CHARACTERS
Mrs Mary Loving,a widow.Rachel Loving,her daughter.Thomas Loving,her son.Jimmy Mason,a small boy.John Strong,a friend of the family.Mrs. Lane,a caller.Ethel Lane,her daughter.Mary,Nancy,Edith,Jenny,Louise,Martha,little friends of Rachel.
Time: The first decade of the Twentieth Century.
Act I.October 16th.Act II.October 16th, four years later.Act III.One week later.
Place: A northern city. The living room in the small apartment of Mrs. Loving.
All of the characters are colored.
ACT I