To meet the immensely increased demands of the play-reading public and those interested in the modern drama, Stewart & Kidd Company are issuing under the general editorship of Frank Shay a series of plays from the pens of the world’s best contemporary writers. No effort is being spared to secure the best work available, and the plays are issued in a form that is at once attractive to readers and suited to the needs of the performer and producer. From time to time special announcements will be printed giving complete lists of the Plays. Those announced thus far are: SHAM, a Social Satire in One Act. By Frank G. Tompkins. Originally produced by Sam Hume, at the Arts and Crafts Theatre, Detroit. THE SHEPHERD IN THE DISTANCE, a Pantomime in One Act. By Holland Hudson. Originally produced by the Washington Square Players. MANSIONS, a Play in One Act. By Hildegarde Flanner. Originally produced by the Indiana Little Theatre Society. HEARTS TO MEND, a Fantasy in One Act. By H. A. Overstreet. Originally produced by the Fireside Players, White Plains, N. Y. _Others to follow._ _Bound in Art Paper. Each net 50 cents._ HEARTS TO MEND A FANTASY IN ONE ACT By HARRY A. OVERSTREET HEARTS TO MEND was first produced by the FIRESIDE PLAYERS, White Plains, N. Y., in April, 1919, with the following cast: PIERROT, _James H. Wallace_ PIERRETTE, _Millicent Ives_ TINS-TO-MEND MAN, _G. W. Michelbacker_ [Illustration] CINCINNATI STEWART & KIDD COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1920 STEWART & KIDD COMPANY _All Rights Reserved_ COPYRIGHTED IN ENGLAND This play is fully protected by the copyright law, all requirements of which have been complied with. No performance, either professional or amateur, may be given without the written permission of the author or his representative, who may be addressed in care of the publishers, Stewart & Kidd Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. HEARTS TO MEND _The Scene is the living room, dining room and kitchen--all in one--of Pierrot and Pierrette. It has the diminutive look of a toy house, and the immaculate spick-and-spanness. There are copper kettles and pots on shelves and blue and white plates and cups and saucers. There is a crib in the corner, left, with a screen that can be drawn about it. A table is at the right, front, by the side of which sits Pierrot, head in hands, elbows on knees, very gloomy. A door, left, leads to an inner room; a door, right, to the street._ HEARTS TO MEND (_Pierrette is heard singing a lullaby in the next room._) Old Mister Moon is sinking to rest-- Sleep, kittikins, sleep! The whispery winds have died in the west-- Sleep--kittikins--sleep! (_She comes in, holding a babe in her arms; sings--very softly._)