Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-15
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vc,r,v every Imaginable Kind or
drsmotic experiment seems to be able
~ and n Producer The modern man
agar we ar. led to believe. approaches
no WAINWRIGHT nowadays with the de-
,ns,nor Of q suppliant Dozens or thea
49, arc gaping for new productions.
,nt there is of waif that is still leit
J,sronsolate on tho door step. the cilid
~ noetry and the drama Inc nentiui'
- b,ank verse turns the amiable smile
NJ the manager into q sickiy srih'hce.
T,a dauntless brigade of metropolitan
a.it;cs-"Tbe Harpies" they have been
oa,,od-n,av be routed by the whispered
announcement of poetic drama
Tr"s hoth .'Chantecler" and THE Blue
R,rd, are poetic plays but even Nlauae
Adams would hardly venture the pro-
auction of Rostand's barn-yard fancy
we're II not for the sensational eXpioi-
,ation of the work by the astute press
AGENTS of the Gallo playwright. and
there is hardly n play house outside OF
IN, New Thcater where Macterlinck's
elusive bird might have nested. Again,
h,,h authors are foreigners. If Amer
icans break away from conventional
dramatic channels in the same way, we
Itny a hearing to them here. The
drst lyric orera by an American. Ne
WINS "pola." was produced In Berlin,
and /, was STAFFORD n-Avon that first
laureled the brow of Josephine Preston
Peabody. The governors of the Snake
speare Memorial Thea.er awarded the
81 COO prize for the hest drama In verse
10 Miss Pcahody's Piper. There were
no less than 2l5 competitors.
uimlin Garland, author of "CaHa-
nagh-Forest Ranger, Is now IN the
high country" where the scenes OF the
novel were laid. Mr.. Garland Joined the
rangers after attending the conser-
walton congress at ST. Paul. and is lir-
ing their rugged life for a time. The
problem which his hero. Cavanagh.
found IN the story seems to be II real
one. for two or the October magazines
devote articles to It and 4 New York
Sunday newspaper gives It page. The
larger issue, conservation In general,
received its first ictional treatment in
'Cavanagh-- Ranger"
Harper & Brothers announce the pub
ilcation this week Of three new books:
Pans Mountain novel by Amelia
Rlses The Way to Peace" by Mar
garet Deland, with illustrations by Alice
Barber Stephens In Various Mooda." II
volume OF verso by Irving Bachelor
"Despcrats Remedies" Is this week
added to the new Harper thin-papcr
edition Of Thomas Hardy's novels.
There have been novclists who de-
lighted to take shot ut newspaper
men and methods. Keep It out Of the
newspapers hns been the motto of the
d'tective-hero Of half n dozen popular
mystery stories
In Mary Roberts Rineharts new ro-
nance, THE Window at the While Cat,
now the best selling book in America,
inc poor abused journalist gets his In
n'ngs In revenge. 1t Is common or
Garden reporter of The Times, one
Burton. who succeeds in ferreting out
INC battling mystery of tho death OF
me state treasurer. He succeeds where
"" detectives through stupidity and
vcnallty fail.
This Burton is one OF the authors
most delightful creations. His tongue
Is spiced with strange slang and his
cheerful comments on men, women and
affairs make THE Window Mt the White
Cat jaunty where It otherwise might
grow grim.
BESIDES that, he IS full of horse sense.
Wnen funny gentle little Miss Jane,
me state treasurer's sIstcr-in-Iaw. dis
appears, he nstonishcs her bafflcd
trends by saying that it's easy enough
10 md her. They want to know how.
Make noise about IT, send IN rock
ets he says. Put u half-column al
N every paper In town, or. better still.
sNc the story to the reporters and let
.nein ind hcr for you. Describe her,
now She walked, what she liked to cat,
mat s,t she wore--ln this case what she
a.ant wear. Lord. wish l had that
assignment! In IS hours she will have
oeen seen in hundred different places,
ai'u one OF them will he right. It will
ye q question of selection--that is, IL
s ,t,e is alive" And "rhe Window ut the
r Mnite Cat" was written before the
erlppen case was heard Of
mn another place in the story Mrs.
.Mnrhaft demolishes popular miscon-
sep'ioh. when she says: There IL no
psrsoh TO whom I would rather tell a
sscret man newspaper man. He Will
~ out OF his way to keep IT. he will
,ock II in the depths Of his bosom, nnd
neep It until seventy times seven. Also,
Nv. ou may threaten the rack or offer n
an.Eer salary the seal does not como
SINS ms Ups until the word il given. n
u.h ne makes n scarc-hcad of 1t, and
ss's VI t'lrec columns of space and as
n.anS photographs. 1t Is his lust re-
S,'In There may be n misguided In
s..iuual somewhere who can resist the
....iailclng fun and the enticing mys-
Wy Oh inc new romance nv the author