The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
you'll come out all right


drums" said j. H.. turning testify
away.
So Charley Dixon, departing. re-
turned with Charley Klein. and the
dramatist in posse laid his case be-
fore the tailor in esse.
Charley, tell you, was n good
business man." said J. y. Doblin. a
few days ago. "and he made a good
arrangement with me. You know
there was a force and a sincerity
about his manner that you could not
resist.
II remember his fine earnest eyes,
and how he pleaded to be allowed To
work and to study and to do great
things tell you, he went right
home to my heart. and | got 10 love
him. His pretty young wife and
their two babies. with this young
husband and father pleading for
them! As for him, he could stnrve
himself while he wrote and studied,
hut ne could not let them starvo. And
what prospect had he on the stage?
He could not play boys' parts much
longer with the back beard sh wing
through his skin. Then where won d
they be? II he was hoy pleading
for his fathers life and was judge
ne could not have pleaded harder. The
tears. tell you. Were on my face. and
I almost would have signed anything.
We'll. he came often. and we taxed
and talked. and at last "" made n
contract. was - finance him for
three years. at n certain sum a year,
and he was to write three plays n
year and ! was to share in his profits
fifty-ffty
"All my family said You are crazy
And / answered. I am no pauper. and
I believe in him And they said, Amy
how. you are crazy. and your money
should be locked up, and you should
lie locked up. and Klein should be
locked up"
Charley Klein now went to work
with will on this unique. amazing
venture OF the open handed tailor --
and gentleman. His study Of dramatic
technique In books he soon found
futile. He gathered few general
rules Of the drama. but at the writing
Of plays he was tircless. trying one
style OF play after another.
As every one knows by this time,
TO write n play IS one thing for a be-
ginner. indeed. for more than he
ginner. and To land Il" another. sgd
ney Rosenfeld's dictum. "a FOOL may
write a play: 1t takes genius to land
&C." holds good to-day. Charley, under
his top hat. which he now wore day
in and day out. with n manuscr.p'
under his arm. was a common sight
on Broadway. and haunting vision
in mana gerial offices
Mr.. Doblin kept his contract II tho
4 letter. and so did Charles Klein. Not
| all ~ the nine plays We're money
makers. but nearly all brought some
| thing, and some were successes. The
list includes some forgotten, some not
| known: "Percy Medwin." by Proxy"
The District Attorney" his first rca,
dramatic hit. although II made little
money. written in collaboration with
Harrison Grey Fiske; "A Paltry MIL
ion The Attache," In collaboration
with clyde Fitch. never saw the
light: "El Captain" his first monetary
success and big hit; Rem Daron. '
"Heartsease." in which colaborated.
and "Dr. Belgraff," Svenga.i sort of
play which disappointed nany in not
proving a great money maker.
| II is pleasant to know that the
valiant Mr.. Doblins bet AT long odds
as It was proved big winner He
Is now wholesale ClothIer and
mourns sincerely for Charles Klein.
who called to see his Cd friend the day
before he sailed to his doom.
| with The District Attorney" ho
was clearly entering on his own The
conflict between love and duty in tho
] million ~ New York nolitlrs which n
| embodied suffered nv coming foo INF