Act 5 — MISCELLANEOUS GOODS.
Reading edition
☞ An illustrated descriptive price list of miscellaneous articles, Wigs, Beards, etc., and Scenery, will be sent to any address on receipt of a stamp. ☜
Lightning for Private Theatricals $0 25
〃Flash Box 50
Colored Tableau Lights 25
〃〃Fire, per lb. 1 75
〃〃〃〃by Exp. 1 50
Magnesium Lights 25
Carmine 30
Dutch Pink 25
Ruddy Rouge 30
Mongolian 30
Fuller’s Earth 30
Burnt Cork 40
Paste Powder 30
Nose Putty 25
Lip Rouge, domestic 25
〃imported 40
Clown White 40
Dry Whiting 25
Powdered Antimony 30
〃Blue 25
Spirit Gum 30
Email Noir 30
Joining Paste 25
Moustache Masks 15
Water Cosmetique 25
Cocoa Butter 25
Multiform Cream 50
〃Powder 25
Artist’s Stomps 15
Hares’ Feet 50
Powder Puffs 25
Miniature Puffs 15
India Ink 10
Lining Brushes 5
Cosmetique 25
Rouge de Theatre 25
Blanc de Perle 25
Hair Powder 50
Eyebrow Pencils 25
Bleu pour Veins 75
Fard Indien 75
Make-up Boxes $1.50, 4.00 and 5 00
Grease Paints, 30 tints, 8 in. sticks:
Flesh Colors 35
Lining Colors 20
Grease Paints, set of 9 necessary colors 1 00
Scenery, Printed on Paper, per set $7 50 to 12 00
Scenery, Painted on Canvas, per set $8 00 to 75 00
☞ Canvas Scenery is delivered by Express only. Paper Scenes and the Make-up Boxes can be sent by mail at a slightly increased expense for postage. ☜
THEATRICAL WIGS.
LADIES’ WIGS.
Court $6 00
Ringlet 5 50
Frou-Frou 5 50
Bourgeoise 7 50
Peasant Girl 7 50
Mother-in-Law 5 50
Witch 3 75
Short Curly 5 50
〃with Parting 6 25
Plain Long Hair 7 50
Wig made up in Present Fashion 5 00
Wench 5 00
Frontals 2 00
GENTLEMEN’S WIGS.
Court Wig, with Bag or Tie $4 00
Rip Van Winkle 4 00
Peasant 4 00
Monk 4 00
Judge 7 50
Bald 4 00
Comic Bald 4 00
Chinaman 3 00
Crop 4 00
Dress 4 00
Indian 3 50
Fright 5 00
Irish 4 00
Yankee 4 00
Flow 5 00
Scalp 2 00
Negro 1 00
〃Extra Quality 1 50
〃White or Grey 1 50
〃with Top Knot 1 50
BEARDS, WHISKERS & MOUSTACHES
Full Beard, without Moustache, on Wire $1 75
〃〃〃Ventilated 2 50
〃with〃on Wire 2 00
〃〃〃Ventilated 2 75
Side Whiskers and Moustache on Wire 1 50
Short Side Whiskers on Wire 75
〃〃〃Ventilated 1 00
Mutton Chop Whiskers, Ventilated 1 50
Chin Beard, Ventilated 1 00
Moustaches on Wire 35
〃Ventilated 40
Imperials 25
Throat Whiskers 75
WIGS AND BEARDS TO RENT.
For terms and discounts see separate list, which will be mailed to any address on receipt of a stamp.
BY FORCE OF IMPULSE.
A Drama in Five Acts, by H. V. Vogt.
Price, 15 Cents.
Nine male, three female characters, viz.: Leading and Second Juvenile Men, Old Man, Genteel Villain, Walking Gentleman, First and Second Light Comedians, Heavy Character, Low Comedian, Leading and Second Juvenile Ladies and Comic Old Maid. Time of playing, Two hours and a half.
SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS.
Act I. Love vs. Impulse.—Dollerclutch’s office.—A fruitless journey, a heap of accumulated business and a chapter of unparalleled impudence.—News from the front.—A poor girl’s trouble and a lawyer’s big heart.—Hilda’s sad story.—“I’ll see this thing through if it costs me a fortune!”—A sudden departure in search of a clue.—The meeting of friends.—One of nature’s noblemen.—Maitland betrays his secret by a slip of the tongue.—The ball at Beachwood.—Two spooneys, fresh from college, lose their heads and their hearts.—“Squashed, by Jupiter!”—Trusting innocence and polished villainy.—The interrupted tryst.—An honest man’s avowal.—A picture of charming simplicity.—Murdell and Hilda meet face to face.—“I dare you to make another victim!”—A scoundrel’s discomfiture.—Tableau.
Act II. The Separation.—The Maitland homestead.—Anastasia’s doubts.—A warm welcome and its icy reception.—Forebodings and doubts.—Father and son.—Searching questions.—A domestic storm and a parent’s command.—A foiled villain’s wrath.—Enlisting for the war.—The collapse of the cowards.—“It’s no use, ’Dolphy, the jig’s up!”—Hilda’s sympathy and Adrienne’s silent despair.—The result of impulse.—The father pleads for his son.—Anastasia and Dollerclutch.—Coriolanus comes to grief.—Good and bad news.—Husband and wife.—Reginald demands an explanation.—A hand without a heart.—The separation.—A new recruit.—Too late; the roll is signed.—Tableau.
Act III. Duty vs. Impulse.—Four years later.—A camp in the army.—Longings.—“Only six miles from home!”—The skeleton in the closet.—A father’s yearning for his child.—A woman-hater in love.—Dollerclutch’s dream.—A picture of camp life and fun.—Coriolanus has his revenge.—News from home.—Dollerclutch makes a big find. “Eureka!”—Proofs of Hilda’s parentage and marriage.—A happy old lawyer.—“I’ll take them to Hilda!”—Detailed for duty.—A soldier’s temptation.—The sentinel deserts his post.—The snake in the grass.—“At last, I can humble his pride!”
Act IV. The Reconciliation and Sequel.—At Reginald’s home.—News from the army.—“Grant is not the man to acknowledge defeat!”—Adrienne and Hilda.—False pride is broken.—The reconciliation.—“Will Reginald forgive me?”—Dollerclutch brings joy to Hilda’s heart.—“You are the daughter of Morris Maitland!”—The stolen documents and the snake in the grass.—“Hang me if I don’t see this thing through!”—A letter to the absent one.—Face to face.—The barrier of pride swept down.—“Reginald, I love you; come back!”—The happy reunion.—An ominous cloud.—“I have deserted my post; the penalty is death. I must return ere my absence is discovered!”—The wolf in the sheepfold.—A wily tempter foiled.—A villain’s rage.—“Those words have sealed your doom!”—The murder and the escape.—Dollerclutch arrives too late.—The pursuit.
Act V. Divine Impulse.—In camp.—Maitland on duty.—The charge of desertion and the examination.—“I knew not what I did!”—The colonel’s lenity.—Disgrace.—News of Adrienne’s murder is brought to camp.—Circumstantial evidence fastens the murder upon Reginald.—The court-martial.—Convicted and sentenced to be shot.—Preparations for the execution.—“God knows I am innocent!”—Dollerclutch arrives in the nick of time.—“If you shoot that man you commit murder!”—The beginning of the end.—“Adrienne lives!”—A villain’s terror.—Adrienne appears on the scene.—“There is the attempted assassin!”—Divine impulse.—The reward of innocence and the punishment of villainy.—Good news.—“Hurrah, the war is over; Lee has surrendered to Grant!”—The happy denouement and finale.—Tableau.
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Harold Roorbach, Publisher, 9 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK.