Excerpt from Mrs. Jenkins Brilliant Idea

Scene I: Any room or platform on which are a few chairs and a table, to represent the vestry or lecture room of a church.

Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Lane enter together

Mrs. Smith (looking at watch or clock). Five minutes of three - time Mrs. Jones was here.

Mrs. Lane. I can't waste any time. I'm so interested in this new crochet pattern. I must get right to work at it. (Sits down and gets out crocheting.)

Mrs. Brown (examining). Isn't that a pretty pattern? I must make a sample of that. Lucky I brought my crochet hook along. (Gets out hook and cotton.) How many stitches in the chain?

Mrs. Lane. Chain twenty-five, then turn and put a double crochet in every stitch.

Mrs. Smith. Well, I haven't time to waste on such foolish work - spoiling your eyes, too.

Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Scott enter and exchange greetings with those present.

Mrs. Jones. I asked Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. Hodge and Mrs. Jenkins to come.

Mrs. Scott. Well, Mrs. Hodge never gets anywhere on time. She straggles into church every Sunday morning when the sermon is half over. I'd be ashamed.

Mrs. Smith. Some one ought to speak to her about it. It must disturb the poor, dear minister.

Mrs. Brown. Oh, let her alone. It's better late than never, and she does love to show off her fine clothes.

Enter Mrs. Rowe and Mrs. Jenkins. Greetings are exchanged.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.