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Show I'HE DIXIE OWI 4 slowly, but as he sees her, drops his hat and catches her in his arms.) MARIE Dick: Marie! Marie! Place: A telephone office. Two F: (gasping in his embrace) hello girls at their tables. Time: Late afternoon. What is it? Why, Im sure D: Characters: To oper (laughing) But are are you ators. Fanny who is very beautiful. sure? PL Will you kindly leave the Marie, a girl of rather heavy type, and very plain to the unobserving room. You are insulting. D: But Marie eye. (falling back). Dick Fordham An American soli n- F: (indignantly) Marie, dier, home on furlough. hard both is with name rises deed! Wells. Fannie My girls (Curtain D:- at work. What? Fannie: (sharply) Yes! Hello! (Enters Marie with her coat on. She is walking slowly with her head yes, downstairs. Time? Just 5 30. You're down Marie: Marie! welcome. F: D: Marie! (Door opens and the mail is (echoes) M: There are several let"What Why, Dick! brought in. D: Is this Marie? ters for Fannie, but only one for F: Yes, yes goodbye. Marie) ( Exit Fannie. ) Fannie: (absorbed) Whos your D: But the picture? letter from, Marie? M I It (No answer.) (beginning to sob) F: (looking up and laughing) was a picture of Fannie. She is so What's the matter, how! lias the beauiful, and I I am so ugly, and letter struck you dumb? Just see, I and I didn't think you'd ever know." D: And youre Marie? got one from Ilarrv. own her M: at M: a whisper) Yes. fixedly (in (staring D: letter) Ugh! Well, you (deliberately) Marie do tell me who that aren't as pretty as Fannie (Marie F: letter is from. Im just dying to starts a little. Dick reaches out his Oh h, yes, hello, alright. arms and gathers her close.) But aftknow. er all, it wasn't your beauty that I Come, Marie, dont look so stupid. M: (rising and muttering) Oh fell in love with it was you. dear, what shall I do? What shall (Curtain. ) do?" Adapted by Bliss Ivins. F: (shrugging) Oh, be mysterious. I think you're an old cat." Exit Marie, still murmuring. As A" is for awful, which very few she steps out she drops one page of earn, B her letter. is for bad, which none care to F: (picking up the sheet) Now learn, . red-hair- ) : ) . AX APPRECIATION Blessings on thee, D. N. C. Memries of thee, cling to me; From thy teachings we shall learn, For thy spirit we shall yearn; Though our lives be srewn with care With temptations hard to bear, Still thy hope of trusting years, Banish sorrows, trials, and fears. Blessings on thee, Dixie dear, Yictories for thee, we cheer; Wave thy banner high Loyal students shall repay Tribute unto thee, our school, For thy just and splendid rule; Happy voices now we raise, From our hearts we sing thy praise to-da- y, Kate McQuarrie. . 1 Who can be to solve the mystery. to Marie? (glances at letter writing You have made then reads aloud.) me live again. Your blessed faith and friendship have changed my whole attitude. But most of all my possessions I prize the photograph you sent. I'm coming home at last, and of course I shall come straight to you ! F: Oil! SAY, CAN YOU SING? Oh, say. can you sing, from the start to the end, What so proudly you stand for when the orchestras play it; When the whole congregation, in voices that blend, Strike up the grand tune, and then torture and slay it. How valiant they shout when they're first starting out; But the dawns early light finds them floundering about. The Star Spangled Banner" they're trying to sing, But they dont know the words of Tis the precious brave thing. last gleaming has some of them stopped. But the valiant survivors press forward serenely C is for crazy for which no line To the rampaits we watch!, when is cast. some others are dropped, D is for dandy, a good mark at t'ne loss of the leaders is maniAnd last. fest keenly. E is for excellent, which is a litThen "the rocket's red glare gives tle better, the biavest a scare, F" is for line, a pretty good letter, And theres few left to face the G is for good, which is not bad, "bombs bursting in air; H is for handsome, a beautiful lad. 'Tis a thin line of heroes that manage And now the teacher stops, for he to one don't care to go far. The last of the verse, and the home For fear he will get us up above of the brave." pa r. The Standard, Chicago. Hark! the twilights Well and so Marie has a wonder who he can be. How I'll tease her now. Lets see That's It is (meditating) It is just what I thought Marie's soldier And she's never boy, to be sure. Miss Smith is happily looking forBefore going to Cedar, Mr. Davis seen him, for she got his address out asked Robert Bunting if he had ever ward to the time when she can adof a magazine. Oh" (starting). dress Miss Lindsay as Aunt Lisle. had appendicitis. (A knock.) I Note: George is the honorable nephis it Robert don't know, F: (absently.) Come in! ew of Milton Cottam, Esq. Dick enters (A soldier, Fordham, lover. I ! ! |