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Show if fflOT HAMMOND'S LETTER I m mTi''"- Vork Trtbun?- Krn T ,rORV PAS ' pK pp,: if. The yountr HJ n j his manuscript makfl ftK. forlorn pictures of thfl prod'", .t.-1 office fle-.'.P1;, fle-.'.P1;, n-,v.ili. nn.l 1 11 rn' J fcfK lot being aW to do sn Th LisKr. man" P-irtlns nnd the bsH Mhoir subsequent reunions (...rvl'' with agents, man-srlv man-srlv -iK-h adopted to DKt, aro f-imlliar. And iK'W '' c 0 1 b' r nuthorsl J' , ;i''h.eMnT glory and (,2Mr r(h v.lt it MreniK ?o 1hm.! "pV1 c.r -O- lit-J U-:M -r.,:ir,c ' h"r ,! mmi-. r. . 1 :l" sssKvfn ' one of th' mason s Knru:.' ,1 " successes. " tsssKjlnr in tnc fcKtrf v-',,'1,nr ;VlP p'r ' on" SHepon Us enchanted nndienco, Ri ir.ovfd to congratulate him -',,iriC 1 -cle. "Fair Lsssfcioo'.h wa'rs 'ni1 ' ' "Otent-K-'fAld I. i0r 1 " n I kins KJJ" "Yoj iel"nk' to the happy Kfort Von rot a fctlmnlntin jRrou'develop It Into a drama. Ktbr manuscript to John Gol-Cpicacluus Gol-Cpicacluus producer of, high I fefco read it ;i t once and wL He a si. s you ha: nrtors IfCfaP" r" Int'-rpr't -ciir vork ttii him your selections He ffm L, gnJ puts tho in into rrhar-I rrhar-I ! Bpla: g produced 1 le -I theatre, and newspaper crU-I crU-I Idlnp myself, disparage it. At Kcomrs a prodigious success, Jnoccv and acclaim, You id further enjoyment in it as B from seeing me, as 1 watch j Zr, ani fasclnal cd ludlence, j ke evidence of my demerits as b your dramu." 1 A fcoag th.n informed mo that Q Ireoth Heaven" h.id its many) ml mi ecn as r..-irly .Ml the, H Ci play.i have them There' jeh .- r Bk? Fumni'T pi 'i s. Again re- 'VmmtT. Strong - k- .i a man K I rcntun 1 to Join him with oid wind uphill all the way? Ho the very end 3Bourney take ;he whole lnnif Heorn to nipht m friend. Hicil Mr. ; ' l. . Iw-jBtbe Iw-jBtbe Intell i ngen t si were en- mml to tell nie something about IK'J " sorrows con- Kthe history of "The Seventh jHr It was rather nice of them jH frlendh with me for my Bepreeatlon .f tin' play hud JBiaal superior, t hi. ugh not an HenL Mr Golden'a remarks to Kr after a hostile review are bese "You wrote wli.-it y.u IIB&bout it. and I like you for Heat." There arc others I .Betn ago. Mr Strong while at Brty In London, heard an old IHtfcnd 11 it the pret- Hblne of a castle In Provence, iH who Font her sweetheart to Htu. In the course of his ab-IBl ab-IBl became d'sfiure.i - n . .1 1 -HbltiQ; for his return she suf-iB suf-iB centemplatlon of his horror l voul 1 1 1 .me ba and find Au ln.xt.-ad of beautiful. But iTirs wen- ihit an,i her lover he was blind And so they oparath i-l . happj evei ifter HpPon ilr Strung compos) .1 a itii on that theme, a work lotr disappeared from these HLon? afterward, hnv , -.-r. h' 1 ne-act p!ay dur.n? his sum-Kantucket sum-Kantucket aroun.i thc sltua-toolc sltua-toolc it to Mr. Golden. There pinj doing t, Mr Golden Inj Bct line Mr Strong 'hen WDger and returned, Many I were engaging the attentlonj fcprisjrlr, tn. . hard to Mr Sirong waited, not lmpa-aj lmpa-aj the ante-rooms for many mm Encounterlujf Mr Golden In Wr fr''"".'. ti to theatre, be ' ' ' ".): : - .r .J,n It's n "y 'Three Wise Kools.' " iPliT Mr. Golden had an hour of V devoted it to a scrutlnv of jf'opus. ' I'.l di) it," he said. I maower. with a f. w rh mitw Jlnchell Srn'.th to stak-e It. 1 eitlth, whK. sifracitv a Is conspicuous, looked It over "t Isn't there John. I WV'&uch It." Mr. Golden, not W. took It to William Gillette, understand It," said Mr. Gll-FKllnlnB; Gll-FKllnlnB; "it's about street S1 4"d life in the Parisian mT Robert Milton, an Intelligent MW, was entreated bv Mr. Golden 1. or,. "Whafs it all about ?" r Milton as he passed bv on Kfff ' I'on't worry. Austin." mWw, v " "J NIr Strong. "Edgar mm 11 be giad to help 113 do it" Wlwyn, after ntu.lvlng the "aour"ced it "too foreign " Ar thur Hopkins described" 'ess.' and Pari o . U a a "a Jordan. propto0' and Walter wildcat theatrM Prosperous DourUs pa rbanks I" 11 Jown-to Jown-to tempt him1 SSL?? nothing n it neither Vfi. hPeturej and Uonel BarrvnTorr a MHghan and and Walter" h ":1H AtlWttui Thomas friends the n"yVn the on'V Men and Mr strJn' b"S'd8 Mr" Go'- . he did The title or h oat- An1 w "Heaven. Ton ,Flay thf " U derided 1 Mr. Golden von Austin'' unit hor "am have said Mr. S?rong -VrUt Va,or,?" Mr fi.ldrnT,, Not 80 wood." was . yiu, 11 ,t answer r'i for Three Candles - MI n'0nu rarc nnswered, "I. ti namJ! ,5trnK UenrbGo!denl;r-r lor whom has ti fmr r StronP ea h (miration f? "the other '"t'1 Und a"- knr that 1 JSi,!ftu"y ,nan- an'' " ance popping all over thP p th ;:; J7" of the hard Jork' Mr 5' or of ThS & n'' ,ald h" "the do.-a do.-a n? ' rd Jl b0 brought In fiji ... ",sn- There, sad Mr whatT'h 'S r2rM;ted In a mall wav1 I have dne ' and for- and what and for tITI Mr s,ron to do to fr The Seventh Heaven.1" Mr has eateCrrPn Bm,Ied as R cat w did rt.,1, c:inary and K0- indeed a Trnn C,olrlen "Austin made Dion-,5 Dion-,5 , tie prost.tuto for Instance ' said that to o "nd 1 chel her from that to an Innocent, lovable and vicar ious pickpocket. I fe, 60 sure ?he w hLvt r'oA th.a1 1 ,rl0fl 11 Detroll nh ten "'re.arc ,ntlunt nnd sophls-tlcated sophls-tlcated critics and audiences .lnd f ... " piayors to it as t;ild . aresi and Catherine Cornell " I u are a wise fellow." said Mr lKEfc0 Mr Go,d-n- ,,When Charlei Lilllngham sent 'The Better ,.. ,,, youi jou sent it hack. When al Wood offered you a half interest In 'Partners Again you couldn't see it" "Well Austin " Mr. Golden replied, "I was a little wrong in those case-, but whal does It matter so long as I am right about ypu and the The Seventh Heaven. I knew an along, despite the contemptious sneers of my frjende that The Seventh Heaven' would suppp. .more intelligent happiness to my fellow fel-low men than Lightnln which" it is doing, if 1 may judge from this afternoon's after-noon's bo office statement " How much today." Mr. Golden asked casually cas-ually or the treasurer of the Booth I theatre. "As much as possible. Mr. golden." said she 'Two thousand, one hundred and eighty-four dollars, and half that much turned away." 00 |