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Show lihNKV AllTHUU JOiNIS. A6UCCES5FULENGU6H PLAYWRIGHT WOW IN f4tW voriK. Ilia Trk ! 1111 In Ycrr llth nopal In 1 iiiUail, k.I On r III) I lr ! nil ! Hock rtrm I (WIIInc Uill U Atarl(4 SpttcUl CorrttpMtf.Fi.cf, Kkw Yohk, Bpt 81 TKm haw wino to York n-rtnlly twoor thirt o( lb mot fmou Ujwr.uhnof nn-tt Jliiltila 1 Vrbnf tb) cblvf of all th mvlero p.T wrUliilWr llfhry nfiur Jon?, wbo fciu tbuuiht li worth wbll lo com to A m rlcn w t hat U m j m od of bU plar tU4nlDlMturiictortIproilueL TMrt w.llli.KooJ ! of ill-put lout Mr Joom' rDk m plrajwrlKhl, fortwrar nADwbo Uo not like bit int.boJi, and tbir Are othen wlio fluJ Mr too fault with hti labjeru WL In Ortal UriUlti Mr. JoDflnrtnjdlhe mot nccMfnl bftbetnore wrUm uttttn of tljra itiO hi .!; bT rtrttlnlr trnwle the fame n.ltoftomeeitrfit the fortune, of one of tliemoitulinttjof the joauxtr KnulUli Mtyin,Mr. KS. Wlllini fcloceMr Joorthn lofn New York faebftOlTeJnnalhtr retired life. Jtt Li. ikk let boa twn eoaght, not onl by t!toe wha ate from loin t la xxlftl circle, tut a!w hy llit Ut or the llt?rare mru and wornmlo the clijr Therefore, be U a wlAbrlt. allhkiasb bit pereoaaUtjr U little known While bl lUf MThe I)aiicin Girl, walnrebilat one of tbethe Irre ifr Jonee wt m itlnt, m tlrlc and m thorough lo the work; of rfbeartlotf aitboniili he wereaaloco&tpleuout ktaire mannKtr Intat1 of the inmt fortunate of inixlfro KuslUhplnjwiHitht. There bu been tome UhposUloa In Ner York to mttcb Mr Jon.' plate with tbote of IbMa, but ho perMn of good rente would think Miiomtr of maklnjt aDj oomparlon between thtte two writ en. Mt winter the? trial WcrrUa!iltcacrM liotb In Ntw lork and IVMton. It eeenifl for awhile aa though poMlbty It mUht tu tel In Ilton.Lni the falloreof theal tempt In Ntw York was ltnmtlUto. Tub-IWbtre Tub-IWbtre tr that IImiu'i tyt In book form bare had quite a large aale. and that tboe who bare read them, ami who at the Mine time bare eeen acme of them .lije-l, at aert that they are much tnoretlelluhtful In the readioft than the acting. Tbatli Ucauae lUt a e playe are all talk. 1 i.couriiitd by the eueuweof tlellwen imblkatlont. a publUhliu lioue bat Lraiticht out In eer nice etjle. In clear tyj", I nad uarglna. flexible UnJlDgt and beary neper. Mr Jonet play of '.Salnte an I Hlnnerv ami, ttrnnge to ay, the aale of It hat len etcrwllngtyifnoil. It raakee a eery InuretUpg tiory. ni the wooder (e that a play which read to wtllin corere ehould hare proved a) etrong wbenltwat acted In Eogland. It wai not troac when lU;ed In (hit coun.ry, ahhough It wa produced In one of tue flnett theater In Sew York, under the eye of the ableat di rector of dranutlo eraneinente we bare erer had her, with exinUlte auge letting anJ ercnery, an 1 with Mr . Iltard blmeclf In the chief character pirt, yet It waa not a latest lUoeeM, and peop'e wnnderel wl y a play which beld tho rnglUh boardi ao imny titontbt and brought thontand of dollar Into Mr Iltard a and Mr JotiV tiurwa thouM hare b4 tucU trnnt iticcet. here. Tbote whn read the play may any that tbt Tery jibing which make It at tractlre In the reading lithecaaae of lie c mperatlra Mlure at a play In America, Mr Jonee hat had hard work to win hla present great repute. He It niar a boot fifty yet re of age, and It Jut brglnnliix to realize upon hi expen llture of energy, hit patience, bla trial t and hla dluppolnt-rneiita. dluppolnt-rneiita. He began to write play when be waa not much more than tneiijr-one yeare of age. Like llronton Howard. Le had a trunk fat Itfore any of tbcm were accepted, llliflnt aucccat came after he bad been aome fifteen year at niggling for It, and be then ciprrle need the truth of the ealnt; of AlexanlerDuinat that the writing of playelaellberaftettor a famine for him whod-walt. It waa a famine for nlong time for Mr Jonee, but now the dty of feaellns bare come, HI betl known play are "Sttlntt nnd Slnnen" "Judah," "The Mid lleuAu' and ThtnnelogGlrl." an I they are all flaja of conteuit'orauMOiit life In (ere! IrtUla. American areapttolhlok that Maeentlmeot U iiuwkUli anl falte, and bit bum or I not tery humorous to the peopteof the United ISiatet, bat faleltiiA lion are itrontf, and bla plays contain bealthy tnnt tl leaaon and almoU all deal, to tome eittht, with problem of the diy Mr Jone baa made money rapidly alnce he won bl Aral lucorai. fl I reported to m worth now marly HOU.Cui, nl be la contemilatlugtbemanageroeiitof a In dtiuthtater at well aa buying an tutenwt In a theater tn New York. Tticia Tenturee will either add sreatlyto Mi fortune or rite will kirlp him of that which he now baa. 1'ew author hare bfom meceufnl nunager. Mr, Harrigan I a mad a good dvnl of money In hi double ecnture, and a f w year eg i a youoj mau who waa writing writ-ing funny tarakraph fgrnllotton new paper wrote a funny flty, anl bai alnce written half a dozen more. Intenyrara thrive play bt re 1 rough t him hilt a mil lion dollar, and be baa now tweomo the proprietor ot the beautiful Madlton bquare theater In Xv York. Hut Mr Jonea doet not write the kind of farrea which Charlv H. Ho)t doc. It be dM be could aafely brcome an author manager ot an A inert an tbealir I. J KbirAttDt, |
