MISS ELKINS, Old-maid costume, much fussed up with bright colors;
spectacles, hair in corkscrew curls each side of face.
JOSIAH JUDD, Chin whiskers, colored shirt, bright tie, suit that is too
large, boots, large red bandanna handkerchief.
MRS. SKAGGS and MRS. HILL, Hair done up old style, old-fashioned wool
dresses, small old-time bonnets that tie under chin, shawls.
BILLY SKAGGS, good-sized boy with clothes too small, waist with large
ruffled collar, bright bow tie, short trousers, bright stockings.
OLE SWANSON, colored shirt, overalls, colored handkerchief tied around
neck.
MATILDY and FLORILDY, Old-fashioned wool dresses, much too long, hair
flowing, ribbon tied around head with bow at the top.
RASTUS, Bright calico waist, trousers that do not fit, patched with
bright color, face blackened.
VIRGIL VANE, hair parted in middle, spectacles, coat much too small,
long trousers, stand-up collar.
SAM SHAW, Short trousers, a coat much too large and long.
TILLY, A small slender girl with rather long, tight-fitting dress, hair
hanging in two braids.
CORABELL, Good-sized girl, well padded to be fat, very short skirt,
hair with big bow at each side of face.
SARAH JANE, Rather small size, dressed much too old for age, hair
crimped, old-style gown.
Stage arrangement—Pupils sit on benches along back of stage; small
table for teacher at one side with books, bell and long ruler. Stand
with water pail and dipper, dinner pails hanging on wall, also
children’s wraps; some decorations of evergreen and Merry Christmas
pinned on wall in letters of various sizes and colors. Visitors sit in
chairs at sides of room.