The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-23
North Carolina ChiId's Drama
From Romeo and Juliet.
THE WORLD REPORTED IT
New York Paper Sends Man To
Cover Production-Daugh
ter of Professor and Mrs.
Herman HarreN Horne.

The New York World recently car
ried a feature story Of a child's drama
with cuts OF author and PLAYER. and
the subject OF the sketch was Miss
Julia Horne. the ~ten-year-old daugh-
ter of Prof. Berman Harrell Horne.
formerly Of North Carolina.
Little Miss orne' parents are
North Carolinians. Professor Horne.
who recently spoke here at the meet
ing or the North Carolina Literary
and Historical Association. is a
nephew or the late Ashley Horne and
the University Of North Carolina. His
record was the most brilliant Of all
men h have attended the Uniyer-
Sity in the last fifty years or perha ps
more.
Mr.. Horne married Miss Bessie
Worthington. of Wilson, the daughter
Of a prominent attorney in the city.
both father and mother Of the bright
young play wright are known all over
Eastern North Carolina. Mr.. Horne
holds q ~professorship in New York
University.
When young Julia Horne attended q
presentation OF Sothern and Marlowe
she determined to write a drama OF
her own. based upon her interpreta-
ton OF Romeo and Juliet as given by
these great players. The New York
World sent a reporter to write tho
story OF the presentation and this il
his account, headlines and all:
T~en-year-old playwright, who's,
first stage production is greeted Will
much applause. to whom the knight
and ladies Of the past still live in i'm
oU}nntOn o-A -: .-s-
inspiration from dramatic stars an,
historical rOmances. are sonewha
uncommon. The production, there
fore, a few days ago, OF True Low
ers' at a chool entertainment i
Leonia, N. j., was something entircl
out Of the ordinary.
hi author, Julia Horne, is
daughter Of Prof. Herman H. Horn
OF New York University. Julia,
quaint and charming child, is a pup
in the fourth grade Of Leonia Gram
mar school. with q. fondness for RI
nance. Her parents took her to sc
Sothcrn and Marlowe in Romeo an
Juliet"
Let little Julia tell the rest Of til
story:
Il was very much impressed I
Mr.. SOthern and Miss Marlowe, ar
when l reached home. 1 determine
to write a play. So l wrote True Lo-
efS. Then / taught the lines to son
Of my playmates. At a teacher
meeting a few weeks ago, when NJ
Garvin, the supervisor, heard atO
my play he suggested that it be pr
duced at the entertainment last We
nesday to raise funds to buy pictur
for the cho0l l was very willil
to help such a good cause. My mot
er made our costumes. n peOE
seemed to like the performance.
hope they did. ecaus / would n
var them to applaud just to be p
lite.
Yes, | hope to write much mo
~ l can find time from my studies.
v always been very fond Of histt
icAl and sentimental stori
I'm reading Lambs Tales fri
Shakespeare now"
JUDAS first effort as a dramatist
not copyrighted and the subjoin
copy OF it was supplied to The Wo'
by n OF her friends.
TRUE LOVERS.
A PLAY IN SF.V EN- SCENES.
BY JULIA CAROLYN HORN
THE CAST.
King Erc-Bctsy Horne.
Princess Elaine. his daughter, n
riet Benger.
Sir Constantine, knight. III l,
with Princess Elaine-Julia Horne
Omar. q page-Billie Horne.
Three ladies in waiting to the pr
cess --Jessielyn Lucas. Helen Ecs
Helene Zimmerman
Scene Of King Eric. X