This transcription is based on two sets of scans of the Lacy edition.
The first is available through the Internet Archive from a copy held
by the University of Warwick:
archive.org/details/betsybakerortooa0000mort
The second, available through the Hathi Digital Library, is from a
copy of Volume 8 of Lacy’s Acting Edition of Plays from the University
of Michigan:
hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015067453061
The text of _Betsy Barker!_ begins on page 302 of the scans. Other than
differences in Lacy’s business address on the title page and
information about the printer at the end, the text of the two scan sets
appears to be the same. Because of issues related to publication, the
condition of the scanned copies, and the scanning process itself, both
sets were used for the transcription.
The following changes were made to the text:
Title page: Milliner’s Holiday--Changed to “Milliners’ Holiday”, the
correct title of the play.
--p. 3: I thought I heard my dear Cousin Crummy outside--Added a period
to the end of the sentence.
--p. 5: _who places it on back of chair, R. of table._--Added a closing
parenthesis.
--p. 7: ’Tisn’t every woman, sir, as get’s a Mouser.--Changed “get’s” to
“gets”.
--p. 9: but it won’t do do--ugh! you Don Juan!--Deleted the second “do”.
--p. 9: CRUM. Wink at her,--Changed the comma at the end of the line
to a period.
--p. 10: CRUM. Umph! so, so: (_in a contemptuous tone_)--Changed colon
to an exclamation mark.
--p. 12: such as John, and Timothy, and Marma_dook_--Added a period
after “Marma_dook_”.
--p. 12: MOUS. (_aside_) Mouser, be firm--Added a period after “firm”.
--p. 13: (_rushes at BETSY--she avoids him, leaving the veil in his
hand._--Changed the period after “_hand_” to a closing parenthesis for
consistency.
--p. 15: (_great noise of WOMEN’S voices suddenly heard_--Changed
“_great_” to “_Great_”.
p. 18: Young woman, speak this moment (_angrily_)--Added an exclamation
mark after “moment”.
Some inconsistencies, such as the inconsistent hyphenation of the
phrase “by the bye” and the different spellings of “pshaw”, have not
been standardized.