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I I I "J I rrl I I HTi n"n I nT
THE BUREAU j
OF PLAYS
It Brought Out Some 4
Curious Facts
Dy EDWIN n. HENRY
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I started my career ns n theatrical
manager. I lind no trouble In getting
actors Indeed, It wns till I could do
to pet rid of those I didn't need. They
would beg for a trial sometimes with
tears In their eyes, and since I am of
a sympathetic disposition my feelings
were often racked almost beyond en
durance. As for the women who were
trying to make a living on the stage,
they nearly drove mo distracted.
As for getting rid of the playwrights,
I found It a much easier matter. Most
plays I received were sent by mail or
express, nnd when found unavailable
all 1 had to do was to send them back
by the way they had conic. True, now
and again an author would bring his
play to my office and tell me all about
how he got on to the theme and tho
suggestions that led to his happy hits,
and after occupying three-quarters of
an hour of my time he would go away
satisfied he had made an Impression
that would Insure his work special at
tention. I had a repder whom I kept
all day poring over these manuscripts,
and after the author's departure I
would toss his production on the read
er's desk without a word. He knew
that he was to look into it and make
a report upon It.
After paying my reader his salary
for a year I became satisfied that it
didn't pay me to keep him. Not that
he was Incapable of doing the work
assigned him, but little or nothing
came In that It seemed to me was
worth producing. So I discharged him,
and after that I relied for plays upon
such playwrights as had established
reputations.
It was about this time that I became
Inoculated matrimonially. The young
lady upon whom I placed my affec
tions was Miss Jenetta Starkweather
and well worthy the love of any man.
Unfortunately she had a father who
was a very difficult perron to handle.
In early life he had tried his hand at
acting nnd playwrlghtlng. After a
brief time at each he had failed as
signally at one as at the other.
It Is needless to say that when I was
Introduced to him ns a suitor for his
daughter's hand my calling was great
ly against me. Few persons have fail
ed in any artistic line who have not
blamed almost nny one except them
selves for their failure. Among actors
the person blamed Is tho manager, who
will never assign an aspirant a part
In which he can show his powers. Play
wrights blame tho manager because ho
will not produce their plays.
Old Starkweather, who, having fail
ed histrionically, turned his nttentlon
to the leather business and made n for
tune nt it, had passed the principal part
of his life grumbling at theatrical man
agers, whom he accused of being tho
cause of turning him from what he
was fitted for to that which was com
monplace and altogether uninteresting.
Be this as It may, there was not n bet
ter buyer or a better seller In the
leather district than old Starkweather.
When I applied for the hand of Jenet
ta the old man looked mo over from
head to foot, and I could see that some
thing was moving him against mo. ne
spent 11 long whllo talking to me about
my affairs, then, after a thoughtful
pause, said:
"My daughter neems to havo set her
heart on you; why I don't know. I
never could find out why her mother
set her heart on mo natural feminine
cussediwss, I suppose. But Jenetta
seems to want you, nnd her marriage
with you will give mo an opportunity
to go Into a lino that I have always
wished to enter. I wish to prove that
tho reason there uro no good plays on
the boards or very fow of them Is
that tho plays sent in by playwrights
who have not achieved a reputation is
owing to tho fact that tho plays aro
not read. I am ready to put up the
money to hlro a corp.i of readers to
read carefully all plays that are sub
mitted for examination nnd to produce
on the boards those that aro found to
be meritorious. I wish to bo a silent
partner, having nothing to do with tho
management of they business. How
would you liko to bo the active part
ner?" It was plain that Jenetta might pass
peaceably Into my iossesslou If I
should consent to enter upon a scheme
which would take up a great deal of
my time to no purpose and would sink
considerable money for my prospective
father-ln-lnw. I set him down for one
of those persons who "know It all" and
believed that any attempt to convince
him of the futility of his proposed en
terprise would bo useless. By such nt
tempt I would risk losing his daugh
ter; by coascntiug I might possess her
at once. I was anxious for an imme
diate marrlago nnd choso tho latter al
ternative. "I would be very happy, Mr. Stark
weather," I said, "to manage your
scheme for you. Indeed, it will only
be nn addition to what I am now do
ing. We shall at least prove whether
good plays aro being wasted or wheth
er authors having strong dramatic in
stinct nro being lost to tho world on
playwrights through lack of encourage
ment" "Very well, sir." ho replied. "1 will
place $10,000 to your credit at the tb
Nntlonal bank for capital. When do
you and Jenetta propose to be mar
ried?" "I believe it Is the lady's prlvllego to
fir the dny," I replied.
Within a month I became a married
man and had the "bureaus of plays"
in working order. 1 hired a dozen
readers of experience in theatrical mat
ters nud another dozen who had never
tried to write a play or had tread the
boards. When all was ready I ad
vertlKed for plays. They came In by
hundreds, I had ench play looked Into
by nn expert nnd an Inexpert reader,
and those that seemed worthy of at
tention were passed along up through
tho others till they came to me.
I had had HUlllclcut experience In my
business to enable me to take advan
tage of Mr. Starkweather's enterprise
to solve a problem connected with It
that had long Interested me. I hired
n competent person to pounce upon the
motif of eaclt play wherein there wns
motif and enter It In ti blank book
kept for tho purpose with n brief
statement of tho machinery or the
story or wliatevcr It may be consider
ed by which the thcino wns Illustrat
ed. I had a theory In my mind which
I believed would bo proved or disprov
ed by this record.
Well, I was surprised to find that
though we were obllgod to go through a
great deal of chaff to get a very little
wheat wo did get some wheat. Much
of tills wheat turned out to have been
produced by playwrights who had al
ready achieved some success, but what
astonished me was that we received a
number of plays that were based on
an excellent dramatic theme nnd only
needed fixing up by one familiar with
tho technique of the stage to make
them acceptable.
I selected ono of these plays by nn
unknown author and took it to my
father-in-law with tho suggestion that
wo put it ou the boards. He was much
pleased with the result thus far of
his scheme and gave his consent to the
play's production.
The play was called "The Secret
Drawer." Tho plan turned upon tho
finding of n lost will. There were a
number of fine dramatic scenes In it,
the author had succeeded In present
ing It in a form to hold the attention
of an nudlence, nnd I was fortunate In
finding actors and actresses well fitted
to Impersonate tho different characters.
The piece succeeded nnd proved fairly
remunerative. Mr. Starkweather was
delighted nt tho proof of his statement
that to get plays managers must read
manuscripts.
Tho day after tho production of "The
Secret Drawer". I received n call from
a gentleman with long hair nnd beard,
wearing a rusty suit of black.
"What do you mean, sir," he said,
"by stealing the plan of my play, re
writing it and putting it on tho boards?
It was sent you In confidence, and 1 did
not dream of your appropriating It
without paying for It,"
"To what play do you refer?" 1
asked.
"To my play, 'The Lost Will.' You
havo called your version of It 'The
Secret Drawer. "
"My friend," I said after surveying
him for some time thoughtfully, "I am
only n passenger In this business. You
go to John Starkweather, No. 107 B.
street, and state your case to him."
"Starkweather, tho leather man?"
"Yes."
"He's rich. If he doesn't como down
handsomely for this theft I'll sue him."
And he went out to find my father-in-law.
A dozen nccusntions were madeel
thor In person or by letter of our hav
ing stolen the themes of plays submit
ted to us and declined. In several In
stances certain names In the plays we
accepted and produced were Identical
with names In tho plays wo wero ac
cused of stealing. I referred all the
claimants to my beloved fnther-in-law.
Two different authors commenced suit
against him for appropriating their
thunder. Finally ho Bent for me. I
went to hhn with tho book containing
tho record of themes and methods of
their presentation under my arm.
"What's the meaning of nil these
charges?" ho usked angrily.
'Til tell you. There aro hartfly a
dozen themes on which to base stories
or plays, nnd overy author thinks at
least one of these themes belongs to
him. There nro moro than u million
authors and not enough themes to go
round."
I opened my record liook and began
to read.
"In 10,000 plays examined 9,217 par
ents objected to tho nuttch. In the
samo number of plays the theino In
1.C12 turned on n lost will; 07.1 turned
on a match essential on account of
adjoining estates, 8C5 on n person as
suming to havo committed a crime to
save tho criminal, C01 on"
"Stop!" exclaimed Mr. Stnrkweather,
"I don't care to have any moro of
these details. They reduce tho glori
ous histrionic art to tho level of tho
leather bublness. It reminds mo of
tho causes for our bad debts. There
nro but a few classes of these causes,
tho principal ono being bad manage
ment 'What do you think It will cost
to compromlso theso enses of plagia
rism, breach of copyright or whatever
they are?"
"From 25 cents to $25."
"What?"
I repeated.
"Pay 'em off nnd closo tho burean.
Pvo had enough of this business."
"I'll do It at once."
As I waa passing out I turned nnfl
asked.
"Do you still think, Mr. Starkweath
er, that you wero badly treated by
managers when they"
I saw him reaching for nn Ink well
nnd closed tho door behind me Just In
timo to hear tho thing crash against a
mnol.
IN BALKAN WAS.
Prlnco Mlrka of Montenegro' Pho
tographed Before Start For Front.
CLAIM VICTORIES OVER TURKEY
Said Turks Are Falling Back to Adri
anople, Burning Villages.
London, Oct. 22. -The cnpltals of the
allied Balkan states are claiming vie
tories for their troops over Turkey.
From the field headquarters of the
Bulgarians comes word that tho Turks
are falling back to Adrianopte in con
fusion, burning villages and massacre
lug peasants ns they flee.
The Greek fleet, sayfi Athens, has
blockaded tho Island of Lemnos nud
that Turkish island is being occupied
by Greek troops.
Tho Bulgarians are snid to have cap
tured Kirk Klllessoh after days of se
vere fighting around that town. The
Serb-Bulgarian army claims to have
taken 20,000 prisoners, three months
food supplies and ammunition for a
whole army corps. Kirk KHlesseh Is
but thirty-two miles from Adriauople
and a report says that the victorious
invaders pressed on, Btormed the
northern forts of Adrlanoplo and cut
the communication between that city
and the outside world. None of these
reports has otlicial verification.
SAY COUNTY WAS LOOTED.
Ohio Examiners Charge Drake Officials
With Illegally Paying $291,148.
Columbus. O., Oct. 22. According to
tho report of state examiners, Just
made public, officials of Drake county
nre said to have paid out Illegally the
sum of 5201.14S.51 within the last five
years. Tho report stated that the pub
lic treasury was "boldly looted" by
padding bills, paying for work never
done, paying for coutrncts twice over
and for labor and material at exorbi
tant and extravagant prices.
Tho alleged corrupt county olllclnls
used the basement of the courthouse
for drinking nnd carousing, according
to the report, which stated that the
"swag" was usually divided at those
gatherings. The report stated that in
some Instances trace could not bo
found of bridges that tho county had
paid for. The examination will bo
continued and action taken to recover
$-11,200.05 of the money.
One of the nccused Is now In the
penitentiary, another sentenced nnd
several are Indicted.
ALLOW SOCIALIST TO TALK.
Local Textile Strike at Little Falls,
N, Y., Assumes Menacing Phase.
Little Falls, N. Y., Oct. 22.-Charles
Edward Uussell, Socialist candidate for
governor, came hero and delivered an
address to the textile strikers In Clin
tou park whllo tho local police mingled
with the crowd and preserved order.
.Mayor Lunn of Schenectady also spoke.
As far as the clashing between the lo
enl authorities and tho Socialist agita
tors is concerned, It Is believed the
worst Is over.
The local textile strike, however, la
assuming a menacing phase. At least
200 additional strikers havo quit work
In tho local mills since Saturday, due,
It Is said, to tho work of tho Socialist
agitators.
Tho authorities propose hereafter to
give tho Socialist speakers tho freest
rein, nnd there will bo no restraint ex
ercised unless disorder Is actually created.
TALE OF THE WEATHER.
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States weather bureau taken nt
8 p. m. yesterday follow:
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Albany 01 Clear
Atlantic City .. . CO Clear
Boston GO Clear
Buffalo 02 Clear
Chicago 70 Cloudy
New Orleuns .. . 7-1 Clear
New York 55 Clear
St Louis 70 Clear
Washington ... 02 Cloudy
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