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Show j "BLAINE, A TRAGEDY." A Pnnift For th Stage. Which Will ITot Be Enacted In New York. An American playwriter has been for owe time engaged in the composition of a drama of contemporary life in which the chief character is to be a famous fa-mous American statesman, now deceived. deceiv-ed. The title which he has chosen for it is "Elaine, a Tragedy." It certainly looks like bad tasto to dramatize, at least in this generation, the career of the American here named, but the author au-thor maintains that he can do it inof fensively and in such a way as to dig nify his subject, as the life of Mr. Blaine was full of dramatio material, and as there were scenes in it which would be especially serviceable for a drama of real life. He say3 that Shakespeare made nse of personages who lived not long before his time, and even of some who were his contemporaries, and he gives the names of other playwriters who have used their acquaintances In their stage compositions. When reminded that even the greatest and most picturesque Americans Amer-icans of past times, from the days of Washington to those of Lincoln, had never been used successfully for dramatic dramat-ic material, as Shakespeare used the kings of England, he replied that this was a thing which would surely yet be done in this country, as it has been done in other lands, and that, in any event, it is his purpose to begin the undertaking. undertak-ing. "Is there any manager in New York, " we asked, "who would bring out your tragedy?" "I do not know, but there is a manager man-ager in Chicago who will bring it out if it suits him. " "Do you not fear that there would be a storm of popular reprobation if you should make your chief character resemble re-semble the original?" "If there be anything of the kind, or if the work fail to prove attractive, it will be withdrawn after tho first or seo ond performance. But there are in my subject such striking elements for a first class stage drama and for a winning one that I shall not think of its failure until after it has failed. " "Would not the elves of ,-Ahe d j ceased statesman f'as Eien Tne other dav got out an- i3mitingljorSy ooupo, Is formance?" ' " y.i- --' "If such an objection shall be raised by any one entitled to speak with authority, au-thority, or after that one has been present pres-ent at a performance of it, il will b discontinued. The man of my title role has been a subject for painters, sculptors and other artists, and there is no good reason why he should not be made a subject for dramatio artists. " After the playwriter had expressed the views here reported, The Sun reporter report-er asked a theatrical manager as to the prospects of a drama of the kind spoken of. He answered that he did not believe a single respectable manager in New York or anywhere else would bring it out, and that, if brought out in any American city, it would be a flat failure. fail-ure. He believed that the execution of the playwriter's project would not be tolerated by tho theater going community. communi-ty. New York Sua. Presidents of state suffrage associations associa-tions from 85 Btates, together with many famous leoturers, will take part in the coming suffrage convention at Atlanta. Among those expected are Rev. Anna Howard Shaw of Pennsylvania, Lillie Devereux Blake of New York, Carrie Lane Chapman-Catt of Iowa, Caroline E. Merrick of Louisiana, Alice Stone Blackwell of Massachusetts, Josephine . Henry of Kentuoky, Dora Phelps Buell of Colorado, Elizabeth U. Yatet of Maine and Mary (1 Franci3 oi Ohio. |