“The Girl”

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Is a comedy offered by J.W. Mumsey and Edgar Mac Gregor. Edgar Peple is the author. There are three characters, the Man, the Boy, and the Servant. The man is rich, the Boy, working for a salary, and both are in love with the Girl. The Man offers $10,000 to the boy to leave town and the Girl. The offer is refused and the Man produces two revolvers and decided one must die. The Boy is reluctant to fight but has no alternative. The Servant drops a handkerchief as a signal and the Man falls. His shot puts out the single light in the room. Believing that he killed the Man, the Boy escapes taking with him the $10,000 and the Servant. After the curtain has been lowered for a few seconds to denote a lapse of a few hours, the Servant returns bent on robbing his employer, but finds the Man very much alive. The Man explains that it has been a trick to frighten the Boy and that the Boy’s revolver contained only blank cartridges. He gloats over the success of his scheme, while the servant tells him that the Boy left on a midnight train and, to the surprise of the Man, the Girl goes with the Boy. Hall McAllister plays “the Man,” Albert Latscha “the Boy” and Cyril Young “the Servant.” The characters of the Boy and the Servant are very well played, the Man a little nervous. It is novel presentation, well played and the audience seems to like the play. It would make a corking act for a man star. Twenty-one minutes full stage, own set.

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