A Frolic on the ice. “Snapping the Whip.”
Mrs. Tubbs’s Telegram.
(A Comedy in One Act.[1]
By Katharine McDowell Rice.
Dramatis Personæ
| Mrs. Tubbs, | Mrs. Raven, | } | Neighbors of Mrs. Tubbs. | ||
| Rowena, | } | Children of Mrs. Tubbs. |
Mrs. Donnell, | ||
| Amelia, | Mrs. Simpkins, and others, | ||||
| Tommy, | Telegraph Boy. | ||||
| Teddy, and | |||||
| Other little Tubbs, | Place: Kitchen of Mrs. Tubbs at Cinder Corner. | ||||
Curtain rises showing Mrs. Tubbs at work in her kitchen, washing, Tommy Tubbs looking out of window.
Tommy Tubbs. Ma, oh, ma! There ’s one o’ them telegrapher boys a-comin’ in here!
Mrs. Tubbs. [Excitedly wiping her hands on her apron] In here! Oh, Tommy, what on earth ’s happened? It must be from your Aunt Sarah. Nobody ever telegraphs here ’less it’s sister Sarah. I hope she ain’t dead! She ain’t seen the parlor sence the rug went down!
Enter Telegraph Boy.
Boy. Telegram for Mrs. Tubbs.
Mrs. T. Oh, you make my heart go ’way down in my throat! Is there any answer to it?
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- ↑ See page 382.
