Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-01
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During the recent visit Of the king
and queen OF Portugal to England as
the guests Of King Edward and Queen
Alexandra, the play made from Booth
Tarkington's Monsieur Beaucaire" was
produced at Windsor Castle with the
king and queen of Portugal as the
guests Of honor at the performance.
Just before the play began it was real
ized that Louis XIV, the hero. who APP
pears I'm the disguise Of barber, was
an ancestor Of the king and queen OF
Portugal There was great fear that
their maJesties might be insulted at the
liberties taken with their progeni or and
that the lese-ma jeste might produce an
uncomfortable contretemps, but the diff-
Guilty was solved by explaining to the
royal guests that they need take no Of
Tense, since the play and book were
written by an American, who could not
be expected of course, to have a pro-
per regard for or understanding OF the
feelings of royalty.
Booth Harrington has added to his
many other accomplishments that OF
stage manager, His play made by
himself from his own novel, THE Gem
tleman from Indiana" was being re-
hearsed for Its initial production at In
dlanapolis when the stage manager fell
ST. Knowing that Mr., Harrington had
had plenty OF experience with plays
during his college days, the manage
ment telegraphed asking him II he
would be willing to take up the disabled
stage managers work. Mr., Tarking-
ton replied by appearing on the scene
and achieving the success In the role
Of stage manager that he has the habit
OF achieving In whatever he turns his
hand to.
Last Christmas Myra Kelly, author Of
"I.ittle Citizens" received a most mys-
FERROUS and most substantial compli-
ment. One Of the first stories OF the
little Bowery school children that she
published (the one, by the way, which
was accepted simultaneously by three
editors to whom she innocently offered
ny, was "a Christmas Present for a
Lady" II had an immediate success;
ond, evidently, made more than pass
ing impression upon u resident Of a
big western town, for among her Christ
mas boxes Miss Kelly found one bear
Ing no name or address except that Of
the fashionable jeweler from whom Ii
came. II contained a tasteful and art
istic little ring and slip Of paper bear
lhB inc NVldSi n tullstihdo 4 hNsNAN
for a Lady,"
One OF the interested spectators at
President Roosevelts inauguration was
Lillian Whiting the Boston authoress
who is spending the winter In Washing
ton, the home OF her late bosom friend,
Kate Field. Although best known as
the author OF the "The World Beauti-
full" books Miss Whiting is also Kate
Fields biographer she wrote her
heart into kate Field A Record" and
the book has not ceased to surprise new
readers, who were only slightly ac-
quainted with the eyentful career and
the varied activities OF the famous
Washington writer and critic. Owing
10 the peculiar character OF Miss Whit
ing's writings, she is In receipt OF a
great many letters daily. One Of the
latest Is from n New York physician
who met Miss Field In San Francisco
IN 81. He says: Il closed the book
('Kate Field A Record') dumb with
sympathy for the spirit who was left
alone In all this grief and desolatlon.
We Will not quarrel with the bibliog-
raphers II they call the work biog-
raphy, but IL Is more, II Is a history
OF herolsm, a philosophy of strenuous
life" Miss Writings last book The
Life Radiant" was published In 1909,
but she has been working on another.
20 be published this spring, entitled
1.-THE outlook Beautiful" IN It she
deals with the mystery OF death and