Excerpt from The Taming of Horrors: A Girl Scout Play in Four Acts Horrors' room, Mess, living up to its name. Two cots, table, bureau and chairs littered with clothing, hooks, tennis racquets, Indian clubs, ukelele, chafing dish, etc. A large sign Mess hangs over bureau. A large picture of a man stands on the table. Absolute disorder. Horrors sits at table writing letters. Horrors. (Reading her letter) And so, dear Auntie Ruth, just tell father that he had better double it for next month, one never can tell what may happen. We might adopt a French town or something, and besides, everything I own is a sight. Clothes never stay nice with me. Much love, Shirley. There, I guess that is all. I surely hope Auntie Ruth doesn't censor this before Dad gets it. Now, where did I put my geometry? (Rap at door. Enter Mrs. Lipkins, who stops suddenly at sight of the room and drops into first chair.) Mrs. Lipkins. Shirley Mason! Your room has never been in a worse condition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.