The Washington herald., 1922-02-12
HAYWOOD BROUN'S
MANY TALENTS
IMPRESS M'DNTYRE
Reviews Books, Plays;
Writes Editorials, Sports
And Books.
BY o. o. M'INTYRE.

NE" fOhhd Fep.t li-hey"oou
Broun Is Park Rows most versatile
journalist. He reviews books. re-
views plays. writes editorials ana
is a sporting editor Of distinction.
He does all OF his chores SO well
that executive editors are contin-
ually wondering where he will At
best.
and in Just "a years old. He is .
does several articles a month for
Vanity Fair. Judge and other pub
locations and Is obsessed with the
idea tkat ne Is entirely too shiftiess.
Some. day he will be doing the gram
market column and he will do IL in
way that will make people, ac-
tually take interest in the currens
quotations for hay. -
Broun Is a sfx-footer with. a
heavy shock of hair. keen black
eyes and clumsy gait. His manner
of dress would excite no attention
among the fashion experts. Many
times he forgets his scarf and he
believes in getting all the possible
wear out of a suit of clothes.
He is invited everywhere the IN
tellectuals gather and was the re-
porter who most Impressed Fl. q.
Wells upon his recent visit here.
He Is as bashful as a schoolboy and
shrinks from praise.
Graduate Of Harvard.
Broun-who says the proper pro-
nunciatlon of his name rhymes with
loon-was born in Brooklyn. N. Y,
and Is just "a years old He Is a
% II t.
terested in the drama that after
his degradation he became the press
agent for a circus.
His first newspaper Job as Is
usual in New York. was on the New
York Morning Telegraph and then
he went to the New York Tribune,
where he was first sporting editor.
then dramatic critic and later the
book notwithstanding all the
big news events in his inimitabl
way.
He does not follow any Of the es-
tablished reportorial ,precedents.
When he went to, San Francisco to
cover the Democratic convention he
wrote about the thing that inter-
ested him most-the snappy young
song leader.
Recently he went to the New York
World. where he writes double
column double-leaded essay on any
thing his fancy dictates. One day
IL may be books, the next the
drama. the opera the movies. the
high price of gasoline or the domes-
tic policy OF the Peruvians.
He refuses to take himself seri-
ously and those who write him sar-
castle letters are amazed to find
that Broun always agrees with
them and will add a number of
faults that they did not mention.
Has Written Books.
He was married in 1917 to Miss
Ruth Hale who also belongs TO the
literati. Miss Hale refuses to be
known by her welded name. She
prefers to remain Ruth Hale and
Broun adds; II don't blame her"
They have a young son. Haywood
II and Broun may write a column
almost any day about the baby's
new tooth.
Whatever he considers interest
ing to himself he writes about and
IL never fails to hold the interest OF
the reader. which is the essence of
true literary genius.
Broun has written several books.
the most notable OF which is See
ing Things at Night" which has
gone into several editions. During
the war he wrote "A. F.. F.-with
Gen. Pershi1g and the American
Forces" which caused much favor
able comment
He is a consistent loser at poker
but is ever hopeful. He once wrote
a Harvard prize play and those who
know him best believe that in his
few idle moments he Is working
and dreaming about the great
American drama" and IL he shows
the same talent as playwright
that he has for journalism there Is
little doubt about the future of the
drama.