The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-19
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urs Easy Enoush to write. says . Hsuns Srsn
WIN HAS Trieu N.

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who HAS TFieu n
'Is Il hard to write an amateur comic operai
why. no; it's tho easiest thing in the world
said tho Bright Young Man, az he scratched lit
tie marks on q big pioco Of yellow paper such
as he had boon seen using when ho was writing
tho libretto Of THE Prince of the Andes
'Hardi Not q bit. All ono hiss to do Is to DO
q little sharper than most other p~eoplo-in GER
tain ways, 1 mean"
This remark, though not too bashful, was at
least encouraging.
'oh, yes,' the Bright Young Mar continued.
mo easier thing could be imagined. AL you
need is q himsy little plot, with q noble hero
with q black mustache and q grievance; q hero
Inc who wants to be rescued from o cruel mar
riage; an eccentric Duke with tattered gar
monts, rusty, battered helmet and c~uirass, and
the usual accompaniment of pretty girls. peas
ants, innkeepers, testers, and the like. There
you are; put them all together In your mind,
shake the thing into three acts, and then raise
the curtain.
'of course, 1 never bother much about the
music. All / should ever want is something
catchy for tho dances and topical songs, and
one or two little touching. strains for a moon
light scene at a boatlandinE or castle turret
window. OF course, all this 10 older than the
hills. Anybody would tell you that,
Inc u1hlOBuci Nhyt III Uni holp So"-
ing when you are once inspired with the idoa Of
your plot. Startling climaxcs, touching, love
scenes, challenges, songs, and the like VIII flow
from your pen like honey in July. Why you
and rhyme with your songs and they will come
real alw comic III op sa%i ss tes istSss o ssS ef fifs to G eIIS
days, because people read too much fpr that; ia
joke and improve on II by some change or othor.
Nov. dare say. you cant have Lived tbs 50 long nma
y ,1SHnTe sa no' .d aaS only f fRRSRESS has ,n s sRS anu 3D. S'GGF Si
mot too Iost old nn, for s sTSe = pE Plsss 81 81 ny tSyo hG %nse,, II
You're, not the only pipe in the line; you'll get
I am not much Of a psychologist, 80 1 won't try
Then you go on until you think of some pop-
ular slang, phrase, such as calling q girl a
,]PssGIs;. F Firis IN hH the Ps q eh sssns G Gnnsi GR9 on %, the
ask him, Amt 2 peashi,. H vii, reply. Of
any sympathetic audience laugh. II you have
some burlesque professor or old schoolteacher
i! !ore xSar c Sass IN ha sSor spP psn on9 f sho viii 'e eerre Sss
him by substituting the word trousers.
., When e. any n. one in =, the e. cast rSrl has s. Iinss Which hdSn
some one else remark that he must have a
double SGT OF wisdom teeth. The gold, brick
man III Tue cast Chn ID y bdlu W NC. - ihI u
dations for future business and that tho way
you go.
Here's o charming little scene for q loving
pair:
He-Can you ever learn to love me1
Shell don't have to learn IL for I have my lesson
already.
THAT is much better than hineirg stage
kisses; don't you think sol Then. Of course.
there are tn usands of chances to make bril-
liant epierams and surprising alterations in
well-known quotations. Now you wouldn't
laugh at all until you got to the end OF this one:
There Is 4 tide in the Affairs OF man, which. taken
at Its ebb. leads to the clam.nats.
"Then here's another:
There's many q cowslip between the buttercup and
the tulip.
II won't bore you any longer with these
'hings. however. for you must have remembered
some of them from our success OF last winter at
Ki,eville."