Project Gutenberg 2025-04-13 Public domain in the USA. 102 Blanchard, Amy Ella 1856 1926 Blanchard, Amy E. (Amy Ella) Aunt Ella Ella, Aunt Blanchard, Amy E Hearts and clubs : $b A comedy in three acts $aUnited States :$bThe Penn Publishing Company, $c1896, 1913. Carol 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.) "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.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112041562924&view=1up&seq=5 20221125182337blanchard 1896,1913 us Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Comedy plays American drama -- 19th century PS Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 79286 2025-07-30T05:28:50.905104 text/html 55073 2025-04-13T07:23:50 text/html 312395 2025-07-30T05:28:55.441115 application/epub+zip 311267 2025-07-30T05:28:52.636104 application/epub+zip 154922 2025-07-30T05:28:51.567115 application/epub+zip 738763 2025-07-30T05:28:57.261089 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 724117 2025-07-30T05:28:54.756054 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55945 2025-07-30T05:28:50.430122 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36027 2025-04-13T07:23:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16448 2025-07-30T05:28:57.397043 application/rdf+xml 19586 2025-07-30T05:28:52.057082 image/jpeg 3130 2025-07-30T05:28:51.806101 image/jpeg 3280194 2025-07-30T05:28:50.939098 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia