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100 1 _aBlanchard, Amy Ella,
_d1856-1926
245 1 0 _aHearts and clubs
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-04-13
508 _aCarol Brown, Aaron Adrignola and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"Hearts and clubs : A comedy in three acts by Amy Ella Blanchard" is a comedic stage play written in the late 19th to early 20th century. The work presents a light-hearted social satire set in a seaside hotel, and its main topic revolves around the contrast between traditional and modern ideas about women's roles, health, and courtship, particularly focusing on the trend of physical culture and women's clubs. The story centers on two groups: the gentlemen, particularly Mr. Fossil—a stubborn older man with strict opinions on women's health—and the ladies of the newly formed X.Y.Z. Club. Mintra Triptoe, niece to the flamboyant Miss Doting, is secretly engaged to Tom Bestman, Mr. Fossil's nephew. Mr. Fossil strongly disapproves of fashionable young women with “wasp waists” and high-heeled shoes, insisting Tom should marry a strong, sensibly dressed woman. Meanwhile, the women, including the hypochondriac Mrs. Alljoy, embrace physical culture for their own varied reasons. The plot unfolds as Mintra transforms herself to meet Mr. Fossil’s ideals, the women prepare a physical culture exhibition, and comic misunderstandings ensue about identities and intentions. Ultimately, Mr. Fossil is charmed by Mintra’s apparent sensibleness, unwittingly approves his nephew's choice, and both the romantic and marital conflicts are resolved with cheer—demonstrating that while “clubs are trumps,” hearts win out in the end. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: The Penn Publishing Company, 1896
653 _aComedy plays
653 _aAmerican drama -- 19th century
856 4 _uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112041562924&view=1up&seq=5
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75848
999 _c116573
_d116573