New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

sons Music Literature. all the decorative
arts. everything produced at that time Is
not looked upon now as amounting to very
much. YOU know. These and Victorian
furniture and the Crystal Palace all went
together But the chief reason why Dick
ems and Thackeray were not first rate art
lists was that they We're sentimentalists and
afrNd Of their public"
! Mr. Bennett seemed to The Tribune re-
porter a much Younger man than reader
of his The Old Wives Tale" for instance,
to mention only one o. his novels might
expect 10 see. This feeling of surprise be-
I ing mentioned, Mr. Bennett said:
you thought | would be an old man.
with q beard? But I'm an older man than
l am" He is forty-four and a half years
ola.
| Il think you'n find me easy TO inter
view" he said Offering his cigarette case.
i've been "A journalist myself-the implied
compliment was too pretty 10 miss-"and ]
like to sec man do his JOB. / stil like
TO do a bit OF journalism now and then. 1t
brightens one up a bit
| II was as foegy a. London outside, but
It was impossible not 10 feel frightened up
a bit ones self. Their I'm the bare. back
office Of Mr.. Bennett American publisher.
The author of twenty plays and list OF
novels that becomes longer almost while
you walt is slight. rather nervous. and
wears a cocky little mustachc. He also
wears high standing" collar. OF "A pat
! tern not on sale i'm New York His blue
serge suit Is the kind known 10 the adj
vertisement writer's as regulation business
mans cut" \ black string tie produces
a neat effect. and does not hide the bosom
Of soft white madras shirt. He wear;
detachable cuffs and they are larger
around than is customary over here. prob
ably to enable him readily 10 find his
Handkerchief, which he carries in his sleeve.
! incidentally, his portrait can Doe found o.
/ Page S Of Part II of this issue Of The
| Tribune)
Asked how he. happened to come to Amer
lea, and regarding his plans Willie here.
Mr.. Bennett said; IL hadn't the least in
tention, you know, Of visiting the United
States. There are quite a lot OF other places
mat, FOR various reasons, l had much rath-
or visit. But Mr. Doran, my publisher
wrote to me and said, You really must
come TO America. | replied that | would
really do no such thing. YOU know And
chen Mr.. Doran would write again and say:
But you must come, am come right
away! And here 1 am.
"Of course. / have been misquoted by
some American newspapers | knew
should be. Not by all Of them. Not even
by the most of them. But by some Of them
] have been made to say things al'oyer the
place that | never. never said al all. / cx-
pected this. and came prepared To stand IL.
There is nothing else for me to do but
stand it,"
you are going to write a novel with
America the background was suggested.
You can't write novel about country
unless you've lived there as a child" re-
piled Mr. Bennett. emphatically. Il shall
do a couple OF quite large things, based
upon my impressions Of the country but
no novel"
Mr. Bennett gave one to understand that
he was here to gather local color FOR
series Of Impressions OF New York and its
suburbs. ana chapter on Chicago a. Ncli.
since lac expects to visit there also. lie
went to Washington a few days ago.
Il mean TO 20 there again before | return
TO England" he said. Il want TO be there
when that anar-ah-what IS il called,
now
Congress-" he was asked.
quite So" be- replied I'm told that
when Congress is on 1t Is remarkably IN
tererting. Yes. think ! shall go there
when Congress is at IT.
He would not visit Pittsburgh he said.
because what would be the use? England
has a phisLuIgn Of h,r own consequently
there is no need vi looking at another one.