The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-27


Why. have pulled Christianity In my poema'
10 the pure everything 10 impure. but 20
the artist 2 verifying l. pure. All my thoughts
on these things you may read IN an article I
have Just written and which I shall have
published under the title OF The EssentLal
lndecency Of the Puritan Mind" II, an 1
believe. art 10 the invention Of the devil.
then why should we not all worship the deVIl7
These two great forces. rood and evil. are
tile subject matter Of my novel which am
soon to write. i
To list all the things the young man in
tends to do would take up more space than
should be devoted sven to subjects 30 alb
sorbing. Those who want to learn all
about them need only call upon Viereck
and he'll tell all. The anxious should call
early. however. because he says that his
hfe -is one continual luncheon, and when
I'M not lunchine I'm posing for my photo.
graph or reading clippings about myself"
Only his physique enables him to stand the
strain. The poet is almost ~ years old
now and built in proportion. Busy al he
In. however. he IL one Of the few great
writer's OF modern times who Ia always
kind enough 10 tell who he 10 and what ~
the things he intends TO do when he grows
up.
But the jests are on now. With delirious
screams OF oh, nursery rhymes!" and "0h,
birdseedf" the wit flies fast ard furious.
folk.
Speaking about my poetry" says vier-
eek, Tor instance. do you know that when
William Ellery Leonard lthe leading poet
Of Madison. Wisl wrote q beautiful sonnet
Leonardo"
Indeed there TO-" insisted l.. Abbott,
hotiy. l.. Abbott 10 the champ viercck
booster BOG Sy ne way. Why. I've seen him
How much-ha! Ia! ha.-how much did
you t-t-t-ha! ha!-t-t-touch him fori'
observed young Sinclair Lewis. the poet
who has a piece in the Smart Set:
Well. sir, that wheeze came like q fash
Of that sentence II was sure one big scream
all over the works. By all odds it was
the very best thing said at the luncheon.
When the shrteks Of laughter had died
down part way L. Abbott saw that the
whole affair. to be really artistic. should
have its proper proportion OF light and
shade. Even wit pals when not larded
in between with the more serious things
OF life, because too much 10 plenty. And
50 young Mr., Abbott began to explain
was the time the head waiter anne in.
He just listened to pragmatism for a few
minutes and then he went over and turned
on the electric fan and stole out.
IOuhk NlcTCCh nGlu JUt IuuCfsUtTs SDcll-
bound for some time after prsgmatism
was settled with a number Of snappy things
about his work and what he intends to do
next winter, and then he read q bunch Of
letters to the table. each one a letter OF
regret from some other big literary light
that he o join the club. much as he
should Hike to. One dell ghtful bit read
was from Emma Goldman and said:
DEAR LEONARD ABBOTT: Haven't you
emancipsted from Ladies Day. OF course
Viereck has not, but then az q true "Hohen-
zollern" he no doubt believes with his blood
relations that the ladies' sphere Ia Kaiser.
Kirche, Knechte und Kinder, therefore special
days when ladies dare enter the house Of the
Lord.
But you, the champion OF equality? Have
you turned traitor to your masters. Morris.
Carpenter and Waltz Or do you believe your
sex to be Comstockianly ~uncfeap. that Its
members must not be taken by surprise' I
fear I'm too "wickedly inter esting and clever"
70 attend anything 80 stupid as merely a lady's
or mans day. Yours for a time when men
will be clean enough to meet US at all times
and not when they will have to take a special
bath. Sincerely. EMMA GoLDMA
The club still awaits replies to invitations
that were sent to Nine. Nazimova TO be
present at he first ladies' day. August ?.
The club says it's a cinch that Madam
will be tickled to d ath to come. But
she's taking weeks and weeks, evidently,
20 make up her mind.
Some of the lunohsters had a quarters
worth of home made schmlerkaese with
cream, and others rccklessly went the
limit an TOOK the entire forty cent table
d'hote luncheon, and everybody had all
the Viereck on the lot.
And now I'm going over to get up on a
Fifth avenue stage" confessed the boy
poet, -as I do that often because I wish to
become a figure along Fifth avenue" And
he put on his coat n went away from
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