Mexico Missouri message., 1911-03-23

where the man follows the woman
into her own apartment before he IL
such good friends with her husband
It. You know the lines?' he said to
Holcomb.
Rather" replied the young author
Very well. then; you begin. please.
where the lady has ordered him from
the house and he IL at the door. hest.
Eating TO go. lie tries to explain Yes
here II is. Begin. We folks from the
Pacific
Before either Of them realized exact
ly what the old man was doing with
them they were playing the prellm-
inary love scene In Holcomb's play
with a great deal more andor than Ell
Their of them would have been able to
infuss into II on the stage. When they
reached the climax they both turned
and looked at him little sheepishly
"Tt was very well done. my dears
but this suggestion would make:
| When you come to the end FIRST you
laugh little. my dear. then he laughs
little; then you laugh more: you
laugh together II is panic. You
show your teeth. The audience must
laugh with you then. Don't you seer
Don't you think that this attention
TO light is a bit theatricalT asked Hol-
combat least not exactly true to
lifeY'
True to lifeT" replied Vavin. do
you know that 20 per cent Of the cases
Of falling In love are In the moonlight
You know the harvest moon. the full
moon that comes at harvest time and
comes three nights almost at the same
time. Did you ever think whyT
Holcomb shook his head obviously.
TT is. my children, that harvesters.
men and women, shall fall IN love with
each other. Oh. 1t is a droll God,
monsieur. that plays that trick for one
hour on his children, and what time 2
The best season Of the year. And.
also again. what time? When the
grapes are ripe. when there Ii wine
press. Pardon me. but l am far from
perfect host" And he paused for a
moment to Oil his own glass and that
OF Holcomb.
"A harvest moon for one hour and
the wonderful madness that goes with
this" he said. raising his glass to the
light "Is that Of the theaterf No; II
ID q droll God 1t Is too bad cannot
show you. l have no arrangement
here to get the blue light. which is
mystery. and the green light, which is
| content, and which together make q
moonlight
"If l am not mistaken" said Hol-
comb. glancing at vavin, at was
moonlight when we came in. and. by
the bye. this IL the harvest moon"
II would have taken q cleverer girl
than Dora to fathom the depth of the
plot that the Imaginative old man had
conceived.
ut IL true" replied vavin vivscious-
ly. land now l can show you. will
not be able to read the lines. monsieur.
but you can do 80 for me. In that
pretty little scene Of yours at the end
of the play Here you are" he said.
opening the manuscript to the place.
II oan," replied Holcomb, awaiting
vsvin's next directions and already
half sensing the purpose of them.
The elder dramstist turned out all
the lights In the room and then. throw.
Ing back the curtains at the bay win
dow. ran up the blinds. A stream OF
moonlight shot into the room. aud II
was verify. as vavin had described It.
green, which is content, aud blue.
which 10 mystery"
Now" he said, stand In that light
you. my dear little Dora. facing 1T
and read your lines. / shall sit here
and DO your audience with my glass
OF wine"
They stood In the moonlight as he
directed and took the position which
the stage directions demanded. but as
they did so neither OF them felt that
he or she was exactly acting. A little
tremor went through Dora's body ms
Holcomb put his arm around her, and
the young man himself forgot for the
time being that they were only sup
posed to be rehearsing