The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-22

1t could interest Few people 10 knoW
| that. never write unless l have some
thing that is worth wTitin.. l al
ways W. il for the idea, FIR the inspiration.
Sometime l am disappointed and an alr
viii run through my head for week or
month before | can finally set 1t 70 music
properly. Again it happens. particu.afl'
IN wri ing " tn Mr. Gilbert, that ais words
IL often suggest the proper air ana caa
| go at it and turn it out in a j ffy. It all de-
ponds on circumstances and az much upon
my own per-, Al feelings at the time"
| might mention mere that Mr.. 5 Ihva
is eagerly sought after not onlg by fashion
| ables but by leaders OF church Iolrs ana
| b musical festivals as well. He is not
bit pulled up by his success, and is ever
willing to blige at parlor entertain cent
, or TO perform at concert or for cnarlty.
He is a graceful and acc mplished perform
er on a half dozen instruments and sun
sings witt q voice that if it shows ii tie IN
lody gives evide CO Of culture and Train
ing. He lives in magnificent apart nents,
is a great di g oft a I'd mr.
be lever. as all E gland is, i the absurd
five o'clock teas" which cause so much
nervousness, ami often upset the average
man good health and prevent nIm from
enjOyi his di ner.
Mr. Gilbert is both a lawyer and a
mllitianan as well as successful writer of
ibrett 5, and ne is full of final sp rits,
likes a good joke, is fond tis ming ID
hu tag, is as good a sailor a Villa u
Black the novelist, and is one of the mos
ex ert hunters on the Scotch mOors. VIII Leaf
work o. play OF at a rehearsal he is as
gruff as a porcupine and as disagreeable
person as one ull fl I'd, but he Nns up to
1t in a char,niagly fra TX way and ina.
perhaps at mes for nalf of tn E glisnism.
He has bee jour ali't in his day, COZ
ribIted to "Plt lch." Fun" ami otne
London journals, and has even
Itten stald leader, for some
of he big papers. B 1T of late he has
ralned his mind d hand to pro-
duce verses lie aas done great deal of
40 for the stage and most Il has been
Icceisful. he is full of ideas I'd 10
knows what he wants, He is never at loss
for word mi in writing the IN )st co n
plicated of bis verses makes few il any
erasures in his copy. de seems TO have
thought out W at he intended to say before
putting it on paper. His push, vim and
dash reminds one Of an American, but he is
English all over, even in his talk and ac-
cent, aud like all E glish playwrights
dearly likes a pun. He works with Mr..
Sullivan with the u IN )st harmony. Thsy
thoroughly understa each other, aud
both are willing to give way if they are
cOnvi ced of the nece isity. Their
pieces are written by. piece.
meal Mr.. Sullivan may sit down d
write half dozen tunes and put them
away for a mo tn, and tnen some Afternoon
rattle them off on the piano to Gilbert; or
ilbert mav 60 off on a ifs ling xcursioi
and write a dozen or two verses and send
them to Sullivan for his option on tle H.
When they have started their opera in some
such way as this. they begin to look around
Tor an ga.
"And NAV l ask" said Mr.. Gilbert,
who is usually charged VITA that impor-
tant dutyN
"Weh," he replied, 'it depe 1ds. Some
times do it and sometimes 81 Arthur res.
It can hardly be credi Ell to either of us.
We are tn responsible or 1t. If some
ing should happen to strike me as good
for the plot of an ope a, thiAk it over,
skeletonize it, a I'd let Sir Arthur see it. He
NAV or may not like it. He will 90
all over il, point out what he thinks : de-
fic enc es, tUuc it up here and there, may
be insert pretty tune or s., send it b OK t.
me and we may be three months or three
years getting just the sort of plot we
want After tina. it is cas- enoIgl Sir
Arthur is al expert in music writ ng and
as the faculty Of knowing ju what The
public wants. | may say without any at
tenn at Dragging, that | can write verses,
such as they are, with wonderful ease, S
between us we ge5 an idea, elaborate it,
write it nd rev tie it and su init it to all
of the tests we know of, tlsl b ri to put
1t in ape a d even select ~ co npa W.
md it often Happens tina W nave Iur Q Q
on some man r wO nal who will ill part
in the play admirably a I'd b ,th Sir Arthur
and myself write thu part for that Derson
4 d DO it c jnss that after while the play
is produced. A great deal depends up,l
the way it is staged, the overture, the
chorus and the coStu hes. T ese linSs
10th SIR Arthur and myself are very par
ticular about We get alo e cap tally to-
gether, never have any jar or frictiol and
the result is that our work is pleasing"
This was long So 'ech for Mr.. Gilbe t
TO make. for although he is not bad
Spe ker AID often is heard at the various
feasts in Bohemia, he is verse to talki lg
much bout himself or his op IA and pre-
fers to give the impression that Topsy did
tnatthe Just gr wed"
81 should like your opinion, Mr.. Gilbert, ="
l sa d, las TO the C mic opera of the fu =.
ture"
"Ol," was the reply, ''that no man can
tell. know so little about the comic opera of
the present that | dare not spec late upo
the future; but of this have no fear; the
future will produce just thu sort of comic
opera writing that the future wa ts l
have beeu an ate 1tive student of history
and cannot recall that tn public ever ut
fered for the want of som body to produce
a tuleful, jngli e comic opera. Y need
have no fear on that score" he laugningly
replied.
Mr. Gilbert has not Jared so we'll pecu-
niarily as Sir Arthur Sullivan, because prior
| to his partnership with that tale tied gentle
man, bis newspaper work was not If q
We y remuue alive character. But his
comic OPERAS have brought in gre deal
of money to the fir n he has shared equally
with Sir Arthur S llivan these pr )fi s. He
has a snug bank acc N and lives as BELTS
a gentleman of brains and good inco ne.
He has a magnificent library on theatrical
subjects, entertains, when ne does entertain,
in quite an elaborate ay. Altogethe he
has much T. be prpund If, and If the oper
that he now has on the stocks is ANYTHING
like as successful as its predecessors, he will
be able TO add very suug sum To that al
ready in the keeping of sine Little Old
Lady of Thread leedle Street,"
DAVID WECHSLER.