Excerpt from Scenes in a Restaurant, an Entertainment in One Act

No curtain is necessary. Stage should be arranged to represent restaurant with small tables, chairs and weighing machine, and numerous signs, such as, "Coffee, such as mother used to make, " "Shadow soup, " "Try our faith sandwiches, " "Don't forget to get weighed, " "Tip the waiter, " "Chicken served in the shell, " etc., etc., should be hung on the walls. Orders should be given at a slide, if one can be arranged, if not, a door will answer.

Costumes

Mr. Jones should wear either a dress suit or a white linen coat, Jennie and Mary, caps and aprons, Mrs. Slack, bonnet and shawl rather out of style, Mr. Rich and Mr. Jackson, flashily dressed, Rube, pants and coat, sleeves too short, flaring tie, very old-fashioned derby hat, Mandy, cheap, showy dress and hat, Hiram and wife, old-fashioned country dress, Hiram carries large carpetbag, Mrs. Smiley, very stylish, Maud, elaborately dressed, Mr. Delaney and Mr. Hazleton, in latest style, Beggar, very ragged, Casey and Mahoney, overalls and brogans. Others, ordinary costumes.

Notes

Give jokes and stories slowly. Local jokes and conundrums, which always take, may be readily added. A man or child might come in from the street to play or sing and pass around a hat for a collection.

The cast of characters may be shortened if desired, as one person could take more than one part.

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