Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1912 — A Novelty. [ARTICLE]

A Novelty.

“Poor Clyde Fitch,” said a young playwright sadly, “was always ready to give advice and help to juniors. “I once described to Mr. Fitch a climax that seemed novel and strange to me. But Mr. Fitch said that novelty and strangeness had little value in climaxes —real human interest was the thing. “He Instanced an extraordinary, a quite unique climax, that would yet be bound to fall. “In this climax the hero, a chap with wooden legs, stumps breathlessly across the stage as fast as his two wooden legs will carry him. A woman, brandishing a butcher’s cleaver, is In pursuit. The woman overtakes the man. She upsets him. Kneeling, she brandishes the cleaver about his artificial limbs. “ ‘Herbert Mannering,’ she cries, ‘pay me the six weeks’ board you owe, or I will cut both your wooden legs off!’”