Chapter V: Act IV: Same as Act III. Later, 10 P. M

THE AMERICAN IDEA

A Sketch in One Act

_By Lily Carthew_

Three males, two females. Costumes, modern; scenery, an interior. Plays twenty minutes. Royalty for amateur performance $5.00. Mignon Goldman, following the American Idea, throws off the parental yoke and marries the man of her choice and not the choice of her parents. She brings home for the parental blessing John Kelly. Abe, her father, is disconsolate at this prospect until he sees John and recognizes in him Yan Kele Operchinsky, rechristened in accordance with “The American Idea.” Originally produced at The Peabody Playhouse, Boston. Strongly recommended. _Price, 25 cents_

THE CROWNING OF COLUMBIA

A Patriotic Fantasy in One Act

_By Kathrine F. Carlyon_

Twenty-five boys and twenty-four girls. Costumes, modern and picturesque. Nothing required in the way of scenery but a platform. Plays half an hour or less. Columbia is approached by the Foresters, the Farmers, the Miners, the Pleasure Seekers, the Ammunition Workers and even the Red Cross Workers, all asking her to be their Queen, but it is only when the Soldiers and the Red Cross Nurses come, asking nothing and giving all, that she yields. Easy, pretty, timely, and strongly recommended. Introduces music. _Price, 25 cents_

THE AIR-SPY

A War Play in Three Acts

_By Mansfield Scott_

Twelve males, four females. Costumes, modern; scenery, a single interior. Plays an hour and a half. Royalty, $10.00 for first, $5.00 for subsequent performances by same cast; free for school performance. Inspector Steele, of the Secret Service, sets his wits against those of German emissaries in their plot against Dr. Treadwell’s air-ship, a valuable war invention, and baffles them after an exciting pursuit. An easy thriller, full of patriotic interest. Easy to get up and very effective. Strongly recommended for school performance. Originally produced by The Newton (Mass.) High School. _Price, 35 cents_

CHARACTERS

DR. HENRY TREADWELL, _inventor of the Giant Air-ship_.
VICTOR LAWRENCE, _his pretended friend--a German spy_.
HAROLD FELTON, _of the United States Army_.
CARLETON EVERTON, _a young Englishman_.
KARL SCHONEMAN, _of the German Secret Service_.
FRANZ MULLER, _his assistant_.
ARTHUR MERRILL, _also of the United States Army_.
INSPECTOR MALCOME STEELE, _of the United States Secret Service_.
HENRY GOOTNER, _a German agent_.
FRANCIS DRURY, _one of Treadwell’s guests_.
CORPORAL THAYER.
PRIVATE FREEMAN.
RUTH TREADWELL, _Treadwell’s daughter_.
MURIEL LAWRENCE, _Lawrence’s daughter_.
MRS. TREADWELL.
MARGARET LINDEN, _a friend of Ruth’s_.

THE TIME.--America’s second summer in the war.

THE PLACE.--A deserted mansion on a small island near Eastport, Maine.

SYNOPSIS

ACT I. The afternoon of June 10th.

ACT II. The evening of September 21st.