The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-11
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" .stoer. | think, because hailed
ar, sco against which the author
be An s,,var Of sThe Children Of the
\ .. .,, stili cherIshes certain bitterness.
'nW q 10 the so-called dramatic critics
q M york to decide whether the plttef-
heen vIlhed and misrcpresented
"a rost liberal manner In print ne
y '..ed in the intervals OF poking the
- relief to his feelings, but | never
,ronble 10 contradict anything
LA abont me, no matter how de-
..,.lv Inaccurate 1t may he; find In
"a /, pays better to let It run its In
..,'-s .,urse. Here Is n luminous exam
n NV last book, The Mantle ~
- smoke of one of the characters
~, toaue. and for this was Sc
Iii taken to task by a certain lady
LII on the ground that toques belonged
" mucb later period. Well, here is the
-. ,hIs was sent to me this morning. :"
Il !, no sneaker handed me "A clipping In
3 s,h the writer In question publicly
.,.ovIsdeed the injustice of her charge
"A u onachronlsm In the matter of the
~, The article was from one of the
ss.ellnplng bureaus of London
q Il, zsneWili is an odd mixture, but even
n. eucmIes must admit. I think, that he is
4 .t,rstIns As / intend to speak my uu.
Il ,.,ued opinion. let me begin by saying
H. Ike him. To he sure, this was not
H. state of my feeling toward him at one
dst Of our conversation. when he in
lied In rather too much fault-nndlng
I'm AmerIcn, | thought, for good taste.
X Il, after ALL 1t is ones final opinion Of
H. that counts; and, Furthermore, there
II slight doubt that he has on occasion re-
ksred shabby treatment from some OF the
hnlshts Of the pen in New York.
n ~
But surely what you say about Amerl-
In journalism" objected. periodically,
6rcuId not apply to the best papers OF
FEsE York, such as" and mentioned an
RnTortant daily that would be surprised to
kesr anything said against its good morals
n good manners.
1t wouldn't apply in that case, you
Aslakl Well, let me undeceive you. When
eThs Children of the Ghetto was produced
b New York, the paper you speak of came
Nj With an article on the play, at the end
n which it said: Mr. Zangwill was called
before the curtain, and he appeared in
Bit that was fairly white.
One Is forced to admit that this is not
Sntlcsm, despite desire to vlndlcate ones
euntrymen.
Nj Zangwlll lives in a dainty little
f'rse 10 very quiet street in st. Johns
MOD. London. IN two flights of very steon
siaght stairs, in n pleasant little room
bat is lined with books and Uttered with
.bfars debris in the way that a bookman's
iocn should be. When entered he was
'irring the fire. his back toward the door,
fg Did be turn around TO receive me.
Come In" he said. Take seat. It's
''ssy out, isn't it, His voice and hands
NJ distinctly literary The beauty Of his
''se naae mo forgive the unromnrowi9'"" J
FniHendly back. It was evident that
~ mere to zeal wlth i reluctant, resu,e
'aSect who had no desire to be inter.
'sFed and who Intended to curl himself
y Ike an armadlllo. On such occasions
'le most useful art should think. Is thk.
4 mesmerism. In lieu Of the mesmerlc
N however, the best thing is unrufrled
FRA nature and a strict adherence 70 In
'euous seueralitlcs. The fog. | thought.
Flgat safely be reckoned in this category.
" my host unreasonably desired to know
Ae object Of my cislt. which he had not
Exceeded In gathering from my letter ~
l'lfcdueton. reluctantly explained what
bad come for.
dump" he muttered, you can get
| q that much better out Of the hook
N'd by Jerome, called NV First Rool,
'esldes- one gets tired of going over +be |
sue old story again and opain "
~
ss reference tue 10 same opinion on hearing
ga cited to me nv evory ,cr,,as - 80
England and Gerroonv IN ~ ,a,.on
IAlch Countries the idca ~ col,oot,na .ha
photographic story of I,terorr hou,an,nns
q first conceived nv the ,ovo,,st Enaaaas
y then appropriated nv 1eron,a
b conversation NAV tnta - 70 vIe . .a,
desire Is to have sbo.t aoa'.o go a.,
~ you, II you can snare tbe ttma say
! ten or fifteen minutes F." '''
Z We sat down before lbe 6re 70 mare
la'ersotion for Quarter 81 an hour hat
laed up by chatting most ar,,.a,,I,. S ,os
\, \. noars and a hall.
y zangwil likes to Talk hut s,rce bA
- well and incltes ones ,morinot,on
\ since he gives his ,nterl6crtor " : iiSapoi
ahre, the lost ~, 20 ,,eeusVi a ''De'ui