The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-26

actively identified with a newspaper,
he began his career by contributing to
the magg zines and finally made Dull S
eye with 'Bcau Brummcl -
George Y, Hobart, the proli5c play
wright and librettist, was likewise
prolific newspaper writer after he aban-
doued telegraphy j. NJ. Barrie WAS
reporter at Glasgow and Edinburg be-
fore he became novelist His first
play was a dramatization OF The lat
tie Minister one of the most sue
ccssful modern novels,
Robert Dichens. author of The Car
den Of Allah and part author of the
dramatization, graduated from the
newspaper shop. having been music
critic on the London World. Paul Nj.
Potter was formerly a reporter on the
New York Herald. The late kirkc LIZ
Shclle was a printer, reporter and ed.
itor before he egtercd the theatrical
game as author. producer and manager.
Hall Caiuc reached the stage by the
same course rs Barrie. first as reporter.
then novelist and later as playwright.
George Bernard Shaw was II newspa-
per man worthy of tho name I'm his
lear days, and was glad to get en-
ploymcnt i'm London before his novels
were accepted.
The late Charles II. Hoyt who was
rs popular and IN much the same way
fifteen wears ago as George NJ. Conan
is today. was reporter and news,
paper paragraphcr i'm Boston. Paul
Armstrong was sporting editor on New
York newspapers. James Forbes, author
Of 1.-The Chorus Lady, was dramatic
critic on a Pittsburg newspaper be
fore he began 10 draw royalties
from plays. One of the record sue
ccsscs of the past decade on the Amer
Ican stage WAS scored by Eugene Wal
tcrs. a newspaper reporter who had
been identified with papers at Clncin-
natl. Cleveland, Denver and Seattle.
He began playwritiug while he was
still covering assignments
Avery IOpwood was q reporter on
the Cleveland Leader. but gave up the
certainty OF %25 a week for the unccr-
taintv Of success with his first play.
A. f.. Thomas, author Of 'fllcr Ilus-
band 5 Wife, = was a reporter in Bos-
ton and New York, and SAYS that be,
tween assignments from editors he
wrote fully 4 dozen plays before one
Of them was produced. Porter Emer-
son Browne author of 1.-The spend
thrift. - was 2 frcc-lance newspaper
man and reporter. finally acquiring
reputation as n writer of humorous
fiction before he wrote "a Fool There
Was for Robert Hilliard, Thompson
Buchanan. author of - Woman
Wav.' was n reporter and dramatic
critic nj Louisville, and followed the
example of others by reaching the
stage VIA the short story and novel
route.
The practice Of passing from the
newspaper Office to the PLAYHOUSE rs
moi altogether an American habit, how
ever. or az least not more chaEac-
teristic Of the writers in this country
than elsewhere. The transition from
reporter 10 playwright has been more
satisfactorily ACCOMPLISHED. or at least
with ulcptcr case than from novelist
.o dramntisi Where mon like Hop
wood Jumped from a salary OF ="
Ecpk Ia ROYALTIES Of N least $1,000 =
week, the process has becu much slower
md executed with greater labor IN IA"
'qscs Of writer's like Jerome. Nc
Cutcheon. Jack London and Henry
James and several others.
There be- m doubt that tho drama Is
more cNarting md more diiheuit 10
write than the novel. The dramaiisi /
may take such liberties with char. |
acter, tENWn nud space ;S is taken hN T,
the novelist The technique O! expires F,
SION 9nd training IN observation ol /
what l. news value --uh'tc as I'm /
rurtnnt on the stage rs IN the news .
paper Office are the things learned ~ I,
the budding playwright IN peWSpnPer I
office. which mcG IN other walks ot .
life mrs; acQnire h. slower anI moro /
1iHlcun processes; ard this accounts (
for the .nee5y success Of rho repof'
torial drawatists rs compared with 9th +
IS who aurroach Thosnis without the I
newspaper nun 3 equipment.
A. $50 a. m. SATURDAY, Hal Godfrey.
well kuuNu both Ia this country and
abroad as an eccentric comedian,
passed away ~ the Sherman House,
Chicago. III. Mr. Godfrey took long