The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-01-26

tempt melodrama. | did so with his
assistance, aud between us We man
aged to get II staged at a small
theatcr in the East End To my
surprise the play was q great sue.
cess. being sufficiently mrid to cap.
urc the tastes of the somewhat
rough audience. Since that time |
had been committed to this partic
ular form of entertainment and try
a., might could not escape from
the mcmroy OF my first hit.
But ali not surrender my ear.
licr ambit ons, as ! have before
stated. worked hard at the cheap
Sensational plays. which were pro
ducod at sccond.cla thcaters, and
saved all the money could. In the
hope of gathering together sufficient
principal to give me an assured in.
come Of five hundred year Wh,u
Independent, determined to devote
myself to writing really good plays.
high-class comedies and poetic dra
mas for choiCe--but meanwhile scr,.
ed my apprenticeship TO the writing
craft under the eye of the public. ON
the whole, had very little to com.
plain about. and my portion of the
yiands at l.ifc's Banquet was modcr.
atoly tempting. It not sup"rlauvcly
delicate.
do not think there is anything
more To explain about myself. save
that | was not handsome. that had
never been in love. and that oc.
Cupicd Il tiny flat in West Kensiug
ton. where the rents are moderate.
As rule. wrote 'furiously every
day until play was completed,
then attended to the rchearsing and
saw the production. Afterwards
took to nay motor. and secured the
country, partly to get fresh air and
partly because | had a chance OF
stumbling across Incidents In real
life. which afforded me material for
plots, situations. scenes and charac-
tcrs.
At the present moment vas in
search of the new and the real. in
tending to weave actual facts into
the sort OF mclodrama for which
Cyrus Vance was famous or shall
"" say notorious as the penny
dreadful success had won could
scarcely be dignified by an adjective
applicable only to the career of Ma.
poleon or Caesar But little thought
when leaving MurChester. that | was
also leaving the long lane OF petty
success down which had plodded
SC soberly, and that the new road
opening odt before me was one which |
led to-but | really cannot say Just
now what il led TO. And in this last
sent"nC" YOU will see the cunning OF
IL, story-tellcr, who desires to keep
the solution OF his mystery until
the last chapter. But | am play
wright and not a novelist--two very
different beings. Destiny is writing
this tale. and | am simply the aman.
ucnsis. Therefore you will see how
infinitely more ingenious IL the god |
doss than the mere mortal. In con. |
structing an intricate scheme of life |
and in dealing with tn. puppets
entansled therein.
So in this life-story. which starts |
Ia the middle. as it We're. and trav.
els both ways TO beginning and end, |
blame Destiny for whatever does /.
not please merely recount what |
simply describe the vari. /
ous scenic backgrounds and rough |
ont the characters. But Destiny !
vcaves the happenings. brings about /
the unexpected, and solves the mys. /
terry, which Is OF her ingenious .
contriyance. And throughout am /.
only the clay which she. the potter. !
moulds at her will
In motor car II is much easier .
to go wrong on the outskirts of a
town than amidst any other sur.
roundines that | know of. when in |
the open, one can rise in the car
ana see ones way; but bewildered |
by streets and houses and traffic |
and wary Dplipempn ana unicl.1 la, /.
those who do not know their own Z.
locality over-well, one finds town /
somewhat perpleNxng. Making for .
the west. you get twisted around and .
emerge into open country towards
thee ast. A single wrong road in
IN" suburbs will lead the complete .
motorist astray, and will introduce |
him 10 new country OF whose ge.