Chapter I: Section 28: That any person who wilfully or for profit shall infringe any

copyright secured by this act, or who shall knowingly and wilfully aid or abet such infringement shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.

_Act of March 4, 1909._

GEORGE M. COHAN THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY,

_September 8th, 1914_

COHAN & HARRIS

IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE

A FARCICAL FACT IN THREE ACTS BY

ROI COOPER MEGRUE and WALTER HACKETT

_Staged under the direction of Sam Forrest_

_The characters appear in the order in which they are named_

ORIGINAL CAST
MARY GRAYSON _Ruth Shepley_
JOHNSON _George Schaeffer_
COMTESSE DE BEAURIEN _Louise Drew_
RODNEY MARTIN _Grant Mitchell_
CYRUS MARTIN _John Cope_
AMBROSE PEALE _Will Deming_
MARIE _Cecile Bretone_
WILLIAM SMITH _Harry Driscole_
DONALD MCCHESNEY _W. J. Brady_
MISS BURKE _Vivian Rogers_
ELLERY CLARK _Kenneth Hill_
GEORGE BRONSON _Sydney Seaward_

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES

ACT I. Library at Cyrus Martin’s.
ACT II. The office of The 13 Soap Company
ACT III. Same as ACT I.

IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE

THE CAST

(_In the order of their appearance._)

MARY GRAYSON
JOHNSON _Butler at the Martins’_
COMTESSE DE BEAURIEN
RODNEY MARTIN
CYRUS MARTIN
AMBROSE PEALE
MARIE _Maid at the Martins’_
WILLIAM SMITH
MISS BURKE _Clerk_
GEORGE MCCHESNEY
CHARLES BRONSON
ELLERY

ACT I. The library at CYRUS MARTIN’S.
ACT II. RODNEY MARTIN’S Office.
ACT III. Same as ACT I.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The advertising statistics used in the play are facts, not farce.