Sam. It war rheumatiz, sah. Jones. Rheumatism, eh? That's bad. Ever have it before? Sam. No, sah. An' Ah didn't hab it befo' dis time. (Rubbing his thighs.) Ah had it behin'. Jones. I see. Something in the nature of sciatica or lumbago, eh ? Sam. No, sah. 'Twarn't sky attic an' it warn't plum- bago. It war exclamatory rheumatiz, sah ! Jones. Exclamatory ! You mean inflammatory, don't you, Sam? Sam. No, s?n, Ah means exclamatory. Jones. But look here, Sam. The word " exclama- 4 JOSHING THE JANITOR tory M Has nothing whatever to do with rheumatism. It means " crying out." Sam. Well, dat's what Ah was doin' all de time Ah had it. Jones. Did you do anything for it, Sam? Sam. Yes, sah. Ah rubbed on some of dis yere good- natured alcohol, an' den de doctah gimme some powder for medicine an* says to take as much as Ah could get on a dime. Jones. Well, I suppose you followed the doctor's in- structions to the letter, didn't you? Sam. He didn't write no letter, sah. He Jones. Well, well, you did just as he said, didn't you — took as much as you could get on a ten-cent piece, I suppose? Sam. Yes, sah. Only Ah didn't hab no dime, so Ah used as much as Ah could get on a couple ob nickels. Pow'ful hard on a feller, though, habbin' to jump 'roun' so much when he has de rheumatiz. Jones. Jump around! What do you mean by that? Sam. Why, de Doc says to take de medicine two nights runnin' an' skip de third night. Ah did it, but it nearly killed me. Jones. Well, Sam, the next time you have rheuma- tism, don't you bother with any doctors. Just come to me and I'll give you something for it. Sam. Look here, boss, de nex' time Ah has rheumatiz, you can hab it fer nuffin'. Jones. But joking aside, Sam, you can't afford to run to the doctor for every little thing. Why, I swallowed a penny once, but I didn't worry or bother with a doctor. I coughed it up and came out all right. Sam. Dat's nuffin'. I swallered a nickel once, went to Doc Squills an' he made me cough up two dollars. Jones. You think considerable of Dr. Squills, don't you, Sam? Sam. Laws, yes! Why shouldn't Ah ? We had him when mah mudder-'n-law died. Jones. Yes ? Sam. Yes, sah. Minute she was taken sick, Ah sent JOSHING THE JANITOR 5 a telegram: " Deah Doctah: Mah wife's mtidder's lyin' at death's door. Please come an' see if you can pull her through. " Jones. Speaking of your wife's mother, Sam, reminds me that I heard your wife's brother was in the hospital. Sam. Yes, sah. He's got a broken arm, a sprained ankle, a wrenched hip, an' a bad case of housemaid's knee. Jones. Goodness gracious! How did he get that way? Sam. Well, you see, his wife's been all de time a-naggin' him, an' he done say a number ob times he gwine to beat her up fo' it. Jones. Yes, yes, go on! Sam. Well, de odder day she done heah him, dat's all. Jones. Well, Sam, I'm glad you're not married to that sort of a woman. Sam. No, sah. Mah wife's awful onreasonable, though. Jones. Unreasonable, Sam? How's that? Sam. Well, day befo' yest'day she ask me fo* five dollar. An' yest'day she ask me fo' five dollar mo'. An* dis mohnin' she ask me fo' five dollar mo'. Jones. Why, what on earth could she want with all that money ? Sam. Ah dunno. Darn her, Ah didn't gib her none. An' say! She sho' got me into trouble de odder day. She went to work an' lef de do' to de hen-house wide open. Jones. Why, that ought not to have done any harm. The hens would have come home all right. Sam. Dat's jus' de trouble. Dem hens all went home. An' de feller what owned 'em finds whar dey been an' has me pinched. Jones. I believe I did hear something about that. You came up before Judge Cheatem, didn't you? Sam. Yes, sah. Jedge ask me did Ah want a lawyer, an' Ah says, No, Ah didn't need one, Ah was goin' to tell de troof dis time. An' say ! Jones. Well ? 6 JOSHING THE JANITOR Sam. Mali brudder works up to Vermont to Sears Roebuck's monument factory, an* dey got out a grabe- stone 'speshully fo' lawyers. Jones. Especially for lawyers ? Sam. Yes, sah. An' it's got an awful pretty verse on it. It says, " Here lies a lawyer for de las' time." Jones. Well, you mustn't be too hard on our lawyers, Sam. You must remember that we get most of our public speakers from the legal profession. Sam. Not all ob 'em, you don't. Not bohn o'atahs like Art Hawkins. Jones. Born orators ! What do you mean by " born orators," Sam? Sam. Well, you see, it's jus' like dis: A common man says, " Las' night it stopped rainin' about six, an' den de win' came up." But if a bohn o'atah like Art wants to say a thing like dat, he sticks one han' in his ves', t'rows back his haid, an' says, "As de las' rays ob de dyin' orb ob day faintly elucidates de western horizum, de gentle showers cease to seek de boozum ob ol' earth, an' out ob de eas', sighin' like a troubled soul, comes de gentle zephyr ob de night." Yes, sah, Art, he's shuah some o'atah. Jones. Well, Sam, even Art will have to hand it to the ladies when it comes to talking. Sam. Yes, sah. Dose wimmen am shuah dere when it come to de chin music. Say, did you see about dat race ob wimmen dey descobbered in Af riky ? Jones. Why, no, Sam. To what race of women do you refer? Sam. Why, dey wuz a race ob mad women, an' dey didn't hab no tongues. Jones. No tongues! Why, how in the world could they talk? Sam. Dey couldn't. Dat's what made 'em mad. Say ! Did you know dat Ah didn't speak to mah wife fo' six months arter we got married ? Jones. What, a quarrel so soon as that after you were married? Sam, No, sah, nuffin' like dat. Ah jus' didn't like to JOSHING THE JANITOR J interrupt her, dat's all. {Pause.) Yes, sah, mah wife's some talker. De odder night Ah was a little late gettin' home, an' soon's as Ah got inter de house, she started a- j a win' me. Jones. You and she had a few words, eh? Sam. No, sah. She had 'em all. Ah had a few, but Ah didn't get no chance to use 'em. Jones. Well, what did you do? Sam. Why, jus' tumbled inter bed an' went ter sleep. Jones. And that was the end of it? Sam. Not much it warn't. 'Long 'bout two 'clock Ah woke up an' she was still a-hummin'. Jones. And you went right back to sleep, I suppose. Sam. No, sah. Ah says, " What, Hannah, again or yet?" Jones. Sam, if my wife had treated me like that, I should have enlisted. Sam. You would, eh? Jones. I surely would! Why didn't you join the army, Sam? Sam. What, with all dat fightin' goin' on? You must think Ah was crazy. Jones. Nonsense, Sam. There isn't so much danger in the army as you think. Take the aviation service, for instance. There's a branch where a fellow is practically certain to rise. Sam. Uh-huh ! I doan' t'ink ! An' when you gits five or six miles in de air an' de ingine stops, dey'll say, " Hey, nigger, git out dar an' crank dat ar flivver ! " Jones. Well, Sam, I'm glad to see you wearing a Lib- erty Loan button, even if you didn't see your way clear to enlist. Sam. Yes, sah. Mah brudder Steve been payin' fo' Liberty Bonds de las' five year. Jones. Five years! You mean five months, don't you? Sam. No, sah, five years ! On'y he calls it " payin' alimony," 'stead of Liberty Bonds. Jones. Oh, I see; Steve and Cindy separated, did they? I suppose Steve has to pay his alimony pretty: regularly ? 8 JOSHING THE JANITOR Sam. Yes, sah. Steve, he skipped payin' twice, but Cindy, she threatened to come back to him if he didn't pay right on de nail. See mah odder badge, sah ? Dat's mah Carnegie hero medal. Jones. Carnegie hero medal, Sam? Why, those are awarded for some notable act of bravery, aren't they ? Sam. Well, dat's how Ah got mine. Ah took it away from a feller bigger'n mahse'f . Say ! Jones. Well ? Sam. Well, Ah went into de Crescent Cafe de odder night fo' a feed. Jones. Well, you got it, didn't you ? Sam. No, sah, Ah didn't. Jones. Why, what was the difficulty ? Sam. Well, Ah told de waitah Ah wanted some oys- tahs, an' he yelled " One stew ! " Ah thought he was talkin' 'bout me, an' Ah wouldn't stan' fo' it. No, sah, not one minute! Jones. Well, did you clean out the place ? Sam. No, sah. Yo' see, dey jus' natchally set me out on de sidewalk, sah. Jones. You must have been offended, Sam. Sam. Ah was. Ah nebber felt so put out in all mah life. (Pause; Sam whistles.) Jones. By the way, Sam, didn't I hear that you sang a bit? Sam. Yes, sah. An' Ah plays de bass drum, too, sah. Jones. Well, well, you're some musician, sure. How long has it been troubling you ? Sam. Oh, I showed symptoms ob it at a very early age, sah. Jones. How was that? Sam. Well, you see, mah dad was a slave down souf, befo' de war, an' Jones. And after the war he was free, eh ? Sam. No, sah, not much he warn't. Jones. What ! You mean to tell me that your father didn't regain his freedom after the Civil War ? Sam. No, sah, arter de war he got married. Den he went to lib on a farm 'longside de Miss'sippi. Well, one JOSHING THE JANITOR 9 year de ribber went on a rampage, an' we had a big flood. An' our house washed away an' us kids floated down de ribber on de furniture. Mah brudder grabbed de dinin'- room table an' used it fo' a raf. Jones. Well, this is all very interesting, but just what has it to do with your precociousness as a musical genius ? Sam. Why, Ah accompanied him on de pianner. Jones. Well, Sam, if we can get some one to accom- pany you on the piano, you might give us that song you are rehearsing for the Grange entertainment. (Sam selects an accompanist from the audience, and as he begins to sing Jones exits. Song need not be coon song. Any popular or topical song will do. After song Sam exits.) CURTAIN STEP LIVELY A Comedy in Two Acts By Gladys Ruth Bridgham Four males, ten females. Scenery, one interior; costumes, modern, Plays two hours. Billings, banker and mill owner, ruined by the war, feigns illness and keeps to his room to avoid explanations. His sister turns up with three daughters, all bringing new complications, and things come pretty swift for Billings and his son Joe. His niece, Jerusha, a born detective, opportunely turns up, however, and does some Sherlock Holmes work on a very interesting and complicated situation, and brings matters to a highly satisfactory conclusion. Very rapid and exciting ; can be recommended. Price, 25 cents CHARACTERS Joseph Billings, mill owner and Gwendolyn Smith, her niece. President of Benham Trust Co. Martha Holton, Billings'' niece; Joseph Billings, Jr., his son. Lucille Loveland, of the u Win- Theodore Cunningham, his secre- some Winnie Co." tary. Carry Arry. Horatius Thimple. Nora, the maid. Mary Smythe, Billings' 1 sister. Jerusha Billings. Beverly Smythe 1 her Juliet Smythe Rose-Marie Smythe J <*"**"*• JOHNNY'S NEW SUIT A Comedy in Two Acts By Mary G. Balch Two males, five females. Scenery, interiors ; costumes, modern. Plays fifty minutes. Mrs. Larkin tries to make Johnny a new suit to wear at the prize speaking competition, but does not get it further along than basting when the hour arrives. She takes a cnance on the basting thread holding, but in the excitement of the occasion the threads break and Johnny's efforts are somewhat complicated. He wins out, however Howlingly funny and strongly recommended. Price, 25 cenfs DINNER AT SEVEN SHARP A Comedy in One Act By Amabel and Tudor Jenks Five males, three females. Scene, an interior; costumes, modem Plays forty minutes. Beverly, a patent lawyer, custodian o," certain papers important to a rival of the electric company that he represents, baffles, after an exciting experience, an emissary of his opponents, who is in his own employ disguised as an English butler. Very interesting and well recommended. Price, as cents THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY An Entertainment in Six Scenes Freely adapted from Edward Everett Hale's celebrated story for present patriotic purposes By Gladys Ruth Bridgham This version of perhaps the most stimulating piece of fiction in the language calls literally for forty-six male and five female characters, but being presented, necessarily, in six scenes representing six different periods of the history of the United States, a very much smaller number of people may present it by " doubling " many of the parts. Nolan and a. few of the other characters appear in all the scenes, but more than two- thirds of the cast do not speak at all, and may appear in scene after scene without change, being mostly in naval uniform. Scenery may be employed if desired, but for use in schools or elsewhere, if preferred, this detail may be simplified greatly or dispensed with altogether, a few simple suggestions in the way of furniture or properties fully answering to direct the mind of the spectator, chiefly concerned with the wonderful patriotic message of the text. The costumes are largely naval uniforms; the time of performance roughly an hour and a half. Strongly recommended for school performance for which use it was exp;essly adapted. Price, 25 cents THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY ( Tabloid Version) An Entertainment in Four Scenes Condensed from Dr. Hale's well-known story for the use of eighth grade pupils in schools By Ellen S/iyne This version of Dr. Hale's narrative has been specially prepared for the use of younger children and has been boiled down to the smallest bulk that will serve to convey its patriotic idea forcibly and intelligibly, playing only about fifteen minutes at most. It was originally given by pupils of the Wollaston School, Quincy, Mass. Nine boys «ikI one girl actually speak lines, and there are a few other necessary silent parts and oppor- tunity for many more to fill the stage and enlarge the picture if that i$ desired. In this matter the demands of the entertainment are very elastic, fitting it to the conditions of almost any school. Costumes are not needed ; simple suggestions in this direction attached to the pupils' or- dinary clothing alone being necessary. It may be given on a platform without any scenery at all. Brief and sketchy as it necessarily is, it was found in practice in the original performance to convey the idea com- petently. In the same volume will be found : THE FAIR OF THE PILGRIMS An Entertainment for Churches or Societies By Jessie A. Kelley This consists of full suggestions for an original Church Fair and Sale with complete instructions as to details of costumes, arrangement of booths and all other particulars. Not a stage entertainment. Originally given in Brockton, Mass., under the direction of the author with large financial results. Price, both in one volume, ij cents A COLLEGE MAN A Comedy in Four Acts By Earl Reed Silvers Six males, three females. Scene, an interior ; costumes s modem. Plays an hour and a half. Budd Stone, going through college on money supplied at a great sacrifice by his father, has won, in the character of a rich student, the regard of Zelda Saunders. When he is asked to give back the unused balance of this fund to help his devoted father pay the mortgage on the farm, he refuses rather than lose his degree and possibly his girl. The father, attempting to recover the money despite the son's refusal, is taken for a thief, and matters thus come to a climax, /til enas weii. Very interesting and recommended for college performance. Price, 25 cents CHARACTERS Bill Rendall, Sophomore, Mr. Stone, Budd's dad. Peanut Jones, Freshman. Geraldine Harris, aristocrat. Budd Stone, Junior. Zelda Saunders, the girl. Ted Willis, Senior. Mrs. Brownley, chaperon. Professor "Johnny " Miller. SYNOPSIS Act I. A fraternity study. Early afternoon, Act II. Evening of the same day. Act III. Two-thirty the next morning. Act IV. Nine o'clock of the same morning. PATRIOTIC SCENES OLD AND NEW A Platform Entertainment By Elvie Kimball Macoy Five males, twenty-four females. Scenery, unimportant ; costumes, fancy. Plays twenty minutes at most. Introducing Columbia, Uncle Sam, Spirit of '76, Betsy Ross, Liberty, Barbara Frietchie and other pa- triotic figures in a series of tableaux accompanied by readings in verse. Very timely and easy to produce. Price, 15 cents THE REVEL OF THE YEAR An Entertainment in One Act By Jessie A. Kclley Twenty-two characters, more or less, male and female. Scenery un- necessary; costumes, fancy. Plays forty-five minutes. An entertainment pf the twelve months intended to be used in connection with a sale Qi iftir, Very picturesque and easy to get up. Price, iji cents RED CAP A Play for Children in Two Acts By Mary Willard Keyes Five male, ten female characters ; some of the parts may be taken by either boys or girls. Scenery natural ; if produced indoors, easily ar- ranged or largely dispensed with. Costumes, simple. Plays an hour and a quarter. A very pretty play for children, not at all difficult, wholly suited for performance by Girl Scouts or by summer camping parties. Its very graceful and interesting story inculcates a love of outdoor life and consideration for animals and flowers, but it is never didactic in effect and is always thoroughly entertaining. Alicia and Nancy, rambling upon the mountain on Midsummer Day, are given a glimpse of Fairyland and its secrets and take away from their experience some very valuable lessons-. A small royalty of #5.00 is asked for its performance. Price, 25 cents CHARACTERS Alicia, a girl of fourteen. Dryad of the Beech. Nancy, about the same age. Dryad of the White Birch. Father Mountain. Dryad of the Pine. Lycinthia, a water nymph. Mirabel ) ^ , . . Farael, guardian of the birds. Briar Rose J Jlowet J ames - Dorian, guardian of the little Fire Sprite. wild beasts. Br eeze. Fungus Dod Fungus Tod elves. DOUBLE-CROSSED A Comedy in One Act By Charles C Mather Three males, three females. Costumes, modern ; scene, an interior, Plays thirty minutes. Mel Treman cannot decide which of two girls he wants to marry, and proposing to both in turn, is surprised to be rejected by both. Before he recovers from the shock, number one telephones that she has changed her mind, and the next mail brings word from the other that she too will be his. How he gets out of it is the story of a very funny play. Highly recommended. Price, JJ cents DISPATCHES FROM WASHINGTON A Play in One Act By Charles C. Mather Three males, five females. Costumes of the Revolution ; scene s an easy exterior. Plays twenty minutes. Jonathan Fisher, the bearer of dispatches for General Washington, faces capture by the British but is rescued by a clever ruse by five patriotic girls. Can be recommended. Price, ij cents REPRESENTING BARRETT, COX & CO. A Farce in Three Acts By Manley Dana Five males, four females. Scenery, a single interior; costumes, mod- ern. Plays an hour and a half. Parts very equal in opportunity ; col- ored comedy character. Recommended for schools. Jack Carter, a sales* man, is mistaken by Colonel Reading for his nephew, the Duke of Bills- bury, and is entertained in spite of his protests. Jack explains the situ- ation to detective Herbert, who is really a crock seeking a chance to rob the house, and Herbert agrees to help Jack, and incidentallydiimself, by keeping the real Duke away while Jack vvoos the Colonel's daughter. The genuine Duke finally gets in, foils the attempt at burglary, and forces an explanation. Price, 25 cents CHARACTERS Colonel George Reading, lately retired from the army. William Burndette, Duke of Billsbury — his nephew. Jack Carter, a traveling salesman. Charles Herbert, a confidence man. Abner, the Readings colored butler. Marjorie Reading, the Colonel's daughter. Virginia Carter, Jack's sister. Mrs. Hinds, the Readings' housekeeper. Maggie, the Readings maid. Scene. — The Colonel's house, Richmond, Va. Time. — September, 1912. JACK O' HEARTS A Comedy in Three Acts By Edith M. Burrows Four males, four females. Costumes, modern; scenery, a single in- terior. Plays an hour and a quarter. Parts evenly distributed ; an ex- cellent light piece. John Ames, a young clergyman friend of Polly's brother, is mistaken for an expected relative and given by Polly a cousinly kiss. An astonishing number of amusing consequences follow from this mishap. Exceptionally easy, quick in movemer* and amusing. Recom mended. Price, ij cents CHARACTERS Mary Hart, commonly knoivn as "Polly.*'' Winthrop Hart, her brother. Dr. Hart, father of Polly and Winthrop. Mary Robinson, a friend of Polly s. Betty Dwyer, the girl zvho lives next door. John Awes, young clergyman friend of Winthrop* s. Jack Botsford, an unknown cousin of the Harts'* A Maid. THE BOY SCOUTS A Play for Boys in Three Acts By Walter Ben Hare Twenty males. Scenery, unimportant ; costumes, scout and modern. Plays two hours. Worth refuses to vote for Tony as a new scout because the latter is poor, but Tony shows in the end that he is a true scout and wins his election. This simple motive underlies lots of characteristic fun and stunts, and offers as a whole a very vigorous and sympathetic picture of the Boy Scout practices, motives, and ideals. Strongly recommended. Price, 25 cents CHARACTERS Stewart Nipper, known as Nip. Fred Tuck, known as Tuck. Dick Randolph, the patrol leader. Worthington Leonard, a rich boy. Tony Ardis, a poor boy. Jakie Stein, with business instincts. Chubby Childs, who don't care if he is fat. Watermelon Jackson, a lazy coon. Mrs. Watermelon Jackson, and her seven little coons. (May fa omitted. ) Lippy Scudder, who thinks he's a hero. Bub Waldron, going on seven. Jack Hall, assistant patrol leader. Plupy Higgins, who likes to study. Lee Waldron, wne athlete. Tom Redway, who plays the piano. Shorty, Harry, Charley, Will and Frank, other Boy Scouts. SYNOPSIS Act I. — The meeting of the Boy Scouts of America. Nip and Tuck. Act II.— A rehearsal in the gym. The stunts of the Scouts. Act III.— -Same as Act I. Swearing in the new tenderfoot. AUNT ABIGAIL AND THE BOYS A Farce in One Act By Lillie Fuller Merriam Nine males, two females. Scene, an interior ; costumes, modern. Plays one hour. Aunt Abigail, who hates boys, visits Gerald in college and finding him dressed in female costume for theatricals takes him for his sister Geraldine. Things are badly mixed up when his friends turn up and see the situation, but in the end Aunty is wholly cured of her dislike for the " boys." 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