The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-07-03
Contin.sd from Yssterday.

At sixteen he had lived almost en-
tirely within himself. an inarticu-
late boy. thoroughly un-American.
and politely bewildered by his con-
temporaries. The two preceding
years had been spent in Europe
with a private tutor, who persuaded
him that Harvard was the thing
II would open doors" It would be
a tremendous tonic, 1t would give
him innumerable self-sacrincing
and devoted friends. So he went to
Harvard-there was no other log
ical thing to be done with him.
Oblivious to the social system, ne
lived for a while alone and un-
sought in a high room In Beck Hall
"a slim dark boy of medium height
with a shy, sensitive mouth. His
allowance was more than liberal.
He laid the foundations for IL
brary by purchasing from a wan
derinE bibliophile hrst editions Of
Swinburne, Meredith and Hardy.
and a yeIlowed iIlegible autograph
letter of Keats, finding later that
he had been amazingly overcharged.
He became an exquisite dandy.
amassed a rather pathetic collection
of silk pajamas. brocaded dressing
gowns, and neckties too namboyant
10 wear; in this secret hnery he
would parade before a mirror in his
room OF lie stretched in satin along
his window-seat looking down on
the yard and realizing dimly this
clamor. breathless and Immediate,
in which 1t seemed he was never to
have a part.
yCuriously enough. he found in
senior year that he had acquired a
position in his class. He learned
that he was looked upon as a rather
romantic figure. a scholar, a recluse.
a tower Of erudition. This amused
him. but secretly pleased him-he
began going out. at first little and
then a great deal. He made the
Pudding. He drank-quietly and In
the proper tradition. 1t was said of
him thar had he not come to college
so young. he might have done ex-
tremely we'll" In 1909, when he
graduated, he was only twenty
years old.
Then abroad aEaIn-to Rome this
time. where he dallied with archi-
lecture and painting in turn, took
up the violin. and wrote some
CHASTITY italian sonnets. supposedly
the nominations of a thirteenth
century monk on the joys of the
contemplative life. 1t became estab-
lished among his Harvard intimates
that he was in Rome, and those of
them who were abroad that year
looked him up and discovered with
him. on many moonlight excursions.
much In the city that was older
than the Renaissance or indeed
than the Republic. Maury Noble.
from Philadelphia. for instance. re-
manned two months, and together
they realized the peculiar charm of
Latin women and had a delightful
sense Of being very young and free
In a civiliza ton that was very old
and free Not a few acquaintance
of his grandfather's called on him,
and had he so desired. he might
have been persona grata with the
diplomatic set-indeed. he found
that his inclinations tended more
and more toward conviviality. but
that long adolescent aloofness and
consequent shyness still dictated
to his conduct.
He returned to America In 1912
because OF one OF his grandfather's
illnesses. and after an excessively
tiresome talk with the perpetually
convalescent old man he decided to
put of until his grandfather's death
the idea OF living permanently
abroad. After a prolonged search
he took an apartment on Fifty-sec-
ond street. and to all appearances
settled down.
In 1918 Anthony Patch's adjust
ment of himself to the universe was
in process Of consummation. Phys