March 11, 1927 WILMETTE final proof on the lyric drama, ..Merttel in Arcadia:· in preparation of Wl.'lich she has collaborated with Henry Hadl.qy. Since returning to Evanston Mrs. Garnett has been completing the compilation of a book of one-act plays, all of which have been successfully produced here. She has in preparation a novel, for which she has set no definite date of publication, and, at the request of her publi&her is considering a second book of poems to follow "Eve. Walks in Her Garden," a volume published last summer. Since arriving two newspapers have hf"11 received by Mrs. Garnett, one from Shanghai, the other from Cheko-Slovakia, both bearing translations into the foreign languages of poems which she has written. LIFE 23 Louise A. Garnett Back From Sojourn ~n Foreign Lands Louise Ayres Ga,r nett is home again .. From seven months' .sojourn and rest irom literary pursuits, , the time spent abroad, chiefly in Paris, she returned last week to the variety of creative ;t c t i vi tv in which she has notahlv ;> ,·ll icverl and is again enQ'a-red in wnting· at htr l1 nmc. 1226 Jud so n avenue, !·:,·a llston . H er youn~· dau~htcr, Gloria, who studied French and the violin \\'hilc the,· were in Paris, ha s returned 1o Roycemore. LcaviTH~ la st July, the travelers :visited Scotland. J rcland and Eng 1 and where Mrs. Garnett had the misfortune to be ill of influenza for several weeks hefore they left for Paris. They made t h e i r temporary residence in the French capital from October to February. Holiday trips into Switzerland during the Christmas time and to the Riviera were interspersed with this Paris sojourn. · Th e rharm of Paris at a time of year when touri~ts nrc in the minimum and the OJ1r-ra, cnn<'crt and dramatic season ftou1·i s hin~. wns an f'nrhantment to Mrs. GarnPt t who fl<'Yotf'd her time to enjoym c nt of thr-se' offerings of the stage and <'onrf' rt hall. The mattf'r-of-fact manner in which P1 e native Pnrisian of every a~e and typp fr equent!': these places was ' a df'lig-ht to the Amf'rican who derived, Rlw nmortR a~ great pleasure from watching tht~ aurlit·r.f'<' as sr-Pin~ and hf'aring thP Pntr·rtainmf'nts. Halls were alway;; crowded to ov e rftowin~. she reports, with peopiP hangin~ over stairralls and steps, and betwec· n acts concerning themselves with books or writing or ot·~er pursuits quite naturally and easily. If You Want a RADIO- Have the Best! Custom built sets are the best. We have hundreds of satisfied customus. 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From tlw hird m a rket, whi o~ Is housed Sunclay~ in thf' flowf'r market of the wN· kday~. the two travf'lers· brought back X of'l, ::~ ~oldl'n-throatcd canary, who travC' INl mii P~ with tiH'm abroad and cros~ed thf' .A.tlnntie in th e worst ~torm of 5~ yPars without quivering a yellow feather or lnsin~ a ~olden notf'. The rare bf'auty of th e ~arnf'ns of the Tuilerif's, the Medlcf fountain , the noi~ and Ot·~t>r prominent ft ·at urn~ of tlw Paris landscape were possf'R~Nl of n. bPauty fn.r b e ~ond the E\·an ~tonian's fOnN'ptions. . DPspitc TC'ports to the contrary gather· "d from tourists m f' t along- tlw wa~·. 1\lr~. r..arnPtt found the att !tude of both tlH' Briti~h nnd Frf' nch people to he thoroug-hly kind and hospitabl~> t owards Amt·ri.<'ans . .\ high ljgM of h er trip \'W~ the w e<'lt: :-:)H·nt in Strntford, particularly interesting- to 1\rrs. f:arnett b Pc auso of tho preylnu~ thnroug·h sttHly ~he had mn.de of tiH' plart' in )ln·par:ttion of h er popular (·hildn·n's p!:~y, ":!\Ta~tf'r Will of Strtttfor(J." H f' t·f' she not only saw five Shake~lwarf'an plays pre ~ented durIng the annual fc!'; ti\·aJ wf'f'k in September, but nlso madf' dr-Jig-htful acquaintance \Vith Captain William Jaggard, descendant from a line of keepers of the S~akespeare hook shop which published the original folio~ of th e Shakf'spenrean plays. The bard of Avon himself frequented · this identica 1 ~hop. The plays were produc<>d in a t(·mporary theater much more ample anrl cff(·rt i w than t·~1e fa~ous Shake~peare tht·atl'r which burnf'd some months ago. Another friend made in Stratford was Dr. Dan Murray, who was physician to 1\Iarie Corf'lli, \Vho did so much for the town during her r esidence there. · · J 22 Years on the North Shore Meets Townswoman Abroad In Edinboro, touring the castle one day, Mrs. Garnett turned to see Lucy Fitch Perkins, another Evanston writer and friend wit·~ her family party. In Ireland she saw several plays by O'Casey, and in Paris saw his ".Juno and the Paycock" played by an English cast. During the week in New York in which the travelers were joined by Mr. Garnett (Eugene H. Garnett), they heard and saw a number of the most interesting things now C()mmanding the attention of eastern audiences. ·while there Mrs. Garpett read EL:\ll.;R D. 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