Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06
Confession of Henry Arthur Jones.

moritorious enough ia their way, but
C0llrIgss and iusipid
Aristotle declared and George
Meredith has emphasized the axiom,
that tragedy makes people better than
they are, and comedy worse 10 is tho
province of the latter Co attack thu
weaknesses. the f0ibles. and the hypo-
c1isies OF mankind, and If in doing so
tho dramatisl allows himself 20 lapse
into soutmentality be at once betrays
the cause it should Doe his one aim to
uphold These are my beliefs. ale
though ] can't promise always 10 act
up TO them. After al "a man does not
write according 20 fixed principles, but
as he feels things
And that brings me 10 yet another
point" continued Jones. namely, the
attitude Of audiences and of actors to-
wards the author To my mind it is
not sufficiently recognized that a thing
wrong ina itself and felt 20 be So by
the audience or actor may he perfect
ly right as regards the general scheme
of a play. Very rarely Is allowance
made for the circumstances. As sgd
uev Gruudy once declared, there must
Dee "a kIuk 90 every piece, yet the pres
ence of that Knk may be fully iusu-
fed. OF course. the great art OF the
dramatst is 10 contrivc that the most
consistencies shall take place between
the acts.
SNAP JUDGMENTS.
zone word more on "a subject of
considerable Importance Is 10 not rath-
en- a. pity that under existing cond'-
tious play which does not hit the
public taste az once--l mean on ne
FIRST representations practically
hH
ber it's downfall may have been occa-
stoned by some weil-nigh trivial hap
peniugs. some slight occurrence quite
apart from us merits. But. once
damned. 10 is consigned for ever TO the
limbo of things forgotten. Mistakes
are inevitable. even loo the best-regu-
lated theater-mistakes Of policy, mis-
takes in the matter Of cast mistakes
boo the manner of production. II these
had been absent how different might
have been the fate of the piece2 Yet IL
never seems t0 enter the minds OF
those Interested that an attempt TO rec
verse the original verdict on appeal
might Doc well worth making. / am
strongly of belief that premature burial
Is much more common event In the
world of plays than tho average theA
ter-corr ever dreams OFF,
During his stay Boo Egypt Jones exc
poets to work uu two on three uniinish-
ga plays which Dee takes along in his
map7ack De- docs not believe I'm de-
signing hia plays for any particular
actor on actress. but rather uu first
getting h,s piece and then trying 10
catch hIF leading man ur woman.
HThe Dancing GirI' which was Irst
produced Boo London at the Haymarkot
uu Jam. Nc. 1881. ram for Am entire year
with "a very short break II played 10
bigger business considering its limited
nun than amy play for which Henry
Jones has beeu responsible. not exc
reuuue eycu "The Silver King "a fa-
NOUS mouey-makcr
CWLD's RECORD SALARY.
LItu. EIslc craven. the lO-year-old
iun.er who nude such m enormous
nt m Horrh0hm Trees "PIuke and tho
Fanlos." has made hor appearance a.
in. Coliseum Iu short sketch called
Hrnr Qu.ou 0f tha Fair.cf Elsie
probably e.HbIshrs record Don tne
matter 0f salary lor ono e1 young and.
lf thp s8mr ume an new t' The stage.
Ior uer appearance ut ii- MHIe-' Vr
urIy n Jh. yrlr UaH hci arJut She
BIS drawing $500 H H..k at the coliseum.
lud although remarkably clever ana
urp.ur.uu. child. ihwD Is nothing AZ
loefud uI unnatural about her shc
uH. n|# n. WuIsIH Hud tlc cause of
hrr uuUuHI.fr and attributes 10 ~ hor
aIry dress and wand.
There .s mon. cham "a rumOr about
hat .MlIr MuIIsIr which was 90
ntroduc. FrIU Srn.n FOB the English
public HiN Mot HNt for her coming
bud win he produced here with AN
ENGLISH actress m inc tiuc-r0lc sun
ported by au entirely English com
n.nt. DO sanuia "a uIfN tn spoil thr part