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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW INTERVIEWED BYAJAPANESE POET
But When He Begins to Talk, an Ex-
plosion of Invective, the True Shavian
Humor Stands Revealed

French form, the longest novel being
twice as long as Vanity Fair; how
hard tried to find publisher for
them. But my efforts in those younger
days were useless; 1 have them still
in my drs wer. Just fancy that I
never made a penny during those first
nine years: and 1t was only some one
hundred pounds that I earned in my
tenth year. Again let me say that
literature does not pay at all in Eng
land.
Then my literary style and
thoughts began to develop in quite
an opposite direction from my original
determination; and here I am. as you
see. 1t has been often said that 1
have no style at all. But / think I
have q style which Is not the style OF
others. 1t Is a mistake II you think
you can get q real style from style.
How stupid for people not to see my
style at ALL"
The dish Of dessert was duly brought
in. I saw a little round pretty straw
mat before myself, which l admired:
/ was told by Mrs. Shaw that 1t was
the handiwork of some poor Irish
woman. Although was not sure
whether I liked the other mats set
before the others. declared that mine
was decidedly beautiful and harmo-
NOUS in colors.
yes. that is very pretty" Mrs
Shaw said. "And that Is Miss Lena
Ashwelrs taste"
was highly pleased that my taste
agreed with that of the once famous
English actress, whose acting of Toll
stoy's Resurrection" / had seen at
my last visit some ten years ago. and
that l was given an opportunity now
to use the mat Of her choice.
After the lunch we withdrew to the
drawing room. where we men began
to smoke presently. | was glad to
hear from Bernard Shaw's own mouth
what a sensation it was when Rodin
C"Wonderful Rodin," Shaw ex-
clalmed) was modelling his face; and
he initiated appropriately the French
sculptor's manner of work. particu-
larry how he stared at his face. Then
Shaw approached the fireplace with
both Of his hands in his trousers
pockets; he took them out slowly, and
as before he rubbed his palms against
each other once or twice and then
looked up to me and said:
II wonder what YOU ever learn from
England, stupid. silly. with her eter-
nally unchanged mind. | often doubt
if England has any mind at all"
You have to go to Ireland" Mrs.
Shaw interrupted. IF you wish to see
a real human mind"
Shaw now brought out a watch,
murmuring: Il have a committee to
attend this afternoon" Then again
he turned his remarkably interesting
face To me and exclaimed:
you are perfectly wonderful man
if you can live in Japan. l am Irish.
But / cannot live in ireland. Good
by for the present. l hope to see you
soon again"
Like a blast he banged the door and
ran away TO make his appearance
somewhere for the sake Of the
pleasure of his company TIL party
grew at once quiet and Indifferent,
since we had lost the chief guest
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I looked up into his face for the first
time in my life. I had imagined be-
fore that he might be dark and
austere, with a cynical touch some
where in his face, but my supposition
fell fiat when I saw that his Irish
eyes, like those Of his delightful wife,
already danced before he began to
talk
His reddish complexion and hair OF
the lightest shade gave him a certain
optimistic gayety. When he entered.
rubbing his palms, clasping his hands
together twice or thrice, his tall
slender body bent forward and GOV.
cred with sack coat OF fancy colored
tweed. he began to exclaim
Il have been at the Savoy to see
the rehearsal of the Midsummer
Nights Dream 1t was perfectly alb
surd. 1 never saw in my life anything
more absurd than that. But 1t Is
Granville Barkers art Always to get
something quite good out Of those abb
surdities!"
He paused and looked round to see
what impression he made on us. OF
course l knew that was a usual man.
ner OF a clever talker. Then Shaw
stepped forward to the fireplace and
walked backward TO the table. where
his own statuette poised like a stuffed
eagle. He was rather restless.
The thought came to my mind that
1t would not be any wonder IL We could
find 10000 Bernard Shaws in London
alone, since his popularity or eccen-
trlcity in manner as well as thought Is
the easiest kind to initiate. thought
1t would be a mistake for an actor
in Shaw's plays to go 10 their authors
personality for model. Again I
thought that he would be justified for
the first time in some distant future
when the actors went to his books
alone.
confess it had become my habit to
exclaim: What a miserable Shaw"
since landed in England. Here again
I was almost going to exclaim it when
the maid with the cleanest apron on,
who perfectly fitted Mrs. Shaw's
house. announced that the luncheon
was to be served. The guests, and
Coburn. the artistic photographer (cer-
tainly Shaw should be included as the
chief guest). were conducted to the
dining room. where l found Mrs.
Shaw's taste in all the decorations, as
/ expected.
I sat with Mrs Shaw al my right
Shaw at my left. Shaw. who we'll I'M
derstood how to act the part of the
chief guest-thank God was one to
be entertained as IL I were only host
began to talk when the soup was
half through; it is the interesting time
to beg n the talk. Shaw slightly threw
back his head. making his long face
straight. and leaned forward a bit and
then again threw back his head and
shook his shoulders. when he ex-
claimed placing his eyes on my face:
"Why, ! should Ike to know, do you
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-11

= WHO saw that even the Thames
was hopeless to save Cleopatra's
J. Needle. whose artistic setting has
been spoiled by the sad suburban
ism If electric trams-what English
Indifference to art, II you consider
how Paris treats it.-was glad to find
myself once at Bernard Shaw's fiat
in Adelphi Terrace, and as the first
thing to have a most interesting view
If that monolith.
The somewhat heavy, purple, gray
January fogs were unable to hide
away the monolth, whose solitary
aloofness made 1t more easy to think
about a certain great temple Of He'll
opolis than If somebody's advertise
ment with a Scotch soldier in kills
or something on the other side of the
obelisk. The whole view without was
unreal giving me feeling as If I
were sailing toward city Of Beauti-
ful Night" (the contrary Of Thomp-
sons city,. surrounded on three sides
BY delightful garden where the
people were Yeats's fairies dancing
like a flame how could I think at
that moment of Bernard Shaw and his
modern age?
Within, the fire burned luxuriously
in the drawing room, whose walls were
,astefuly filled with pictures and with
bookcases wherein l found books in
editions de luxe not particularly meant
TO read: the screen. chairs and couch
we're most properly placed. The floor
was we'll polished; The rugs were
superb.
| confess I could not believe. when
stepped in here, that this was really,
truly. Shaw's fiat-Bernard Shaw. the
cursor Of conventionality and sophis-
try. Even with his bust created by
Rodin upon the large table, the room
failed to convince me it was Shaw's.
II il were not Shaw's, whose room
might ii be?
| was glad. however. to have Mrs.
Shaw before me-the most pleasing
person. with jolly wrinkles round her
typical Irish eyes. who gracefully
matched with the room; was not her
feminine love of things beautiful, even
her conventionality in little vagaries.
symbolzed by 1t? l dare say / was
not disappointed not to find Bernard
Shaw here then, although he was
promised to be in presently; l secretly
hoped that. IL he should come in. he
would come az a guest like myself to
enjoy Mrs. Shaw's hospitality.
Bernard Shaw entered the room as
hoped he would, like a guest who had
made a delay Of half an hour only to
make his entrance more impressive.
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your fear OF going to Japan: i mean
that you would surely encounter your
books badly translated and your plays
most horribly acted"
MY plays here are horrible enough"
Shaw exclaimed.
Mrs. Shaw stopped her hands q
noticed some rings there) and looked
up to me and asked. evidently inter-
ested In japanese plays:
rs 1t impossible now TO see the real
old japanese plays?"
/ explained to her, or rather to
Shaw, as best I could the changed ar
tistic conditions that Japan Of the last
thirty years has created. wisely or
foolishly, in which the East and Japan
always retreat before the Western in
vasion: and I added that the author
who calls himself Bernard Shaw had
a considerable hand in the assault
against Japan.
How sad" Mrs. Shaw sighed.
Shaw kept himself quite silent. be-
ing busy with the vegetables on his
plate. I was pleased. however, to see
the proof that he was a true vege-
tartan and that his vegetarianism was
not a myth invented by himself.
was tdNtI u ldttI ny a
thought of shame for our mannerless
revelling over the things rich. ever
wicked, which could only excite our
human weakness, while Shaw was left
alone in sad purity; I wondered If
there was any more solitary figure
than himself.
And thought that he was talkative,
even desperately so, and often noisy
because he wished to hide his own
solitary heart: In his case, ] thought,
his talkativeness mot always wise, |
granD was his very last weapon of
defence to use against the cruel world.
What right had we. | wondered, to
ridlcule and criticise his talk? He
suddenly became. at least to my mind,
an UNHAPPY martyr who was sacrificing
everything for the pleasure of his
company: he appeared To be the ten
derest soul whose existence was al
ways misunderstood.
He saw now that the whole COM
pany were too quiet; he thought it his
office as the chief guest at this Mrs.
Shaw's luncheon TO make the party
lively by his talk. He pushed back his
head as usual and fixed his Irish eyes
on my face and said after shaking
his shoulders:
II should like to know whether lit
erature. even bad literature. will pay
in Japan. 1t does not pay at all in
England. Besides. we have no de-
cent publishers, not even one in all
London"
He fell presently into a reminiscent
mood (what good fortune for usD and
began in rather a composed voice:
II used to read the French Of the
seventeenth century when | was
young: ! can say l could well under
stand Noltaire and others in those
days. / decided that the novels |
should write must be plain and simple
perfectly free from English idioms. as
II a novel translated from the French
or Russian; then l thought that such
move. would be read by the simple
people as well as the educated.
II wrote a novel or novels with a
great purpose. perhaps adopting the
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Japanese who live in such a lovely
country Of art and natural beauty
ever go to America, the country Of all
sorts OF barbarities? What do you
gain thereT'
He continued without waiting for
me 10 answer:
Il have become perfectly disguised
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-11

one thing left for Japan would be to
be annexed to England; Japan would
be glad perhaps to become an English
colony. My beautiful dream of Japan
is spoiled. | have no desire TO go
there
Il dare say" l interrupted, you
would have a still greater reason for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-11
Yone Noguchi Finds the Enemy Of All
Things Conventional in Primly
Conventional English Flat

Noguch the japanese home after having
delivered series of lectures Oxford While he England
there meeting Of East West
Noguch Bernard Shaw The here gives his
Impressions o the playwright.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-11
George Bernard Shaw.

with the japanese ever since I saw
once a certain japanese on the plat
form who was diligent IN expanding
on his countrymen's best qualities
which We W shed To forget. Now what
will Japan he II, as he claimed, she is
filled by those japanese people with
the worst Japanese characteristics?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-11
NJ YONE NOGUCHI.

r WHO saw that even the Thames
was hopeless to save Cleopatra's
| Needle. whose artistic setting has
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-08
TESTING ENGLISH French.

Numerous opportunities for the
testing of British-spoken French oc-
cur nowadays, writes correspondent
of. the Manchester Guardian. and !
have no doubt very simple things VIII
often prove stumbling block. re-
member an experience of my own. 1t
happened at Rouen during little tour
in France with couple of friends. !
managed to act as interpreter for the
party and got on very we'll until, as
paid the bill at a Rouen hotel, the
lady who took the money observed
cray boo-tong." smiled sadly. She
with an even sadder smile repeated
the observation. She gave q receipt,
SO it could not have been anything OF
financial Importance, but | went away
ignorant of her meaning. ! looked up
.'bouton," and found that It meant IN
addition to button" such other things
as bud" and even "pimple.
Neither word could have been what
she meant, of that was sure; but not
until four hours later, as our train ap-
preached Paris, did it dawn upon me
that the lady had simply been saying
1t was a fine day Fait beau temps.
But she really said, boo" not DO,
and that was the cause Of the trou
| BILE.
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Local Readers.

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Alfred Austyn arrived In this port
yesterday from his home city. London,
England, because some Brighter had
stopped him on the dock IN London
and awsked him to look after .
bloomin' baby elephant which had
quarters In the hold OF the liner Min
newaska.
Austyn told ship news reporters
yesterday when the Minnewaska dock
ed that q couldn't leave the blawsted
brute q moment on the trip or It
would begin moanin' fit to die n
said that every time e did leave It
the beast cried and took on some
thing terrible.
Last Sunday, e continued, e thought
the divine service on board might re-
store is peace OF mind, SO he went to
the services. leayin' the little elephant
taking nap and lookin' sweet enough
to kiss.
But as soon as Austyn got to divine
worship there was terrible moanin'
from the hold, which got SO loud that
officers of the boat awsked him to
please get back down to that blighted
beast and stay with i'm till the voyage
ended.
Austyn went down to the elephant
and found I'm weepin' real tears. 3
was feeiin' sorry for the poor little
animal, when it sucked up trunk OF
water from bucket and blew It IN
is face. e was glad then 1t was only
baby elephant.
"And that's all 'e's been doin' all
the way over" said Austyn yesterday
when e wasn't moanin' e was throw
in water all over me and everything
else, and if should leave ina min
ute e would scream fit to kill. The
officers said didn't appreciate Is love
| for me. don't even know who e,s
goin' to or what is name Is and
don't care,1f e will only find someone
else to fall in love with. ! think 9
was taken away from his mother too
soon, don't NEW York World.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-08
ONE WOMAN WAS SUSPICIOUS
Experiences Taught Her When Illus
band Was Particular In Words He
Was Up to DeviIment.

"My DEAR" said Mr.. Timbull. impress
sively, "I-er-have an important con-
ference with some Of my business as
sociates scheduled for this evening,
and it is possible that I-er-may be
detained until late hour. OF course
/, shall not expect you to discommode
yourself by sitting up and waiting for
me-"
"But l shall wait for you, Henry"
answered Mrs. Timbull, "and you had
better not let me detect the least I'M
steadiness in your gait or thickness in
your speech when you return. I've
learned by experience that when you
are particular in your choice Of words
you are nearly always up to some dew
ilment"
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Doubly Proven.
Charles Town Readers No Longer
Doubt the Evidence.

This Charles Town citizen testified
long ago
Told of Quick relief-of ,uDdoubted
beuefit. &
The facts are now confirmed
Such testimony is complete-the evil
dence conclusive.
It forms convincing proof Of merit
s.For year / suffered from almost
constant pain across my back and
hips" says w. b. Anderson. of sO8 2
Congress St, Charles Town. Il did
not rest well and Iscould hardly turn IN
bed. Mornings was lame and sore
and it was quite an effort for me te
dress. Reading Of Doan's Kidney
Pills, l decided to try them and pro.
cured supply at Brown & Hootf'f
drug store. They helped me in every
way. The pain in my back and hips
left and my kidneys became normal.
alaays keep Doan . Kidney Pills 10 my
house and they do me Is much good a
when / took them some years ago,
Every once in q while / tell people
about Doan's Kidney Pills and how
much they have done for me- ! gladly
confirm my former statementa.
Price SOC, at I'll dealers. Don't sim.
ply ask foF ! kidney remedy get Doan'.
Kidney Pills the same that Mr..
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Defined as "RuraIary.'''

The supreme court Of Washington
in State vs. Corcoran holds that a
clerk in store who enters with key
furnished by his employer and takes
away goods is guilty Of burglary and
larceny, since his act Of entering I'M
der such circumstances constitutes q
..breaking." The court said:
IF the appellant had the right to
enter the store by the use of his key
at any time in the day or night, that
is, had an unrestricted and unlimited
right Of entrance, he could not be
guilty OF the crime Of burglary, even
though he carried away the goods
from the store. In such event the
crime would be. larceny. and not
burglary. But if his right to enter
was limited to the usual hours OF en-
pigment, and after hours Of employ
ment he used the key for the purpose
of entering the store with intent I'M
lawfully to take articles therefrom,
he was clearly guilty of burglary.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-08
She Was a Voter.

Visiting New York friends is an
Illinois girl, young and sweet and pref
ty. One evening she was out with q
party Of people older than herself
and after the theater someone sug-
gested that they go to rather lively
restaurant and dance awhile. The
others objectedg6n the ground that it
might not be the proper place for a
young and unsophisticated girl like
Miss Blank.
"Oh,". she said with quite an air,
you needn't bother about my youth
or my unsophistication. am twenty
one years of age and / voted at the
November election"
No other woman in the party had 9
record like that and the Illinois girl
was taken along without further ques'
ton. 4
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-08
Cleanliness Kills Flies.

rT OW do flies live through the win
ter? A few lazy, logy flies can
be found half dead, but still
living, around chimneys and warm
places in the house or stable. They
win come to life just as soon as the
boys begin playing marbles
If no garbage or flth were to be
found the female flies would die and
the stock might be lost
We must keep things clean to keep
dies from breeding. When they have
come we can catch them with ~ pa
per or fy traps or kill them with dy
poison. We can keep them out Of the
house by keeping the windows ana
doors screened.
They crawl into the sugar, the milk
and the bread. They have just been
crawling into other places. They get
typhoid germs and give yoa typhoid
They get consumption and spread It.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-08
Their Punishment.

New Arrival Viewing room full OF
swiftly moving dancers)-Who are
these people?
Devil-Oh, those are the tango nuts
New Arrival-And do they dance
that way all the time?
Devil with a chuckle) Yes, they
have to. We keep the floor so hot
: they can't stand still on it.-Puck.
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Driven From Home.

81 don't see why Charley spends his
evenings at the. club, said young Mrs.
Torkins.
ITS your fault" replied Rer mother
You will insist on buying him gor-
geously colored smoking Jackets and
neckties and then inviting the neigh
bors around in the evening to see how
funny he looks
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-08
Surnrisinn.

A lady, returning home unexpected
ly, found her domestic using the draw
Ing room for the purpose Of giving a
select party to her friends. Ann, l
am surprised" she calculated.
so am l, ma'am,' replied the un-
abashed girl Thought you wouldn't
be back for fortnight. ~ Chicago
Ledger.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-08
Concerning Monuments.

There is a cairn in honor of Tho
reau at Walden. Every visitor adds a
stone and thus quite an imposing mon
ument has been raised"
"Um," grunted Senator Wombat. "If
had all the mud that. has been
thrown at me collected into a pile, I'd
have quite a stable monument my.
SELF
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G. LIPPITT RENNER
Wooden Ware.

Wooden ware which has any odoP
Ct the food which has been in it-and
wood absorbs odors quickly-should
be soaked in hot water in which soda
Is dissolved in the proportion Of a
tablespoonful of soda to four quarts of
water
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Peter Brooks.
Wanted

We are offering some attractive bar.
gains at our store during the 10 per
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ETC., if you have in mind a Wedding,
Birthday or Anniversary gift it will
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C. W. Brown, JeweIer.
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r. C.. GREEN
ATTORNEY, AT-LAW

Charles Town. JEFF rson County. W. Va.
Will pra.tice iii the courts of Jefferson,
Berkeley and Morgan counties, in the
United Stats district court vt Martinsburg
tie supreme court Of appe lis of West Vir-
ginia. freeial attention 10 the collection
Of claims aud prompt remittance Of the
came
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Logic.

"Your little girl is very pretty. Is
she the prettiest one you have?"
Eyes, she is the prettiest of my
daughters"
How many have you?"
This one only. But that doesn't
make any difference If you should
have many daughters, the one with
you is always the prettiest. "-Blanco
Negro (Madrid).
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-08

For any pain. burn, scald or bruise.
apply DR.. Thomas Eclectic OIL the
household remedy. Two sizes Csc. and
soc at all drug stores.
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BROWN & BROW!s,,
: AETORNEYS-AT-LAW

charles Town Jeffers ~ NJ unity, w. Va
win attend t., eases IL t > arious courts
of West virginia and Maryland. Atten-
ton given pensions and all ciasses of claims
against the IT, 3 Government. Special
attention to collections.
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An Opportunity

to purchase Cut Glass, Sterling Silver.
or plated ware at IL per, cent reduction
Visit our store, it will pay you to buy
now for present and later needs.
C. w. Brown, Jeweler.