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Show MISS SUSAN GLASPELL'S DOG Voila the Original of the Puppies In Her Story The Vislonlng. Miss Susan Glaspell, the author, nas a dog, which fact Is of more importance impor-tance than might at first appear. For Bohemian beast, that inspired the cre-introduced cre-introduced two frolicsome puppies named Pourquol and N'est-ce-pas. And there are no two more real characters In the whole book than Why and Ain't It, to use their names in English form. It was Miss Glaspell's own dog, a Bohemian beast, that inspired the cr-e ation of The Visioning's twin puppy clowns. The real dog also has a French name, Volla. When Its ovner bought It, over in Paris, she wanted at first to name it Raspail, both in memory mem-ory of the boulevard on which she lived and as a sympathetic cognomen for a sensitive souled Parisian dog. But her family objected. They could not see their way clear to shouting, "Come Raspail! Raspail! Raspail!" So Miss Glaspell compromised on Voila. Voila has vagaries. It is a wanderer. wan-derer. It is a coolie, and a coolie, it evidently thinks, ought to be afield. Whenever it feels that way, away Voila goes. Fortunately it wears a collar with Miss Glaspell's name and address. She has come to think nothing noth-ing of such a phone message as this: "Hello! Is dis Miss Glaspell! Veil, dis is der bartender bet Hans Bum-melransen's Bum-melransen's saloon. No, no, vait! I didn't got der wrong phone number. I choost vant to say I got here your tog. Vill you. come for him?" Then the auth-or of The Visloning has to drop chapter plans and seek out Herr Bummelransen's place with sorrow and a dollar. But were it not so there might never have been a N'est-ce-pas and a Pourquol. |
