The Country Editor
A Comedy in Three Acts (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Country Editor: A Comedy in Three Acts<br><br>Bartley. A prepossessing young man of twenty-five, with an earnest, somewhat determined bearing. Wears a business suit.<br><br>Mr. Sawtelle. Forty-five. A vigorous, sharp-eyed man, accustomed to being obeyed. Stout, with gray checked trousers and dark coat.<br><br>Bessie. An attractive girl of twenty-two. Acts I and II, suit and hat; Act III, pretty street dress and hat.<br><br>Holman. A happy-go-lucky youth of twenty-five.<br><br>Larrapee. Forty. A farmer, in old trousers, collarless shirt and heavy shoes.<br><br>Dawson. A large, blustering man of thirty-five, with a gruff voice. Business suit.<br><br>Buck. Forty. Tall and thin, with a professional manner. Immaculately dressed in a black suit.<br><br>Emily. Twenty-two. Neatly but shabbily dressed in black skirt, white shirt-waist and apron.<br><br>Bolivar. Thirty-five. Flashily dressed, but this part should not be burlesqued.<br><br>Schultz. Forty. A stout German, in grimy trousers, black apron, old shirt; sleeves rolled up and no collar.<br><br>Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins. A very young couple, the latter in a bride-like costume of flower hat and dressy suit.<br><br>Note<br><br>None of the costumes in the play should be ridiculous. Anything of an unduly pronounced type should be avoided.<br><br>Those who take the parts of Bartley, Bessie, and Mr. Sawtelle should study to speak their lines with great earnestness and as though vitally interested in the issue. It is essential that Bartley win the audience to his view of clean journalism.<br><br>Properties<br><br>Small photograph for Bartley, newspaper and telegraph blank for Holman, document for Dawson, basket of potatoes for Larrapee, small magazine, documents and pen for Bolivar.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.