Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-23

Haven't characters in a a..
will as to what they VIII DE- ~
Susan demurely. Does the ols.As
control us entireIyT'
Judging from This rebe,-..,.
Piled Jernegan, the characters =. =
playwright. I've been woyt,s.
three months on this play ~ %
got my scenario completed -
/ bad an easy job IN puttio. %
dialogue. And 1 had. Put ~ se
all finished | find that the n,.,.
wrong. | undertook to make ,b.
ine happy after all her marital !.
bies. and. behold, she calls ,hs ,'r
| intended to solace her prigl y.
got real country girl On ~ ~
and I've got to take her out ana
in wax figure. And now. eftsr =.
ing supposed my work fnishsd
characters are clamoring to havs 49,
own way as to what they shan d
This is all wrong" said fhs -.
ager. you people go on with fbs
hearsal and stop your grumbling ..
member that you're TO please the nr
lie, not yourselves. Proceed
The rehearsal commenced. bu, y -.
evident from the first that the cha.
tiers didn't jibe- The heroine was cos +
scious of the fact that she va. !. 7
much at fault In the matter of her M.
ital troubles as her husband. sha !,
derstood him and could have On, :.
with him very well had It not been a. /
the interference of the author betvs,-
her and him. And, as for the hero 4. /
was n mans man and not a woman.
man at all. Her feelings being for h, /
husband and not for bis rival. "A.
made a botch of it.
AS for Susan, the dairyman. M.
withstanding her calico dress and COW.
hide shoes, there was something sbou,
her that was pleasing. Before The y
hearsal was half finished the few
words she spoke went straight to u.
hearts of those who heard them
81 didn't realize what was doing /
said the playwright. when drew hx.
i thought 1 was putting all the ngi.
into the heroine"
Billy Muzzle turned out to be eruL
lent and was the life Of the play. A. [
first be made a pretense Of bis derodon /
to Susan. laughing at her in bis sleeve.
but she bore this so patiently and 4
so deep a love for him that she
won him in a scene in the third act
But nothing could save play where
in the principal characters were antag
onistic to their lines. Jernesan was
convinced that his hero was what the
heroine had called him-a prig. The
heroine was well enough. but she was
trying to act contrary to her nature
AS to the husband, who was INTENDED
TO take the place of the villain. JerDe
gan wondered how he could have II
tended to make the man contemplate &
BE was winning his wife in spite Of
he authors attempt to make him r.
Del her. When the rehearsal came %
he climax in the third act she TOOK
he bit in her teeth and defed the az
.hor by throwing herself into her nus
oand's arms and asking his forgive
ness. Il
Jernegan at this point came back %
lis real surroundings. Susan was tns
,nIy character left, and she was
he flesh. III
"Where am II What's the NATTER L
sI think you must have tainted, ST.
"How long have been hereT
"Only a few minutes. saw w
all. / was in that yard over tnes
eeding the chickens. Let me nelp| 4
o walk there. I'll give you glass v
milk" II
Jernegan arose with her assisnnn
nd staggered to the house. Tne na
he gave him seemed Ike lneD"
oured into him.
We'll have dinner soon.' SAID as
fri, who noticed that Jernegan VIZ
amished, land l think you'll De Oef
ar for eating something. We're "
1g to have fried chicken
Jernegan's mouth watered- Inc or
err hour was IL O'Clock, but tne gnl
oticing Jernegan's hungry iooA' ~
led its cooking and got 1t read! Ia
n hour earlier. When Jernegan nAs
artaken of a good meal be was
hanged man. He pretended tnat
,as weaker than he was that be ms.
.ov awhile with Susan. as be persif
i In calling her, though her name
unice.
When the playwright left the nOoN
p had turned his play upside opvs
he soldier boy and Susan 'no.s
Introduced as subordinates. oecAD.
lie life of the play. The husoanu
le hero and the former hero 'ns
in. who made all the trouble De'N.s
lie married couple. Jernegan ~s 4
caring. the manager. and told Die
$ dream, vision or whatever u
I'd Fearing agreed TO gruoslaAs,v M,
\ he could rewrite his play. "A \
was finished Fearing staseu "
was a great success. ~,
The chief reason for this was
.rneSan interested Euniee 10
her to prepare herse"
lsan's part. She happened ~
tural actress and. despite ue' M Il
,thes and cowhide shoes. WE
dience. LIZ
She is now starring as EunSs
gan.