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The Boston Dip
The Boston Dip / A Comedy, in One Act
CHARACTERS
Mr. Moses Mulligrub, once Proprietor of a Fish-cart, now a rich Speculator.
Monsieur Adonis, a Dancing-Master.
Mr. Richard Dasher, a Fast Man.
Mr. Lavender Kids, an Exquisite.
Mrs. Moses Mulligrub.
Miss Ida Mulligrub.
Miss Eva Mulligrub.
COSTUMES
Full Evening Dress
Scene. —
Handsome drawing room in Monsieur Adonis’s Academy. Entrances, R., L., and C. Lounges, R. and L. Screen, L. corner, back. Two chairs, R. and L. of door in flat.
Music, as curtain rises, Straus’s waltz, “Beautiful Blue Danube.” Miss Ida and Miss Eva discovered waltzing, introducing “The Boston Dip.” They waltz a few moments, then stop. Music ceases.
Ida. Now, isn’t that delightful?
Eva. Delightful! It’s positively bewitching. Bless that dear Monsieur Adonis. He deserves a crown of roses for introducing to his assembly the latest Terpsichorean novelty. O, we shall have a splendid time to-night!
Ida. Especially as those charming waltzers, Messrs. Richard Dasher and Lavender Kids, “the glass of fashion and the mould of form,” are to honor us with their presence.
Eva. Yes, indeed. What would the dance be without them?
Ida. Not worth the trouble of dressing. But don’t you think that Mr. Dasher is a little too attentive to Miss Eva Mulligrub, – eh, sister?
Eva. Not more attentive, certainly, than is Mr. Lavender Kids to her charming sister, Miss Ida Mulligrub. – Eh, sister?
Ida. But seriously, Eva, I begin to think that you are carrying this matter a little too far. Mr. Dasher might reasonably expect, from the partiality you unhesitatingly show for his society, and the smiles you bestow upon him, to be considered your lover.
Eva. You begin to think. Why, bless you, Ida, I’ve thought and thought and thought, for a long time, that were I Mr. Lavender Kids, I should pop the question at once, so undeniably entranced are you by his attentions.
Ida. Eva!