Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-17
pEsEREr EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, JANUARY II, 1908


fell out OF vogue as a comedian and
the necessity of earning more money
compelled The pima donna to take up
NC pen which at present pays her
$4,000 year
Another author who earns plenty OF
money In these times Is Robert Mar
shall This dramatist was a captain in
me English army. lie had q weak con
stllutiOn and the war office sent him
- me salnbrlOus climate of South
Africa 10 die as slowly as possible, IN
sinad of dying he became robust and
g1ined go much vitality that TO while
away the tedium OF garrison duty he
wrote one act plays for his brother Of
Noefs "a perform In amateur theatricals
lhNse trlilos We're so successful even
W the crude dramatic art Of the g0rrl-
'0ll that Capt Marshall was encour-
ae2d 90 write fun Pledged play and
send 10 90 London manager The
piece WAS produced and scored an I'M
mediate success, Upon the receipt OF
cN tlrst royalties Capt Marshall re-
signed his commission In the army and
returned TO England. whore he Is now
physical giant and financial mag
nate of degree, lie Is not so fccund
IN production as clyde Fitch but he
can turn out ono or two plays every
year which draw good royalties both 10
England and America This feat OF en-
trtnining TWO different peoples at once
lH beyond he power Of our dramat.st
on various occasions CLYDE Fitch has
tried to win the favor Of London audi
cnces but with the exception of "The
Lest Of the Dandies' he has had little
luck In England Capt Marshall ON
ne other hand has admirers on both
sides ot the Atlantic. When he has "a
new play ready Tor production IN Lon
don our managers rival one another In
bidding for lls American rights amt
IN these times the retired army man
receives $4,000 In advance royalties for
a play in manuscript before It Is even
put into rehearsal, Thus Capt Mar
shall is sure Of an income of from
rl00O TO C2OO0 a year according 90 the
number of pieces ne finishes. and as ale
most an his works are successful he
earns further royalties at the rate Of
about $500 a week from both countries.
Although not a prolific writer the army
man coDtriyes 10 earn $4,000. or $4,000
year. which is much more than the
nay Of an English general
This seasons output Of Captain Mar
shall 'Nas produced at the Empire thea
ter last night IL is called "The Tn
foresccn, and Is now running success
fully az 80 Haymarket theater, Lon
don The story is strong and original,
A halfway reformed rake. Henry Ira
QUAR-, Is in love and has planned a
runaway match with Margaret Field
ing daughter Of stern old general
The clipping pair meet by appointment
In a Paris hotel, and are about to go
in search of "a clergyman 10 marry
them when the fugitives are discovered
by the prospective grooms friend
Captain Haynes and his companion
Rev. Walter Maxwell. In embarrass-
ment over this unfortunate meeting
and DESTROYS to save the good name OF
the woman Traquair introduces Miss
Fielding as his Wife, His intentions are
honest enough but they are frustrat-
ed by Intelligence, which Captain
Haynes brings Of the failure Of a Lon.
don bank. by which Traqualr's affairs
are Involved IN utter ruin. In these
circumstances, marriage is impossl-
bic and after a powerful though pain
ful scene Miss Fielding Is persuaded
by her sweetheart to return home UNI
welded, Three years elapse before the
curtain goes UP on the second act. The
scene is the garden Of General Field
ing's house In England Margaret's
escapade apparently has been forgotten
even By herself Traquair has COM
mitted suicide and nobody acquainted
with her family knows anything Of her
unhappy trip to Paris except the Rev.
MI Maxwell who in the interim. has
become blind through an affection Of
the eyes, neatly foreshadowed in the
opening act. The blind clergyman.
wholly unconscious Of the fact that she
was the heroine of the Paris romance.
has fallen in love with and paid such
assiduous court to Margaret. that final
ly she becomes his wife Their life Is
happy until one day CAPTAIN Haynes
comes to visit his friend at the
vicarage The soldier Immediately re, =.
ognizes HIS hostess as the young wo-
man whom he saw with Tarqualr az