Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-03
The Once Over
MIR. EUGENE ONEn GETS THE NEWS IN THE
STRANGE NTERLDEr MANNER.
BY H L PHILLIPS
CScene: Office of the playright's attorn

tSCene- OlINCe OF the pldyTlgHL 5 Attorney
Mr.. ONeiI: I'm being used aside: He's probably
read the newspapers and knows all about it. but I'd
better tell him.
Lawyer: Is that it? aside: Of course that's so
or he wouldn't say IT'D Well. I'm sorry to hear it.
aside: ] am likel; if people didn't get sued where
would lawyers get off, ehO
MI. ONeil: It's over Strange Interlude." CAside)
Why doesn't he show more interest? I wonder if he's
any good as a lawyer, anyway
Lawher: How could anybody sue you over Strange
Interlude." Gene? aside: AS a matter Of fact
know lots of people who think he should be sued over
Strange Interlude." Personally 1 think he should
be sued over "Dynamo.D
MI. ONeil: Its a woman. She charges me with
plagiarism. II wonder if I've pronounced that word
correctly He probably wouldn't know
Lawyer: Plagiarism. Ell? aside: ! must look real
profound now. 1 wonder how 1 look when / think I
look profound: ] must ask some one sometime)
M. ONeil: Yes. aside: He heard me the first
time, the big sap
Lawyer: Well, well, we'll. aside: A few we'll
wells like that don't mean anything but they help
create an atmosphere. I wonder If he thinks 1 look
profound enough. ! find it harder to look profound
now than I used to. 1 must be getting onJ Who is
the plaintiff?
Mr.. ONeil: She's a lady named Georges Lewys
aside: / think that's the name)
Lawyer: George S. Lewis? Il knew a man named
George Lewis once he sold buggy whips and had little
rcd veins on his nose. Wonder what ever became Of
him.
Mr.. ONeil: Not George S. Lewis-all one word
L-E-W-Y-S. aside: III have to write it cut for
him, I suppose. He looks pretty thick, even for a
lawyerJ
Lawyer: What does she allegeP aside: I really
don't give a damn what she alleges. but I've got to
listen, being his lawyer. l hope he will make it
snappy)
Mr.. ONeil: She charges that Strange Interlude"
gets its basis idea from a book Of hers called The
Temple CT Pallas-Athenae." aside: He doesn't
oven look Interested
Lawyer: The temple of which? aside: I used
to know a Song about temple bells; femme see how it
went-tum-tum-tee-tee dah-dahD
Mr.. ONeil: Pallas Athenae. aside: He probably
thinks Pallas Athenae is the name of a circus acrobat
or something. Maybe 1 had better get some other
lawyer.
Lawyer: Is there any similarity at all between the
two works? aside: There probably is or she wouldn't
SueJ
M. OHel: Not the slightest. aside: 1 suppose
there may be some similarity. No play or book was
ever written that didn't have something in it similar
70 passages in another play or book
Lawyer: Well, there's nothing to get excided over.
aside: Not until he gets my bill. anyway This
woman can't collect a nickel from you in any court
on earth. aside: That's a pretty broad statement.
but nc needs cheering up
Mr.. ONel: I'm sure OF that aside: II I was
sure Of it I wouldn't be talking to this walrus) But
1 just thought Id bring YOU the papers and leave
everything to you. aside: Somehow I lose conf
dence in him every minute I remain-here) CCurtain)