New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-26
CHARLES READL'S EAVORITE STORY AND
HIS IDEAL WOMAN.
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Mr. Reade, il were 10 ask you what in
your opinion is your greatest story
%oun answer Yer SHI INV cSaroctars love Tom
Robinson. for he was the exponent OF wrong 80 N
famous that his aid in Fighting 1t endears him TO me
lie presented the dishonest man not thoroughly
bad but with the caven Of naturally magnificent char
actcr almost blighted, but not dead Christie john
stone one first productions although not my first
effort Is another character 10 whom turn for sweet
and peace 10 me my characters have existencenot
always pleasant 1t is true but always established iuy
indivdualZcd thoroughly human and with possibilities
VL an d Iisartb i n charIctrr love dearly sne
was a woman. thoroughly womanly-neyer anything
SlSe tI aud bnsba"d: Denis the Rurgundian ara
characters whose strength OF humanity can never mora
strongly present They were the result OF long study
Denis was woven into mother story whicn sa9r,ic,
of Gerard. David Dodd, too T. another OF my Iehi
favortes Iou have probably dlso0Yered tnat, II you
have read my writings at all Al the same time mas
Welded to the inclination to sacrifice human nature TO
i 6estl personal Ol-'' "I,'H u ~ S'' w
"Tbe weakest of all The misuse through error OF
have improved it in a hundred ways. could have
made it sym neirca by a word two It is splendid
conception spoiled, only did not arrive at my nhIl
hal become established character in the minds "
the people and there was no way TO change You have
read the Woman Iiaterf
ION. yes. and with disappointment" -
"Very likely. And whyf L will tell You because
YOU had come TO know my work rs something apart
from that with which you acquainted yourself anu
Won knew some OF The characters 80 well that YOU
couldn't get far enough away from them 10 underStha
or comprehend their natures tell YOU WHAT We 40 IS
too much walking up and down wlthoni meeting, we
let other peOpe-if any who thlnk-fOfin our
ideas and accept them Ii occurs to men thaI
nobody we know or come IN contact Win can 9e Srtat
surely, il orr own hsghlcance eouia uWafd t i i t
portance OF those we son, times are thrown VIM e
reduction would be horrible But the trouble Is I'M -
the great goes too much OUT OF inc Wtah
his facts The poor one In his poverty cannot zen su!
thing knew that when completed Never 100 5 GS
novels and yet in writing II threS away more '.sn
twice as much as used. Tho same IN my plays NY
dramat'zatiOu of 'EAssonmoir Is case III point -
worked upon that and produced hat dozen ph3 og'
the result is Drink. and with DRINK an saSi ,i
There IS speech in 1t from first 70 IN tha does o
something about the plot Nor Is there worn spoA.
that does deal with 1.-THE character OF tne S
presented. That il the form which drama sDou.
have II should full OF facts, facts facts ana tnen
should lie faithful to nature. compact with Que hs
after another following Ony 50 hear I,ted and
intere, in Is nding as the oher Is being no
led conclusion. Ife, social NE y oa ana bal2a
gregat'ou NJ dramas Give me hearthslue anu a love
dozen eOple or more about it, and viii ma you be
story the plot and counterpart sorrows anu ia even
tragic nd the comic element, the speech n.y., ~ Nth
the for perfect play. am chaFge1 Oi p soir
cynicsn. see in the prints: Charles heas
MY studies have led me To think well OF hnnia nyrl
look at mankind hopefully and with GENEROUS ncr,
edge of the difficulties that every big heart ehcouN'''
and cannot overcome .,,Aied
Mr. Reade. recent criticism says you nave s'xu, rk
the woman tnan the man In your literary "'~'
and that you have made her 49,, ,, o, nl,ndly
II said that made her painfully realistic to anyone J
looked At her did-crOss-eyed MOI so iy r,ai,
al Ia inst ike man, ike ourselves, ph. "s'"
tendencies we call womanly. Like ourselves s,,sv
IDENTIFY desires love. She knows 1t Is the Oesb @ III
the hest thing the world has to gVo tha We a, m.
horn for love iaan and woman alike tuhe 10 taos III
consmmate and supreme blessing Is 10 lose he pSS.
Of life She desires above all Things 10 % "ooe her
thtddon IN WOO ON her account She eonceals nG.
own thoughts vet from her experience IN hnn6 Si
49, ~ eadnS the thoughts OF others. she Is saheIu
IItb notbinq less than she herself gives when Is ~
rerseif Her leads her, IN che lower hAuto ~
decstt and falsehood. Her devotion, whion Is pas
beT nature leads her also In the lower natures 70 s
ainn and jealousy She Is always In the nOuSe ,
her mind Is apt TO run In narrow grooves Iuo "a he,
.i,tv and vastefuluess OF are things pcY 10.
Understanding or patience. She Is uhN IN
nS therefore understands nothing OF comProiIne,,s
an q, generally m educated and therefore, Is he
81 sorming a Augment hence she Is carried AVN ~ ~
cxery word Of doctrines for Instance ~ ch or II,
cesiastical Knowing nothing OF the cary ILL., WHO
hi.torv she believes the poor little rtuas. 10 bers
Lnnws indeed no than herselii OF ~ ~ ~ md
Tor want OF standard she Is LED as,ray " ,nss.se,
ana fashion OF thu day, and worshlps sad . 'nc
with rapture, IN dress where, nor lste geis M un
| y.ted she puts on whatever j, snost muoouI Thu
hseoming provided II Is worn by every Do ~, at All
IL the woman present TO my readers sne srtiacial
eyents inspid-no real women are. sio wist I low
| fhe real woman shows from underneath "ns.J. I'M
most is tho woman whom fashion has not spom
trne feminine woman with her natural passion 1 s fs
ousy her devotion her love OF admirauon nc. .srrot
her igbteous wrath hor maternal ieiociv, not sh,
faith her shrewdness-eyeD her sudaciy oi aersar
when that her purpose, ahu unAp me- Sxo.a
self. sbne CATION That's the woman that .ie shai
believe In That Is the creature that 10 huiasa' ~