The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-08
TRAINING OF A NOVELIST
,u1R OI "HIPPT HIHkINS'
ipFED u1NI IRtDES.
Nru~rt Wassa Wss . GlerH In san'r,
store. Tramp. warmer. hirheo Raiser
ttetsr- . I.urky ThInE Naptpen~'i 10
him His theories % NritinE Iisshs.


u.fsFr . I.urkJ ThlnE HapIbeueh 10
uiu Hl> theories Sf NritInE nssks.
3D. .r ysar- had wondered what Kind
,. .arple editors were saws Robert
A.,rd~r Mason the author - Happy
E.ssIn- and the survivor 1T a. many
49, AIRED experiences. trades and
p. 'r--rns a. may h- fuund vivian
,r.. . l r..'r u a singh" author even in ths-.
dave H.. - telling how Happy HaW.
.. ,an- 'n t@
lad tainted a good many &C them
irr orung me l-tters he g,s'- On. -lnii
,... relr letters dad no, explain their
s.... 'p refuse my stun So easily 90 -
IA. ...r q - ECONOMICALLY. and decided
& ip~n - New York and Irv some
thin. B"n had managed 10 Keep con
2, .' SsH and with this and a tvreWrir-r
s.r. town Z" the met roTnhS. intending
f..., - at the Mills Hotel until found
... t.HH the editors
r-,tnE that the rules 80 IN" Mills
d . vrre not adapSed Ia INV temIera-
,..... Pat up M the York aud concluded
- , worry. Il did not take me great
VI" % mud out plenty OF EXCUSES for
o., -r.F not helng accepted. but 10y thus
tIr-" o. had become a matter of principle
" .." NO ann nan 10 ~ " 'nt'hlEh
Nhen funds began To d~Indle took
rr"m on West Fifty fifth street. aud
th-r' fell into he midst Of a real drama
- interesting that | Could not bother
with fiction Near the closs Il my first
month I admitted that u would I've neCcs-
cary for me - move 80 less expansive
quarters or hold some one M. hrt IN
IN. lobby ut the Nurk one e.euing |
came across Ned \ye
He was lnisy al his usual pastims of
entertaining the idle and heforr the
evening wAa over | managed To siar'
an argument with HIM Ia The course
Of It he ment ionsd the fact that h" had
l,t- Il IDEAS but hated :" bnther about
~orkIug them up. offering A. evidence
the ouiLn- and gag II soug which
had co'ne 80 him over two wears before
and we're still in an uudeveloVed condi-
tion tine of tho group Who knew that
I wrote sIGgeEted that I'VE let me finish
il lie said thai he would give ne S.
for The Job and took u
He Immediately discovered that It
would 10 necessary To his comfort to
have II finished on tn" following night.
I finished u before ! went to sleep aud
brought il down before h" awoSe lie
read u and proposed that W. 60 into
partnership. As any one who could AFFORD
To- raw me SIS for a nights work had
certain 81 the qualities | Was IN search ~
agreed That night we began our first
vaudeville sketch and a. coon INV
month at my boarding place was up we
took an apartm on Lexington avenue.
THIS WAS one 81 my high places. |
threw a simmer - romance about IL
until Il had all the atmosphere % Bo-
t.'rra and lat IN Quarters and An coming
lr'u her own. and CERTAIN other relishes
i.r which ! had ycarned We soon
o,"ned a studio on Twenty ninth street
80 ads in the theatrical papers and
t.san 20 DO some business. But Il was
TO uue dreams 49, INDUCED IN that
ur,-.' appeal,sI To me Que night when
I'VE vas Iling the air with them I said:
You've forgotten the biggest thing
o'AU novel worthy of the name
I've got YOU he answered and began
70 lnipld NAcheUe
I'm var dealings I was always the
tessIrl-t and hc the OptimIst We
fought over the details all night and had
q fre''y fair outline 10y morning From
thai n Nc worked AZ Nachstts as much
a. ro-rIble and a. the disturbance in
VAUDEVILLE circles hampered that depart
uer' We left town and went TO Asbury
Pars
.Nken the crowd there got thick
enough 20 bother me | came hack to
Delphi and finished NAchstts' with the
original ending. which was too horrible
i,r words. We tried various devices TO
co. 0, accepted with this ending. hut II
Was impossible at any % the houses We
We" wiling TO have publish u.
The fatal illness % my sister called
~ IN hicago at the time Nachette was
w. 're hands 81 a concern that is more
deliberate than evolution. | returned
q Delphi to grind out some short stories
which had gathered. and during the
summer this concern returned Nachetts
bat asked mo tn submit all the Happy
Hawkins stories I had. with n view to
Worsing them into a novel
The stories were returned tn me by
mistake ~ ! had the chance ~ seeing
what the readers really thought ~ them.
sent them hack. to he later returned
uHclaIly with pretty dlscourAginR
report hut had an idea that they had
dement's A. Ned Sye was in Paris
vent Ip n Michigan and wrote about
tnr"e-'oIrth- ~ Happy Hawkins. re-
turning - Asbury Park in the fall 20
.nis' u. II was accepted after three
week. moderation.
'.r mo meantime a new ending had
'"s' 1rrs~d onto 'Nachette and Nye had
refined 20 New York with piece II
r-.-- abIch he called Nachette He
-.f 70 ., music publishing house and
no 1,y Introduced me tn the manager
81. .- .r,laboTator in the greatest novel
8 Do" tge
N'-- little kidding the manager
ir"i SCI that ~ let him read the novel.
10" NAV script was in a frizhtful Condi-
il1r a-.i" from IN. last three cha piers
~ 'gs had been rewritten and the
'H'.n. 'u, had been made with different
o.. '..' .-ucils and ink until II looked
as' .fsr after picnic But We -up-
'..... ,l'tout apology
'.' uWa -" had no idea that this
.rI H"au IN tho watch for a novel
., "r'ugh Too max" a stir with. aud
..'' ~ rsrrIr.Iiir methods IL working
De-. t.nI-"d '.".r r.ITIp-Ity. 80 We fenced
iar- 4r'u - h-t "" reached