THE SOCIAL STAGE: ORIGINAL DRAMAS, COMEDIES, BURLESQUES, AND FOR HOME RECREATION, SCHOOLS, AND PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS. BY GEORGE M. BAKER, AUTHOR OF "AMATEUR DRAMAS," "THE MIMIC STAGE,” “AN OLD MAN'S BOSTON : LEE & SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK: LEE, SHEPARD, & DILLINGHAM. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by GEORGE M. BAKER, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. Rand, Avery, & Frye, Printers, Boston. 919 Blo TU AN OLD FRIEND AND FELLOW-TRAVELLER, HENRY C. BARNABEE, ESQ., NEVER "TOO LATE FOR THE TRAIN" WHEN HIS VALUABLE ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED IN A GOOD CAUSE, This Book IS FRATERNALLY INSCRIBED. M134253 PREFACE. THE plays comprised in "The Social Stage," like those in "Amateur Dramas" and "The Mimic Stage," have been prepared for the special use of amateurs, with a view to "home production" and the school platform. Some of them have been written at the request of instructors in the public schools, committees of literary societies, and temperance organizations; and, having been performed with success under their direction, may be said to have received the stamp of public approval. The musical and dramatic entertainments, "Bonbons," "Snow-Bound," and "Too Late for the Train," have been publicly performed, and received with favor. "The Grecian Bend," "The War of the Roses," and "Lightheart's Pilgrimage" originally appeared in "Oliver Optic's Magazine;" while "The Last Loaf,” “Thirty Min |