NOTES ON COSTUME AND PRESENTATION
Mrs. Darling. Evening dress.
Bonnet and Catherine wear black, with white maid's apron, collar, and cuffs. Outdoor costume as indicated.
Mrs. McGrath. Shawl and bonnet with no attempt at prevailing styles. Stout, rosy, motherly, and comfortable.
Sally. Pretty and wholesome-looking. Appears at first in a limp blue kitchen-apron, later in her outdoor coat and hat, neat, but cheap-looking.
Tibbie. Old dress, very neat and clean, but faded, and with an outgrown, hand-me-down appearance. She is a thin and half-fed little tenement-house child, to whom the luxury of Mrs. Darling's house is an undreamed-of fairy-land.
This part was played by a little girl of nine, who delighted in learning and acting it. A bright and appreciative child can do it without undue effort, although it is, of course, the important rôle of the play.
The Dolls. The number of dolls need not be over fifteen or twenty, if so arranged as to suggest more tiers hidden from view at the back of the couch. They should be as nearly of one size as is practicable, though uniformity goes no further. The broken one should be broken first, and Tibbie must slip it to the floor unnoticed before she sits down to rock the others.