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The Dime dialogues no. 31 : twenty minor dramas, extravaganzas, burlesques, farces, dress and humorous pieces, for the amateur stage, parlors, schools and exhibitions / all original and by favorite authors, professors, teachers and amateurs.
Date Added
9 January 2014
Format
Book
Language
English
Publish Date
1884
Publisher
New York : M.J. Ivers & Co., publishers, 379 Pearl Street
Series
Beadle's dime dialogues > no. 31
Source
Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
Beadle's dime dialogues, no. thirty one Beadle's dime dialogues, no. 31 Sloman's angel.
Topic
Popular literature > Specimens. Dime novels > Specimens. Dialogues.
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THE DIME
DIALOGUES No. 31.
BARR’S BOARDERS; or, THAT PESKY WIDOW,
Characters :—Mnrs, Barr, her daughters CLEMENTINA and
Kirry, and several of the BOARDERS,
Sounr I.—Dining-room. Mrs. Barr standing at door convers-
ing withan APPLICANT, who may be visible or not as convenient,
Mrs, Barr. Boarders taken in? Oh, yes, sir. That’s my
business, taking in boarders—(aside) completely. I’ve been at
i ior eleven years, now, an’ I flatter myse.f 1 understand it.
JT, —— .
APPLICANT, Pumper, madam.
Mrs. B.. Oh, yes, Pumper. What kind of a room do you
desire?—and is it for yourself alone, or, have you a family—
A. No, madam, | .
Mns, B. I thought you did not look like a family man, Mr,
Pumper—quite the opposite;—an’ if I do say it myself, for a
gentleman of good moral principles an’ the ability to pay his
board promptly at the end of every week, there ain’t a board-
in’-hause ia the city to equal mine. Barr’s Boarders are al-
ways satisfied, Barr's Boarders are—that’s me, Mr. Pumper!—
I’m a widow but they call ne Barr, just as if T were a man—
ure always more than satisfied—they’re delighted! (Rapidly.)
‘We are small in numbers, genteel in appearance an’ particular
as to. references;—parlor open to guests, piano tirown in;
well lighted of an evening, and, to those who are musical, my
two daughters sing an’ play, Clementina playing with won-
. derful power and Kitty with a voice would make her for:
tune on the stage. Yes, Mr. Pumper, by the merest chance, ~
my third-story back is vacant—a lovely apartment, overlook.
ing a long ways, which I am-sure, must suit you;—nine
dollars a week, ruinously cheap, considering you occupy it
alone—
A. Wife, four children and nurse-girl; would like the old-
est child to have the use of the piano, and the nurse the privi-
lege of the kitchen to wash and iron and warm the’ baby’s
milk; and Mrs, Pumper said to be particular to inquire if the