Coalville Times | 1901-12-20 | Page 6 | Curtain and Place Fell

Carols aed rteoe rail. I EdmOD'l About, the French novelist, I Was once asked to writ a newspaper I notlco of a play wrltton by a friend, Tba playwright begged him to discus ? I th artlug and scenery, but ta say llttla about the drama Itself, which wa vt- ' ' dently not proving much of a auoceaa. ' About did ss requested, told of th plot at length and gave muoh detail aa to accessories, winding up with this sentence: sen-tence: "About midnight th curtain fell, and with It the piece."