Page:The worsted man; a musical play for amateurs, by John Kendrick Bangs.djvu/9



''The Worsted Man is easily constructed of meagre materials, such as Afghans, sweaters, golf-vests, tam-o'-shanters, worsted mittens, and other simple paraphernalia usually obtainable at any so-called New York store within driving distance of most summer hotels. The hearts may be made of red flannel, maroon velvet, or plain calico, as easily as bean-bags. They should be stuffed with corn-meal, absorbent cotton, or some equally impressionable material, in order to give them a suitable masculine flexibility. The music throughout is from the best-known comic operas of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan, the scores of which are''