The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-23

You should never think Of interviewing
Arnold Daly In the usual manner, In
order 10 understand his method Of being
Interviewed you must understand him
his impetuoaity, bis enthuSiasm. bis iIu-
patienos-An a word. the characteristics
Of the Celt.
HiS entrance IL abrupt and be temperS
Il with an apology for being late. IA he
II two minutes ahead Of time this might
appear unnecessary. but you must re-
member again that the apology Of the Ceit
Il never made for real aims. but merely
70 establish at once the pleasant relation
ship which comes from being able TO for
dive somebody something.
Having disarIned criticism with one
diplomatic stroke, he begins 10 talk talk
punctuatod at times by impatient move
nents about the reception room Of his apart
uosnt, By making wild thrlstS at an imagi-
nary enemy in midair; by pounding the
tabls. az II II represented the pulpit edge.
He has the oloquence Of the Celt; he never
heSitatea for an idea.
sYba, have been taking q rest, he SAyS.
Il have 10 break away every little while.
Just net out Of town and forget everything
for q day OF two He takes q bottle OF
medicine from his pocket, places It on the
table, takes 1t up. shakes IL vigorously and
replaces It. you see the doctors have
Owen me some dope medicine 10 take
ought 10 have rested another day.
'Thsre Il nothing In the world quite 20
InSidious as work. You begin and little BY
little you work more and moro.
you have enthusiasm and ambition and
the work comes easy. You add another
Utilization or another ambition to the load
a. easily as II they were StrawS.
'Y6u see men and women breaking down
all about you; you laugh and say; Not for
me-. am made Of different clay from
that You 90 on.
you notice that one OF two familiar
faces are gone and you hear that So and So
has had heart failure or met with an acci-
dent, and still you smile In . superior way.
Finally Nature puts In q word. She Says,
All right, old chap. you 60 right on II you
want to, but stop. Do you understand
stop
perhaps you laugh again. perhaps you
do 90 on after Nature has put In her word OF
warning. II you do, you do It At your
peril.
you think I am saying this because
l have had q days nlnessf Not at all,
am saying It because the idea came TO me
~ was huTTying back from the theatre
TO meet you here for this interview.
i know you don't expect me 70 cit UP and
gay clever things. I believe you want
me 70 express just what u In my mind at
the moment; and. crossing the street.
lodging two huge automobiles, which
nearly knocked me over, thought: What
and where are We going? What do We
stand for at this moment In the eyes Of
etsrnityf When you see = man, disguised
behind q pair Of huge goggles, hurting
himself through space at the rate Of a mile
minute In a machine which looks like a
cross between a demon and q spider. what
does Il signify9 When you 60 . mental
step further and realize that this man
represents his day and his typo. What Il
the conclusionF
do you suppose for . moment that God
had such a world In view In his great scheme
Of creations world Of hendish bits Of
iron and steel each trying 10 get nowhere
in the quickest timer A city full Of men
and women whose greatest prayer Of
thanlSfulness b uttered because they get
Goross . street without being lmoclusd down.