"No! no! I am done with that forever. I would go in for tragedy."
"Tragedy doesn't pay, so I've heard said."
"Good, real talent will pay, I feel sure of it."
"And what would you play, Hamlet?"
"I would play all of Shakespeare's plays, but the part of Sparticus the Gladiator would suit me better."
"Did you ever act?"
"Twice—at the Twice-a-week Club. We gave Julius Cæsar, and I was Cæsar. The performance was a great success from an artistic standpoint."
"How about it financially?"
"Well, to tell the truth, we ran about thirty-three dollars behind."