Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1892 — He Had Noticed It. [ARTICLE]

He Had Noticed It.

'Jerrold, all his life long, bitterly protested against the fashion of translating and adapting, which excluded the work of native writers and gave a reputation to men for work which they had not originated. Talking once with Mr. Blanche (a noted adapter of plays) on this question, Blanche insisted that some of his characters were original. “Don’t you remember,” he said, “my baroness in ‘Ask No Questions’?” “Yes, indeed. I don’t think I ever saw a piece of yours without being struck by your barrenness,” was the reply.