great folding-doors are closed. She stares in front of her,
thinking, then turns again to her work.]

CURTAIN.



THE SECOND ACT



SCENE:- Liberal Central Committee Rooms, East India Dock Road,
Poplar. A large, high room on the first floor of an old-fashioned
house. Two high windows right. A door at back is the main
entrance. A door left leads to other rooms. The walls are papered
with election literature. Conspicuous among the posters displayed
is "A Man for Men." "No Petticoat Government." "Will you be
Henpecked?" A large, round table centre is littered with papers
and pamphlets. A large desk stands between the windows. A settee
is against the left wall.

[When the curtain rises, ROSE MERTON (otherwise "GINGER") is
discovered seated, her left arm resting on the table. She is a
young lady typical of the Cockney slavey type, dressed according to
the ideas of her class as regards the perfect lady. Her hat is
characteristic. Her gloves, her reticule, her umbrella--the latter
something rather "saucy"--are displayed around her. She is feeling
comfortable and airing her views. MRS. CHINN is laying the cloth
over a portion of the table, with some tea-things. MRS. CHINN is a
thin, narrow-chested lady with thin hands and bony wrists. No one