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IL / have referred 60 the strange idea
OF the peculiarly II dramatic genius
~hiea prevails among the actors who
most meet The mob, 10 IS because many
who listen % them fancy it = no more
d.fflealt 70 tcrits play than II Is for this
type Of actor TO make that res,ectabls
appearance IN one which his easily en-.
lArEsd head fsncles II evidence OF genius
The uninitiated Suppose that the play
wright ike this pUDpet. is born not
made. that he has enly 10 seize h.s pen
aud, under toe mighty Inspiration OF MS
unearthly genius. DC can dash Of master
piece WITH the same heedlozs ease as that
displayed BY the critic in preparing the
after performance so often dazzles the
public and demolishes the play.
The uninitiated are rarely ri ght and their
surmises regarding dramatic. work are
radically wrong.
T~eaty years OF association with pro
fessionsl workers have Afforded me a fair
opportunity 81 observing the process that
distinguishes the earnest labor Of the un-
q. Il sf.e
the more confident and self assertive
amateur, who fails.
How often have been beset with candi.
dates for 1.-The profession" who were " not
stage struck. " and with dramatists (God
save the markD who tcere. The first
disclAim all passion for the stage and deem
this an evidence OF their fitness to occupy
the most important places upon it, The
last declare their passion for the stage is
the source OF that Inspiration which has
with miraculous suddenness converted
shem from poor peDny-a-liners into com
pesent playwrights. Which OF these in
tolerablc bores Is the more richly gifted
with that genius which ''is born not made"
years Of deep thought, engendered by
wretched experience, have not as yet,
enabled me % decide.
Inc CONSCIOUSNESS or greatness Unborn,
tbut rarely out-borne) will sometimes
attack the petty poet of the Salon whose
society" success persuAdes him 10 con-
descend To favor the stage with his
''eleyAting" efforts
Thank fate theatrical gamblers cannot
manufacture Society Playwrights" as
easily a. they can Society Stars"
The following quotations, az illustra-
tions OF the fmpudsRce OF the Society
amateur and the humility Of the success
fuI professional. are suggestive:
DEAR SIR.-Last night at Mrs. BIS re-
ception promised you would read you
some acts Of a play that | wrote in
few hours under the imperative pressure
OF a passing inspiration.
I'm sorry TO dissppoint you, but my
sociRl engagements are 80 exacting that
must postpone my reading. till next week.
How will Thursday at 9 p IN. al my
apartments, suit you? Let me know
quickly. as | am rushed with invitations
cannot afford 70 decline without ample
justification Yours very truly,
The writer OF the above has never yet