Dr. McNutt, solid ivory from the neck up.

Jim Wiles, a high-school senior.

Archie, a black bell-boy at the Hotel Poinsettia.

Officer Riley, who always does his duty.

Officer Dugan, from the Emerald Isle.

Mr. Ebenezer O’Hare, a sick man and a submerged tenth.

Mrs. Ebenezer O’Hare, “Birdie,” the other nine-tenths.

Aunt Winnie, Betty’s chaperone.

Lizzie Monahan, Betty’s maid, with a vivid imagination.

Ethel Kohler, a high-school admirer of Betty.