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ARMISTICE DAY
The characters are: Joe Ellis, a business man of about 35; Mable, his wife, both of them plump, good-natured, homey people; Mrs. Cory, a neighbor, a woman somewhat past middle age; Miss Spangler, a school teacher; Bobbie, the little son of Joe and Mable; and George, Mable's brother, just home from the war.
The time is late fall, a few weeks after the Armistice.
At the opening of the play, the stage is empty. The telephone rings and Mable hurries in from a door at the left. She wears an apron, and appears to have been called away from some kitchen task. She takes down the receiver.
Mable. Yes?...Oh, yes, Miss Spangler.... No, he hasn't come yet, but we're expecting him in time for dinner.... What's that?...You'd like to see him? Of course you would. He always thought so much of you. You were his favorite teacher.... No, we haven't seen him yet ourselves. He only landed a week ago, you
