picture. Writing to my husband and sending her photograph. I have a right to see what she says, and I'll do it (reading the letter). So Flossie misses him, does she? And this Gerald, this model friend, is helping it on. Oh, my heart is broken; I shall die (burying her face in her handkerchief). Oh, my, why did I ever marry this base deceiver? I'll pack my trunk and go right home to-day. Oh, oh, I'll-(enter Mr. Simmons; sees Bessie with her hands to her face). Mr. Simmons.-What is the trouble Bessie? Have you bad news? Bessie.-Go Oh, how could away; don't you ever speak to me again. you deceive me so? - Mr. Simmons. Deceive you; what are you talking about? What have I done? Bessie (sobbing).-Oh, yes, you are very innocent. What does this mean? (handing him the picture). Mr. Simmons (angrily).—Have you been reading my letter? Bessie (rising).-Yes, I have, and I am going straight home to pa, and have him go to the lawyers and get me a divorce. Mr. Simmons. On what grounds? Jealousy? Bessie. No, it shall be incompatibility (sobbing). You abuse me, and then you—you make fun of me. Mr. Simmons.-No, Bessie, I am not making fun of you; this is a serious matter, and if you do not check this jealous disposition you will render us both miserable. That is a picture of my sister Ida, of whom I have often told you; her middle name is Florence, and her friends call her Flossie. Bessie.-Oh Charles, I was jealous of your sister. How foolish I am. I will never-no, never be jealous again. Mr. Simmons.-I hope you will keep that good reso lution, Bessie, and if you do we shall never have any cause to quarrel, but will be the model couple of the nineteenth century. [CURTAIN.] ELLA H. CLEMENT. OF THE CONTENTS OF VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS. The Elocutionist's Annual Prepaid, each number, Paper Binding, 30c.; Cloth, 50c. "I have used the numbers of the Elocutionist's Annual for four years, and have found in them the best collection of standard pieces, both for my own reading and for the use of my pupils, that I have ever seen."-PROF J. M. GILLAM, Instructor in Elocution in Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois. CONTENTS OF No. 8. Adoon the Lane. Burning Ship, The. Christmas Hymn. Claudius and Cynthia. Despair is Never Quite De- Dutchman's Serenade, The. Evils of Ignorance, The. Florentine Letter, A. Gladiator, The. Haunted House, The. Lides to Bary Jade. Monster Cannon, The. Ode on the Passions. Old Forsaken School-house, Goodness and Greatness of Painter of Seville, The. God. Good-Night, Papa. Parrhasius and the Cap- Parting Hymn. Passing Away. Power of Habit, The. Pulpit Oratory. Reaching the Early Train. Reply to Mr. Corry. Reverie in Church. Rock of Ages. Senator's Dilemma, The. Seven Ages of Man. Signs and Omens. Song of Moses. Song of the Sea. Tell on his Native Hills. Tom Sawyer's Love Affair. Two Glasses, The. Waiting for the Children. Welcome to Summer, A. A Man's a Man, for a' That. Deacon Munroe's Story. Negro Prayer, A. Dead Church, The. No God. ence. Ode to Independence Ha An. Age. Appeal to the Sextant for Dora. Bridal Wine Cup, The (Di- How a Married Man Sews alogue). Burring Prairie, The. Cause of Temperance, The. Columbia's Centennial Par- Columbia. Ontentment. Burfew Must Not Ring To- on a Button. Judge Pitman on Various Kinds of Weather. Kentucky Belle. Leap-Year Wooing, A. Yourself. Our Own. Paul Revere's Ride. Remember Now thy Om Rest. Revelation XXII. Rienzi's Address. Rival Speakers, The (Dialogue). Love Your Neighbor as Spirit of "76 (Tableau). Tommy Taft. From the Transcript, Portland, Maine. These selections evince correct taste and furnish the amaters ader and the professional elocutionist with the widest range ●f subjects for occasions on which matters of that kind may be needed." Ager, The. CONTENTS OF No. 5. I that Glitters is not Gold Hans and Fritz. Over the Hills and g Prisoner of Chillon, The. He Giveth His Beloved Parthenia (Dialogue). Sleep. Heroes of the Land of Prince Henry and Falsta Archie Dean. Bannock-Burz Betty Lee. Penn. (Dialogue). Puritans, The. ish Duel. Brothers (Diax Schoolmaster's Guests, The. Comin' Thro' the Rye (Ta- Magdalena, or, The Span- Song of Birds. bleau). Competing Railroads, The Maiden Martyr, The. (Dialogue). Corinthians, I, XV. Course of Love too Smooth, Dedication of Gettysburg Elder Mr. Weller's Senti Man Wants but Little Here Man's Ingratitude. Swell's Soliloquy, The Summer Friends. Swallowing a Fly. Membranous Croup and the Tramp, Tramp, Tramp. Moral Effects of Intemper ance. True Contentment. Vaudois Missionary, The. Extract from "The Last Nae Luck Aboot the House. A. Washington (Tablesu). |