Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-15

that idea and hit upon SOM u.n- .u-
tiIcly different Chance had thrown boz
his way an Old volume 10. DETaUI Do
Hergerac's poems. which $50 delighted
him that he had been reading Up tt.
lie and death Of that unfortunate poet
From this reading had sprung tha idea
making Cyrano the cauua. figure Uf
81 drama laid In the city of Riana'Iag.
d'Artagnan and the Precieusys kIdl-
culcs, q scvcnteenth-centur Paris ,.
love and duellng
AT first this idea struck noe as un-
fortunate The elder Dumas had
worked that Vein so well and $50 Dum.
pIetely. ] doubted 90 any literary gold
remained for another author 10
seemed foolhardy u resuso.llfr the
Three Guardsmen epoch-lnd I doubted
II IL were possible 90 carry Olt bis idea
and play am intense and p#.h...
disguised with O burlesgue nose
This contrasting uf ihe gu.aslua
ana the sentimental was of course not
new Victor Hugo had broken away
from classic tradition when hs made O.
huuchback of the hero OF drama
There remained however, The risk 0t
our Partisan public not accepting the
new situation seriously 10 seemed 20
ine like bringing the sublime perilously
rear the ridiculous
Fortunately, Bostand did not share
THIS opinion or my doubts. He WAS
fun OF enthusiasm for Dis niece and
confident of its success. We sat where
we hQd met. under the trees Of tha
Champs Elysees for "a couple Of hours.
turning the subject about and looking
- tha question from every point Of
View Before We parted the poet had
convinced me. The role a. ' c0u-
celved H. was certainly original and
therefore tempting. orcr!r- vast pos
sihilities before my dazsd ewes.
i found out later that RostBui had
gone straight home after that converse
ton and worked for nearly twenty
hours without leaving the STUDY where
his wife found him an daybraak fas.
asleep with his head Oh @ nile uI manu-
script. He was al my rooms the next
day before ] was up. sitting ou the sid.
of my bed reading the result of hIs Ia.
Dor As the story uuI1ldel itself /
was more and more dolighted. His idea
OF rtsuscllaunE the quaint interior u.
me Hotel de Bourgogno Theaiar was
Original and the balcony scene. even
In outline, enchanting"
La Princesse Lointaine was in the
meantime produced by Sarah. first in
London and then IN Paris. I'm the Eng
llsh capital IL was a failure: with us DO
gained success d'esumc.
between ourselves continued Coz
quelin, pushing aside his plate. "a twin.
kie IN his small owes. lis the reason ni
thls lack Of success very difficult %
discover l,,,', The princess in the piece is
supposed 10 be "a fairy enchautress in
her sixteenth wear The pla, turns on
her youth and innocence Now hon
esuy IS sarah. even on the star.. any
cne's ideal OF youth aud mn,f.nrr1u
ms was asked so naiycly thar burst
INTO laugh, In which my ho.- ioInrl
me- Unfortunately. this prandmsr-
ma Ike Ellen Terry cannot Doe mad.
20 understand that there are roles She
sh9ula leave alone. that with all the o.
luNl9ns me stage lenGs she can 30 long
ei pay glfllsh parts with success
lht Idliure N his play produced most
disastrous effect on Rogtnnd who bl4
gwen up year Of HIS NE on lbs come
position and was profoundly rharrIn.T
ny JUS iall He sank into "a mills mslar-
choly, refusing for more than eighteen
months 70 put pen 10 paror ON the
IAle occasions when we met ur-. D
MN 20 pun himself together and re.
SeoNe disappointment Lttle D.. luu.
hls friends were able 20 awaken Hs
DORMANT interest and get him ta WORK
- tlh on '}tano. Az ho slowly ru-
E'IHeu conhdence and began takue
'.5sHre once more in his work. on.
uoylsh author took 90 dropping iu uu
Ht dt impossible morning hours CO.
itad some scene hot from hs arden.
sIaih. When seated by mv bedside. h.
gt'lalined ms limos UNTIL If lt h's
n ,l, J would lumD out of bed. and
Mtoppins my dressing gown hastily
sstuvhu me seize the manuscript out at
r's H1nuS, ana before I knew lt. lind
'tu pressing imaginary audience
IVY, On Iaud' IN lieu ~ a sword. vI.
SS XIV 'lal came 20 hand do.u- dur.
Ior The plumed headpeor or arr N.r.
Little 10y little limo ur1r n-. r..
masterpiece grew under M hama. .f.
career as an actor has throw rIa ir
WIN many forms ~ literary Industry
ana logged application. but fhs p...r
OF sustained effort and untir.rr u.-
udsglhe zeal possessed by thnt frr.T
'ou'A surpassed anything ] had sa.n.
'As the work BEGAN taking form
llostaud hired a place ip tba rot,,t-,. .l
that no visitors or inyifotloDs r..srt
tempt him away from hIg daily tI
hlch young handsome. marria1 Oh a
woman AN Paris was afmlrfrr with
every door social or bohemian ,,Ira.
open hefore bis birth and talent ha
noluhih rHg smut himself un for over
year ~ dismal suhurf. allowing n1
cement % disturb his incessaut .1H
-''i'e' hos1and has since told ma tia,