Long,--well versed in Japanese customs,--that he should help him in the work. This proposal was accepted; the manuscript of “The Carbineer” was turned over to Long, and, about February, 1902, the collaborators began their work on the play which afterward became famous under the name of “The Darling of the Gods.” That play is practically a new one, not an adaptation: the labor of writing it was finished in June, and it was produced for the first time anywhere, November 17, 1902, at the New National Theatre, Washington, D. C.: on December 3, following, it was acted for the first time in New York, at the Belasco Theatre, where it succeeded “Du Barry,” which had been acted there for the last time on November 29. This was the original cast of “The Darling of the Gods”: _Prince Saigon_ Charles Walcot. _Zakkuri_, Minister of War George Arliss. _Kara_ Robert T. Haines. _Tonda-Tanji_ Albert Bruning. _Sir Yuke-Yume_ James W. Shaw. _Lord Chi-Chi_ Edward Talford. _Admiral Tano_ Cooper Leonard. _Hassebe Soyemon_ Warren Milford. _Kato_ J. Harry Benrimo. _Shusshoo_ F. Andrews. _Inu_, a Corean Giant Harrison Armstrong. _Yoban_ Carleton Webster. _Crier of the Night Hours_ Charles Ingram. _Kugo_ } { Maurice Pike. _Shiba_ } { E. P. Wilks. _Migaku_ } The seven spies { Rankin Duvall. _Kojin_ } of _Zakkuri_ { Arthur Garnell. _Ato_ } { Joseph Tuohy. _Tcho_ } { Winthrop Chamberlain. _Taro_ } { John Dunton. _Man in the Lantern_ Westropp Saunders. _The Imperial Messenger_ F. A. Thomson. _First Secretary_ Legrand Howland. _Second Secretary_ A. D. Richards. _Banza_ } { Gaston Mervale. _Nagoya_ } { Albert Bruning. _Tori_ } { Fred’k A. Thomson. _Korin_ } { Rankin Duvall. _Bento_ } _Kara’s_ “Two-sword { J. Harry Benrimo. _Kosa_ } Men” { Richard Warner. _Takoro_ } { John Dunton. _Kaye_ } { Arthur Garnell. _Nagoji_ } { A. D. Richards. _Jutso_ } { Dexter Smith. [Illustration: Photograph by Byron. Belasco’s Collection. A SCENE FROM “THE DARLING OF THE GODS” “_The Feast of a Thousand Welcomes_”]