Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-06
Arf1uSet11entS

half hours work on the pully weights, a
set Of which l always carry with me. /
put on heavy underclothes, a heavy sweater,
an extra heavy coat and cap and at .
o'clock, together with Mr.. woodthorpe and
one OF your local athletes, who accom-
panied us as our guest and pilot, we
started out Farnam street on a jaunt that
covered about seven miles. l have nh doubt
that those who saw us took us for a trio
Of prize fighters in training for we certainly
bore all the earmarks OF such. We visited
the poor farm, the Field club grounds and
Hanscom park. Tit latter place is an
ideal place for one to walk In for exercise,
as there are plenty OF hills to climb. On
our homeward trip we ran all OF the way
and when l arrived at the hotel every
stitch Of clothing on me was wet with
perspiration. After a good rub down and
plunge l felt like a new man and ate a
breakfast that would sufice for two day
laborers. Early this afternoon we took an
automobile spin out TOWARD Florence and
when l went on for the matinee l felt as
frisky as a spring lamb. II every one could
go through a course Of physical training the
physicians would have to go out Of business.
Exercise is the medicine for me.
oA a eCAhb W ~ AN0N oONoS b
Well, Of course, l shall have a new play,
but just who will be its author or what
its name or nature will be / can't say. /
have a number Of different authors under
consideration and can't say just now
which / shall choose. l believe the heart
interest play is the popular one today.
Pathos must be intermingled with comedy
to make it really enjoyable, as too much
of either by itself is tiresome. Clyde Fitch
is Just now the fad, and 1t is quite possible
that 1 will have a Fitch play. 1t is a
peculiar thing how an author OF plays can
work away for years without any success
and then suddenly become so much Of a fad
that every actor or actress in the country
must have one OF his plays. Some years
ago Mr.. Fitch came to me and wanted to
read a play to me. II was THE Cowboy
and the Lady" He told me that he had
read It to both Charles and Daniel Froh-
man and several other we'll known man
ayers and that all Of them had rejected 1t,
but thai he was sure that 1t was a play for
me and would 1 not kindly let i'm read 1t
to me. Naturally I was a triie put out to
think that he had come to me with t after
everyone else had refused It and / refused
to listen to 1t. For weeks he kept at me
to listen to 1t and finally to be rid of him
l had him read 1t. 1t struck my fancy and
l purchased the rights to produce it. l
felt sure that it was going to be a big sue
cess and that Mr.. Fitch's plays would be in
demand, so l spoke in advance for his next
play. Az l predicted, the piece was a big
success and Fitch's services were much in
demand. He wrote Nathan Hale for me
and it, too, was a success; then he became
a regular fad. Do l think 1t remarkable
for a man to turn out so many plays In
such a short time as Fitch has? l GER
tainly would, but you must not think that
Mr.. Fitch is writing all of these plays now.
He has his trunk full of old ones that he
has written, submitted to managers and
had refused. Now that Fitch plays have
become the fad he is working over this
trunkful Of old ones and they are being
grabbed up by managers and actors as fast
as he can fix them over. However, he is a
clever fellow at that and entitled to much
praise for his work"