y by curtains. If there is to be no tree, all
reference to it may be omitted without injury to the continuity of the
play.

Other songs may be substituted for the songs here given, but these
have proved very successful in several performances of Anita's
Secret.

CHRISTMAS WITH THE MULLIGAN'S

[Illustration:

PATSY MATSY PETER PAN MRS O'TOOLE

MRS MULLIGAN TEDDY MAGEE PATSY & MATSY (3rd Act)

MICKY MACHREE BRIDGET HONORA MARY ANN

MELISSA CLARISSA NORA EUDORA]

CHRISTMAS WITH THE MULLIGAN'S

A FUNNY CHRISTMAS PLAY IN THREE SHORT ACTS.

CHARACTERS.

THE WIDOW MULLIGAN _With a Heart Overflowing with Sunshine_
PATSY _Aged Twelve_
MATSY _Aged Eleven_
TEDDY MAGEE _Aged Seven_
NORA EUDORA _Aged Fourteen_
MICKY MACHREE _Aged Five_
BRIDGET HONORA _Aged Ten_
SWEET MARY ANN _Aged Eight_
MELISSA _Aged Six_
CLARISSA _Aged Six_
WEE PETER PAN _Aged Four_
MRS. O'TOOLE, _A Neighbor_ _With a Heart Overflowing with Kindness_

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TIME OF PLAYING--_About One Hour._

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_How they lived and what they wore will be told under the "Notes to
the Manager" at the end of the play._

ARGUMENT.

Sure, there isn't much argument at all, at all. It's all happiness and
merriment and love, and where there is happiness and merriment and
love there isn't any time for argument. The Widow Mulligan is a
cheerful washerwoman who lives in Mulligan Alley in Shantytown,
surrounded by her ten little Mulligans, to say nothing of the goat,
Shamus O'Brien. A good-hearted neighbor, Mrs. O'Toole, has a lively
time with the goat, but she forgives all his misdeeds as it is
Christmas Eve and the little Mulligans are starting out for a grand
Christmas entertainment. When they return they entertain their mother
and Mrs. O'Toole, and, incidentally, the audience.

But let's have done with the argument and let the fun begin.

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ACT I.

SCENE: _The Mulligan's front room. Entrances at right and left. Window
at rear. At rise of curtain_ MRS. MULLIGAN _is discovered at C.,
washing clothes in a tub._ BRIDGET HONORA _and_ MATSY _are hanging wet
clothes