He’s always in a fidget

’Cause creditors are dunny;

But the sisters are in clover,

As you may suppose,

Sitting on the parlor floor

Choosing summer clothes.

As Millicent positively declared she could not sing a solo, Nan wrote a recitation for her, and one of the gems of the whole performance was Millicent’s well-rendered

MONOLOGUE

All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;