The Sewing Circle Meets At Mrs Martins

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Excerpt from The Sewing Circle Meets at Mrs. Martin's Scene. - Sitting-room in Mrs. Martin's home. Afternoon of April First. Doors at C. R. and L. Window up R. Sofa up L. Cushions on sofa, also a novel. Piano in any convenient place. The room is arranged in preparation for a number of ladies to gather around and sew. Discovered Mrs. Martin, setting things to rights while waiting for the members to appear. Mrs. Martin (going to D. L.). Come! Come! Eliza, aren't those dishes washed yet? What in the world are you doing out there? Don't you know the Sewing Circle meets here this afternoon? Make haste with the dishes, then come and dust this sitting-room just as quick as ever you can. Mrs. Smith will be here before we can turn around and she would sec it if there was a speck of dust under the carpet. As soon as you finish dusting make up a couple of pans of cookies and sweet biscuits. I suppose I shall have to give them a cup of tea. Dear, dear, I wish there was no such thing in the world as a Sewing Circle. Enter D. L. Eliza, with plate and dish-towel in her hands. Eliza. So do I, mum. What with the ironing not done, and the dishes to finish up, and the baking to do, and the dusting to be done before them interferin' women gets here, and fresh flowers to put out, and the verandy to wash off - all in the twinkle of an eyelash, how am I ever to get done, I'd like to know. I suppose you couldn't bake them cookies yourself, mum? Mrs. Martin. Why, Eliza! How could I? 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.