(_The telephone bell rings. The_ CASHIER _takes the receiver and says_:) CASHIER. It’s Paris. They want M. Gerald Forsyth. (_Into the telephone_) There’s no one---- GERALD. Here I am! CASHIER. But your name is Parkinson! GERALD. It’s also Forsyth! OFFICER. And also Gas-nnn---- (GERALD _goes to the telephone_.) GERALD. Allô! (_Pause_) It’s my chief in Paris--oui, oui. (_Another pause_) It seems he telephoned here a little while ago and thought he was connected with a lunatic asylum.--Merci, merci bien!--He is going to give me an interest in the business. SÉRAPHINE. Ah, Papa, Papa! Gerald va entrer dans la Maison! (_Enter_ PERCY.) CHANOINE-MALHERBE. C’est vrai? Alors, je vous donne ma fille! (_He goes down-stage. The_ OFFICER _starts to conduct the prisoners out_) OFFICER. You’ll have to come along now. PERCY. Stop, Officer! You don’t understand. The Frenchman says he has found his pocketbook. He told me it was all a mistake. (_To_ CHANOINE-MALHERBE) Oui, oui? CHANOINE-MALHERBE. (_Good-naturedly_) Oui, oui, mon ami. PERCY. See there? OFFICER. Then there’s nothing more to be done? (_The prisoners are released_) You’re free! CURTAIN. THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYS By Celebrated European Authors A NEW SERIES OF AMATEUR PLAYS BY THE BEST AUTHORS, ANCIENT AND MODERN, ESPECIALLY TRANSLATED WITH HISTORICAL NOTES, SUGGESTIONS FOR STAGING, Etc., FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND DRAMATIC CLUBS BARRETT H. CLARK General Editor With the immensely increased demand for new plays for purposes of production by amateurs comes a correspondingly great demand for a careful selection of those plays which can be easily and well presented by clubs and colleges. The plays in the present series have been chosen with regard to their intrinsic value as drama and literature, and at the same time to their adaptability to the needs and limitations of such organizations. The Series, under the personal supervision of Mr. Barrett H. Clark, instructor in the department of Dramatic Literature at Chautauqua, New York, assistant stage manager and actor with Mrs. Fiske (season 1912-1913), now comprises ten volumes, and fifteen more will make their appearance during the year. Eventually there will be plays from ancient Greece and Rome, Italy, Spain, France, Russia, Germany, and the Scandinavian countries, representative of some of the best drama of all ages and lands. Each volume is prefaced by a concise historical note by Mr. Clark, and with a few suggestions for staging. Plays Now Ready