The sun., 1916-12-17

your SOunu Judgment. we Suli naVo
nine minutes"
what is your own opinion Of the
natter"
WELL, It's lots Of fun to write a
play. and I think It is n powerful stim-
illus in certain directions for q man
who turns to playwriting from the
writing Of novels. But II Is 30 fas-
chatting, too, Mt least to me, that It
IL apt to sidetrack one from novel
writing.
Some time ago I became 80 inter.
ested In this way tina. I wrote nine or
ten plays. which kept me away from
writing books for years. Seven OF the
plays were so badly done that I tore
them up before showing them to any
bod:'. one was produced In New York
without success: the ninth was called
None So Blind John Mason took the
leading mans part and 1t had a fairly
good u here In New York.
"Of course nobody can tell what will
happen to the new one we are putting
on in Stamford tonight. 1t Il a COM
edy with n act which is not COM
edy. and Is called Take Your Medi-
cine Miss Ford and I have been
working on 1t since las, spring. and
Mr.. Savage is doing everything to
have the production worth while.
We"
Mr.. Poole didn't finish that sentence.
for the taxi drew up at the Grand
Central Terminal. the pilgrims stepped
out. a red-cap descended upon the suit
cases and a sprint began for tickets.
Thence across the broad. smooth con
course. through gates guarded by rail-
ings Of polished brass. and through the
train shed to the waiting train.
I've got to work over those scenes
for about twenty minutes with Miss
Ford" said Mr.. Poole. without break
Ing his gait. And then We can have
a long. satisfactory talk all the rest
Of the way to Stamford"
Come forward to the smoking car"
said his visitor. I'm be there and
waiting for you"
Make a list Of any questions you
wish TO ask. Then we can get through
before we reach Stamford" The sug-
gestion was adopted. The twenty min
utes had just elapsed when the Prince
ton!an r~eappcared. this time as .
vague. underlined figure coming
through clouds OF tobacco smoke.
While Mr.. Poole was answering
questions about his career the train
kept sliding past one Connecticut
town after another. Time was grow
ing Short Stamford doomed up in the
foreground. and the interviewer
thought his opportunity had arrived.
But 1t hadn't. for Mr.. Poole lighted an
other cigarette n SAID casually:
odd. isn't 1t. in some ways, why one
finds 1t easier to write about New
York when away from town than when
living in it,. Down there in that big
city n man Is 40 close TO everything
that he doesn't seem able 10 get away
and have a look at the people and the
scenes"
80 you prefer to write about New
York when you're somewhere else?
1T is easier. In my case" said Mr..
Poole. when June I take the
~family-Mrs. Poole and the three chill
dren-up to a farm in the White
Mountains at F%ranconia. When We
get there We find snow still on the
submits, and snow has come again by
the time we leave In November. No. l
don't carry on much farm work-I'm
busy in other directions during those
six months"
"Do you keep regular hours for liter
AIRY work."
Absolutely. As n rule I work four
hours in the morning. but never at
tempt to write at night. although
often make notes here or there while
reading in the evenings
More than any other outdoor sport
Mr.. Poole enjoys riding in the saddle
next to that. tennis. He continues 10
cherish the violin. and Emusic and the
movies" sum up his chief amusements
OF the motion pictureo he says that
they are perhaps the largest educa-
tional force In the country, although
he docs not mean that all OF them are
educational in the right direction: he
was referring to the impressions they
create in the consciousness Of millions
who see them constantly. T~olstoy's
"War and Peace" he deems the
greatest book Of ALL"
Speaking OF educational develop
ment." he continued, do you know
the strides now being taken by schools
in New Hampshire? For example
away up there at F%ranconia in add
ton to usual studies the pupils ar,
given courses in domestic science ant
in agriculture as adapted TO that par.
ticular farming region. And this spirit
Is evident in many parts Of the Gran.
tie state-perhaps through its whole
extent. Neither parents nor pupil.
are content with elementary and high
school branches alone. u they wert
formerly. without lessening the i'm.
portance Of these the newer voca.