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    Alice's Blighted Profession: A Sketch for Girls
    Alice's Blighted Profession: A Sketch for Girls
    Alice's Blighted Profession: A Sketch for Girls
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    Alice's Blighted Profession: A Sketch for Girls

    By Helen C. Clifford

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    DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Alice's Blighted Profession: A Sketch for Girls" by Helen C. Clifford. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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    Release dateSep 16, 2022
    ISBN8596547323464
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      Alice's Blighted Profession - Helen C. Clifford

      Helen C. Clifford

      Alice's Blighted Profession: A Sketch for Girls

      EAN 8596547323464

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      CHARACTERS

      COSTUMES

      Scene.

      Scene II

      CHARACTERS

      Table of Contents

      Time.—To-day. Locality.—New York City.

      Time of Playing.—50 minutes.

      Curtain is dropped between Scene I and II for a few minutes to denote lapse of time.

      COSTUMES

      Table of Contents

      Appropriate to the character portrayed.

      Alice's Blighted Profession

      Scene.

      Table of Contents

      —A modern business office. Center door, desk in center covered with paper and letters; four office chairs, telephone, rug, etc., as may be available.

      DISCOVERED: Alice seated at desk.

      ENTER, c.d., Diana.

      Diana. Well, Alice Berning, what do you mean by being indoors on such a beautiful day? Come, put on your wraps, my machine

      is——

      Alice. Diana, you are a regular steam engine. No, I cannot accept your kind invitation to go for a spin.

      Diana. Do you know what brought me here to-day? It was to ask you to accompany us on our tour through the north next week. (Sits on arm of Alice's chair) There's a dear. Say you will come. Why, you cannot imagine how disappointed Jack and I will be, not mentioning all our other guests, if you refuse.

      Alice. Really, Diana, I am very sorry to have to refuse. But I simply cannot go. Why, look at all this correspondence and no one but myself to answer it.

      Diana. Why don't you get a stenographer? Why not advertise?

      Alice. Oh, I've done that—I

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