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"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.
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