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New Century Speaker and Writer

Part 3 — SCENE V.

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Cinderella and the Prince, arm in arm, prepare to leave the stage, followed by the sisters.

LISTENERS HEAR NO GOOD OF THEMSELVES.

The scene is a parlor.—In the foreground are two young girls, one of whom holds a miniature out to the other, who puts it aside, with an expression of angry contempt. The first girl is laughing heartily, and pointing her finger at the second, as if teasing her about the picture.

Peeping out from behind a window-curtain is a young man, who, with an expression of perfect rage, is shaking his fist at the ladies.

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IN MANILA BAY

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COMIN’ THRO’ THE RYE

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REMINISCENCES OF CHARLES DICKENS

1. THE BIRTHPLACE OF CHARLES DICKENS, COMMERCIAL ROAD, PORTSEA. 2. THE “DARK COURT” IN FLEET STREET, (JOHNSON’S COURT) WHERE DICKENS POSTED HIS FIRST SKETCH. 3. THE HOUSE IN FURNIVAL’S INN WHERE “PICKWICK” WAS WRITTEN. 4. CHARLES DICKENS EDITING “HOUSEHOLD WORDS.” 5. THE CHURCH IN WHICH DICKENS WAS MARRIED, ST. LUKE’S, CHELSEA. 6. GAD’S HILL PLACE, ROCHESTER, THE NOVELISTS’ LAST HOME. 7. THE MOAT, ROCHESTER CASTLE, WHERE DICKENS DESIRED TO BE BURIED.

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FRANCIS WILSON

“It was all about a—ha! ha! and a—ho! ho! ho!—well really; It is—he! he! he!—I never could begin to tell you.”

(A Fine Study of Mirth)

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THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT—Suggestion for a Tableau

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CHARACTERS AND COSTUMES SUGGESTED FOR CHILDREN IN JUVENILE ENTERTAINMENTS

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JOSEPH JEFFERSON and BLANCHE BENDER in “Rip Van Winkle.”

(Suggestion for Tableau.)

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INDIAN COSTUME—Suggestion for a Tableau

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THE SICK CHILD.

(Suggestion For Tableau.)

“Jessie tired, mamma; good-night, papa; Jessie see you in the morning.”

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AN OLD TIME TEA

(Suggestion for Tableau)

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CHERRY RIPE, RIPE, RIPE, I CRY, FULL AND FAIR ONES—COME AND BUY!

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A STUDY IN ATTITUDES

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THE GODDESS OF LIBERTY

(Suggestion For Tableau)

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RECITATION IN COSTUME

WHOEVER WOULD BRING DOWN HER GAME, MUST STRING HER BOW AND TAKE SURE AIM.

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A LITTLE CHILD’S PRAYER.

(Suggestion For Tableau.)

“Jesus I would be like thee, Look from heaven and pity me. Though so full of sin I am, Make me now thy little lamb.”

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NOBODY’S CHILD

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“All day I wander to and fro Hungry and shivering and nowhere to go Oh! Why does the wind blow upon me so wild? Is it because I’m nobody’s child?”

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SHE HAD SO MANY CHILDREN SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO

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THEY TELL ME I MUST DO IT JUST SO, I WONDER IF THEY THINK THAT I DON’T KNOW.

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OUR GREAT GRANDPARENTS WERE ONCE YOUNG, TOO, AND THIS IS THE WAY THEY USED TO DO.

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“I’M NOT QUITE SURE I’LL TAKE YOU FOR MY MAID;” “WELL NOBODY ASKED YOU TO,” SHE SAID.

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HOW PADEREWSKI PLAYS THE PIANO

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GENERAL WHEELER AT SANTIAGO

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ALAS, HOW LIGHT A CAUSE MAY MOVE DISSENSION BETWEEN HEARTS THAT LOVE

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“Out swept the squadrons, fated three hundred Into the battle-line steady and full;”

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ORIENTAL COSTUME

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A FRENCH DANCER—SHOWING REVOLVING SKIRT

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RECITATION IN COSTUME

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Oh, Columbia, the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free.

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PLEASING ENTRANCE IN A SPIRITED DIALOGUE

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SONG OF THE FLOWER GIRL

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THE DANCING LESSON

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READY FOR THE OPENING SONG

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THE BOY THAT LAUGHS

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THREE FISHERS WENT SAILING

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BRYANT. IRVING. WHITTIER. COOPER.

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BYRON. TENNYSON. SCOTT. SHELLEY.

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EDWARD EVERETT. BRET HARTE. H. W. LONGFELLOW. J. G. HOLLAND. R. H. STODDARD.

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H. B. STOWE. ALICE CARY. ELIZ. PHELPS WARD.

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With her waves of golden hair Floating free, Hilda ran along the shore, Gazing oft the waters o’er; And the fishermen replied: “He will come in with the tide,” As they saw her golden hair Floating free!

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THE NEW COOK.

“‘Will you iver be done wid your graneness,’ she axed me wid a loud scrame.”

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“DO YOU KNOW ME NOW?”

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“I’VE PUT THE SOUL OF LAUGHTER IN MY FACE.”

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A PASSING SALUTE

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“SOCIETY IS QUICK TO TRACE THE MAGIC OF A PLEASING FACE”

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THE MASK REMOVED

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NO DECEPTION, NOW!

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A HUMOROUS RECITATION

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RECITAL WITH HARP ACCOMPANIMENT

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