Echoes of the War

THE PLAYS OF J. M. BARRIE ECHOES OF THE WAR CH.4RLES SCRIBNERS SONS NEW YORK 1919 THE UNIFORM EDITION OF THE PLAYS OF J. M. BARRIE ECHOES OF THE WAR TUE WORKS OF J. M. BARRIE. NO YELS, STORIES, AND SKETCHES. Unzoomr Edifion. AULD LICHT mYLLs, BETTER DEAD. WHEN A MANS SINGLE. A WINDOW IN THRUMS. AN EDINBURGH ELEVEN. THE LITTLE MINISTER. SENTIMENTAL TOMMY. MY LADY RICOTINB. MARGARET OGILVY. TOMMY AND GRIZEL. THE LITTLE WHITE BIRD. PETER AND WEDY. AZso HALF HOURS. DER TAG. ECHOES OF WAR. PLA YS. Unzyorm Edihbn. ALICE SIT-BY-THE-FIRE. WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS. QUALITY STREET. THE ADMIRABLE CLUCHTOX. ECHOES OF THE WAR Containing THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER XEDALS - THE NEW WORD - BAR- BARAS WEDDI10G-A WBLtREMBM- BERED VOICE. HALF HOURS. Confaining PANTALOON-THE TWELVE- POUND LOOK-ROSALIND-THE WILL 0th in PrcparaCion. INDIVIDUAL EDITIONS. P m PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS. Illustrated by Anma CLBM. PETER AND WEIQDY. Illustrated by F. D. Bmm. TOMMY AND GRIZEL. Illustrated by BEPNAPD Pummc. MARGARET OGILVY. A WIIPDOW m T UMS. Cameo Edition. DER TAG. .. For particulars concerning Ths Thisus Edition of the Works of J. M. BA-, sold only by subsaiption, send for drmlat. NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS - OOPYIHT, 1918, BY S. M. BARRIE All tZghts reserved under the Internatfonal CqpgrCphi Act. Petformunu forbidden and right of representation reserved. Appcalions for the right of performing ihese plays must be made to CIrorZcs Frohman, Inc., Empire Theatre, New York. CONTENTS THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER RlEDALS THREE nice old ladies and a criminal, who is even nicer, are discussing the war over a cup of tea. The criminal, who is the hostess, calls it a dish of tea, which shows that shecomes from Caledonia but that is not her crime. They are all London charwomen, but three of them, including the hostess, are what are called professionally charwomen and or sim- ply ands. An and is also a caretaker when required her name is entered as such in ink in a registry book, financial transactions take place across a counter between her and the registrar, and altogether she is of a very different social status from one who, like Mrs. Haggerty, is a charwoman but nothing else. Mrs. Haggerty, though present, is not at the party by invitation having seen Mrs. Dowey buying the winkles, she followed her down- Copyright, 1918, by J. .U. Barrie. 3 4 THE OLD LADY stairs, and so has shuffled into the play and sat down in it against our wish. We would remove her by force, or at least print her name in small letters, were it not that she takes offence very readily and says that no- body respects her. So, as you have slipped in, you can sit there, Mrs. Haggerty but keep quiet. There is nothing doing at present in the caretaking way for Mrs. Dowey, our hostess but this does not damp her, caretaking being only to such as she an extra financially and a halo socially. If she had the honour of being served with an income-tax paper she would probably fill in one of the nasty little com- partments with the words, Trade-charring Profession if any--caretaking. This home of hers from which, to look after your house, she makes occasionally temporary departures in great style, escorting a barrow is in one of those what-care-I streets that you discover only when you have lost your way on discov- ering them, your duty is to report them to the authorities, vho inmcdiately add then1 to the map of London.That is why we are now reporting Friday Street. Ve shall call it, in the rough sketch drawn for to-morrows press, Street in which the criminal resided and you will find Mrs. Doweys holle therein marked with a S. Her abode really consists of one room, but she maintains that there are two so, rather than argue, let us say that there are two...