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Show She Stoops to Conquer. How Goldsmith came to Write this Delightful Comedy. It is an Interesting fact to know that when Oliver Goldsmith wrote his famous comedy "She Stoops to Conquer, Con-quer, or the Mistakes of a Night" that he probably used for the ground worK of the play an Incident In his own life. When he wasa boy of 17yearshe made a Journey fiom his aunt's home In Lis-say, Lis-say, Ireland, to Edgowoothstown, Ire-land, Ire-land, where he was to enter school. Of course this trip was made by stagecoach, stage-coach, and a stoo at a country Inn for the night was necessary. This was Goldsmith's Hist trip alone, and boy-llkc boy-llkc It made him Independent and haughty. Arriving at a country vll-lagn vll-lagn for the night lie Inquired of the first Individual hu met where "the best Ion In the town was." This Individual In-dividual happened to be the town wag and lie at once directed the youngster to the homo of a retired country gentleman, gen-tleman, Mr. Foatherstone by name. The boy, thinking the homo an Inn, netered and gave his orders with a mandatory and authoritative vigor. Mr. Fcathcrstonc, It seems, leallzed the mistake, and let the boy nourish his deluslons.untll tho next mornliu', at which tlmcyoungGoldsmith proud-ly proud-ly prolfered to pay for theaccommoda-tlons theaccommoda-tlons for tho night, and then his kind host revealed the truth to him, It Is said that Goldsmith never forgot for-got the chagrin that this episode caused him, and In later years he realized real-ized tho opportunity of using tills material and shaped It into a 'omedy. While It is true that "She Stoops to Conquer" K built upon this episode, the comedy Is so changed that it Is not easily recognl.ed. Uf course the play rcvolvoaiound the fact that a young Londoner, hi seaich for a wife, isdl- H rccted to his llaucce's home for an inn, H and he becomes confused and mixes M tilings up terribly. This Is where tho H author umm! his own experience as the M foundation. H The coming production of this fa- H mous comedv, by the Diamatlc Club H of the A.C.nf U. piomlses to be. equal H to their Conner attempts along the H linn of classical pioductlons. They H did vciy well In "As You Like It'Mast B year, and us practically the same cast H Is handling this years' play, things are H looking up for a vciy fair revival of H this old masterpiece. H |