. The light of the star; a novel. dignity of her art. It was a means of liveli-hood, it gratified her vanity; but it was morethan this. In a dim way she felt herself inleague with a mighty force, and the desire tomark an epoch in the American drama cameto her. This, too, was a form of egotism, buta high form. I do not care to return to the old, shesaid. There are plenty of women to doBeatrice and Viola and Lady Macbeth. I ammodern. I believe in the modem and I believein America. I dont care to start a fad forIbsen or Shaw. I would like to develop ourown drama. You will have to eliminate the ti
. The light of the star; a novel. dignity of her art. It was a means of liveli-hood, it gratified her vanity; but it was morethan this. In a dim way she felt herself inleague with a mighty force, and the desire tomark an epoch in the American drama cameto her. This, too, was a form of egotism, buta high form. I do not care to return to the old, shesaid. There are plenty of women to doBeatrice and Viola and Lady Macbeth. I ammodern. I believe in the modem and I believein America. I dont care to start a fad forIbsen or Shaw. I would like to develop ourown drama. You will have to eliminate the tired busi-ness-man and his fat wife and their late din-ners, said a cynical friend, All business-men are not tired and allwives are not fat. I believe there is a publicready to pay their money to see good Ameri-can drama. I have found a man who canwrite— Beware of that man, said the cynic, with 145 THE LIGHT OF THE STAR a twofold meaning in his tone. *He is adreamer; let him pass. I do not fear him, she replied, with agay
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