K. McDowell Rice

“ Then, it's all right and proper. [To Pussy] Oh, you needn't sit over there, looking mischievous, miss! What do you know of life? You will soon learn to be ashamed of your rosy cheeks, and think it's pretty to have bad health. I'll bet a copper [Slaps his knee] that by spring, if we manage right, we can send you back as white and withered as Miss Emily was.
E. Now, Dr. Hardhack, you dreadful man! You must stop this talk. I brought Pussy down here on purpose to help me live better than I have lived. It's so interesting now in New York that Pussy is here with me. ”

“ The play proved very entertaining indeed, and the Club was most pleased with the result."—Miss Daisy D. Brown, Detroit, Mich.
"We gave the play 'Charley's Country Cousin' as a D. A. R. entertainment. Many thought it one of the best that had ever been given in the town."—Miss Clara Davis, Framingham, Mass.
"It is with genuine pleasure and satisfaction that I enclose the royalty and report our great success with 'Charley's Country Cousin,' given at our High School Midwinter Reunion. It was most enthusiastically received. ”

“ But only persuade a girl that she looks stylish and pretty with her waist drawn in, and you may lace her up till the very life leaves her, and with her dying breath she will tell you she is nothing more than "comfortable". So, my young lady, you don't catch me in that way! [Pg 10] You must leave off belts and tight waists of all sorts for six months at least, and wear only loose sacques so that your lungs may have some chance to play and fill with the vital air that I am going to send you to breathe up in the hills. ”

“ Aunt F. One doesn't want to give up the world entirely, and yet one doesn't want to lose one's health.
Dr. H. I appreciate the case fully. [Walks up and down considering] Let her begin with the opera twice a week and one dance kept up till daylight. In a week she will feel stronger than ever she did and declare nothing hurts her, then she can take two dances, then three, and so on.
Emily. But, Doctor, I'm not going to dances at all. I know now what life is, and what health is worth, and I'm not going to waste it in that way. ”

“ If you happen to need a little play that may be easily acted by amateurs in a home evening, send to K. McDowell Rice, Worthington, Mass., and procure her list of original plays. They are clever and droll, and the stage properties and setting come within the means of a little company of high school girls, or of a charitable association or guild. ”

“ Hardhack's Prescription,' was given by the Junior Endeavor Society at Lyceum Hall, Worthington, Tuesday afternoon and evening. The audience was composed largely of children at the matinee, who were highly entertained, but no more so than the grown-ups in the evening. Dr. Hardhack was played by a lad of ten, who did an excellent piece of work. The other parts were all finely acted by children not much older. The play was directed by the author and made an entertainment long to be remembered and one too that netted a nice little sum for the Juniors' work."—Hampshire Gazette. ”

“ This play was written to meet a request of church workers for a Christmas entertainment of dramatic character to be given within one hour and with no change of scene. The author, therefore, has arranged Act I to be read aloud to an audience with no acting, which reading shall be followed by the rise of curtain and the presentation of the two scenes of Act II. The dramatic parts for the play, as thus arranged, are those only that are found in Act II, and are given below. All may be readily taken by children. ”

“ Carleton over the arrangements for an afternoon 'At Home.' Bridget's various deductions and surprises kept the audience constantly laughing whenever she appeared."—Hampshire Gazette.
"Miss Rice has in the comedy, 'Charley's Country Cousin,' added another to her list of delightful plays. The author is not only very well known in this city socially, but also as a writer of clever and original comedies, her 'Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day,' which was presented several times last season, meeting with the greatest favor. This latest play met a most appreciative audience at every production. ”

“ Medicine? No medicine. Medicine won't do her any good. You may make an apothecary's shop of her stomach—
Aunt F. Oh, oh!
Dr. H. [Turns toward Aunt F.] Yes, stomach,—make an apothecary's shop of her stomach, and matters will be only the worse. Why, there isn't enough iron in her blood to make a needle. ”

“ K. McDOWELL RICE
"Dr. Hardhack's Prescription." Typewritten suggestions for amateurs will be loaned on receipt of above price (six cents) .
Terms for the plays are as follows:—When used to make money for any object, the royalty is one-tenth of whatever the play brings in (sale of tickets, entrance money, gifts at door, etc.) , before any expenses are deducted.
When no admission is charged and no money made by the play, the royalty (each representation) is from $5.00 up according to length of play and character of your entertainment. ”

“ Permission to act or make any use of this play must be obtained of K. McDowell Rice, Worthington, Massachusetts.
DR. HARDHACK’S PRESCRIPTION.
Dr. Hardhack makes a professional visit to the Proudie mansion, New York City. In the sitting-room are gathered Grandma Proudie (L) , Mamma Proudie (C) , Aunt Flighty (R) .
Mamma Proudie. I greatly fear our dear Emily will never be restored to health.
Aunt Flighty. Oh, don't say that. I've known people to look terribly white and a great deal thinner than Emily, and not die of it. ”

“ A remarkably bright little play."—Springfield Republican.
Given by Alumnæ of Albany Academy for Girls, benefit of Endowment Fund, $250 realized. Later repeated by same amateurs for various charities, seven performances in all being given. "A tremendous success from start to finish. Large and enthusiastic audiences at every representation."—Albany Argus.
"I am delighted with 'Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day' and know it will meet with success wherever presented."—Miss Adele Ripont, Instructor in Elocution and Physical Culture, Central High School, Buffalo, N. Y.
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