Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-20 | Page 4 | Pioneer Actress Captures Spirit of Stage in Refreshing Novel

II I I Pioneer Actress Captures Spirit Of Stage in Refreshing Novel Cabbages and Harlequins by Gene Gaun- Gaun tier Hailed I as Unique Bit Bitof of pf Writing 1 W. W SMITH By CHARLES I Gone Gene motion motion picture star has lIas forever er forsaken the tho silver cr sheet for printers' printers Ink She Site has hlll turned cd novelist no Her first novel nO and Harlequins has haa just made Its first appearance un under un un- der her the Coward McCann banner and what a novel nO It Is Naturally enough It t Is 19 a L stor story of the theatre Th The best authors It has hils long lon been s said ld write only of things R which imIch they know and nd Gene Cene knows kitos tho stage When she sho was a child she silo left lien her home In Missouri And joined a traveling cUn tent how She worked hard haid and she won won son fame Miss l story deals with witha a gIrl much munch like IJ herself Minnie lived JIved with with divorcee Brown Broin a young o fa father tim tim- I he her hem mother and strict Christian thor ther In a small Missouri l town At A to town tO Such old t tint tent nl show came canto classics as l Enst L Lynne and Way Wil Down l East fit nero billed bihl tJ d. Minnie went vent er e every night and and and m met the handsome leading man lilan Lancelot le Ic leOf HD Roy Of Ot 0 course ran away ny and Joined tho show sho Then rhen we wc follow Collow her around the tho country countr sharing harln Ith her the trials an and tribulations of oc oca a mediocre nc actress lice Her eyes yes turned toward New York What try one night t stands tand eat cot At- At actors actor's eyes do not nol turn toward called Broadway Broad Broad- that thit street of or gayety Gaet around tho the coun- coun way 3 az as' they as-they they st stomp p ii Ing big sometimes cs often going hungry because there Is just enough money moncy to t P pay railroad faro fare to tho the next stand Her Ic nu e to Lc Ie Roy noy resulted In Ii a small malJ family two family two children Jack and JIM Jill She worked ha hard reI but she slie never got gut to Broadway But at last when she had s sav d enough money mone and she and I Le Roy act ot of God GoeI she ha had bad split by an nn bundled up her children went to the Big Bib City It was as was was' during the time the she chose ehos wa war with Spain I wrong time She had to go back backon on oni the thc road rondo And then New Ne York Tork again as-aln The Tho I in a n show anc and children won a 1 place to In stardom Success at I j last last for t-f-o-r t for the the family but not Min Mm lIn I Gut But life lito was vas good the money mone rolled In an and Minnie quit tho stage satis- satis fled fIerI nt lit last to tit sit back baek and let lct the years claim their toll and and watch her children enjoy their success Cabbages and Harlequins is s destined once moro to make Gene name nante a byword l In the home hoin for she Bhe has produced a novel n nH n well written as anything that this r reviewer v has picked up op In many moons It Is iii engros engrossing lIng lIng- It Is thrillIng thrillIng thrill thrill- In Ing It itIs is Is' true Anyone who bus hus ever evem been connected with th the sta stage c or who iio in lit that world of t r make believe now will ill read cad it once once once- twice and and move more But it Is Is' Is not riot astory n a 5 story l' l for Cor sh shio show w people It I is a stor story for lor el e everyone j. j 0