The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-14

| social SUCCESS became her portion. but she
| conceived and almost carried out n most
unwomanly scheme of vengeance.
Interesting herself in stocks. she was on
| the verge of bringing ruin upon her old
| enemy when truest love supplanted her I'M
| holy hate. and she is saved by the affection
| Of a good man. which. unknown to herself,
has surrounded and influenced her life for
\ years.
The early life Of the heroine was passed
| in the town OF Old Chetford. a locality
| winch VIII be recognized by some as the
old whaling town OF New Bedford.
The apparent cloud which surrounded her
| birth is cleared when her paternal grand
father recognizes her claim to relationship
and she returns frCm Il European trip as
| tiencn Countess. The days of her social
| success are passed in New York. but the
| closing scene in which her marriage takes
place is aboard the old whaler, Harpoon.
|
That David Belasco is an inventive stage
manager no one will think of denying in
this. his own particular age. And that he
| was equally as resourceful years ago before
| he could get through the week successfully
| without a pay day, most every one will
admit after reading this story:
| "A great many years ago. when I was
| learning the business of mounting and pro-
ducing plays. introduced a cat into Hearts
| of Oak'-the play that made the late James
| y. Herne famous" says David. I'VE had
| live baby in the play too. which excited
| tTc.DG ndous amount of interest. but l think
| the cat created more talk and wonder be-
| cause every one is familiar with the habits
| of that domestic animal and knows how diff
| iicult it Is to teach one to perform even
| the simplest trick.
| Every night at = certain cue this cat
came on the Stage, walked across to the
| fireplace. stretched herself. and then lay
| down in front Of the blazine hearth, for
we burned real fire in a gas log in order
| to make the scene more realistic and nat
ural The cat did her part so easily and
naturally that she frequently got Il round
| OF applause, and it always happened tina.
| before we had played thee nights IN
| town the most popular topic of conversation
was: How did they ever train that cat to
| come on the stage. stretch herself and lie
down in front of the fire.
might after NIGHT the cat took her cue
ard went through her little act. to the Won
\ der ana delight CT all beholders. 1t really
seemed like a remarkable performance on
| her part; but. after all, her education was Z,
very simple matter.
"A few minutes before 1t was time for
| her to so on we used to put her in basket
just large enough to hold her comfortably
without giving her a chance to change her
position. and then leave her in a cold place
brought upstairs and released in the en-
trance in time to answer her cue Os
course. she walked across the stage to
where the fire was burning, and when she
got there what was there to do except to
stretch herself measure of relief after
her cramped position in the basket, ar
then lie down in the warmth of the blazing
log? Indeed, it would have been very diff
fcult TO train her to do anything else under
the circumstances
Robert Edeson and Richard Harding Da-
Wis We're travelling the other day from New
York to Sag Harbor. the summer home of
| the actor. They were seated in the smOk-
| ing compartment. enjoying a quiet chat.
Their conversation was continually inter-
ruptcd by the persistent newsbcy, soliciting
them TO purchase his wares.
After Edcson and Davis had positively
! ard emphatically explained to him that
| they were not in need Of popcorn. apples
| and chocolates. he desisted. They had
| scarcely exchanged congratulations on his
| disappearance. however, when he bobbed
| up serenely with an armfu of books. which
| he described as THE latest works by the
most popular and wel-known authors"
He proffer.d Davis n copy of everything
he had for sale his assortment ranking
| from Jesse James in Missouri to the lat
| est thing in cook books. They assured him
| that they had read the various books he
| offered for sale. Again the lad disappeared
and reappeared. and literally showed under
! Davis: rose several Of his own books,
| whercupon Davis calculated
"Oh take them away! | wrote that
| ,pointing to Soldiers of FortuneD. and this.
! and that Indicating Captain Mackiin and
| .Ransom's Folly).
.'Humph." returned the lad, gr!nnins.
guess that's the reason they won't sell
The identity of Dwight Titon. who wrote
! the novel Miss Petticoats." a Grammatical
ton of which will be Katherine Ostecman's
| vehicle for starring tour. when, VIII De
| inauSurated in October, has remained lit
| crary mystery for some time.
While no prizes Were offered to those VINO
| might solve the puzzle. great many opin-
\ ions were vontured as to who Dwight III
| ton really was. Some writers OF Boston are
/ known to have tacitly admitted that they
wrote Miss Petticoats," Il Lao? in New
| York. wrote threatening letter several
! varieties of trouble if back royalties were
/ not sent to the writer. but the publishers.
! though as much in the dark as ANYBODY as
! 10 who Dwight Titon was. knew they were
/ already seuGing royalties to the right au-
| thor through third party.
! Thought supplying their publishers with
/ composite photographs of themselves they
! still concealed their identity.
The authors have recently come forward
with their identity. and they are iider
Dwight Quint and Richard Tilton Richard-
son. The latter also made the drhnidtlzd-
ton of the book 1t will be noted that
"Dwieht Tllton is secured from their MID
dlc rames.
Goth are college men. both DID literary
work in college. both Were engaged on the
Boston Advertiser and Record at the same
/ time, both went to the Boston News at the