CHARACTERS.
- Major Townsley, Proprietor of hotel.
- Jim Funk, a “wild and wooly” Texan.
- Solomon Isaacstein, insurance agent and “bromoter.”
- Adolphus Puterbaugh, from the Manhattan Club, New Yawk.
- Mrs. Townsley.
- Pattie Baggs.
- Jack and Tootsie.
Time of playing, twenty minutes.
Note—The only difficult part in this play is that of Sol. Isaacstein. He is a Jew of the extreme type. The best study is that of the typical Jew traveling man who is not native born. Isaacstein’s dialect is of course exaggerated, as all dialect must necessarily be in farce. One useful hint may be given, i. e., try to get an easy swing to it. To pronounce der gombany with nicety of precision spoils the effect entirely. Der is not plain dare in English. It is more indistinct so that the d may be nearly a t. The same remarks apply to the dialect of Adolphus.