New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08

Peter Waverton had had love aHdII SlN
years before. OF course, the critics point
ed out that this was stretching coincidence
pretty far. and raked up my own phrase
the long arm Of coincidence.
Were you the maker OF that phrase
YES. 1t was in a play Of mine called
/ .Captair Swift But I'm not ashamed
Of using coincidence in 'Passers-By.' Such
things do happen. every day. Haven't you
often met people by the strangest chaloe'
so YOU weren't chiefly interested IN me
plot? You wanted 10 get an atmosphere-
. to make us feel London 80
yes" he said. Il wanted to make peo-
ple feel London"
.Tben YOU realize the mystery ana charm
Of T ordon7 ' I asked remembering ul''
Arnold Bennett lives in Paris because nc
declares nobody who lives in LONDON can
a,,,raofata il as we'll as an outsider WHO
visits it, ,-s,a,oror+
.r don't think could ever be Indifferent
o.. ro,dor " said Mr. Chambers. i nave
lived in a great many other HtIss,
rotbing can equal London tor-Ior -iNS
600 sortened and he waved his mana over
~, ir,arfrarv picture-'fPr KIND OF SUI
emn romance. .,..+- &C
Z 1
many stories as London
10 " bo said. locking around the lhPei
so,,sl hotel sitting room, into WhIch Nv
-. l,.rd New York light was pouring
a.5 81 the stony coldness Of the vacant III
Mace that wouldn't burn up MS
limits. no. London has more ui"ii.' -s,,
Contrasts and there Is much more
e-.edorn there than here. In Lohu'H
may dine with a duchess and sup III Z" ~
If thieves without causing trouble. 10
an sorts Of friends in London. nave
mn often till O'Clock in the morning piayiA
7a,,.i,oe I'm the cab shelter with the OTIS
LET Mighty. When I drove nome al
-+,t+ i, q hanson cab I'd often take the
.-5,,,o,,s scat myself, because / liked De
fr,, ouNde and he liked being INSIDE
10 Mr. chambers chuckied at ms reco'-
-. ON the old DAYS ! used 10 be very
fo,d of Fleet Street in the small houIs'
-,l..-. Of the uublic houses In the neighpor-
- 80 the newspaper Offices had an all
-. license and in addition 10 printers
- journalists. thieves. detectives ana All
49,, ~ .badv characters well worth study
90 ,..od IN resort 10 them. When / take
pr, c,t.,ds TO see a prizehght in the East
"a they are always astonished al the
-. tho coughs as you would call them
Wy ,ns hy the hand. They 20 home to the
- tnd and tell people They called him
-, berinning to see how you got the
.,,o~e of .Passers-By.' " 1 remarked.
w, have known wastrels Ike Burns the
tramp. in real HE! IT,.
.I.,e known a good many like him ana
..,-5 ,o get work for them. but he has no
49,. ORIGINAL like Night. Burns epltonhi@eS
g, ll,ss People think he is comic
oo,,re when he frsk comes on Dut oS
"a b, 7 notice the note OF their iansh-
.t,.rginr and when he makes MS
.,..ach beginning. L wasn't sleeping
,.,s thinking they get what HleAn'
,r,..,,, * no use in trying 10 REFORM man
an. .ret II is too late. The only thihs
-. h. 20 see that he has healthy parents
,,,o,ph light. air and water from the
- his birth. II you don't do that then
rim alone Don't be Ike the phllah-
.,..o.ists I'm Passers-By,' who MADE MN
w., hon il was too late, made him "orA
~. was accustomed 20 wander mace
,',r, sneak when he was used to silence
took OF his beard, not because ne
'.,,,ed "a. but because IL was offensive 10
-, He suffered TN he burst into MS
teal. why can't people let otter Ieop'o
Pr Won say YOU can't do nothing win
say this. who asked you TO?
us Pine, the valet. taken from ieal NJ.
asked. CHANGING after Mr. ChahlDeis Wv"
,,alet who had just gded out
..ycg." he said. Il know Pine nc 'sn
my valet, because mine wasn't DoIH III -,
servant class. The real Pine was SA4