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 HE MAGIC MIRROR. 
 
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 BOSTON 
 
 COPVRIGHT, 1889. BY WALTER H. BAKER & CO- 
 
I A. W. PINERO'S PLAYS. 
 
 Uniformly Bound in Stiff Paper Covers, 
 Price, 50 cents each. 
 
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 readers only, but the increasing demand for the plays ,for acting purposes has 
 far outrun their merely literary success. With the "idea of placing this excel- 
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 THT7 A"M"A7OTVrc I A Farcical Romance in Three Acts. By ARTHUR 
 1 JTLC, rVAVlTVZ-V^l^O. y,- p INER0 . Seven male and five female char- 
 acters. Costumes, modern; scenery, an exterior 
 
 rvnd an interior, not at all difficult. This admirable farce is too well known 
 through its recent performance by the Lyceum Theatre Company, New York, to 
 need description. It is especially recommenced to young ladies' schools and 
 colleges. (1895.) 
 
 THE CABINET MINISTER. 
 
 Costumes, modern society 
 
 genkms in construction, and brilliant in dialogue. 
 
 A Farce in Four Acts. By 
 ARTHUR W. PINERO. Ten male 
 and nine female characters, 
 scenery, three interiors. A very amusing piece, in- 
 (1892.) 
 
 DANDY DICK. 
 
 A Farce in Three Acts. By ARTHUR W. PINERO. 
 
 Seven male, four female characters. Costumes, mod- 
 
 = ' ern ; scenery, two interiors. This very amusing piece 
 
 was another success in the New York and Boston theatres, and has been ex- 
 tensively played from manuscript by amateurs, for whom it is in every respect 
 suited. It provides an unusual number of capital character parts, is very funny, 
 and an excellent acting piece. Plays two hours and a half. (1893.) 
 
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 A Comedy in Three Acts. By ARTHUR 
 W. PINERO. Ten male, five female char- 
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 admirable performance of Mr. John Hare, who produced it in all the principal 
 cities. Its storv presents a clever satire of false philanthropy, and is full of 
 interest and humor. Well adapted for amateurs, by whom it has been success- 
 fully acted. Plays two hours and a half. (Ifi92.) 
 
 LADY BOUNTIFUL. 
 
 interiors, not easy. A play of powerful sympathetic interest, a 'little sombre in 
 key, but not unrelieved by humorous touches. (1892.) 
 
 A Play 3a Four Acts. By ARTHUR W. 
 PIN ERO. Eight male and seven female char- 
 acters. Costumes, modern ; scenery, four 
 
The Magic Mirror 
 
 A Tableau Entertainment 
 
 Suitable for Parlor or Church 
 
 BOSTON 
 WALTER H. BAKER & CO 
 
Introduction. 
 
 THE apparatus for this easy and effective entertainment con- 
 sists of a picture frame, or an imitation of one, three feet by six, 
 if possible, arranged with curtains that will draw aside easily. 
 If a real picture or mirror frame cannot be found, make one out 
 of light wood strips, and either bronze it or cover with gilt 
 paper. 
 
 If the entertainment be given upon a platform this frame will 
 have to be masked below, above and at the sides with draperies 
 to conceal the performers. If given in a parlor, it may be 
 placed in the opening of a folding door. Behind the frame, at 
 a distance of about two feet, a black screen should be placed by 
 way of background, leaving about two feet of space. In this 
 space the young ladies who represent the several tableaux are 
 to stand. Use a strong lamp and reflector, if possible two, 
 one at each side, to light up the frame. Have all other lights out 
 back of frame. A single thickness of gauze between the picture 
 and the audience will increase the illusion. 
 
 If the entertainment is given in a church or hall the effect 
 can be heightened by having some one draped in black, repre- 
 senting a magician, sitting near the frame, stirring a kettle or 
 caldron hanging from a cross-stick frame. Place an alcohol 
 lamp under the kettle, making a weird blue flame for the fire. 
 
 In front of the frame and at one side the Reader is placed. 
 She should read the descriptive lines slowly and distinctly, the 
 tableaux being shown at places indicated. If desired, the 
 Reader may be behind the frame. At the other side, in front, 
 should be stationed the Knight or Bachelor^ who is in search 
 of a wife. He should act in obedience to the sentiment of the 
 verses, as they are read. 
 
 The tableaux are represented by pretty young girls appro- 
 priately costumed. They are amply suggested by the text, and 
 should present as attractive and beautiful a series of portraits as 
 possible. 
 
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The Magic Mirror. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 The Reading. 
 
 A MAN throughout the world had gone 
 Seeking a wife and finding none 
 Because a woman to his taste 
 Must be possessed of every grace, 
 Combining beauty, youth, and health. 
 
 Of a magician he heard at last, 
 And hopes his weary search is past, 
 Since of this wondrous man 'tis told, 
 That through his power we may behold 
 Reflected in a magic glass 
 A long array of maidens pass. 
 
 So he decided at once to go 
 Without delay his fate to know. 
 To the magician quick he goes, 
 And all his treasures he bestows. 
 Then he beholds the magic glass 
 But sees no shadow o'er it pass, 
 Till the magician waves his hand ; 
 Then summoned forth at his command, 
 A moment in the glass they stand, 
 Then move in slow procession on, 
 Until the last has come and gone. 
 
 As one by one they move along 
 
 It seems like some bright dream or song, 
 
 For still reserving by his art 
 
 The destined mistress of his heart 
 
 Magic's High Priest brings not till last 
 
 The bride whose spell shall hold him fast. 
 
 5 
 
THE MAGIC MIRROR. 
 
 {Draw curtains and show first tableau.*) 
 First comes a woman rich and fair 
 Of years mature and regal air ; 
 Her queenly robe in cumbrous fold 
 Falls heavy as with weight of gold. 
 Astonished and too moved to speak, 
 His hands his pockets quickly seek ; 
 From out their depths his purse he raises, 
 Into the empty thing he gazes, 
 Restores it with a rueful air. 
 Once more his hands returning bring 
 A tailor's bill. He breathes a sigh. 
 Oh, what a wife, he thinks, if I 
 Could but forego my bright ideal 
 And show my fancy to be real. 
 
 {Draiu curtains.) 
 He shakes his head. It cannot be. 
 Resigns her all reluctantly, 
 And heaves a melancholy sigh, 
 While half a million passes by. 
 
 (Show second tableau.) 
 
 Then comes a rustic maiden fair, 
 With dove-like eyes and soft brown hair. 
 "No, no, sweet maid, it cannot be, 
 No country lass shall vanquish me, 
 Unless she be possessed of style 
 No woman can my heart beguile. ' ' 
 
 {Draw curtains.) 
 
 Quick as his thought the shadow dim 
 Fades out. And there appears to him 
 What his fastidious taste demands. 
 
 (Show third tableau.) 
 
 The lady of the period stands, 
 With easy grace and folded hands. 
 He asks himself; " Ah, can it be 
 That I, with love's idolatry, 
 Can worship maiden such as she ? 
 
 (Draw curtains.) 
 
THE MAGIC MIRROR. 
 
 No, no, my heart, it cannot be ; 
 The woman who enslaveth me 
 Quiet and graceful too must be." 
 With undisturbed assurance, she 
 Bows and moves on composedly. 
 
 i 
 (Show fourth tableau.} 
 
 Then he beholds another maid, 
 
 Gaily as for a ball arrayed, 
 
 So fair and beautiful she seems, 
 
 The creature of his brightest dreams. 
 
 " I think I'll bid this fair one stay, 
 
 I cannot see her go away, 
 
 How pleasantly my life would glide 
 
 With such a creature at my side. 
 
 {Draw curtains.} 
 But, ah ! (reflecting) what if all 
 She knew of life, be rout and ball ; 
 That would not do, I have my fears," 
 He waves his hand, she disappears. 
 
 (Show fifth tableau} 
 
 And now so meekly gliding by 
 
 A nun-like figure greets his eye. 
 
 She comes with rosary, beads and book, 
 
 An ebony cross, and saintly look, 
 
 He gazes at her, but, indeed, 
 
 She seems unfit for earthly need. 
 
 "My spirit, doubtless," muses he, 
 
 "Would thrive in such good company, 
 
 But could I to this fair one look 
 
 To mind my house, and serve ^d cook ? 
 
 (Draw^^urtains . ) 
 I'm confident she would not do, 
 Pass on, sweet maid, adieu, adieu ! "\ 
 
 (Show sixth tableau.} 
 
 Who is it, pray, that follows next ? 
 He gazes with a look perplexed, 
 Then smiles as plainly stands revealed 
 Upon the mirror's crystal field, 
 
THE MAGIC MIRROR. 
 
 What first for a young man he took, 
 Bewildered by her jaunty look, 
 Puzzled by derby hat and cane, 
 Until reflected clear and plain, 
 No doubt can in his mind remain. 
 
 (Draw curtains.) 
 He waves the lady quick aside 
 As if to say, "Who could abide 
 A masculine strong-minded bride? " 
 
 (Show seventh tableau.) 
 
 Now with a quick reverse his glance 
 The guileless maiden of romance 
 Surveys. This sylph poised airily, 
 Some painter's rapture well might be. 
 A painter's dream for so seemed she 
 The embodiment of poetry 
 In picturesque attire, in air, 
 Dreaming, yet arch. And everywhere 
 She wanders, scattering flowers. 
 " 'Twere well," he said, "if but that ours 
 Were not a wintry world so oft, 
 Alas ! our summer's short. 
 
 (Figure throws a flower to knight and curtains close.) 
 This soft and fragile thing would quail 
 At storms, and uselessly bewail 
 The flowers when vanished. 
 Not yet will I decide. I'll look again." 
 
 (Show eighth tableau.) 
 
 She fades as fades a passing dream 
 
 And, standing where she stood, is seen 
 
 Another maiden. Her cheek glows 
 
 With health's ripe bloom and youth's bright rose ; 
 
 In her skilled shapely hands she bears 
 
 Utensils fit for household cares, 
 
 A broom and dust-pan, that she may 
 
 At shortest notice brush away 
 
 Dust, and the webs that will festoon 
 
 The walls of a neglected room. 
 
THE MAGIC MIRROR. 9 
 
 Her hair ; not wildly thrown afar, 
 Like comet's train or blazing star, 
 
 ( This vision shocks the knight who turns away contemptuously 
 as curtains close.*) 
 
 Is fastened plainly back for fear 
 It may with business interfere ; 
 While round her waist is firmly tied 
 An apron badge of household pride. 
 
 (Show ninth tableau.*) 
 Now yet another comes this way 
 A lovely girl, to his delight, 
 With lustrous hair and eyes of night, 
 A face so fair, that well might he 
 Forget, while she was in his sight, 
 That in his heart a blonde alone 
 Can have an altar and a home. 
 
 (Draw cur fains.*) 
 No, she has but the power to move 
 The surface, not the depths of love. 
 So, with a half regretful sigh, 
 He waves her on reluctantly. 
 
 (Show tenth tableau.) 
 What view is this that greets his eye? 
 He hears a long ecstatic sigh, 
 And sees a maiden standing there 
 With garb so strange, and such an air. 
 A lily in her hand she holds, 
 Her gown is draped in classic folds, 
 And languidly herself she bears, 
 She sighs, arid droops, and sways. 
 
 (Knight stares') 
 Who can this languid damsel be, 
 From what strange land her ancestry ? 
 Then as the maicl the lily raises, 
 Pensively at its petals gazes, 
 "Esthetic adoration's child, 
 A devotee of Oscar Yilde," 
 Breaks from his lips. \ 
 
 (Draw curtains.) 
 
IO THE MAGIC MIRROR. 
 
 He shakes his head, 
 "Not suchX woman would I wed." 
 She seems to ra^de from sight away 
 Like mist before Nadawning day. 
 
 ' (Show eleventh tableau.'} 
 What scene more perfect then succeeds, 
 With pure brow whereon kindly deeds 
 And inward culture peace had sealed, 
 A quakeress is next revealed. 
 How modestly herself she bears, 
 How daintily the gray she wears, 
 That like the plumage of a dove 
 The wearer's eye can best approve. 
 
 {Draw curtains.) 
 But wearily he shakes his head, 
 " Of course it will not do to wed 
 The daughter of an alien sect ; 
 Still must I wait and still expect." 
 
 (Show twelfth tableau.) 
 All soundlessly the gentle shade 
 Retreats as if only born to fade, 
 And one serene and grave with brow 
 And mein of thought, sedately now 
 Appears. Her arms with books are filled, 
 Wherein much wisdom is distilled. 
 
 {Draw curtains) 
 
 Her wisdom's great 'tis plain to see, 
 But not an instant pauses he, . 
 Turning away indifferently, 
 As who comes next he fain would see. 
 
 (Show thirteenth tableau.) 
 Then one with every mortal grace 
 Reflected in her form and face, 
 As beautiful as any vision. 
 That rises in a dream elysian, 
 Salutes his glad expectant eyes 
 And wakens rapture and surprise. 
 
THE MAGIC MIRROR. II 
 
 " At last ! " he cries, "'tis she ! 'tis she ! 
 I yield my heart, my love to thee." 
 He kneels before his fair-haired wife, 
 His beautiful, his love, his life. 
 He takes her hand, for he has won 
 
 {Draw curtains.) 
 The curtain falls and all are gone. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 YEAR after year has fled away ; 
 He is wiser grown with hair grown gray ; 
 Fastidiousness is past, his bride 
 Has proved a burden, naught beside. 
 A weight upon his hands and purse, 
 He said he took her for the worse, 
 And found there was not any better ; 
 That clause had proved an empty letter, 
 The chains of love had proved a fetter. 
 
 Once more to the magician he 
 
 Repairs and asks again to see 
 
 The figures in the magic glass, 
 
 That he may watch them as they pass 
 
 To see if he should choose again 
 
 The one that he selected then. 
 
 Now let us mark which one he chooses,- 
 
 And also note what he refuses. 
 
 (Show fourteenth tableau.') 
 The curtain lifts again ; behold 
 The stately dame well dowered with gold, 
 The rustic maid, the ballroom's pride, 
 Gay fashion's queen, all unallied ; 
 The saint disguised, they all appear, 
 Then standing boldly withoutjear^ 
 The girl strong-minded, tl^jjSjSTand then 
 She of flowers, of books and pen 
 
12 THE MAGIC MIRROR. 
 
 Brunette and blonde, and quakeress, 
 
 Each in her own soft loveliness ; 
 
 And last as the visions varying fleet, 
 
 The little housewife, trim and neat 
 
 "Oh, stay ! " he cried. " I crown thee queen 
 
 Of all the women I have seen ; 
 
 Let all the wealth and dress and art 
 
 Go by thou hast the better part. 
 
 Of all man's blessings thou art rarest 
 
 Though many others may be fairest. 
 
 I've tried the one most beautiful, 
 
 And now I choose the practical." 
 
 Young men I would advice bestow : 
 When seeking for a wife you go, 
 Give youth and beauty both their due, 
 But see that she is useful too. 
 
 {Draw curtains.} 
 
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 CHARLES OLDHAM, President of the U. S. Plow Co. 
 
 PHILIP ANDREWS, a bald-headed villain. 
 
 ALFRED SAUNDERS, reporter of the N. Y. Journal. 
 
 THOMAS TAYLOR, reporter of the N. Y. Times. 
 
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 PAYSON WILSON, a stockholder. 
 
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 ACT I. At the hotel. The plot buds. Jenkins, the heir. V 
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 MRS. TANQUERAY. 
 
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 Comedy in Four Acts 
 
 C.Four males, ten females. Costumes, mod- 
 ern ; scenery, two interiors and an exterior. 
 Plays a full evening. 
 
 HIS HOUSE IN ORDER 
 
 Comedy in Four Acts 
 
 4LNine males, four females. Costumes, mod- 
 ern; scenery, three interiors. Plays a full even- 
 ing. 
 
 A WIFE WITHOUT A SMILE 
 Comedy in Three Acts 
 
 C^Five males, four females. Costumes modern; 
 scene, a single interior. Plays a full evening. 
 
 Sent prepaid on receipt of price by 
 
 Walter & TBafeer & Company 
 
 No. 5 Hamilton Place- Boston-Massachusetts 
 
Manufactured by 
 
 6AYLORO BROS. . 
 
 Sywui, N. Y. 
 
 Stoclrton, C.M.