HOW THE MONEY GOES.
(A temperance play.)
- Characters.—Man, about thirty-five years old; his Wife; Nellie, his daughter, ten years old; Friend, man about husband’s age, dressed in a man-of-the-world style; A. and B., two young men, dressed as business men, should appear about thirty years of age.
Scene I. (Mr. L. and his wife on the stage; Mr. L. dressed for his work, and about to go.)
Mrs. L. Albert, I wish you would give me seventy-five cents.
Mr. L. What do you want seventy-five cents for?
Mrs. L. I want to get some braid for my new dress.
Mr. L. I thought you had material enough on hand for that.
Mrs. L. So I thought I had; but it looks rather plain with no trimming at all. You know I was intending to trim it with that fringe; but it looks too gray, come to try it by the side of the dress.
Mr. L. Haven’t you something else that will do?