VILLAINY

The villainy of a character in the American drama is appraised by an American audience in accordance with the following schedule of black marks:

1. Black moustache20 points
2. Riding boots36 points
3. Riding boots and crop47 points
4. Foreign accent (save Irish)29 points
5. Top hat8 points
6. Patent-leather shoes8 points
7. Long cigarette holder4 points
8. Well fitting clothes52 points
9. Sexual virility84 points
10. Good manners76 points
11. Inclination to believe that a woman over twenty is perfectly able to take care of herself91 points
12. Inclination to believe that a woman over twenty-five is perfectly able to take care of herself92 points
13. Inclination to believe that a woman over thirty is perfectly able to take care of herself93 points
14. Inclination to believe that women between the ages of thirty-five and ninety are perfectly able to take care of themselves94 points
15. Inclination to believe that women between the ages of twenty and ninety are perfectly able to take care of themselves if they want to, but that they usually don’t want to95 points
16. One who believes that when a woman is married she does not necessarily because of this fact lose all interest in the world82 points
16a.Or in a good time83 points
17. Boutonniere9 points
18. Suspicion on the part of the villain that the hero is a blockhead98 points
19. Verbal statement of the above fact by the villain99 points
20. Common sense100 points