Excerpt from Helping the Rich: A Play in Four Acts

Scene. - Peter Storm's library.

Time. - A Tuesday morning, shortly before the United States entered into the war.

A rather large room with a studious atmosphere, which is furnished simply but in good taste. To the left of the centre of the room is a large table desk littered with manuscripts, letters, etc. The desk chair is placed so that the occupant faces the right of the room, where there is a door leading to the entrance hall. Behind the desk in the left wall are double doors which lead to the sitting room beyond. At the back of the room, in the centre, there is a broad window through which the morning light is shining. To the right of this and in the corner of the room is an open fireplace, before which are several chairs. To the left of the window, the wall is covered with a large book-case, before which is a small step-ladder and a secretary's desk and chair. Mrs. Foster, Peter Storm's housekeeper, a motherly old woman, rather wrinkled and bent, but still full of energy, is dusting and straightening things, as Peter Storm comes into the room. He is a well-built man, about thirty-five. There is that about the clean-cut features which though distinctive is difficult to define.

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