Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-16

D1SAsCl II EJy IL
and che Review OF Reviews aiming
other papers. The virile realism, ~
Miss Jaut's WORK has saved A. from
ever being suspected as that OF a wo-
man.
Miss Bertha Runkel author OF The
Helmet Of Navarro, Is one OF the Young.
est OF those American authors who
have won fame within the pnst two
years. She wrote her first romance
when but a little more than twenty
Miss Runkel Is the only child OF Mrs
l.. q. Runkel, woman journalist OF
New York City. She has Travelled lit
tie, has never been 60 France, which il
the scene Of her story, and of course
can have had but little experience Of
life II ~ curious TO see how many
young American authors are able "a
evolve complicated and picturesque ro-
nance from their inner consciousness
The editors Of The Century assert that
The Helmet OF Navarro has attracted
wider and more favorable interest than
any other story which has been pub
lished az a serial In that magazine.
Mise Runkel has so far refused 20 al.
low her photograph 60 be published.
Arthur Wing Plnero, with the accent
on the middle syllable, Is an English
man, despite his unusual name. which
seems TO indicate a remote foreign an
cestry, He is about fifty years OF age,
and has been writing successful plays
for almost twenty years. His early
manhood was passed as an actor, and
he was for a considerable time In the
early SOS O member OF IrVing's com
pany at the Lyceum. He was by no
means great actor, scarcely even
fair one, but his stage knowledge thus
acquired has been Of invaluable aid 10
him as a dramatst. 1t was this same
training and resultant knowledge that
helped so many English playwrlghts Of
the latter half OF the nineteenth CEN
fury Webster Blackstone Craven,
Robertson, II, J. Byron and Boucicault
were all actors. Pineros first
effort was a little one-act play for the
comedian j. l.. Toole, which was not
particularly successful. His next, a
two-act piece, 1.-THE Money Spinner"
was submitted by Mr.. Hare then man
aging The St James theater IN con-
junction with Mr.. and Mrs Kendall Its
merits were at once recognized by Mr.
Hare. who produced Il as the chief piece
Of the evening, although there was
prejudice against short plays. II made
an immediate success and ran for
long time. Even then, Pineros peculiar
tendency 70 develop unusual characters
and Incidents was marked The princi-
pal male part was an old blackleg and
ardsharper and the principal woman
was his daughter, whom he had trained
to be his accompllce. AT that time Mr..
Pinero was very rapid worker. In
speaking OF this quality, Mr.. Hare said
The wrote The Squire In month" This
also was produced at the st James by
Hare and Kendall. PinerO's YER
satility Is remarkable, He has written
plays as delicately pure and graceful
as Sweet Lavender and Lady Bounti-
full; farces as funny as The Magistrate
and and Dandy Dick. drama as strong
in Its inevitable tragedy as The Second
Mrs. Tanqueray: and, to cite his latest,
such masterpiece OF comedy as The
Gay Lord QueX. Pinero Is now q very
slow worker but he can afford to take
his time. and no piece Of his leaves his
desk until II has been polished to the
last degree. AZ is the case with Sardou,
every detail OF movement, action and
intonation is fixed before the first re-
hearsal. and seldom IS the slightest
change made. He was two years writ
Ing The Gay Lord Quex, and at re-
hearsal there was scarcely a change
made, and not two lines found to be SUI
perfiuous. He always insists on re-
hearsing his plays-and never misses a
rehearsal. His knowledge OF the me-