Excerpt from The Old Maids Club: A Comic Entertainment

Luella. - Stout, dark hair, parted in the middle, old fashioned style, wears red rose in hair, prim white lace collar, old-fashioned breast pin. This is the leading role, and a pompous-looking woman should have this part.

Susan. - Blonde, waving hair, parted in middle, dressed in lavender, big shoulder scarf of white handkerchief, lilacs in hair, cameo ear rings and pin. Slender, dainty person for character.

Maria. - Brown-haired type, old-fashioned green dress trimmed profusely in yellow with yellow rose in hair, carries big chatelaine bag.

Lucy. - Old-fashioned pink dress with many ruffles and frills, wears wreath of pink roses in hair, carries a book of poetry. Very shy and sentimental, always smiling shyly.

Dora. - Pale blue dress, corkscrew curls, long neck chain or string of beads, carries gay colored handbag with men's slippers in it, knits at them all the time.

Sallie. - Brown dress, big poke bonnet trimmed profusely in gay flowers.

Faith. - Dressed in white, big poke bonnet trimmed in red roses, wears coquettish bows on sleeves of red ribbons, large handbag of red with crocheting, knits all the time.

Julia. - Dressed in pale blue, old-fashioned big lace collar, wears a big bunch of feorget-me-nots, very demure.

Maud. - Dressed in yellow, trimmed in black, old-fashioned black sash, bows of ribbon in hair, Janice Meredith curl.

Lucretia. - Dressed in bright blue, blue bows in hair, white lace collar, big bag of white with embroidery materials, does embroidery.

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