The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-03-04

ne Darling OF the Gods" is ~
'oul the essence OF a plav which
men can atmosphere. Affet ~ ~
''N was done. after The plav bsd
OeeA rehearsed changed ebinod ans
.es'ed from am points of view nrossrs
heiaseo end Long realized .bst No.
'"u feaehed the goal toward wbioh
.ley mad SO long striven - mn ....
'nat even in Japan such a well ~
''sed play as yours viii soarcsi, !.
'olnd' I simply wonder how wan 49,.
'''e 10 imagine SO weH tbe real
'enes 'i the japanese olden time and
costume IS The testimony of ono =,
me more intelligent Ienoneso !,
play or the
Hunting for a Name.
one Of the most di9ic,n, aa..n
connection with the writing Of a n,av
me choice Of title. for tho nan
handle if it be an uneracefu ono
may mar perfect work Nor ~.
one hundred names were cons,derad
oeiore a suitable one was found raa
several weeks the authors fried tho
eiec's Of nomenclature upon their
i'.eius. They watched the expressio,
"nioh came over the features of ne
'ieums. and at last they found a u1.
winch embodied the spirit Of the niece
ana also stimulated curiosity Amorc
the candidates were. "rha paS
Poppy The White poppva .pr,,
cess Fo-san," Heart OF Yo-sap ,, opo
nlnd the shoii," "The Moon Flouor D.
Lily OF Yeddo.' "The Face in no
Lanterns Light" and "Dauebter -
Japan" '' ~
None Of these answered the reo,ira
ments, and last Of all II wss sna
gesied that The Darling of the Gods.
might do as there were many div,nL
'ies mentioned, and "Shakap tho Ian.
anese Pan, the great god. was oftan
aposlrophised Besides. Yo-san had
danced to the gods in the temnle Of
war, hence a miko. a darling Of the
gods indeed. The line which Kara
speaks to Yo-San, "You are my dar.
ling of the gods" was inserted after
the play was named.
How Mr.. Long Works.
In their Independent labors, David
Belasco and John Long pursue much
the same methods. Mr.. Belasco goes
to a quiet country place. and Mr.. Long
seeks the seclusion Of the uttermost
parts of Philadelphia.
! Mr. Longs home is at Ashbourne,
one of the Quaker Guys beautiful
suburbs, a community occupied by
such famous money kings as p. a.
B. Widener William L. Elklns. and
John B. stetsou
But they don't bother me so /
really don't mind. says Mr. Long.
! Most Of the work on his novels is
done at his Ashboune home. in a
typical den on the top floor Here he
labors fevershly when the mood is on
him until late in the night, or. rather.
early in the morning. for he seldom
retires until 4 m.
often he spends the summer al BIS
bungalow at a quiet and rather unfre.
quented spot on The Jersey coast.
with the ocean az his front door and
a wide bay within haillng distance OF
his back porch Here Mr.. Long also
does much writing He Is a great
mystery tohis few neighbors. who
cannot understand Why a man should
SIT up unul day!ishI and not have his
breakfast until noon
interviewed by WI Ting Fang.
Mr. Long says he would run a mile
rather than be interviewed
"Wu Ting Fang interviewed me
once, he said AID ! shall never for.
get f. ! had been invited 10 a recep.
ton given in his honor al one Of Phil
adelphia's conservative old clubs one
of those stand up and shake hands
affairs. had been introduced TO him
as The author Of Madame BHtterHy'
"oh the book about China" ne I'm.
quired
No. about Japan ] replied
lie shrugged his sonlders win a
movement that clearly implied con
tempt
Why don't you write a book about
China? he asked "That would be
worth while
Perhaps ! shall some day"
How many books have yon writ.
ten?"