FOOTNOTES:
[A] Furnished by the publishers of this book. Sheet music, price, twenty-five cents.
[B] This song is published by Paine Publishing Company. Sheet music, price, twenty-five cents.
Christmas Entertainments
CHRISTMAS AT PUNKIN HOLLER. A new Christmas play by Elizabeth F. Guptill that abounds in clean, wholesome fun from beginning to end. It depicts the trials of the teacher of an old-fashioned “deestric school” in conducting the last rehearsal for the Christmas Entertainment. Some of the pupils are in “custom,” as big Jake puts it, and “Sandy Claus” is there. The children go through their parts with gusto and more or less success. May be given in any schoolroom by any number. Easy to produce. Costumes simple. Children and grown-ups will be delighted with CHRISTMAS AT PUNKIN HOLLER. Price, 15 cents.
A TOPSY TURVY CHRISTMAS. Another new Christmas play by Elizabeth F. Guptill. It is decidedly humorous from start to finish. The characters are strong and at every turn of the play there is a happy surprise for the audience. The children are tired of “minding,” and the everything being “just so,” so they start to find a place where they will find things different. They find it in Topsy Turvy Land, where they have strange experiences. When at last they have a Topsy Turvy Christmas, they are ready to go home and be satisfied with things just as they are. May be given in any schoolroom by any number of children not less than fifteen. In two short scenes. This clever play will prove a sure winner wherever produced. Price, 15 cents.
CHRISTMAS AT McCARTHY’S. Elizabeth P. Guptill. Here is a new Christmas play for the older children and as many young children as are available. It combines in a marked degree the gentlest pathos and the most sparkling humor. Several nationalities are represented in the tenement and there is opportunity for the introduction of specialties if desired. Circumstances cause Elsie, the tenement orphan, to believe Jimmy, the newsboy, will buy her a Christmas present, and it seems it is up to Jimmy to do it. Christmas is an unknown quantity at the tenement, but all agree that Elsie must not be disappointed, and plan to have one somehow. The entertainment is given by the “inhabitints thimsilves,” at McCarthy’s. In the midst of the fun, Elsie’s lost father walks in, and the finale is a general rejoicing. Price, 25c.
CHRISTMAS DIALOGUES. By Cecil J. Richmond. A book full of the choicest new and original dialogues for Christmas, parts for both boys and girls being well provided for. Some are for the little folks, in rhyme, some are for intermediate grades, and others for older children. Every dialogue in this book is decidedly to the point and easy to prepare. They will delight young and old alike. Contents: Is There a Santa Claus? 2 small children, Santa Claus and chorus; Herbert’s Discovery, 2 boys; The Christmas Dinner, 2 little girls, 1 larger girl and 2 boys; Playing Santa Claus, 1 small and 2 larger boys; A Double Christmas Gift, 2 small girls, 2 larger girls, and 3 boys. Price, 15 cents.
EVERGREEN AND HOLLY—SONG AND DRILL. By Elizabeth F. Guptill. A drill for any even number of boys and girls, or all girls. The girls carry garlands of evergreen while the boys carry wreaths of the same. After a spectacular drill and fancy march they all sing a beautiful Christmas song, which accompanies the drill. Following the song they wind a spiral to the center of the stage, unwind same and march off. Complete instructions are given. It is the best Christmas drill ever published; easy to produce and decidedly novel. Price, 15 cents.
PEARL’S CHRISTMAS. Original, pleasing and interesting Christmas dialogue with an excellent moral, for 3 boys and 4 girls. Price, 5 cents; seven copies, 25 cents.
SITTING UP FOR SANTA CLAUS. A humorous dialogue for 6 girls, 5 boys, and Santa Claus. If you expect to have a Christmas entertainment, you surely want this. Single copy, 10 cents; or 10 copies, 60 cents.
Paine Publishing Company, Dayton, Ohio
FAMOUS FIVE CENT DIALOGUES
DOCTOR AND PATIENT. By John M. Drake. 2 male characters. Very funny.
DOLL DIALOGUE. This is a very instructive dialogue for 4 little girls.
GOING TO MEET AUNT HATTIE. A dialogue by Mrs. Hunt. For 1 male and 3 female characters.
LOST DOG, THE. An excellent comic dialogue with following cast: Mr. Taylor, owner of the dog; Mrs. Taylor; Billy, their son; Chinaman, Dutchman, Irishman, and Mr. Smith.
NO PEDDLERS WANTED. For 4 boys. A funny dialogue that satisfies.
OUR TRAMPS. A humorous dialogue for two boys and three girls. Two of the larger pupils should be dressed to represent grandfather and grandmother. A small boy and two small girls for tramps, to be dressed in old clothes belonging to grown-up people.
PEARL’S CHRISTMAS. Original, pleasing and interesting Christmas dialogue with an excellent moral, for 3 boys and 4 girls.
PETERTOWN PROPOSAL, THE. A dialogue for two small children, a boy and a girl.
PICNIC, A. A realistic and humorous dialogue for six boys and ten girls.
REVIEWING FOR EXAMINATION. By Chas. McClintic. 1 male, 2 female characters.
SILENT INTRUDER, THE. By Eugene Harold. A comic dialogue for two male characters. You should see the clerk placed under the hypnotic spell.
SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING, A. A comic dialogue for a deaf lady and a tramp. Three copies for ten cents.
UNCLE PETER’S VISIT TO THE SCHOOL. A comic dialogue for 2 male and 3 female characters. 10 minutes.
UNGROUNDED SUSPICIONS. For three boys. Shows how people are often unjustly accused. Three copies, ten cents.
THE WAY TO WYNDHAM. A comic dialogue for 2 male characters. 10 minutes. An excellent dialogue.
THE WEDDING NOTICE. A comic Irish dialogue that is rich and rare and racy.
FAMOUS TEN CENT DIALOGUES
ARABELLA’S POOR RELATION. A very popular dialogue, with the following characters: Arabella, a very proud city girl; Mary Taylor, her poor cousin; Joshua Hopkins, a typical down-east farmer from Vermont, one of the poor (?) relations; Robert Clarenden in search of a wife. Four copies, thirty cents.
AUNT SALLIE’S DOCTOR. A Christian Science dialogue for two male and two female characters. Some fun and some truth in the dialogue.
AUNT VINEGAR’S MONEY. This is a dialogue for five female characters, by Mrs. A. Hunt. Some fun and truth in the dialogue.
DEACON’S DILEMMA, THE. A comic dialogue, for one male, one female and a little girl. The deacon and the lady think that matrimony is the thing for them, but after many amusing differences, change their minds.
DEAF UNCLE ZED. A comic dialogue in two scenes, for four male and three female characters. Uncle Zed has lots of cash, and can hear all right when he wants to.
DOIG’S EXCELLENT DIALOGUES. By Agnes M. Doig. Contains four very pleasing short dialogues for little people, as follows: Keeping Store, Guessing, Playing School, and Christmas Eve. All good.
POOR RELATION, THE. A comic dialogue in two parts, for five male characters. This dialogue shows that promises do not amount to much. It is what one does that counts.
SCHOOL AFFAIRS IN RIVERHEAD DISTRICT. Characters: Teacher, children, and Board of Education. In four scenes.
SCHOOL GIRL’S STRATEGY, A. A humorous dialogue for one male and eight female characters, and as many more school girls as convenient. Three interior scenes, one representing a school-room. One girl who has been writing essays for the other girls, on this occasion writes them all alike. Lot of fun. Eight copies for fifty cents.
READINGS AND RECITATIONS
COMIC ENTERTAINER, THE. An up-to-date collection of the choicest humor. Such a variety in prose and poetry as to suit almost any occasion. The book also contains four monologues, two for male and two for female characters; also four short dialogues. Price, thirty cents.
HUMOROUS MONOLOGUES. By Mayme R. Bitney. A fine collection of twenty-nine original monologues designed for the use of the amateur and the professional monologist. Practically suitable for ladies. The author has brought out with skill the humorous incidents that help make up the life of the country girl and woman, while the fashionable woman of the city, who is interested in parties, teas and golf, is just as truthfully depicted. Price, thirty cents.
THE EXCELLENT SCHOOL SPEAKER. The “Excellent”—is true to name. A book of over one hundred pages, especially compiled for us by C. S. Bradford, containing selections of poetry and prose, new and fresh. Full of good things. You can make no mistake in securing this speaker. Price, fifteen cents.
HOWE’S COMIC SCHOOL SPEAKER. Full of short, pithy, comic, and humorous recitations. This book should be in every school. Price, fifteen cents.
HOWE’S EXHIBITION SCHOOL SPEAKER. Contains about one hundred pages of selections of great range from the choicest literature of our country, suitable for schools, homes and exhibitions. It is the best thing out. Send for it. Price, fifteen cents.
THE JUVENILE SPEAKER. Every piece in this little book can be used and is worthy of its place in this useful work. It is undoubtedly the best book of the kind, for the money, published; and is highly recommended by teachers everywhere. Price, twenty cents.
LITTLE PIECES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE. Each set has twenty cards containing twenty-nine bright, pretty recitations for boys and girls, from five to ten years of age. Teachers like the pieces because of their convenient form. Being printed on cards, all wearisome copying is avoided. Price, fifteen cents.
MONOLOGUES FOR YOUNG FOLKS. By Mayme Riddle Bitney. Fifty-four original, clever, humorous monologues for young people from six to sixteen, or for monologists who impersonate children. A recitation may be a recounting of incidents, but a monologue has action; it becomes alive, and you are carried along with intense interest. A great variety of subjects. Also twenty-eight selections as follows: For Washington’s Birthday (4). For Labor Day (4). For Memorial Day, Flag Day, and other Patriotic Occasions (3). For Thanksgiving Day (8). For Christmas (9). Price, thirty cents.
RECITATIONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES, ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE. By Elizabeth F. Guptill. A collection of an unusual sort. Every one is as interesting as a story, and every one has a very decided point. Not a recitation in the collection that is dull or impractical. Price, fifteen cents.
THE NORMAL SPEAKER. A book suited to the wants of all, from the smallest school-child to the oldest reader. Do you want the most eloquent passages ever delivered by our greatest orators? Do you want the most soul-stirring patriotism? Do you want the purest, tenderest and most ennobling pathos? Do you want the most droll, eccentric and ludicrous descriptions and characterizations? Do you want the richest, rarest and most side-splitting humor? Do you want to arouse a new interest in literature and elocution among your pupils? Do you want the selections recited by the most eminent elocutionists? Do you want the cream, the quintessence of all that is suitable for reading or declaiming in schools, exhibitions, literary societies, picnics, or in the family or private reading room? Buy the Normal Speaker and you will be sure to find in it something that will supply your wants. Price, thirty cents.
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Transcriber’s Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Page 19, “Chistmas” changed to “Christmas” (sing a beautiful Christmas)