Helen Durham Down Petticoat Lane

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The setting is a garden along Petticoat Lane. A white picket fence with arched opening in the center, covered with lavender Wisteria or pink rambler roses, runs across the back of the stage, separating the lane from the gar den. Down front on either side are two boxwood trees. A white stone bench stands near one of them. A pair of steps leads down from the garden into the audience. Along this lane, through the opening and into the garden stroll American girls in fashions of yesterday and to-day. Each parades across the stage with step and manner that become her gown, and then exits down the center aisle bowing to the audience as she goes. A few pause a moment before the footlights to sing or to dance or perhaps to do a stunt.