The evening world., 1911-03-11
member that NO matter what We
do the great ocean will always
roll between your country ana
mine"
Portrait Of the Count.

PORTRAIT OF the
Count Tolstoy's voice IL as gentle as
his beliefs. lie speaks English with
comparatively little accent. only max
ing the concession 10 the foreign words
OF picking his way slowly among them.
as one who follows a well lighted but
unaccustomed path. He is a slight man.
not over tall, whose clear. cold coloring
gives the impression Of passive rather
than exuberant health. He has the
ca gle-like look OF the strong nosed,
slightly bald Russian. Deep lines hold
mis- brown beard in parenthesis; and
between his two keen. quizzlcal eyes are
the little vertical lines nature sets upon
the brow Of the man OF unusual mental
endowments. He smiles often. though
| his mustache does not hide the fact
| that his teeth are irregular and pro-
truding.
Ibid you believe your fathers doc
trines in all thingsT" I asked. and quite
accidentally made a mental note that
although the Russian author died on
Nov. 20 last his son, who was unuues-
tionably devoted to him.. wore no mourn
ing for him.
mo. I did not agree with my father
In all things denied Count Tolstoy.
The blind following OF a path was the
last thing my father would nave re-
CURED of any man, From the time that
we were children we were encouraged
to develop our own conclusions To
tell you Just whore my beliefs differ
from those OF nay father would DO
more than difficult.
Always Changing Beliefs.
! zone OF the main difficulties would be
the fact that my father was him>el'
constantly cnanglng his own beliefs,
Not ia fundamental, OF course, Eunda-
mentally he was a religious teacher who
was both an apostle OF peace and a
rebel against all constitutional author
ity, secular or clerical: a philosopher
who, having probed all creeds, hal
adopted the simple one OF humility.
hard labor and good will toward all
men. But specifically n in detail my
father changed, 1t was necessary TO
HE progress. But We're ! to attempt TO
tell YOU over which points We Joined
issue and over which ones w parted |
would have to Ill several books"
There was some talk recently OF
your fathers home, Yasnaya Polyana,
near Tula, being purchased by a ,om-
bination Of wealthy Americans. VINO
would convert 1t into a memorial" l
commented. Are you Interested In
such Il project"
NO. ! am not" said Count Tolstoy.
Il am In America merely for a visit
and to study yplr cUstoms and your
people. | am Interested In everything
here. ! am interested II your Journal
lists, and the men who besiege YOU
with their cameras when o land
from the ship, | Am interested IN YOU.
in your work. the things you do, and
your gloves and your nat, DO you.
understand me-? | mean am Interested
in every little thing in America
Has Only On Wife.
do you?" - | began.
II think | have been very dociie," in
terrupted Count Tolstoy, plaintively. Il
nave tried to answer your questions and
give you something 70 wrItc about.
Now / shall tell you everything you
nave hot asked me, and then | snail
talk no more. So then:
Il have lived In an questionable
suburb OF Paris Tor many years and
there | work, ] am Il sculptor and |
have written several dramas not
greatly worthy OF comment. am
forty two years old ana | have one
wife-please remember that. ONE wife;
am not n Moymon-and have Ave
/ children. Three OF them are boys and
two are girls. and" concluded Count
Tolstoy triumphantly. that IL all and
there you have my life; and the priuci-
pal thing for you to T-membe! Il 70
write very strongly OF the peace pact
between Russia and America
And when persons are so very nice,
handing out information already la beled
and neatly done UP in packages. what
can a grateful interviewer do but let
them escape without further protest
waen they signify their desire 10 do
un