Why the Chimes Rang: A Play in One Act by Elizabeth Apthorp McFadden
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efficient, Emily who is muddle-headed, and Henry who is fussy--and Judy
Deveral, her granddaughter. Rodney Walter, Henry's agent, is making love to Judy, and she prefers him to the young and unsophisticated Bobbie Forrester, who also loves her. It is Judy's eighteenth birthday, and her relations feel that it is time to tell her about Aunt Catherine, the black sheep of the family, who is supposed to have run off with another woman's husband. It is the day of the village bazaar, and amid a lot of hustle and bustle Catherine enters--the prodigal daughter most inopportunely returned! As the day progresses Old Mrs. Deveral becomes fractious, the FĂȘte entertainment falls through and Judy decides to run away with the unpleasant Rodney. Things are going from bad to worse when Catherine steps in. She pacifies her mother, gives a talk on her experiences to the Village audience, and convinces Judy that Bobbie is nicer than Rodney. We hear, incidentally, that she never actually eloped with her Philip after all. (Royalty, $15.00.) Price, 75 cents. THE GHOST FLIES SOUTH Comedy. 3 acts. By Frederick Jackson. 4 males, 7 females. Interior. Modern costumes. Anita and Diana, who have been reared to regard gambling as something of a major vice, decide to gamble on the stock market regardless, and with beginner's luck they win four hundred thousand dollars. In order to keep Morgan, an anti-gambling addict and Anita's fiancĂ©, from discovering the |
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