The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25
Mrote Tor One He Lowed

Don't write for the public" said
Charles Warren Stoddard one time
while speaking TO an intimate friend
"l59nt write for the public.
never write for the public. As
an. impetus--it is sometimes an
tnspiration-I write to and for one I
foTe- Just as I write a letter to
che of my beloved kids so do 1
. begin an article-always with the
image. or some loved one in my heart"
IySTENsELY HUMAN
go Stoddard was essentially and intense
lN aauman- His personality has been
haHing 10 q considerab BILE portion of
.fsfe. world for a good many years. and
20 none more pulling than himself.
one need only to read his works TO be
assured OF it. He possessed a woman's
soul in ali its strange and endless
chanEeablenesS. He was at once the
enigma and epigram Of life. He was
misunderstood by many-as Kipling.
" one OF his most sympathetic friends.
predicted he was bound to be when he
read For the Pleasure of His Com
pahy.' Yet he filled his heart with
the love Of those who did understand
hIm, untroubled by the others.
Eyen one. and the very least. OF Stod-
dsfds books, reveals his wonderful
powef Of observation. His mind was
= kaleidoscope film, never idle: Il reg
fstered time exposures and snap shots
INCREASINGLY. and then developed them
"a mellow tone prints OF fine thought.
TRIBUTE FROM PHILLIPS
When Stoddard sighs it is as if his
soul expired-that soul long lost from
ffs starry fellows and wandering along
the highroads Of alien earth" writes
charles Phillips in recent article tell
ing Of a visit 10 Stoddard's home at
Monterey.
He sighed as he sank into his chair
End stretched his arms out over his
desk. There was nash OF the imp's
heels in his eyes when he showed me
lis ruascots that ranged in 2 solemn
row over the three little bronze mission
bells strung across his desk. First
there is the lizard-an iron lizard, very
tVisry and green He has gone around
The world with me- Stoddard said, and
I guess it's because he is so crooked
that I had to keep straight
EXTENSIVE CORRESPONDENTS
..Stoddard's correspondence il. exten-
sfve. vet he dispatches his obligations
With. ease. I grew fond of that big
Ege is great old friend said
Stoddard. No one Will ever guess
what work ne does You know he
sdHed people call me lazy. Well, If
f6ev could see the volumes I haven't
-4,4bifshed the resms ! have written
80 destroved'-(I myself know of at
east one pile OF manuscript the Work
~ Years. that he deliberately burned
for fear II would be pubiished-)
ut is ia dealing with the tropic lands
+I1s+ StOddard Is at his best, Phillips
ssvs toward the end OF his article
...Nof in the English language is there
e--rl, -,oluptuously allHring writings as
+. The -Jdyls. Yet that mustang
i+r-oor OF his kicks up its sudden heels
"a every page, and always when sigh
frg sea and trOpic palm begin 10 make
,l-e brain humid with their ianguorous
teaufV." Then. in speaking OF Stod-
dard as = poet, Phillips says
pvt 20 tire literary world the most
infetyf ting item iD the Stoodard pros
,e~tsfs viii be the possibility OF a new
t.oolx OF poems. The world holds 2
a-ldge against him because 30 years
- without warning or apparent rea
c- 10 stopped short IN his singing
snd since then has. so far as the read
ne public knows. left his iute un-
sf~t,nr Yet Stoddard IS one Of the
Few American poets whose work VIII
AtVa."