Show NOTED AUTHOR WAS VIAS BUSY TO MAN Wallaces Wallace's Great Work Vork Now Motion Picture to toBe toBe toBe Be Shown Here Randolph Hartley who travels as representative of oC Ben Hur the motion picture and who was In conference here Tuesday with Joseph F Gosa Goss manager of ot the Orpheum theatre revealed to be a close student of the life of oC Lew Wallace the author of oC the fa- fa Camous famous fa famous story The Tho writing of ot Ben nur Mr J Hartley disclosed was just lust one In Incident In- In Incident incident I In the life lire of ot Wallace Gen Gen- General General eral Wallace began his career as aa a aI I lawyer but gave that up to servo serve In the Mexican war or Again ho be- be became became be became came a lawyer and ond then yielded his profession proCession to tight fight in the Civil war warIn warin warIn In Which he became a 1 brigadier general Later Liter he was territorial governor of oC Now New Mexico and min min- minter min mincer ter to Turkey He was a fair per performer per per- performer performer former on the violin and ond painted several creditable landscapes and ond portraits His leisure for tor about five years was spent In writing Ben Hut Hur Hurand and the task was done with pen and ond Ink with a map of the country In which the action achon takes place spread before him Mr Hartley said Ben BenHur Hur Is one of the last great pieces of oC literature which went to the I publisher In written hand-written manu manu- manuscript manuscript manu manu-i 1 script tor for the tho typewriter soon came Into common use I Mr Hartley said Bald Ben Hur I Ir given In pictures to the tent ment of music front from an on orchestra ot of 20 0 Instrumentalists and the score harmonizes with Ith the story coming to resounding climax In tho the sea Ilea and the chariot race which are far tar more thrilling than could ever be preS presented the leal Ical devices oC ot of the stage With lIh its orchestra property men operators and other attendants th tho Ben Ben Hur company which arrives eIs er 31 for tor an engagement here Is ie the size size of oC a 0 good sized sited d theatrical company Mr lIr Hartley said 00 oO |