Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-17
The Restless Sex

BY Robert Chambers. author OF
"Barbarians," THE Dark Star, ;"
etc. copyrighted 1918 by Rob
ert w. Chambers)
I had an afternoon off from the
hospital the other day-I'm still
probationer in a pink and white
uniform, you know-and l went
up TO town and flew about the
shops and lunched with a college
friend. Helen Davis. at the Ritz
land had a wonderful time.
And who do you suppose / ran
into? Oswald Grismer! jim, he
certainly is the best-looking fell
low-such red-gold hair.-such
fascinating golden eyes and colour
ing.
We chatted most amiably and
he took us to tea, and them
suppose it wasn't conventional
but we went to his studio with
him, Helen Davis and l.
o. He is the cleverest mani He
has done a delightful funtain and
has done a delightful fountain and
tiful tomb for the Lidsey family,
and his studies in wax and clay
are wonderful!
He really seems very nice. And
the life he leads is heavenly,
Such a wonderful way to live
lust a bed room and the studio.
He's going to give a little tea
for me next time 1 have an after
noon off. and I'm to. meet a lot
of delightful, unconventional
people there-painters, writer's
actors-people who have done
tbings,-Pm sure it will be won
derful. 9
have bought five pounds OF
plasticine and I'm going to model
in it in my room every time have
few moments to myself. But
oh it does smell abominably' ana
it ruins your finger nails.
After that, Oswald Grismer's
name required frequently in hef
1atters Cleland recognized also
rba names of several old school
mates of his as figuring at various
unconventional ceremonies ~
Crisn7er's studio-Harry Better
now a carioaturist on the Ne"
york Morning Star; Badger splnK'
drawing for the illustrated papers
clarence Verne, who painted pref
tv girls for the covers OF popular
ma gazines, and his one-tlme mas
ter. Phil Grayson, writer ior 'he
better-class periodicals.
It's delightful, she wrote We
sometimes have music-oiten Ger
abrated people from the Metro
nolitan opera drop in-and you
meet everybody of CONSEQUENCE
Won ever heard of outside the 30, 80
StoI Reqister-people famous III
Ci"' 20 Trofessions - and II ID
o~oitinr and inspiring and fliIS me
with enthusiasm ana ue9'e
amount to something. 80
Of course there are all Minus
lin. but I'm old enough ana eA-
nerienced enough to know no" ~
tato care of myself. Intellectuais
ave- of course, broad, liberal anu
tn,natient of petty conyenuons'
thav live for their professions, re-
aordless of orthodox opinion. opn-
1ious of narrowmindeda FhlliS-
tines, ..,.,o,,+
The main idea is to be tolerant
Thai is the greatest thing IN the
world tolerance. l may not o're
to smoke cigarettes myself OF
5nirE cocktails and highballs, but
if another girl does it it's none
of NV business. That is the foun-
dation of the unconventional and
intellectual world-freedom ana
tol1emnce Of other peoples opi-
Mons and behaviour That is dem
ocracy. ,,
AS for the futurists and sym
bo,ists of various schools an
NOT narrow enough, I hope q
ridicule them or deny them tl'
ripht to self fexpression, but an
not in symapthy with them how
ever. il is most interesting 10 us
ten to their views.
Wen, these delightful treats ar
rare events in my horrldiy Ou0
n