New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

succession by thirtysx publishers lhen ieII III i''e
with Louisville girl. txoI Nth bor
month later, she planned TO 60 abroad WIN lleI I
family and asked me to go to Ne" Go'T mrrood frt
diIrs and came TO New York, carrying my TWO DOoh
manuscripts with me. After sending huge DuncI cl.o o
roces 70 the steamer experienced the ScKehhe seiIS
t ortern sensation Of realizing that here was aiohe
in New York without a friend, without loD ana WIN
obno 70 nv name but solitary dollar IN my p0Gket
and nv two novel manuscripts under my arm, no" nov
Horato Alger would have loved TO Kho" me-
and then trampcd off on the hunt for WORK -
I finally obtained Job reporter on one OF tie IIev'
,anars af fifteen dollars a week and turned my manu-
scripts over agent. A week iaIGI IeCo , ly
first fifteen dollars and with II my ulS0'a!s .L
ioh hunting and finally another reportcrShip "iIH VIC
same remuneration. In the meantime pupsherS "eI0
returning nv manuscripts with beautiful precision
After thirtv-six Of them had turned down my Case
COMEDY rewrote the first chapter changed the ute'
sent it back to the first publisher who had rejected
and il was accepted! This publisher had reec'ed
NV other one too; but after he took ne Oa'ie
dy' succeeded in getting him to take JuGlth. :.
fine story he told me- "Why didn you lci ,e 81;
long ago?E smiled-in my sleeve-and said nothing
"Rehearsine His Play
A FTER 4The Castle Comedy came out got a let
n ter one dav from Walker Whiteside, the actor ASK
ing me to dramatic it for him. kept on reporting, ana
finished the dramazaon in exactly six days taxing
piay by Clyde Fitch as working model sent the play
on to Whitesde, who was then playing Southern one
night stands, and was so happy that began writing
nlavs bv the wholesale debating them to stenographe
who had an office next to the "Tenderoln office OF the
newspaper for which covering that police prcI met
Sometime later | got a telegram from WhteSlde tell
ing me TO hurry down to Macon, Georgia ana nelp re-
hearsc my play gave up my JOB borrowed hity doi-
lars, and made ready to 60 to Macon. Kne" aDso-
lutev nothing about rchearsing play. ! did not even
know the simple stage directions, such as K.C.E.'
LUE., etc; so having five hours before my tram leit'
sought out Miss Florence Rockwell, an actress "hCm
had met and asked her to give few tips about the
workings of the stage. Accordingly, when | got to
Macon | threw out my chest, made my voice as o.
fcalv grl as could and told Whiteside, 81 am ready
to rehcarse nv play Two hours later the actors got
together on the stage and began to "rehearse them
After had succeeded in tanging things up IN an elegant
manner Whitesde said to me, "You are PLAN fooI.
III rehcarse this play myself!
| went back TO New York. | waited for the produc-
ton Of nv play 1t never about and the strange
thing about it is that to this day neither Whteside nor
myself has the slightest idea why "The Castle Comedy
was never produced This is absolutely true 1t IS one
of the mysteries Of stageland Whitesdes manager
may have known; but he evidently never cared TO tell
ANYBODY The scenery had been painted the costumes
purchased, the paper printed But the play never Sa"
the light Of day.