New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

wrote in his blackest moments.
! Took my son to Staten Island. merely
to show him from that vantage point,
the fairyland effect of lower Manhat-
tan, with the taller buildings emerg-
ing above the smoke and mist of the
streets; but he was more interested in
the anomaly Of freight cars aboard the
osrges My wife returned from
the third session of Back to Mcthu-
selah' with the report that if it
weren't for the tiresome speeches it
would be crcdtable Al Woods show.
Before going to bed read
"A Cornish Penny by Coulson Cade,
a diverting mystery romance written
with great deal of artistry.
RODE atop bus this morning to
Washington Square, and having
there encountered Guy Holt I walked
about for an hour or so with him dis
cussng various things, including his
painful attack of trench mouth, which
has swollen his face beyond its usual
rotundity Oney Fred Sweet
dropped in this afternoon and told me
Of his novel, which has to do with
small town life, but which is SYM
pathetic rather than critical.
Several members of the Viscous
Circle sent me tickets for their show
tonight, but l had seen a show;
gave the tickets to the iccman.
Read "The Road to the World by
Webb Waldron, which is another novel
rccountng the spiritual vicissitudes Of
young man who wants to be an
author, and is rather duIler than
most. Turned TO Readers and Writ
ers," by A. r. Orage, again and found
II enjoyable. .. Ernest Boyd called
up to tell me had confused O Conaire
and Gogarty last week.
I UNCHED with Louis Untermever
and Charley Macarthur. Louis gave
me a graphic recital Of Heywood
Broun's method of making a pun. "He
sends up skyrockets announcing that
it is coming said Louis. when he
gets to it he puts up placards and
pointers saying There it is and then
ne explains it Charley told
me of the play he is writing with
Edward Sheldon. Carl Van
Doren sent me his new volume. "Con-
temporary Novclists," which read
'forthwlth; it is sympathetic and
analytical survey of the contemporary
American achievements in the field of
The novel, by the most temperate and
catholic of our critics.
May
TO LUNCH with Howard IRVING
Young, who showed me bill case
Edna st. Vincent Mllay had sent him
from Vienna Miss Millay, he
told me, is now back in Paris and is
at work on a novel. Howard
told me many stories of the intelligence
OF motion picture men, among the best
Of which had to do with a producer who
was lncredulous when he learned that
Howard wrote "words--words that fol-
low right along in a line
Horace Liveright came over to the table
to tell me that Julian Messner from his
office was sailing to-day for Europe.
John Pealc Bishop, Ted Paramore
and John Weaver talked to me of this
and that. Spoke TO George Kaufman
who gave me the ice. Chatted
n p1n ort
genia German, and then went over to
McCall's office to visit Ruth Boyle, Bert
Miller, Faith Smith and Leonardo Goss.
To dinner tonight given by
Carl Van Nechten, and found there
Marguerite D'Alvarez, Avery Hopwood,
Ernest and Madelaine Boyd, Edna Ken
ton and Qater) Fania Marinoff. Nine.
D'Alvarez told us how she nearly al
lowed herself to fall in love recently,
but checked herself in time at would
have been the end of my musical
career" she said. She and Mr.. Hop
wood are most amusing at ripostes.
Van Nechten was happy to find that
knew the work of H. B. Fuller. ~ think
he is most distinguished writer Amer
ics has PRODUCED said Van Vechten.
think highly of Fuller, but shouldn't
so that far.
May 3
MARGARET ANDERSON. Of "The
Little Review told me to-day Of
having received a cryptic note from
Paris and a package containing what
purports to be a death mask of Ezra
Pound. She does not know whether it
is hoax or not. Djuna Barnes
believes it is; she said Pound is not
the sort Of person who is capable Of
suicide, and when she saw him in
Paris recently he was in fourishing
health. That reminds me to
put in word for the support of "The
Little Review" which has been, for all
its wildness, crazness and extrava-
gances, the healthiest tonic for Amer
lean art and letters. 1t has always
been a step or so ahead OF other maga-
zines in its recognition and reception
Of individual modern talent. 1t has
served as medium Of free expression
for such diverse talents as James
Joyce, Sherwood Anderson, Ben Hecht,
Djuna Barnes, Nina 10y, Marianne
Moore Mary Butts Nav Sinclair