New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-29
AT THE ELYSIAN GATE.
"A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE Warbler
AND MIR. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW.

Dr-Ha. Open the gate.
Cr-Softly my friend your credentials
Dr-They are here Glands Crticus '"Plays
Unpleasant and Pleasantly
Cr.-Humph. (Suspiciously) You wrote these!
Dr.-(Complacently) Who else?
Cr.-(Still suspciously) An apt observation. no
doubt have read them myself. but
rallied to note the authors name (DrSmat-
icus wrthes) BE seated. please. I would
like to ask some questions. Your name!
Dr.-O Pshaw!
Oecadents murmur rapturousy. "Su-
perb." "Such WIFI
Cr.-I asked your name.
Dr.-George Bernard Shaw.
Cr.-Occupaton?
Dr-Egotist. art critic. musical critic. socialist.
dramatic critic and Snowman.
Cr-Excellent all except the last. Pray ex-
plain.
Dr. cali myself a man: men call me Shaw:
tumble the two together. and you have
Snowman.
(Groans from men and women)
Cr.-What do you exhbh7
Dr-Myself
Renewed murmurs OF applause among
the Decadents and Ibsenites)
Cr.--Touching these plays: have you exhibited
yourself in them?
that's because they find what | say too
pungent as coming from human beings.
SO they attribute It to me personally. 1
dare say some OF the ideas ideas OF my
own.
Cr-Oh they are? That's good. I feared had
met good many Of them before in novels
by Mrs Humphry Ward lDramaticus
shudders) and Nine. Sarah Grand and
some Norwegian playwright or other But
you were speaking Of human leings. Have
you any witnesses to call from among
them?
CNen and women in court look around
eagerly)
Dr-A little nettled. but. recovering himself.
throws out his chest. and. with a touch OF
sarcasm speaks) You will find them In the
plays
Cr-Ah of course. picks up books and opens
first volume) Let US see. In ''Widowers
Houses" We find Mr. Cokane a parasite; DR..
Trench. an animal: Mr.. Sartorious. a YAM
pire Miss Sartorious. another animal: Par
lour Maid. third animal: Lckcheese. an
other parasite. Humph. This isntvery prom
ising CDramaticus smiles pityingiy. Crticus
turns more pages and begins agajn)
Here is The Philanderer" Charteris would
appear to be a libertne. Mrs Tranheld a
nevrose. Julia Craven another. Mr.. Cuth-
bertSCn an ass. Mr.. Craven another Iarra-
more idiot and Sylvia Craven New
Woman. Pauses serously) Well. well.
well, Dramaticus smiles disgustedly)
Perhaps Mrs. Warrens Profession" will
yield something worth while Praed In
q lay figure: Vivie is prig. yes a pris:
but there is little light here. little
light She appealed to you. Mr. Shaw. You
understood her There are touches u hui
man nature In vive. We may continue
Mrs. Warren. Mrs. War. My dear Mr.
Shaw, (Pauses and gazes with amazement
at Dramaticus Receivers himself and con-
tinuesJ We do not think much Of such
ladies as Mrs Warren. Mr.. Shaw in the
Elysian Fields.
Dr-QrOu6y) l suppose not However.
wouldn't enter the Elysan Fields without
her. She is Of my best characters
Why what her own daughter says Of
her My dear mother: You a won
derful woman-you are stronger than all
England" OF course she's strong: that's
what | meant her to be: there's where
she's typical Ask anybody Why. it's
Just that kind of that call
strong nowadays She's splendidly strong.
I ought to know. made her myself. She
than strong: she's magnificent. She's
Ibsene, with a look OF profound convic-
ton. Excitement among the Ibsenites)
Cr.-Whats that? Obscene?
Dr.-(Testy) Ibsene, said. from Ibsen. the
dramatist.
Cr.-Ah. see. 1t amounts to the same thing. |
thought you'd taken her from somewhere
outside England.