Dr. Hardhack's Prescription: A Play for Children in Four Acts

"A little comedy designed to supply a real demand—that of a wholesome, amusing play to be used in school or home theatricals."—The Outlook.

"We heartily commend the capital little play, 'Mrs. Tubbs's Telegram,' as a very natural and amusing comedietta, which is quite within the acting capacities of every-day boys and girls."—Editorial Notes St. Nicholas.

"Our club presented your very clever little play, 'Mrs. Tubbs's Telegram,' last evening before an audience of 400 persons who were most enthusiastic."—Mrs. Richard Farmer Wood, Concord, Mass.

"The best chapter play ever given at Vassar to my knowledge."—An Instructor for many years at the college. Quoted by Mabel H. Baldwin, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

"The play was just what we wanted and proved the greatest kind of a success."—Charlotte W. Passmore, Morris House, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

"The little chapel was filled and 'Mrs. Tubbs' was greatly enjoyed. It was a genuine satisfaction to give such a pure, clean little play with life and fun from beginning to end."—Miss Georgiana Clinton, South Norwalk, Conn.

"Everyone spoke of it as a very bright little play and just the thing for a church. We got along nicely without a curtain."—Mrs. F. S. Field, Shattuckville, Mass.

"We gave the comedy to a very large audience in the town hall, who received it with the wildest enthusiasm."—Principal High School, Windsor, Conn.

"Given five times for five different charities by Y. W. C. A. of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Our last audience was larger and if possible even more enthusiastic than our first."—Miss Emma Mott, General Secretary Y. W. C. A.

"A crowded house and everyone highly entertained. It is just the thing for home entertainments where children are to take part."—Miss Lillian Fischer, Fulton, Missouri.

"Just the right sort of play for boys and girls to give."—Mrs. F. W. Davis, Cumberland, Maine.

"The charming little comedy 'Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day,' was given most successfully last night before the Fortnightly Club of this place, and all were in hearty appreciation of its delightful merit. The play was in the hands of gifted amateurs, so the humor and pertinence of the text were in no way impaired."—Eleanor Havens Grant, Jamestown, N. Y.

"Given by Unity Dramatic Club, Springfield, Mass. The chapel was packed full of people and so many turned away that the performance will be again presented. 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.

"'Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day' was by far the greatest hit of anything ever tried here. We found the parts very easy to take."—Miss Edith Irwin, President Y. W. C. A., Iberia Academy, Iberia, Missouri.

"The young people are carried away with 'Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day,' and want to commence work right away."—Miss Lois B. Warner, Salisbury, Conn.

"Given by the young people of St. Paul's Church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Not a dull line in it."—Rev. Francis Whitcome, Rector.

"We presented 'Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day' last Friday night at the schoolhouse to a very appreciative audience. We were so well pleased that we shall probably want to give another of your plays in the autumn."—Harry McCulloch, Class President, Freeport High School, Freeport, Ill.

"The play succeeded excellently. We received considerable applause and what we most wanted, lots of laughter."—Kennebunk Festival Chorus, Kennebunk, Maine.

"Original and clever with interest sustained to the very end."—Rt. Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, D. D., LL. D., Bishop, Albany, N. Y.

"The best play I have yet seen for girls."—Miss Tebbetts, Principal of St. Margaret's School, San Mateo, California.

"Every one pronounced it one of the prettiest plays ever seen."—Miss Josephine M. Taft, Greenville, N. H.

"Thank you for a play which is so bright and charming and so full of good wholesome fun."—Miss Susan E. Borthwick, Portsmouth, N. H.

"Enclosed find our program of 'Gentlemen's Night,' which passed off very pleasantly. All evidently appreciated the comical situations in 'Good as Gold,' and the ladies certainly made the most of them. The gentlemen seemed greatly to enjoy the play, and we were all agreed that it was a bright, clean comedy, very suitable for occasions like ours."—Amherst Woman's Club, Amherst, Mass.

"We presented the play, 'Good as Gold,' at our summer residence before an audience of a hundred and fifty people. The tickets were sold at seventy-five cents apiece and the proceeds given to a local charity. The parts were taken by ten girls from twelve to fourteen years of age and they did themselves, as well as those who had instructed them, great credit. Many pronounced it the best piece of amateur acting they ever had seen. The play, itself, was highly commended by all as being extremely refined, free from all foolish ideas, bright and interesting from beginning to end."—Mrs. Eugene N. Foss, Cohasset, Mass.

"A charming, brilliant little comedy."—Charles Eliot Norton.

"Bright and entertaining, compact and manageable, lending itself to the conditions of almost any home in our land."—Mrs. L. F. Selfridge, Foot's Cray, Kent, London, England.

"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. They have not one objectionable feature and have many good ones."—Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster, in Sunshine Bulletin.

"I have seen your booklet containing the comedy, 'A Successful Stratagem,' which I find wonderfully clever, and as I am thinking of giving a little dramatic entertainment in my home for the Woman's Club, I think this play will be most entertaining."—Mrs. Myron Dickson, Martinsville, Indiana.

"The choicest comedy in your collection."—Miss Isadelle C. Couch, Instructor of Vocal Training, Mt. Holyoke College, Mass.

"Any Sunshiner seeking a clean, bright play for college, school or home theatricals, will not do better than to try 'Good as Gold' and 'A Successful Stratagem.'"—Mary D. Beattie in Sunshine Bulletin.

"I need always some bit of humor in my programs, and it is difficult to find pure light humor that is not plebeian. Your plays are most excellent in this very particular, that they are entirely above coarseness."—Miss M. M. Davis, Instructor in Expression and Oratory, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan.

"Your plays are most attractive. The best thing of the kind I have seen. You have my permission, most heartily granted, to use my endorsement, as it is such a pleasure to find plays that are fresh, interesting and 'playable,' after looking over quantities of the silly, inane trash that is published to-day."—E. B. Merrill, Walla Walla, Washington.

"I regard your comedies as admirably adapted to school and church entertainments and hope to use another at some future date."—Rev. C. F. Porter, Corinth, N. Y.

"I am delighted with 'A Successful Stratagem,' and with all your plays."—Mrs. Salome Cutler Fairchild, Vice-Director Library School, Albany, N. Y.

"A Successful Stratagem" has been given by Smith College students at Morris House and Belmont House, Northampton, Mass.; also by the pupils of Miss Liggett's Home and Day School, Detroit, Mich., and by many others.

"I am delighted to express my appreciation of 'Uncle Joe's Jewel,' given by our Woman's Guild of St. Peter's Church. It is a very bright, clever little comedy."—Mrs. H. A. Field, Springfield, Mass.

"We and our audience greatly enjoyed your charming 'Uncle Joe's Jewel.' Every one was most enthusiastic. I think you will be interested to know that I never had so little trouble in drilling girls for a play, which was to me psychological evidence that it was so true to girl nature that they did it all naturally and spontaneously. Our play was such a success that at request we repeated it before the Mothers' Club of Christ Church, who were highly entertained, appreciating all the points to the full. Give us more plays as clever and wholesome as 'Uncle Joe's Jewel.'"—Clara L. Bostwick, Miss Porter's School, "The Elms," Springfield, Mass.

"We gave 'Uncle Joe's Jewel' as a church entertainment and believe you would have been proud of your work. Every word you write is to the point and the actors brought it all out so well."—M. K. Royal, Plymouth, Mass.

"We have chosen 'Uncle Joe's Jewel' as our Freshman Play."—All Around Club, Jackson College.

"We gave 'Uncle Joe's Jewel' as our Class Play, and had such success that we believe it will inaugurate the giving of a play each year as a part of Senior Prom."—New Bedford, Mass., High School.