Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-16
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began his compromise by writing words
for songs one of which was sung one
evening by Madame Patti. on took "a
4 seat and waited In n fever of anxiety,
says Mr.. Hlchens who possesses "a de-
| liRhtful modcsty. THE Applause was
| tremendous. and I was ln holvcn uf
pride. when I heard two voices behind
me. What a lovely song that wuH'
exclaimed one. Yes, agreed the other
but what awful rot the words o. those
songs always arel'
Edward People author OF "The spit-
fire." has proved himself 10 o. recent
| Interview humorist OF quality as
we'll as playwright aud novelist H.
! says:
II was born ln Richmond. Va. in the
| year eighteen hundred and none OF your
| business My father a Belgian. was
/ an artist ana a scholar. and served as
/ naval officer IN the Confcderacy. Ny
/ mothers maiden name was Iowndcs
| an old family we'll known 10 Virginia
| Maryland and South Carolina.
! AT an early age ] developed mensles
I and taste for literature. Later ] drop
| ped the measles and stuck 90 litera-
/ turc. a choice, I am told which was
/ most unwise.
81 did not go 10 college on account
/ OF financial inconvenience therefore I
| appointed myself as my own corps OF
I vencrated professors and graduated at
/ the head Of my class.
II worked several years in a Bich-
/ mond bank. then came TO New YORK..
| There I was employed ia an insurance
| office. and finally went with the Amer
! lean Bridge company as an expert ace
/ countant. Meanwhile my literary dis
ease was progressing as rapidly as
| evenings. Sundays and holidays would
| permit
MY first work consisted in several
| librcttos for comic opera. but I never
| found manager who was big
| enough fool 20 produce them though
! ] still have the manuscripts and ana
| open 90 negotiations with tho proper
| parties
My first book was a Broken Rosa
/ ny written from my play of the same
\ name which has not yet been present
/ ed. This was followed by "a play. The
/ Prince chap now iu It's fourth sea-
/ SOM and "a novel OF the same name and
! story which has enjoyed quite q FIAT
/ terinE degree Of popularity. I then. I'm
! collaboration with the Rev Cyrus
! Townsend Brady, wrote Richard the
| Brazen" which WAS published by
| Messrs Monat. Yard & Company. who
| have also, recently. brought out a no.
| vel called 'Somiramis' This autumn
| the same publishers have put ont The
| Spithro' Recently 7 was. IN measure
| responsible for "a play which was called
! By its managers tfor some occult rea-
| son) The Love Route 10 is suU run
! Ming. The next season I had still an
! other play The Silver Girl which.
/ from the length OF It's run. might have
! been called Several Weeks I have
/ also produced one-act play called
( The Mallots Masterpiece, and "a story
] OF the same title. Also I have written
| quite a number of short stories for
! various magazines. As for written, but
| Unproduoed works You watt That is
/ what ] am doing myself No 7 win
! not give YOU my opinion ON Ibsen. nor
/ the ethical tendency of dramatic art I'm
/ America; but ] do think that pet cats
/ are perfectly delightful-stuffed. Be
/ yond this I would say that I am un-
| married and expect 10 remain so; sew
crnl ~ my teeth are filled and have
4 a hellish liver. And this. believe, Is
AL though blush in telling IT,"
Anne Warner, humorist, wrote her
hrst really serious book Ia The Pam
Their published this fan by Small.
| Maynard q Company. Newton New
Kirk, humorist In answer to CORE
| spondent ::Clarice,' who asked him
the meaning Of sentence Of the book.
! Its potency was portentous its por-
| tent potent has this 10 say In his IAN
/ sorts Column" OF the Boston Post.
! 'Dlarice wishes TO know what this
means, and we prophesy that Clarice
| VIII continue 10 wish to know what
! THIS means. There are some passages
/ IN popular fiction unloaded on the mar
ket from day 10 day which passages
are beyond the grasp OF human intelH-
| gence-because they are written
by authors having almost. but not
| quite, human Intelligence" Against
| which persifiage might be set the au-
thor.s own description OF her motive in
writing The Panther" She says I'm a
letter from Germany: I'm quite will
ing 20 stand for an that may be said of
the book. ] am az willing 20 stand for
The Panther as / am unwilling to
stand for the play that bears my name
on MS posters Whatever / do. ] do
| sincerely and I am most sincere I'M
the feeling as 20 this book"
There Is something wrong with the
man who can read this book unmovcd
II is Life This IS the comment Of an
enthusiastic reader OF Alfred Olllvants
| romance, 'IhC Gentleman" Evidently
| there is nothing wrong with "a certain
retired army officer who has Informed
MT Ollivants publishers that he has
| read The Gentleman" three times and
has begun his fourth reading of IT,
MT CreWes Career" opened as
play at New Haven last week with
| every prospect of a successful run. The
! picture of political scenes iu New Eng
land is said 10 have won the approval
of the university town audience.
Ih' announcement that the Nobel
| prize boz literature has gone 90 Prof
| Rudolf EuCken has stimulated interest
lu nn author who has hitherto been 1T
| ne known outside OF academic circles
! Although Prof Euckens works have
not yet appeared in English he as
known 90 every student of philosophy
| In America, particularly as Doe has been
! the teacher OF great many of Che
/ prominent professors lu American ,u-
| stitutions. ono of his English disciples.
| Mr.. w. r.. boycc Gibson, has written
! study entitled Rudolf Euckon's Phu-
osophy of Life which has been pub
lished FOO America by the Macmillan
| company