New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-15

she was no longer going on with her WORK
Evelyn thought she saw faint sn, nTess grg'
| around Oswald Webb's mouth at this coniessio n
| he had probably known Of many sucn iuti'e
efforts as her friends had been But ne Only
said: You must try again some 'i i, o,er tho
| He asked Evelyn If he might look over wv
| play and he was surprised when she toid MN
that she had only her own part ana her ~. he
| Haven't they sent you the whole play ne
said And then. when she replied that they mad
| not he looked mystihed. ,.o.
| And they expect you TO understand and inter-
| nret the character without knowing Just """'
| it's relation is to the other characters: ..m
Most actors don't think much about tha''
she laughed. Arc. thing
Il should suppose that wouio DC 'ie III ~
people who write about the drama ana an Srt
| acting seem TO think so. too. But IL realI! ~
| co Actors often play parts In pieces that they
don't know the story of-excep'' ihu''ec"S' "a
| course. ,,.r, Ao soid with
| q smile Int with an almost pa!ned expression III
! his eyes However" he added we can , ~
over the part. should like to see what 1,nr
! Have YOU formed your idea OF the character
"Oh YES. | formed that from reading the
novel, and there's nothing IN me me- 49, - 'o"
! that the character in the play is di1erent 80
Mrs Cohn gave the cues and Evelyn reciied me
| sneeches But the reading was quite oHlerent
| from the rehearsas of AS You Like y Mn,"
tbo had had together II seemed thin and made
nuate. EVELYN felt embarrassed az she Went O.
| She read the speeches almost mechanlcailH ,h ,r5
ing pains only to give the proper emphasis az az
inSortion When they had finished the nrst
scene Oswald Webb shook his head g, ,..
81 am worse than useless. ne salu. caI.
me. I'm afraid can't be of any heip. MISS 1omi
son II we had the whole play now II "0 oor,
! be different. But this way OF getuhg UP d" p Pa
| shocks all my artistic sehSlpiiH''' IL
Then I'm afraid I haven't any artistic sensi-
biities," said Evelyn half-smiling' u,,a not
oh Win you h, b dnF cant y G' read the
speeches perfectly. so far as can see
wouldn't presume to Criucise. ~
AT that moment they heard knock from t ,
| brass knocker on the front door. MIS-. conn
! looked nervous as II she thought It might ne
| caller whom she did not wish 70 see. i"vic
Uas 81 awkward silence for a moment until the
| servant had opened door. They coull h,"'
! Mrs COINS name mentioned. ana theh i-Ne!;
| saw the Oldest Of the Jordan sisters enter '"o
I'm take her up to my room" cried Mrs. oonn
| quickly rising from her chair on WIN eAcuSe
mo MIR Webb" She hurried away win siii,''
| and EVELYN heard two effusiNe greetings t"c
noisy collision Of lips and the rustic oil dresses
on the stairs. .,oo., ..co,,
| said oswald Webb after Mrs. COINS departure
I'm learning" she replied with smile. Are
you?" man "a,
| get along with very little sleep. I'm taking al
! vantage Of my heightened life Nhen 1 W@s
young and full of ambition USED 10 'ml NINA e.,
/ up half the night writing and reading 30 / III
| falling into my old habits again. 49,,
Then you've begun something S"e ''
"Tm just making little attempts-to see what
can do. afraid 1t was gone
Gone? What"
why. nv ability to write-to create. mean
to put life into anything -.
But you find 1t hasn't? It's still there
II can't say that l don't feel sure yet I'm
| like a fedgling that's trying its wings .
oh I'm sure It will all come back, she Fail
II feel encouraged. thought the glow would
be all gone. But 1t isn't haVe N',,c . y roaH
| fle aDlhif
ing Anthony Trollope's Autobiography over
agaln.-for inspiration. TO get htue suinu'us.
I was immensely gratihed when READ that ms
mother hadn't begun to write TIL she was aoou,
ffty. She wrote till she was seveniy-six ana
produced ia volumes. Think Of that II made
me feel quite Ike boy" he laughed.
That is very wonderful" she said. amazed
by such a quantity OF achievement.
You know Carlyle didn't begin 10 write I'll he
was thirty-fve."
80 far as l am, concerned" she said with
smile "he might never have written ] once
tried TO read 'Sartor Resartus'; but couldn't.
But you Will sometime. Try II again. ! nave
read II at least dozen times. II puts He into
me. l feel like new man after DIPPING into H.
In Trolope's book" he went on. ,he tells ~
his depression before he began writing because
he kept putting off his literary work. He'd al
ways been ambitious 10 be novelist. But !,
took him a long time to start in. - pin himself
down to the labor. But he couldn't be happy til
he did. That Is just the way have fel, al these
| years"
As he spoke he was leaning over his chair and
| looking down at the floor. suddenly he lifted
| his eyes to her face. do you know. he SAID,
| I'm very cOnceted?"
| She shook her head and laughed. Il hadn't
suspected it," she said. flushing
"Wel. am. I've always believed that had 1t
! in TO become a good novelist"
Your two books show that
"Oh, they're nothing. They're full OF The most
| glaring faults. / can't bear to look into them
now. l do better than that-Im sure can.
have been working" He sighed and looked down
at the floor again I've been thinking" he went
on after pause, that should like to try
! play
Why don't you? I'll play part in IT,
That's one reason l wanted to see Ewing's
old-fashioned dramatists. but wanted to find
out if / could how these fellows go at their work
l want to take the play and dissect H."
Gould you find out that way? Wouldn't that
be like dissecting a mans body to find his SOUL.
He looked surprised for moment as he often
did at her speeches and Mrs COINS then,
| perhaps you're right" he replied musingly.
| But how that boy has been forging ahead Of US
fogies! He has been working while have been
idling."
Don't you thing too much about the past?"
she ventured to ask you said yourself the
other night that 1t was better TO think about the
| present and the future"
you are right" he replied looking up into
her face. Il must make up my mind to forget
it-that Is to forget how I've wasted IT.. The
other night after left you fought It all out
| with myself and made plan Of action"
You mean about your work-about beginning
again?"
! I'm going TO work regularly. If I succeed I
shall keep 1t up, If don't-well. suppose can
! go back TO my books and my meditations."
! But you are sure TO succeed" she cried
81 wish | felt sure. But It's worth trying. I'm
going back to the haunts Of men," he said with
a laugh. 1--WE been recluse for a dozen years
now. l shall give up my house In Boston and
take to living at the club. ! want to see what
men like"
do you have to go to the club for that she
asked.
NO but I shall be free there. Besides, 1t
would be gloomy living alone In a big house"
so you have really decided? You will really
try again-seriously|
yes. very seriously" he replied. with a smile.
Then wish you the greatest success. Oh.
know II will come I know 1t will come"
He had risen from his seat, and She too. had