Carbon County News | 1909-11-19 | Page 5 | Twixt Theory and Condition

TWIXT THEORY AND CONDITION where the gifted pla playwright y wright ie Is con fronted with he cannot control consider the apprentice playwright a vision of his work he lie has dreamed a dream and the people of that dream tread out their drama before his mind a e eye all fla flawless uless perfect juit just as he made them he seer them as real peo pie not as actor actors the scenes by moor light are moonlight indeed to him he can smell the roses li 11 the garden where his heroine walks but sadly enough this illusion of reality aich continues for a little while after the conclusion of his writing Is apt to be the greatest reward his work will bring him when tho the play Is staged ad and he finds that tho the harvest moon for his moonlight love scene must be discarded because the moon machine Is creaky and there la Is danger that the audience may hear the moon go up when the heroine whom ha he pictured to himself with eingold elf eit gold hair bair must play her part as a brunette because elf elt gold wigs do not suit her and when his pathetic father has been given to a comedian who sets gets a laugh upon all of his heart rending speeches then it la Is that the playwright begins to corn com the difference between the dream and the business booth tark ington in colliers Collier 3