The Boston Dip: A Comedy, in One Act

Chapter 17: Transcriber’s Note

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A short comic play unfolds in a socially aspiring household where the matron secretly arranges private lessons to master a fashionable waltz dip, enlisting a dancing-master while concealing her plan from her husband. Her daughters navigate flirtation and fashion with two polished suitors, creating situations of misunderstanding and theatrical embarrassment. The action, confined to a drawing-room and punctuated by music and dance, relies on rapid entrances and physical comedy. Humour arises from the clash between ostentation and the family’s humbler past, leading to exposed pretensions and a lighthearted resolution.

Transcriber’s Note

Punctuation has been normalized.

The first page of Spencer’s catalog originally located in the front of the book has been moved to the back of the book with the balance of the catalog pages.

The author's choices of spelling and hyphenation, and variations threin, have been maintained.

Spellings of the names of the following authors listed in Spencer’s catalog have been maintained, however it is noted to the reader they differ from other published sources:

Montague Williams has been noted as Montagu Williams in other sources.

Lenox Horne has been noted as both Lennox Horne and Charles F. Lennox Horne in other sources.

George A. Stuart has been noted as George A. Stewart in other sources.