Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
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of "The Garden of Lies" out if
u which George Broadhurst recently
constructed "a play which ran three
weeks at the local Belasco theater, Is
about 30 years of age. For1nan was
born in Minneapolis and his home, so
far as he has one, still is in that city,
though he passes most of his time
abroad and in New York. He has writ
ten about dozen novels. two of
which have figured among the best
Sellers" and a half-hundred short
stories. For two years he attended
the University of Minnesota, going
from there to Yale.
Forman's ambition, in his college
days, was to become an artist. Fol-
lowing his graduation from Yale he
went to Paris to study art and there
made up his mind to become an illus
traitor His first story was written
to "carry'' his first pictures, and was
submitted to a magazine which ac-
cepted the yarn eagerly, asking for
more like It. but which politely de-
cllned the illustrations. More stories
were forthcoming, and gradually the
artist was lost in the novelist.
Forman still believes himself to be
a better illustrator than a writer, but
fortunately he has been unable to
find any editor who agrees with nm
one Of his closest friends is Tommy
Welles, Minneapolis boyhood chum.
who now holds a responsible editorial
position with the Harpers.
Down on a ranch, about two miles
out OF Fallbrook. San Diego county.
lives Frank Jason, novelist, student of
affairs, agriculturalist and horse
traer Jason Is considerably past
middle age, but looks to be not more
than 30. He is raising big crops and
a big family. incidentally ne IS q
propagandist of socialistic opinion, ana
has made many converts. he IS an
Omnivorous reader, subscribes TO hair
q dozen papers and more than half
a dozen magazines. and does his think
ing for himself.
IT is as n horse trader, however, that
Jason Is best known to his neighbors,
who tell with delight of recent
dicker he made with the young scion
of an English family, located In the
Fallbrook district. The youth had a
gated saddle horse, one OF the a.t 9est
animals in the county, but he didn
know how to take care OF him ana
the horse became sick Then the
Rritisher sold him TO Jason for $40 ana
determined to buy new mount.
He tried several, but none or them
suited. About a. month later he met
Jason and confided to him the fact
that he was still looking for a horse
The Yancher knew a rancher, he SAID,
who had lust the animal the young
man wanted, and promised to send
him around.
A fortnight passed and nothing hap
nened Then the two met again and
Jason suggested that he would get the
horse himself and bring 1t around;
He did so. The animal suited ana
was bought for $50. -,
Next day the young Englishman dls-
covered that he had bought his ola
horse back again. having paid a little
matter of $50 for six weeks pasturlhg'
VIII. Machette, a Milwaukee musical
conductor, has just written play
which goes "Chantecler" one better III
point of novelty. The piece was pre-
sented by feminine members OF the
University of Wisconsin Dramatic
club Monday evening in Madison, and
made so pronounced hit that II is
TO be played in Chicago this week. The
title is "Germland" and all of the CHAR
acters are germs.
Mr. Machette wrote and copyrighted
his play long before "Chantecler was
heard of. What's more. he designed
the costuming, which is said to be
trulv remarkable. There are twenty
characters, each representing q ar
ferent sort OF germ devised as nearly
as possible I'm duplication of the way
those germs appear under a micro
scope. Characters are Mike Robe, a
rowdy: Newmonia, journalist; Teddy'
an up-to-date young tubercle; Bessie
Bacillus. a stenographer, and others.
Teddy makes violent love TO Bessie
and finally persuades her to marry
him, promising to build her bungalow
in a street sewer, which shall ever be
charming with sewer gas, which shall
have it's walls hung with pearls OF
roxious moisture and where not ray
of light shall ever fall"
Can it be possible that Mr. Machette
is a symbolist and that he is merely
writing about the modern tenement
houses?
Robert I. Aiken, sculptor of the NC
Kinley monument in San Francisco,
and who has just completed the sit
ting for a marble bust of President
Taft. declares our reactionary chief
executive to be zone of the handsomest
men in public life today" Just why
Mr.. Aiken should be regarded as an
arbiter of manly beauty is not quite
clear, but at any rate he has had
his say, and here it is:
Some say Taft is too heavy. but
after YOU have been with him few
minutes you forget his weight. and he
impresses you merely as big man.