Excerpt from The Rummage Sale: An Entertainment for Four Men and Ten Women

Scene: Any room or platform on which arc a few tables. Characters may enter and exit to suit convenience.

Mrs. Alden (handling over goods). We must hurry up and get these things marked, it's half-past nine already and we arc to open the doors at ten. How the time does fly!

Mrs. Sharp. Yes, they are collecting outside already. T saw some of the familiar faces that are on hand at every rummage sale as I came in. Our rummage sales arc getting to he quite a reunion of old friends.

Mrs. Easy. It doesn't look as if we had as much stud as usual. I hope we'll make some money out of the old thing.

Mrs. Alden. I'm going to hang my coat up here and put my bag under it. Guess it will be safe there.

Mrs. Sharp. I'll put mine over here. Hope no one will get it. It's a new one I just bought last week.

Mrs. Easy. I'll put mine here and I don't want to lose it if it isn't so new. It's got to last me all winter.

Mrs. Alden. Let's get to work now. (Holds up very ragged waist.) What do you think this old waist is worth?

Mrs. Easy (looking it over). I don't believe it's worth more than ten cents.

Mrs. Sharp (taking waist). Ten cents, indeed! That's a pretty good waist. A few patches here and there and it would last a long time. Mark it fifty cents. (Mrs. Easy and Mrs. Alden exchange glances.)

Mrs. Easy (aside to Mrs. Alden). It isn't worth five cents. Did you ever see such a Jew as she is?

Mrs. Alden. We'll make it fifty to please her. but let's sell it for anything we can get. My conscience would keep me awake all night if 1 let anybody pay fifty cents for that old rag.

Mrs. Sharp (holding up a very old-fashioned skirt).

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