The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-02-07

kept of the streets excepting wnen ne
broke loose, which, in the language Of |
Dan Quin, was "some frequent"
Lived on Tabloids and Cod Liver Oil.
When the boy grew to consider
able size he began to think about max
ing living. He informs us that he
earned three sums Of money in nine
years at writing. the aggregate being
f6. The first sum earned was five
pound note for writing patent med
icine advertisement. Mr.. Shaw re-
quired very little money, being high
ly sublimated vegetarian and subsist
ing during that period on tabloids and
cod liver oil, but it is difficult to be-
Iieve that he lived nine years on $50,
so we may assume that he had outside
help. In London, to which city the
future author went at the age Of
twenty, the patrons Of cheap little
vegetarian restaurant still tell Of the
days when the tall, gaunt, red whisk
cred young man used to come in and
sit down at table. take a tabloid or
two out of his pocket, order serving
of cod liver oil and proceed to feast.
In those days Mr.. Shaw's clothing
bill was not much Of a nightmare to
him. He scorned anything in the ma
ture of starchy linen, wearing soft
flannel shirts with roll collars, and had
no more use for pair of cuffs than
monkey has for stickpin. He dress
ed like workingman and ate like
canary. Having absolutely no use for
tobacco, liquor, society or other vices,
what use had he for money?
Young Shaw became a Socialist,
which is not surprising. He was one
of that famous group of Fabians
whose theories as expressed in little
book of Fabian Essays" by himself
and fellow enthusiast have become
part of the Socialists sacred litera-
ture. Shaw used to mount soap box
| or beer barrel at the open forum in
Hyde park and harangue those crowds
to which William Morris also some
times talked. Thus he became an
easy speaker, which stands him in
good stead in his lecture work, for
this tireless laborer usually keeps three
or four lecture courses running in
England with himself as the lecturer
"Made Good" With the Public.
Eight years ago Mr.. Shaw married,
which was surprising. Nobody would
have believed it of him. Had he not
harangued against the existing institu-
ton of marriage? Had he not averred
and avowed that the world was all
I wrong, awry, topsy turvy and t'other
end foremost OH that subject? Verify,
yes Nevertheless he went with his
chosen lady, who believed in him and
with him to some extent, to a regis
trar's Office and was legally welded.
Strange to record, the marriage took
place Oh the romantic and conventional
first day Of June. Though nobody here
tofore seems to have called attention to
the fact, it is worthy Of note that since
his marriage Mr.. Shaw has made
good" with the public, thing he never
did before. Up to the age of forty-two
he wrote and rallied and laughed and
lambasted, he frotEed and fabbergast
ed furiously, but until just about that
time all his poundings for popularity
never made much Of dent in the
brazsn surface Of public notice. May
it not be that Mrs. Shaw has been the
making of her husband?
Since his marriage Shaw has chang
ed materially in his modes of life
though his habits and modes o,
thought-or, more properly, of expires
sion-are the same as of old. Now HI
wears clothing that is quite respect
able; he eschews the tabloid and th,
cod liver oil, though still vegetarian
and he appears now and then in so
ciety. Some time after his marriag,
his acquaintance were amazed to flint
him at reception wearing boiled
shirt and a stiff collar and looking
quite comfortable But Mr.. Shaw still
clings to the flannel shirt for ordinar.
wear and no doubt retains all his earl.
disgust for starched linen.
"My great idea Of Clothes" he says
'is that they should be clean and com
Portable. This of course exclude
starch. l couldn't wear thing which
after being made clean and sweet,
filled with nasty white mud, ironed In
to hard plate and made altogethe
disgusting"
Then Mr.. Shaw has his fling at fem
nine apparel: 1T is astonishing tina
women put up with their presen
), clothes. Any animal with legs If fe1
tered with petticoat. let alone sever