The evening world. Newspaper, October 14, 1905, Page 9

R. JEROME K. JBROMD {6 as mild mannered a man ay ever scuttled @ book shop. He {s as gentle as his humor, J found him with his foot on the soft pedal and f left him with It there. \ He cuddled in his chatr and purred pleasantly during our chat {a tis robm at the Everett House, Sometimes’ I could understand him, kL tore than once I! was obliged to.encore ‘him with an apologetic “Beg pardon.” Mote lung-power to him whan he gives his readings at the Em- > pite Theatre on Tuesday afternoon! But he may merely hava been resting | an tile ovetinterviewed oars, ». “They have pumped me dry,” he murmured, speaking of the reportorial Philistines into whose hands he had fallen with daily regularity since hie ~ apblva, ETT ls tid yi tome tn sbtnor ot Ws vickte routs el tied iteelt through: tile floridly English face, It left me wondering whether he wad young or old, A suggestion of gray in the light-brownish hatr, which fell in & spray Over etther side of his head, might havo been the result of syeare of the result of work. Gray hairs have a way of coming to humorists {detore they are due, Dealing in humor {s a serious, aging business. Look At George Ade, then at Whitcomb Riley. Then place Mr. Jerome between the two and arrive at your own conclusion, That's as near as I can come to ft - a * a rd rd * A R. JEROME admitted, contended in tact, that he was serious, M “AM humorists are,” he bald. “They have to be serious to see the humorois side of life. But al! serious people are not humorists, of course. If fbsen, for example, were a humorist, he would be the greatest Hiving playwright. He sees life as {t is, not as It Is ordinarily seen across the footlights. But most of the time he sees only the dark side of lite, He ia not, however, without humor. Where will you find more real humor than ¢ League of Youth?’ There Ibsen's humor {s ih full play, and it is delightful. But leaving it out of the question, the influence of [bsen on the drama of to-day is greater than that of any other writer. All our play- wrights feel It and reflect it in their more serious works. That was shown Jong ago in ‘The Second Mrs. ‘Tanqueray' and ‘The Notorious Mrs, Ebb- smith,’ and many other plays. It is Thsen who has brought realism Yo the "modern drama, He is @ tremendous foree, and the stage is feeliig that force increasingly.” P y “What, of the Influence of the humorist—Shaw, for {nstance?” * gnaw: ts ng & humorist, he ts a wit, Humor is kind, ‘wit is often cruel, Making light of other peopie’s troubles ts not humor? ‘The world lauglis| at & great deal thats not humor, Shaw himself furnishes an object lesson | on this point in the laughter of that crowd of Irishmen in ‘John Bull's Other Island’ over the fate of the poor pig that is run over by an auto-) * mobile, Put the pig in any other country and you would hear the nme latghter. It is the perverted sense of humor. Real humor must be humane, It can never be inhuman. Dickens's humor was always humane, It never| hurt.” “T probed further for this humanitarian humorist's opinion of Shaw. “Shaw,” sald he, “suffers, as did Oscar Wilde, from his own brillianoy,.” “Then you consider brilliancy a fault?” “When there Js an excess of it, yes. It is like watching » display ot | “fireworks, You are dazzled till you are tired, Brilliancy needs a back- Ground to set it off. Constant brilliancy causes us to lose our sense ot! contrast, Bright lines should come at Tarohleved petslapey to an deadly as uareligres Guiness, one tt vidin * é es s a a os @. JEROME was sinking deeper and deeper into his chair, but he pulled himself up a peg or two when apked his opinion « humor as he had found it on the American stage, “I haye had little opportunity of judging,” ho sald. <1 haye tieecs| SOTHERN AND ' MARLO ITH “The Taming of the Shrew” own, in whieh he differs considerabt ag thé play, Mr, E. H. Sothern fromthe waliinown Booth and Daly fl thd Blew Julie Marlowe witt be-|“ersona During the engagement the gin thelr apcond Shakespearian season] C#AT# Pill-also bo seen in “The Mor '| wana, ‘at the Knickerbocker Theatre on Mon | Sd#nt-of Venlee and “twelten Night” day right, when, it may de well to re- | Manager Charles. Frohman is. said to ttalty whl rine at - vehpewn fly tlle Mr. Bothern's first | I iS, Penaations of “Romeo ‘he charscter of | Sad zat hoot tute |e i} besten Miss Mar. reese eneaah tie Ainony pe fire alg if ome Magézine, ine ‘tn aia ie sa a en ‘Version of the comedy is Mr. Sothern’ rik Freres aia Buel e tee, Aac Bie! oss! ach mtnaia ENuaas: ni Sha tiabcti Bwobentrte en an sanboontarsiaged ib matic tnaldents of the play. “The Romance of a Hindoo Princess,” wit a |, Bees at ituoed soenes, Arty, cow! nt Re ee na re ooope mY Rc a lasco ay a Nocens 2. he ot agile mde ir) Trompe si Dandy herds will be utilized In a Boas tle Ni which terminates in their filght uj , wild mountain side, pursued by q x men ar and ahorse, and thelr ‘inal des) inge into a lake. Claire Koljot ‘nd her | Hons will be the sen- Saturday. Krvénin. October. tp cuddled In kis Char {Ard Purred '2 leas ant hyn4 reparations for the pI J oe matt aay on Tor the ner tve le at the Be-) viigg va Tangtiay will bring her new in her, win be "| or e 8: rl," at the Star, sautent comedy, ‘ihe Sambo Girl,’ to i success of two eeasons, a “alia “Maney Brown" for a week's Dolly Dollars” on Monday. 6 Banker’ ck Sanna eae mee Raymond DARNTON to but one play, Mr. Ade’s ‘Just Out of College.’ I thought the first aot very amusing, and 1 was greatly interested in one of the characters, that strenuously engrgetic business man, I wanted to see more of him.” “Did the humor of the plece strike you as more Obylous than that with which you are familiar?” “Perhaps. It seamed at times as though Yel was an effort to be funny, But that {s a fault to which most humorists are compelled to | plead guilty. We strain ourselves, The result !s machine-niade humor,” © | Real humor fs unconsctous, A child, a kitten, or a puppy {6 often vory: funny—funny for the very reason that it is unconscious of the tact, Self-consclousness {e the worst foe of humor, But you have not many # playé here, have you?” he asked abruptly. “No, I thought not. New York seems as badly off in that respect as London, There musical comedies occupy most of the theatres, The public seoms to want something Hgbt after its dinner. It goes to the serious plays in the, afternoon, I have seén a house offering such a play packed In the afternoon and only halt- filled at night. But I believe this matter will soon right Itself. The musical cotnedy houses will be classed with the music halls, where they Delong, and the theatres with serious gays will cease to be confounded with them, Out of tho present confused condition will be evolved, T be Hove, the afternoon theatre, where serious plays will be glyen, The the, wtrical manager, like the after-dinner speaker, will feel that he cannot afford to be serlow ufter dinner.” Ly I dragged in our after-dinner rpeakers for comparison. Had Mr, Jerome heard any, of them/and Ived to tell tho tale? “Yea,” he replied, I have heard your Chauncey Bepew and your Mr, Bryan, They are very good, but (his meesty was dell hig!) we have ante as good speakers, 1 fancy. The only differenes is thot Lhe Ameriran after inner speech seems formlasa—it plunges into » subjevt and then steps ab- ruptly, leaving you a bit surprised. The Englishnan’s after-dinner apeeoh te more structural.” ' o ow Fe) a Fr 2 re ITH a last forlorn hope for the American sense of humor f besought W Mr. Jerome to tell me what he had found in the streets, $ “Nothing,” was his blighting answer, “Here. in Now York évery one is in too desperate a hurry to be humorous, Tn Jeondon tt ig Aifferent, The ‘bus-driver reads a paper, the tram-conductor smokes a cigar or a pipe, and both have time for their littlo joke as they go thelr more leisurely ways. London's streets are full of humor, It is the hwmnor of the middle clate—and, incidentally, 1t 1s there you will always find the most humor. I've picked up many a good thing by keeping my ears open, IF don’t doubt the American's sense of humor, but [ think you must catch him, quiet him, put him in @ seat, as it were, before his quick apprectation of ent,” humor is appar CHARLES DARNTON. WE i ne a ea “THE TAMING OF THE SHREW” NEXT WEEK: bes =F ‘a Bingbam will share | son.” fo preparations tor the product Oring | Lo ee ait Te Toabelle Evesgon in the The stock company at the Yorkville inday, fates a) wr the frisky w , Plorence Bt| Theatre wi) play “The Sign of the n_appeers| Four,” “The Curse of Drink” will fall on the Murray Hil t ween of the Highbinders” will rule incent Brows, v ing at the Tuesday, day matiness. West Hind Theatre. | "Fighting Pate," @ tace-track pla aloes Marble will come to town with) will be at the Third Avenue itheate ” tay at} “Marching Through Georgia” an- | nounced for the Metropolis, the Foutteonth Street Theatre. Mites Lotuie Williams will be seen {n| (The burlesa ouses will offer mB “My Tomboy Girl’ at the American, ainty Duch Circle; The The ee em Op, House will have| Worldbeaters at the eDwey, and Fr ay Daw: Irwin's Big Ghow at tho a ak in eRe) a en. 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