The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
Here's G. B. SHAW'S BOSWELL
,ROT. HENDERSON BACK WITH A
' iGE FROM THE MASTER.

hrrf. Archibald Henderson, Phi d., the
Urea, Shavian. peeled on the bronze brown
llothes which are an exac replica OF the
lun habitually worn by George Bernard
NAV. applied 10 his checks and brow a
Linch Of talcum powder from the box pre-
Rented 20 him by George b. Shaw, slid into
\ pa,r ~ pure white pajamas OF the make
IA Barnard shaw always wears when he
Liza down 20 make the world forget Bill
Shakespeare. and then disposed himself
I'M bel in PRECISELY q. u. Shaw's sleeping
brtudc, flashes u pale blue M violet
hinged Thought radiated from the seventh
|eoor " the Grand Hotel.
4 For hours. ever since Prof. Archibald
henderson. Ph. D.. landed at the Grand
with q big trunk that was plastered all over
suirh la}+ls of the Hotel Cecil and British
railroads. persons with pale. thoughtful
{faces. high. noble brows and long, bushy
|heards had been going into the Grand from
ur and down Broadway and praying FOR
instant admittance to tho apartment OF
Prof Archibald Henderson. Phi. ID. They
cane from Brooklyn. from Jersey City
and lunkers and from tanktown in Near
Jersey. and they carried armloads of books
all marked BY George Bernard Shaw"
The news had flashed to them far over the
heads of common. low browed persons
that one whose hand had touched the hand
Of Shaw, who had walked arm and arm
with the Master, who had been privileged
for q whole month to visit the Greater-than-
Shakespeare at Woppington-on-Wop. Chol-
mondeley- Chuddington and other places,
was here in town n might be seen il APP
10 il, aAa rtvks
They came, and kept coming until the
modest little room which the Apostle to
American Shavians occupied was crsmmed
10 bursting. They perched on the window
sDs. smoking long stemmed pipes and
throwing of epigrams Ike a lumber yard
fire splitting sparks. They sat. with fine
courtesy. two on a chair until all three
chairs were heavily hurdened with philoso-
phers. and there were six on the bed.
around the walls they were arranged like
. irieze. not hsphszardly, but with careful
art. First there would be a large a
with a spreading heard, then a little man
with no heard at all, then a big man. big
heard; little man, no beard, and so on clear
around the room. There was just enough
space left for Prof. Archibald Henderson,
|Ph. D. to plant himself and a package of
I English cigarettes compliments Of G., r. S.
on a small and groaning centre table.
Anybody could tell right away that DR..
Henderson was something OF a much. There
was nothing surprising about it when he
/ said mcdestly (the professor is very modest)
] that he held down the chair Of mathematics
In the University Of North Carolina inc
was a regular wiz when il came to doing
stunts with differential calculus. and had
/ quaternions squealing for the water bottle
and towels long before they ever put the
| gloves On. Ii wasn't long. too. before
the fact came out that he was an author.
In fact Prof. Henderson spoke OF il himself
n a careless sort ~ way ms II after all 1t
| didn't really amount 10 much, but while
they we're talking abou il he might as well
\ mention that ne had written THE Present
Vogue 81 Bernard Shaw, George Bernard
Shaw, Biography and Autobiography"
The Real Shaw" Shaw and Shake
lspeare, " -Shaw's Place in Art, The Shavian
Philosophy" Conversation with George
BERNARD Shaw IAN Appreciation Of Shaw"
land several other little things, not to speak
iof ESSAYS and articles he had dashed of
isbout Nlaeterlinck. Stephen Phillips, Ros-
Hand, lhsen and Hauptmann. Some of them
leot into print, too.
IPilVHIely IIIlCnluR tht HhN ihio "
taoco from the end Of a cute little cigarette,
Prof. Henderson began 20 speak in a low,
isveet voice and there was no other sound
n the room save the gurgling OF piI ca and
Fn ocoas onal deep drawn sigh from the
T1sze Of phi losophers.
IT has been my ambition for years
e said. Ito be the biograuher Of Ceor &c
BERNARD Shaw. to write Of him az he is.
IL hx-if may say so-his place In the
Ivorld Of art and literature. | meditated.
rejected. | pondered long. Then |
'rote To- w. Shaw a~cuuainting him with my
rolect. In good time there came an inVi-
Na'o" Il, visit him at his home in London
There was a 81 ght pause Then while
free mGrmured to window sill, and window
N snoke softly to bed and chairs. "Ah!
o his hons IN London. What haopinese.
Erother, may | borrow a piccfu!? Thanks.
fh-h-h-h' He +. eaks again"
VI. Shaw met me in erson," continued
? professor iowIy. 1T was a great and
pager moment. He accom- anied me TO his
Fome and a. we reached the stoop a messen-
ger boy arr rodched hearing thef first three
k1rlee Of his new plays that had been printed.
r Shaw with a rapid motion similar to
1is-tor" of the warnings. and with a
leaning smile presented me the very hrst
The coy jos.
Would Won like to know how Mr.. Shaw
tots. Nhdt manner Of man he ia in dress
knd PERSON. ! shall endeavor to Amt,
f>Ve,er "rudaly, his portrait. You are
krick instantly with the extreme palenes'
p his face and the delicate texture Of his
IN, under which you can observe the
fe'ry blood lea~ing with b riotous energy
the man. One notices the long. thin
k'se. very white eXce3t as TO the ito. which
a ht rel His eyes are clear blue, q
finclng with irreDTessible humor, now
fllooting daggers of light as his mind
rheels magniicently to anger You see.
200 the mass Of iron gray hair INC the foil
card touched slightly with frost. He
pens lanky unnl you regard the wide.
passive shoulders and the depth of chest.
studied HIM, Won understand. rs an artist
Nntemp latcs his model"
ms dress, professor. " whispered a pale
fother on the window sill. Describe
p habiliments."
Brown customarily in his favorite
lade remarked Prof. Henderson dream
y saw him o~ncs-would that Whistler
Eere vet with us!-when he appeared
a s'nt Of soft and delicate ~fannels,
@ the fannels that common persons
"a but ~ a texture 40 fine and siiken
nat one wondered at the beauty Of 10. It's
oor was a soft and golden brown. He
ue also 4 green, loosely knotted tie and
snlrt Of creamy tint. His shoes were
ysn and he Wore a brown fedora hat
IN a broad brlm."
mere was another short pause while the
Paaylans hurriedly scratched down in note
kSss Hyleavee and wen on cuffs a few
t%snlon notes as they dropped from the lips
me professor. Then.
Nhen ] spoke 10 Mr.. Shaw OF my am
tnon, no replied enthusiastically. these
Fe hs very words: To write my biog-
Ipny Il to write "A history OF all the most
HoIHGvu1snt movements in art, literature,