The sun., 1916-11-11
AUTHORS AND THEIR WORK

Cosmo hamilton Is at work on n
dramatization ~ his new novel. The
Sins Of the Children for the Shuberts.
Before the publication Of THE sins OF
the Children" Mr.. Hamilton was best
known as the author Of The Blindness
" Virtue" He is also the coauthor Of
he new musical comedy Flora Bella"
II was the custom Of r Phillips Op-
0enheim In many OF his novels 20 bring
England and Germany 70 the brink OF
war now NJ the age OF so Mr.. Open
helm Is living In the midst OF events he
has so long predictea would hlppen
Despite his name Mr.. Oppenheim IL Eng
lish. for II IL 400 years since his ances-
Tor Ludwig Won Oppenheim was expelled
from Germany. and the author brides
himself or not writing or speaking n
word OF German. with the publication
{ The Kingdom 81 the Blind" his new
sibmarlne and Zeppelin story. the au-
hpr has written at leas' h''y novels In
'h'r.y years. for he was only 20 when
Us first book appeared.
Marion Hamilton Carter, the author
souls Resureent' ,Scrihners). is a
Ncw Yorker and a graduate OF Nassar
30 has written fiction for IA number -
.lrs with great success. but In all
sos, IN - the present one. under no
me at all or an assume one The
mes Of her stories have always been
rr West. as In the present instance-a
Nyoming ranch.
In the Introduction 20 his handbook.
'Play-Making 4 Manual Of Craftsman
sh.p.' William Archer makes the state
ment that there are no rules for wiring
n play. Rules or no rules. his method
mus, he fairly successful, judging by the
number ~ editions OF his hook With
Ave prln.,ngs exhausted and a sixth one
Just delivered from the press. Work
shop ~" ard other Laboratories ~ play
making must be drawing heavily on Mr..
Archer's wisdom and experience. The
great value Of 'Play-Mlkinr 'Snall'
Maynard 4 Coz lies In the fact that X
is addressed to students " playmaking
who sincerely desire to do sound. arts
tic work under ;he conditions and I'M
i,a,ions OF the actual living playhouse.
Dana Rurnet, whose new novel. 'The
shin.n-, Adventure" Is published ms
week, writes from Maine that he hai
been leading "a iife shamelessly norma!
and regular. doing nothing except work
swim. tx my automobile. walk, repair
nv automobile. evim and work. re
continues. one OF my lIltliS fhs JH0N
caught an extremely large fish. ! might
! borrow It and have my picture taken
holding It by the tail. ! have often seen
pictures OF authors holding larSe fsh by
their tails. They seem to be very popu-
lar-the pictures. ! mean. not the au-
thors."
Miss Madeleine z. Doty. author or the
new hook on prisons and reformatories'
"Society's Misfts." IL a lawyer by profes-
sion. She made her first attempt 10
study law at Harvard, where there was
a course she particularly wanted TO take
and where in spite OF the fact that women
were not supposed To- be admitted she ala
manage to attend four OF the lectures,
Dressed in a very simple tailored suit,
with a soft felt hat pulled down over her
hair, she would slip quietly Into the mack
row, the students themselves being per-
fectly willlns TO hep her conceal her
identity. When the professor finally dis
covered her presence. however, ne
promptly forbade her to come any more
Nothing dannted. she took her case
higher up and at a special meeting or
the faculty II was solemnly decided that
che might attend the class provided the
professor would relent. That was n fatal
p~roviso, for the professor remained ad-
amant on the ground that she would de-