The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-05
Alfred Noyes, the English,
Verse Builder, Says It's
Good Trade.
TAKES 1T SERIOUSLY.
New Work Poets Look Pros
peressh Wear Hair Short
akdShoes Are shined.

1Ae last Of the ancient Illusion that
q poet 10 q half starved, csrnivorous
|, animal, mpping. around and brushing
aside hisisssAor locks to stare dream
\ ny intsSp4sp Nsals Others eat drink
and are merIys.Ass gone by the board.
\ Two thtnfS prove the fact that It s
\ up to the editor 10 give the boot 10
the o,d-styie poet " he comes around
the ONCE with his ODE TO spring TINS
week. One Is tho well-fed condition OF
\, New York's poets and the other Is the
testimony OF Mqod Noyes. the self
\ supporting English poet who Is sues'
\ Of New York to-day The fattened con-
h ALTON Of New York's poets was shown
\ Yesterday at the dinner given by the
|, Poetry Society at the National Arts
/ club 20 Mr.. Noyea Here Is the tesu-
\ mcny of Mr.. Moves. the apostle OF the
doctrine: BE sober. poet. and the
royalties are thine" =.
THE first money got for poem'
. sa,d the weli-dreased. pieasant-faced
I young man who was the guest OF nonor
A the dinner. came TO three suineas
had juss -been graduated from Oxford
and I. had TO support myself was
living At home. when I got the money
for TIL, poem spent thirty shiilins1
/ AZ II IN going to London. I Got along
an what was left and offered more
poems. There were times when Two
! ONT Of foor poems would be returned.
rejected, but that did not last long
n worked on the principle that poetry
wa - much an art a. painting OF
1 sculpture. Is~orked At II hard and did
II - follow the old idea that . poe'
|! must 70 out an drink lot OF brandy
! ar 40 something eccentric In order to
4 nat IN n poetic mood. I kept at my
+ Ar faithfully. and. finally. I sent
,osm on a patriotic 2subject TO 's'ack
woods. II was tmeiy and WAS copied
In perhaps. Afty periodicals Then
Y rot q request for more poems and
\ aA not have so many rejections.
MoyEs Is A RATIONAL HUMAN
y 81. BEING.
n Mr.. Moves Is perhaps thirty Year, oil
"a he In no more serious than MAJ
\ Ar thirty should be. He likes to smii
II a.d ehSt and With the hired -oy-the
Il week member Of the Poetry Society o.
+ TIE EvAnins World stan he take
i vtthout any OF the affectations OF IN
l Nterary artists that have made inter
viewing an agony to many three
I mesi-a-day journalist with the poetr
! craft on the side.
y IAN artist who paints . picture" h
|! said. .esnDot paint q good picture Q
I series of p!cturea IL he does not trea
his art seriously and work at u. u
cannot q taEd 10 take the same attitud
II To n that Dawson and Poe might hav
~ taken. l like to work and sometime
M the publishers say that an turning o.
too much because I turn out volun
Of poems a year. They are mistaken
ID loaf six weeks At . ums. ~ ! u
Il. doing now, but when ! work ] 90 AZ
MY poem Drake was printed ~
SERIAL Il was long. very long. b
Blackwood'S found that its circulate
II west W a thousand copies and thi
means something for high-pric'
magasins."
Henry Nv Alden. me dean OF literal
editors inr,Ssw York and perhaps OF
OF the most beloved OF the sllver-gra,
In the business Of publishing llteratu
In magazine form, suggested to II
Evening. Worlds representative at q
diuner.t0 Mr.. Noyes that he would
have ioetptsd Drake" The Atian'
Nouthly ssh.sht have taken It," no sal
but MOI ,Hstper's."
~ thint that the idea Of being afrs
Of sucA.sj ons poem In this country
q wrong lde9." said Mr.. Soyes. ut
probably sell we'll here IN book fol
and wohid have attracted just Is mu
attention. in magazine form"
= Mr.. ALDEN thought that there was
good ncid Tor young poets In this cot
try. aA<I ~ " a poet himself. No
over. Mr. Alden Is a poet OF the his
eat quality. Although. in the course
his duties, as sditor OF Harpers. he
TO reject millions OF poems a year.
op!nioH THAT American poets may r
the nea and stu hope to eat rsgula
should indr " discounted. for he
even two olher POETS In his family.
daughter, Aileen Kilmer. and his SON
law. Ioyce kilmsr. Perhaps even
HarvVyAreaks into. poetry in DISCUS
Another fact that will shock the q
fashioned. moss-covered poets OF \
York 10 that at the dinner at
Natiopal Arts Club every poet had
hair eur yesterday, was clean shaw
had on pretty good clothes and !
NOT TALK SHOP! All their sh
were shined. and as for the poetesi
They were all beautiful and dres
g.oriotsAX rThere wasn't one of
poetesbsA thxt was homely or mannis
dressed. They were all soft as
dawn, orb, Aayydsy, sweet as the
that sweeps across clover fields.
they all had good appetites.