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 THE .S'lVOTF-CUP SISTERS. 
 01 tfarcj. 
 
 BY KUTD McENEUY HTTJAKT. 
 
 CHAltACTERS: 
 
 Qrankv Snow, inUher o/ ,lfoyn dawjhtert. 
 
 MioB Paiti LiNii Snow, a juiina dunna. 
 
 MihdKb Loui^KHY iiiid LoMzv Snow, twin si^Uy^. 
 
 Tiiic i.OMK Mitis Snow, no luinie. 
 
 MihS Kl-LA Snow, > IvciitviniAt. 
 
 }}.""' Susan Dkim.oua Snow, who vwtunn a lust hoer. 
 
 n i.No Poo, the celestial A/i!,« Siiuw. 
 
 JllBS JO-IIANNA ,llM-Ml,MV SnOW, U " WOllMli'S rUjhtcr." 
 
 IMifco 1 Al.l.KK Mui'K Snow, i(;f .(*(i/*r 
 
 'I'UK iiATK LiMKNTKl) MlS.- SnOW, (11 WUX. 
 Mlaa SaI'I'IIO SonnktINA, ;'"t;r 
 
 Ciutvi, a little allured bun aii/jiT. 
 
 Scene.— 0/'(/t)i,t;-v stmiefunii^liiniis fur ^],o,n ],ccforniance- 
 A hue „J tieoen c/utim ahuiit Ihe centre of the atiir/e. 
 
 I'l'rJurMcrs ,:nl,:r in niii^ilr file. ,iU Uiiipinii, the Motlior 
 iadiiui, <(//(/'I'lic'Liil.i! Mis:, ii\wvi.j,uslud in. uu rMers bu 
 Gravy, bruujiiit/ up the renr. 
 
 Mother and dauijhtera an- dressed more or less in char- 
 ueter. but all wear tall " Mother Goose " u-hite eans of sil- 
 ver paper, or cooered irith eoutonjlnnnel. 
 
 Then enter from left, poss in front of ehnirs and entire 
 I// around them, stand in front of litem the second time- 
 nil, except Tin: Laic J.anuiilcil, 7f/,<y is pushed into place 
 by (ji-avy. and TIk; J.alu WiOcrnrd, irho comes in late 
 and IS assigned to the jMoiIicts claiir. 
 
 When they arc standin.j in line, the .Muther steps for- 
 nurd and, ntisiny her fiiujir. sai/s: 
 .l/.'M<r (iaU, alleiitiiHi. {.Da'nohters .straiijhien Ihem- 
 
 aires en hue) Gals, |)ow. Howdy. f(j|ks! [All Iwio 
 
 I, 'Jo audience.) Voii .si-c W-U,n: vein, ladies and ^ciillclucM 
 
 Hk- .ch-bi-aled «ii,,w-Cai) .sj^'ls of Snow .Muinitaius. 
 
 Ho y V(,- coiiiu to laUi: you l/v sLonn— a icgiilar sjjow- 
 
 si'.nii. Iliuiinj, I aiu a-.sayiii' it as sliouldn'i, b.-iii' iJjcir 
 
 <>» II (Icai' Inlonn' juoijic]-, ihcy is swccl jj.ds. 
 
 1 /■/',/, todauijhtrrs.) Say n,r sii,-) your piece now. "-.ds. 
 
 ((nils recite in Conceit, irith ca;i diilfj 
 
 ", «!• lire lllc wolidr 
 
 cAi' I. mix. 
 
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 111 nii:*lcrs. 
 
2 TBB SNOW-CAPPED BISTERS. 
 
 liy setting our beantifal Bnow-.-.)verea cappws— our cappies, 
 For all of your beat aud your haudaomest cUappies— your chappica. 
 Tlie Juct ia 
 We pracUriu 
 No art of llirlatiou. 
 Or cold lliii:aiiia, 
 Bui setliut' "ur capo 
 Kiglit and kll lor tlie chaps : 
 Just tliia way, and thi.i «■ ly, and tliis way, aud Ihia— 
 Wc are Bur« in iliis dull iliere ia n.rtliin;; aniiaa— 
 Wu 81-cnic all ilie beaux 
 Whu'r,; inriin.d to propoan ; 
 For we aim at Iho on.- wlioca we wi.-li -tra, la, la; 
 Aud wlieu tlib play's over, he speuUa u> inaiuuia. 
 
 [This drill iiiay be m<t)in<icd to suit iiuUcidiud tnntc. Thi 
 tiat/wr au(j(jeds 'o/Ui/afti" tffirtiec fiijnnx. Lit all ritiae 
 caps with buth hitiida, mid s<t tlir.in Ltd: lU iviuUiliuii. " cap 
 iisten," eiui of first line. tii:t thnii ipJl foru'<(rd on. fore- 
 lieads at "your chappien," i-nd of .laumd line. At di-venth 
 ami tmelfth lines a pntly drill nuiy conu- in, and at last they 
 are aiinnd at random.) 
 Quia, set dowu. 
 
 [Vaiif/liler.i are seated, all but wiixjiynre. 
 (To audience again.) I sny you sue llu; Siuiw gals, but 
 in p'iui of taci.'li.iiii's iiia! (■;riiileim:ii, yoii do iiol see iiU 
 tlie sisters, for lliis In-re oiu; uiu'l nary sisiei-. She's wax. 
 (Lteyina to weep.) She's je»t a inakeljelieve. She ain't 
 uoLliiii' but u statute. [Tears. 
 
 Forty years ag'o, dear Iriciuls, wi- was a happy lain ly, 
 me an' uiy gals; but our day a hook-a.>;eiit eoiiies lo our 
 niounlalns, an' he was i<o pirasin' an' so per^uatlin' an' so 
 iiisibtiu, saw liUeiiesscs in inv gals lo all the royal laiii'lies, 
 an'— well, we took all he had. lie li.id plush albums, an' 
 we look Ihem; au' ho had lly-screcns, an' we took lliem; 
 an' mouse -iraps an' measles, an' — an' we look llieni. 
 (Whimpers.) We all had 'em— Ihe niiasli-s I mean. Of 
 co'se Dolly she bad 'em ihe worst, an' iliey ^ive her lits, 
 an' tits killed her. Fils! Why we couldn't cunt 'erfils. 
 an' that's why she's a eminterfeit. 'I'his is her Very spit 
 an' image. Yes, dear friends, ef it hadn't 'a' heeii for my 
 sick fainily you wonldn'l iii'Ver 'a' si-eii tliis./((i'-«»i/ie. All 
 my gals is sweet, but this is my chief-du-ocer. KoU her 
 out, Gravy. 
 
 [Gravy rolls her out. and .\[,.ilH-r suzr.i crank attached 
 lo arm. manipiilnlin;/ it ii-i ■■•he jiniemls. 
 When she de|iarii(l iliis life her eyes was sol 'way- haeli. 
 ill lier head, jest like this: 
 
TUB SNOW CAPPED SISTEllS. 3 
 
 [Dolly rolln ei/ei a.i crank turns. Ail duui/hlera w<xp 
 aili'iUlij ill haiulktrchitfa. 
 Au' she culled my uuuie uu hwe^t, jusl like this: 
 
 [Dolly mi/s " Ma-iiM." 
 
 Au' she cried so sweet, jcsl like thi.,: [Mother cries. 
 
 Yoii see, we keeps her dressed up ill licr Suiiduy clo'us, 
 
 an' when she's to home \se iium' geii'iilly sets lier uu. Iha 
 
 piany. f^he w;is niighlily set on luubie, iui', of co'se, 
 
 Aliiiidii'i' there slio pels it wlKiuver it's a-jjoiii'. 
 
 Tlie cxpeiiaes of this \v:ix ligur', ca'<-uhiieil down to. a 
 cent, is jest libout the same :is for theiu Ihet are stiU in 
 the llesli. for what we save in bread an' meat, wh}' we |iay 
 out for Cravy. An', hy-tlie way, Uidies and gentlemen, 
 this young gentleman is onr soup, an' bein' us lie is so 
 richly culoied and highly ll.ivoied, we calls hiiu Gravy, 
 an' sonietinies Sass, when he merits it. 
 Roll her back. Gravy. (Gravy i-alU her liack iiitu line. 
 'Tain't no use a-cryin' uver spilt milk; she's dead au' 
 gone too long as£0 to talk about. Dry your tears, gala, 
 an' prepare lo welcome your late sister. 
 
 [iliss Ella Suow comi.i runhinr/ in ImUii loilh hand- 
 bo.cc}<. etc. /'*(i.sa(-a in rieio btu'k of nistdrs, and then 
 c<jui<:s ti> lur iiliicc, piitliiu/ hi'.r nunwroits bnnilUi 
 di'irn. Ijcjhi'c ■•'he einhnircx the finiih/ all round. 
 { With good uetinij thi.i is effictiiv,. | When greet inij» 
 (ire ocer, .\Iolher leo.d.-i her to front. 
 Lailies and geutlenn'n, tliis is our elocutionary star. 
 Jliss Ella Snow. She's took cold, inhaled a live icicle- 
 geiin, coinui' down the mountain, an' it give her such a in- 
 ftuenzii that I can't hardly inllnenec tier lo speak in puli- 
 lic. These attacis o' snee/.in' make her feel veiy pi-edis 
 posed. (Klla i(;ki»«//V(//(i(;//v ) NVln;n anylhing endi her, 
 I'm pretty sure it 'II be Ihi- ii, fine,!-;.!, liut all the same, 
 Klki is very cule. (Tarntu'j to j:il;i.) 
 Klociile now. 
 
 She will now recite. with approbriuus gestures, Milton's 
 " I'aradise Lost" iu full. S.iy it now, Klla, jest the way 
 ill. .Milton put it down in the book. 
 
 l-:da. D.uiies aii geil lerhi I. (.S';i,-.-ei'6'.s.| llidb-. atuh- 
 bl.T o' Water, Giabv. (O-Zit;. .tn.-'.xei ) C'u'ibig south I 
 iiMik ci)de. (S'/.-(^',) M>' d IS- ills or 1 stopped up. Gib 
 in ; a lebo I, Graby. |G Mvy h ci li h-.r a leinn.) D idles 
 ad g(!i!derbid. I wid d j>v n-,-iie Itiltol's ■ I'.cradise Lost " 
 id lull. (Hoicx.) "Oil li;in's lii,L di-^nliedirts ad the — 
 (N/i<-..'.rc.) Gb ban's fii'— " i s/„,,v.v hoj„l, x.ili/.] 
 
 Mot/ier. Tliey ain't no puilin' on ab..ut thai ladies and 
 
4 'THB SNOW-CAJPKD SISTKIIS. 
 
 gentlemen. Ella is surely uuflt for reclamation. She 
 will, however, appear later ou, when slie will play the 
 gal3 eomplimeuls to their soufja ; for, besides beia' an' 
 A-1 Jrumatizer, Klla is a iiuisical prodigal. Set dowa, 
 ICUa, au' commuue wlih j'our leiiiou. 
 
 [Slolhi-r brimjs forward deaf-mute. 
 
 Sorrow wrings my maternal bosom, my friends, wliea 
 
 1 fetch out this one. Site's deef. (^'an't hear thunder. 
 
 Can't tallt, neither. She don't hear a word I'm sayiu' 
 
 now. Liisteu. {Tunung to MnU-) Can you hear? 
 
 [Ella iha/cea her head no. 
 She can't. Can you talk? 
 Ella. No. 
 
 Mother. She can't. I huve to touclj lier. She knows her 
 mother's gi-ntle touch. [.Seizes her rouyhly. 
 
 She ain't got no name. What was the use? 'Twouldn't 
 'a'. done no goud. We ji-.-)i <'alls W.t Dummy. I was 
 brought up frugal, 1 was, an' we uscxl up cousider'ble 
 names on the olher gala, jia an' me did. 
 
 Set down, Dununy. She don't hear, {yfakua siyiia. 
 Dummy sits.) And now, ladii^s and gentlemen, I bring 
 from her seclusion JMi.ss Susan Deplura Suow.who mourns 
 a longdost lover. Tliis sweet creature lost her beau jest 
 fifty-one years ago to-niglil. 
 
 [Miss Susan wi/ies f>nrard, her face buried in her 
 handkcrchitj\ iCi epiutf. 
 He was a uoljle \ouili. lie fought in the Mexican war 
 with Alexander the Great, served in Congress with Junius 
 Caesar, was contenipuraniuus with Christopher (.Columbus. 
 Prester John, and the Ciaek-eye twins. He died of a 
 Buddeu atlact of the Susan-side, right at Susan's side. 
 Shot hibSelf right through the epigrajii (ur diagram). It 
 was all on account o' tliem Craek-eye boys. They both 
 had compound cases on Susan, an' she ain't never looked 
 up since. 
 
 "I'ain't many a young girl that mouins a lost lover for 
 fifty long years. She'd Ije a sweet debntunte now if she'd 
 come out of her grief. W(ui't you come out of it, lioney ? 
 She won't. She's awasliii' all 'er youth on 'im. We've 
 <lone all we can to niiikt; lier begin lo take notice, but 
 'laiii't no use. Control your I'eelin'. Susie dear, and sitig 
 lor us one of your heail rendering songs. iShe will con- 
 trol her grief for one biief moinenl it tlu^ audience will 
 kindly look pleasant, and j;i\-e us otic of her most touehin' 
 .\<4u luCiS. That's a haliii illusion. .Me and my gals we 
 
THS SNOW-CAPPED SISTKRS. 5 
 
 talks Latin constuut when we are to home on the peaks. 
 Sing. Susie dear, or, as we say iu Latin, Vcui, vidi, viei. 
 [Susie iini/a, to the air of " IVVit/i. t?u; ISioalluioa lIo)iie- 
 ward Fly." 
 
 since my lover upped &ud died, 
 
 Sbut hiUHelf ri^'lit at Uiy ^lde, 
 
 Tbrougb hiH pri-cious epi^jriiiu, 
 
 1 will eliiy jii&t wbai 1 utii. 
 
 For flilice>c ia dead, dead, deud, 
 
 I'wdl never wed, v,-in\, wed, 
 
 Till suiiie one betfided my iiiulbor 
 
 Bego me fur to love unotber. 
 
 [Susie retires now, and the Mother bi inyis forward Miss 
 Johanna Jimniiiny Snow. 
 
 Mother. We will now iiitiMdiioe to you, my dear friends, 
 Bliss Johanna Jiin-miiny Snow. She is a woman's ri;,'ht- 
 er, she is. She's t;ot all ^orts of mannish notions. Slie's 
 wlnit you call a stroug'-niiiid( r. She don't allow thet the 
 ra:iscu-line sect has got any i iglits thet ain't hern — not a 
 one. She jest uses the In-'s iin' she's promiscu'us. Why. 
 lllie as not ef an)' young man was to give her a bunch of 
 lieliolropes she'd say. " Jfurh obliged to you for these 
 here slie liotropes." Slie done it once t. 
 
 She 'ain't got no use lor pots an' kitlle-s an' as for a 
 tliimhle, 1 give lier cue once-t au' she liad it mounted on 
 a walkin'-cane for a gold head, liul ii ain't necessary for 
 me to say much about Ium- si'iitiinents. She's fully able 
 to speak for |iersi;U'. tipeak up like a little luaa, Johanna, 
 dear. 
 
 Jo-ltanua. Folks. I objicl to the term "ladies and gen- 
 tlemen," Why this humillaiing di.siinoiioii? Are we not 
 nil folks? I am a folk. Vou are a folk. (I'ointinri to her 
 self and then to any chuxeu one.) And so I addi'ess yiai in 
 tiie most comprehensible manner when 1, say dear folks. 
 5Iy heart swells with [iriile as I fed niy.-'ilf in my proper 
 sp'ei'e. 1 grow dizzy uilli Ihe llui.d of ihxpienie that 
 siilfuses my brain and rushes for esi-qie to my lips, 
 
 Mot/t^r. Condense yovii- cummolions. ,]<> - li;inmi, th'iO'. 
 inlo ryliim, Ciamp Ihem inio poetic infusion. I el Iheni 
 tlow in liielrie numbers 'I'here is safety in ni.nibiis 
 
 Jo-liaiiitu. 1 fear Ihat poetic expression savois nf i iVcnii- 
 nation. 1 am sure it does; and yet, to show that 1 am not 
 (vllogelher ashamed of my seel, 1 will pour out my ^'od 
 in verse. 
 
 .Mother. Piiur it out. hoci<-y. 
 
 Johanna. 1 will, (lieeite.^^ 
 
8 THE BNOW-CAPPED BISTERS. 
 
 1 am a voinun 
 ADd'tbeii-riire hun^aa. 
 Tlie femule bed 
 Deaerves retyped. 
 Couscloiid 1 uia 
 I'm not u clum. 
 Nor do 1 ijlau 
 To be a man, 
 But claim to be 
 Aa grent as liu, 
 Probably h.ler 
 I bhall bu greater, 
 A'goote ia grander 
 Tliau aiiy''i:aiider. 
 Hens ia mure knowiu' 
 Witlioiit no crowin* 
 Than any looaler 
 That I ht-uit Ubed to. 
 
 Mother. Them's uublescMitiments, my d:iugliter, Ithink 
 I feel in Ju-li:imia tlie priiU: 1 slmuld 've expeiieoced iu 
 a only sou, When she poms forth sech eh(quent argu- 
 ments I have to close my ears to keep from voting for 
 tlie ballot immediately, Smuelimes at home when she 
 and her sisters jrel lu argiiin' 1 go an' vote jest to get rid 
 of my convictions. Of course it don't hurt, the way I 
 vote. I jest drop any old lialhit into any old tree. But 
 1 have the satisfaction of knowin' lliel I've voted — an' 
 that seems to be about all the satisfaction anybody gets 
 out of it. 
 
 'I'his. ladies and geiitlenccn (iciz/ff /"''ir^n/ 7^it.ti-Lind), 
 is our warbler, Patti-Lliid .Suow, A mockin'-bird listened 
 to her a-singiu' oi.e day, aii' he took p'i/eu, "I'm out- 
 suun'," says he, "She's dune took tlic rag of the bush. 
 Farewell, tree-tops. 1 won't live no singsong existence, " 
 says he, "after bein' beat at my own game," an' with 
 tliai he took a dii.se-t o' [I'l/.cn an' died. 
 
 'I'Ids, dear friends, is the mortal remalna of I he mockln'- 
 bird thet dieil o' llie green-eye, [JIuUln uj> atiijcd panvt. 
 
 Sing, Patti-Llnd. dear. 
 
 [Palti *■//.;/.< lUii/l/u'nr/ —" f.Utiii to the Muckiiii/ liird," 
 fur iiixliiiar. OtUt.rs jinn in if iiijrci'dble. 
 
 ^f'^l!u■r. .Vnd nirw, dear li lends, we cinne lo the priile 
 ol llie Snow family — in fad, our double |iride — our twins. 
 1 niMV as well out willi il. They is twins. 
 
 [Ilrinij* finrani lirins. .inii tall itn,l sli<ihl. th< otlu-r 
 nri/ shurt. fir.. Ju'irtti/ nirjXKitr in i rcrij irni/. One- 
 wram larr/e ribbon, bum tied ua arm,. 
 
THE fiNOW-CAPPED SISTERS. 7 
 
 Loueesy and Louisy. Some calls 'em TwcLillediiin and 
 Tweedledee; and their poor pa he uacd to call i-iu T'other 
 and Which, because he couldn't tell t'olhi;r f rum m hicli. 
 Of course he always called the one iic spoke to Wliidi, 
 an' the other one would have to h(.- 'J"otlR-r. I i;i;t 'em 
 mixed myself souieliines, so you see 1 lie a ribbon'jound 
 T'other's arm So's I can tell lier. An' snnieliinis I forget 
 which one 1 tied the ribbmi on. (.)Mly hi.s|, wci-k Loueczy 
 was sick an' I gave the pills to Loui.>) . Ef ih(\ waa like 
 the Siainehers 'twouldn't 'a' made no dilleieLee. But 
 when twins is divided np, you has to be keerful. Twins 
 is like a i)l,il(ipena. The two halves ain't always fo 'or- 
 dained to bir et by the sanii: person. 
 
 Lou'i'zy and Louisy will now jierforui. 
 
 [The Hrinn, tukiiui luimis, ncilc mine iiifiiKtile verse. 
 They mail do this UyUhei-, or fust <,ue and then, the 
 other, und then botli tv(jether, aliruy.i rL/Kati mj. cer- 
 bittini, each irhut the other mi/s. ]Vh,i, lh,yhare 
 Jiitished, the other sisters siny in chorus : 
 
 Tlie Iwiiises ilome -U very wl'II. very well, very well. 
 Tbe twinsub Uoi.e it very well, very, very. well. 
 
 Mother. And this here one, my friends {,i)ointiny to j,i,et 
 (lavyhter). is our poet (laughter, S.-ipjilio Sonnelina, We 
 used to call her a poet<'«.v, but lliry say rlie esses is all 
 gone out, an' any woman or gal Ihut can do auythinu at 
 all is classed with the he-ones. Of course you ean'see 
 she's a poet quick as you look ai ler. Sne's a yc:irnei, 
 she is. She says she ever ye.inis for the uualiain.-ible — 
 wlnilever that is. She looked jest as you .see lu-r evi-r 
 seoee she was born— no older an' no youuj;er. Shi- diil 
 seem to look old to us when she wms tcelliin', bul she's 
 sort o' caught up with herself now, iS-Ih- snys she's iin- 
 mortal, an' I reckon shes jest .-iboot hii ii. " 1 \\:,\a h, r 
 to come forwaril nii' be ijil|-.,<liiee,l. hut 1 ain'l suie I cm 
 reach her. Coaise sounds (U,ii'i m.ilie no un|iiession 
 on her. 
 
 {Vittls). Sapphy, Imn, v . emne foiuaid! 
 
 [Sapphy still (,,izes in tin ilislu nee ,ii,il .^vr//,.^ /,.-/ /„ 
 ln<(r. 
 Shi' dnn I ui-li'aily (■.//,„• /.- less'n llie ni.iuirs nul \\ \-\ 
 Ilial li.ill mnoii. (jiav_\ I 
 
 [({ravy c/v/.mv.i .i/-/.',v. nnd Ay n iiul, ij ,-i.i,l 1 1 ni i,r, .l,,,,is 
 llji il hnye i/ilt rr,.\riiil. .I.v .s,,aii ,is > .%.,.. /7 .\/f, 
 riii.y.y her iirins ninl fini.tinillii / ,\, ., /'/.■//, A,/ .y,,il 
 i„ iitpt nd..rnlii'n "/ th, /„./.„/ .M./iluj- rnlis l„ r 
 
8 THE SNOW-CAPPED SLSTERS, 
 
 several times, but she acinia not to hear, kee/niig Iter 
 J'mc to the crescent. 
 If I jeat had a lute I Thut would n. use )i<'r. {Turnii to 
 audience.) Th' uin'l noliudy licrt tlicl's t;ot a stray lule 
 in Uia pocket, is they? No, tli'uiu't iiu lute to he had. 
 [^At tlus Gravy cornea Jhiward wilh u ji ir's-Ziur/), which, 
 the Mother l/ula Iiiiu pint/, hojiih;/ In rcime her. At 
 the first nates she foils in ajaint, and utrenil uf the 
 sisters ran tu the rcscicfaiiitinf/, Ctdlinii fur salts, 
 a hut water bag, etc. During thi.^ ri'iniiii'linti. Gravy 
 tnay, if he can, conic to the front irilh his Jt w,\hiirp 
 and accompany hints< If wltile he danns a jig, nr he 
 may play *' bones,'^ and be accinnpanird by a piano be- 
 hind the scenes. W Iwn this is over, and the poet is 
 recioed, the Mother cuinesfarwurd again. 
 AVell, folks, you've seen her, auyliow. You can go 
 h'irne uu'say you've saw a live poet, an' a poet worth see- 
 in', lor it's all in her. Slie 'ain't never wrote none of it 
 out — not a line. 
 
 She's a livin' example of what's put down in the hooks 
 as the poetic teniiieranient, an' them thc-l 'ain't got that 
 ain't no poets, don't keer wlial they wriu;. 
 
 No, she don't never wrile poetry; she je.st experiences 
 it. She says she'd a heap rulher be a poet ihaii to write 
 poetry. You sec, thejn ihit ,!>'els sliet o' iheir poems, why 
 they eases down jest like eoninion folks. She keeps the 
 oilier gals busy getheiin' llnwers wilh llic dew ou 'em for 
 her drinkiu'-waler; an' as for eatiii — well, 1 haf to tix 
 her dinner wilh a microscope, ;in' then, hr.lf Ihe time, she 
 'lows she's overe't. She's nn^hty idiosyin-ralic, Sapphy is. 
 Mather. And now, ladies and genllemeii, I liavc the, 
 7)leasure of presentiiit; to ynu our duu;;lilcr. Yaller HulT. 
 She is a real artist. Please observe her lechnlque. 
 
 [Tarn^ Y'aller IhitT mu nil and, round. 
 And, you see, she is very broad. (Yaller Bulf shnulilbe 
 a fat girl.) She is an impressionist of the blackest d><:. 
 Slie sees nature as it is. And lliat's the way she paints it. 
 Indeed, her pictures are so very everlasiiii'ly reallhal they 
 won't l)ear moviu'. Yon .see, she '^ets the thing itself. 
 There's more or less water iji all ln'r land-capes and they 
 Sjiill out, and even when there ain't no water, there's ap' 
 to be njck, an' ihey aie too lieavy to truiisporl. 
 
 Oh yes, it's so! Tlie f;als ballied <-very d.iy last year 
 in one of her seascapes. Dummy .i;ot in one day and 
 nearly drowiided. She couldn't I'all. you see, iiinl before 
 vc could yet behind the |jicluie au>i pnll lur out ahc 
 
THB SNOW-CAPPED SrSTEKS. 9 
 
 was most dead. Tliey did go tishini,^ in some of her 
 ski'tcUes, I'oi- a wliile. But iu never seemed lo me tlieiu 
 liali could be uouiisliin', iui' I stopped it, 1 thought It wns 
 going too far. That seems like lettlu' art get away with 
 nature altogether. Of course halhin' is different. 
 
 iiul although we couldn't fetch no land.'^capes, we could 
 bring a few of her smaller sketchea. This, fur iu.stance, 
 is a life study of a cat. (I'rwliices a Hue oU or tutiue, utkcr 
 siniiU alice aidimiLfaskncil in afi-aiiit. ) You see by this, my 
 friends, what I mean by re.ilislic art. This cat not oidy 
 seems to squirm, but it will eat. See it drink milk. One 
 example is enough. The jioint is tht,t »he sees what she 
 wants to get — and gets it, Valler 15ulf does. She painted 
 that cat in one sittin". Lay the cat sketch aside, honey, 
 an' set down. lYaller Bull ails. 
 
 And now, <lear friend.s. I have the great lionor to intro- 
 duce to you my fourth d.iiigliier,Marle Klise. She'sFreuch. 
 N'esl ce pas vrais, Marii''^ Yes, she's French. She was 
 christened Mary Eliza, but when we found out she was 
 Freud), of course, we h.td lo translate her. AVe tlioughl 
 for a while that ."ihe was dummy. She never under- 
 stood iiothin' we said, an' kept a-shruggin' of her shoql- 
 ders, coi/ciiie ca. {6huw.i liuw.) She took it after poor 
 dear pa's anteceders. They was French. Tlie hrst 
 word she ever said I'll never forget. It was, "Comprei<d 
 pas," and poor dear pa he tlunight she said, "Come lo 
 l)a," an' he held out his dear (jld arms to her, but she 
 never went. Jest kep' a-shruggIn' her shoulders worse 'n 
 i-ver. We might never 've knowud she was I'^reuch, 
 'ceptin' for me havin' a French dictionary. We expound- 
 ed her on that, and now she speaks American passable. 
 Parley a little for us, c'/i<.7'/<'. 
 
 MiirU EUae. Bon.soir, mes Amis. I thaiig you vary 
 morch, dear fwiends, for yo' khnl attentn)n ileze ivim- 
 iiig. I weech, nu', I can spik mo' better, it woidd be for 
 me one grand jdaisir. i\lais cef I cannot spik, 1 can 
 h'auy'ow seeng fo' you one leel song Det-s leid song wa(i 
 am goin' seeng, ei's Iranslale f worn de Fwench, W'eu he 
 ces twanslale, he cnake like (lis. 
 
 [Sitif/ a/if/ utiiiiltiiental auntj, (jUhuij It a h^reiich acMitf. 
 
 Mother. In contrast ro our dear French daughter, I 
 shall presently bring foiward iliss Wing Foo Peak, our 
 BUiet Celestial. It iLipiicncd this way. It was the year 
 wc spent on the Snow Caps without ever ci>nung down. 
 Kveiylhing Ihere was so white an' heavenly, and we 
 Seemed almost lo forget we was unnlal.s, and 1 saiil lo 
 
10 THE SNOWCAPPED BiaXKUg. 
 
 poor dear pa: " Pa, dearie, said I, if liuaveu sliouUl send 
 us another daughter here, she'd l;e a Celestial being I'm 
 sure." Aud so she was. She come to us jest as ymi see 
 her, dress and jjiglail and all. She's a Buddhist iu f.iiili, 
 of course, but we're a-h.)|iin' to convert lier gradually. 
 What are you trying to be, Wing Foo'/ Telllhe ladies 
 nil' geutleiuen. 
 
 Wing Foo laughs aud says, with a bashful nod, "Tly to 
 Ije good Chlistian." 
 
 Yes, she is trying to be a good Clirislian. What is the 
 hardest Ihiug for you to learn, Wing Fuo — to do as your 
 Christian frieuds do'i' 
 
 Win;/ Fou. Sassy mudder — sassy fodder — sassy alia ole 
 peoples. 
 
 Mother. Yes, you see slie has the (Jriental si>irit — 
 that's what dear pa said. Aiid all liei- prelty manners, her 
 salaams, aud all the rest of it she knew from ihe day she 
 was born. lu fact, wheu the lillle thing was laid in my 
 arms, she raised her tiny yalK;r hand to her forehead and 
 showed me that she was tryiu' to gn'ct me right. Oh, 
 yes, she's a Utile Chinese, she is. .Viii'l you, Wingie'/ 
 Wimi foo. You bet. 
 [Wing Foo <ioe,!< throaijli vtiriunti /iirjhriiciincen, hoiriiiq 
 leiCh fortlwiid to thi: jloor, cln., c/c. ,■ tht-u dftcr aiUat- 
 iiig the tiiitUciicc, she rctins to her jjtii,ce. 
 Mother. Thanking you for your kiiul allenl.ion, uiy 
 dear friends, and for the moni'y so clu-erfully pud 
 at the (h)or, I wish to say that no t.vo of our perform- 
 ances aui't alike. .My .g.ils is very lah-nieil in more ways 
 than one. And .jest, to prove what I say I invite any- 
 body present Lo s.iy what kind of miiic lie would like ti) 
 hear as a closin' numbrr. Of course vou ean'l conveni- 
 ently pass up pianos or <:liiiicli org.iiis, inU any iustru- 
 meni that you ivi/t hand up — 
 
 \_.S'iiiie one in the itii li, uee JntiuU 'ni.i emi'i The in')- 
 titer td/u.x it. fiiitl.-i ,1 .she, I 'if /m/i, e ■m a Uible oil 
 Ihe utaije, iiiti Iminh it lo .(■/// .</<. of Ihe dit'Hjhtert. 
 Then the othiis n,i-h ii/i omi lol; ■ from their oicil 
 heiuia siinilitr eiini'>\. Jimt tloil Hu i/ Imfe ^hiets of 
 jHljier eoiieenienl on I oft, r nxpni lio;/ li llo eom- 
 laaiul" (j:iU, ri.ir.' //,,// Ini/iii no I plo'i. " Home, .s' reet 
 JIoiiu'-,'' Lll tito pitrts, icith Ci/i/tfj,s ttofl Ihin nheetn "J 
 piijier. 'I'hix i.i ens;/ to (lo, noil in renllji eery pretti/. 
 After jiloiiioi/ il iheooi/li oiici t',: •/ li, i/io to ovireh, 
 lioipiiii/of.s liefore. mi. I /,, , ; up lie pliljliij Uutil they 
 lire all oj' the ■■•l.i^,i . 
 
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 [ne little black boy, Gravy, if/ie is a good actor, make* 
 
 no end of fun. 
 
 [As it ia too tiresome to slitiul still so loaf/, tlie wax fid- 
 ure is rolled out at <iiiy time the players choose, 
 immediately after her juirt, if she wishes, thoaiih sIm 
 is ejf'eetiee standiiiy there, (Uidifuhen.mains, Gravy 
 may dust her off etc. 'Iheii Gravy luay take a 
 larye palmetto fan and fan the performers, or /te 
 luay be called out for a dance and stiny at any time. 
 He has no part reyularly assigned him, beeiime he 
 does not properly belony tu the Suow-O:ip sisters, and 
 the performance is guile complete wit/eout hiin^ 
 after his one serrice. .lay briylU little yirl or boy 
 ■who is wiliiny to black up can take the part. 
 
 \ If the Mollier is witliny to do a little danciny, slioicing 
 how she and " dear pa " used to step to music, in their 
 youny days on the Mountains, it will make a charm- 
 iny feature. TIni Mutlior should be /licturesi/uely 
 dressed, ifeonreuient, in an old Colonial Jhwered silk 
 gown. And her dance .should contrast eery effectioely 
 with the jilantation jiy of (lie Utile darky. A eery 
 pretty scene is made by their danciny toyether, inter- 
 ■pretiny the same ni usie hy different moC< mtnts. Any 
 one may play any aeailable ■music. When they yo 
 out. Gravy , followi /ly bjiiiul, is lad' n down with the 
 bolts, etc., of the late Slisis Suuw, and he should 
 " Canjine " out if /ui can ] 
 
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