The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-29
Not the Sun But Morning Paper That Makes tue Day
 Says English Novelist {
w. L. George, Author of Ursula Trent" Lectures
 Here Tuesday
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We write our Hves"-I want to h. scribe on today's page of my jour- nAlistio life, tho fact that Mir. w l.. George, the distinguished author of the story which has aroused oonsld-s erRble indignation in England and elsewhere because he has condoned tho heroine's six years of somewhat elastic morality In the night club life of London-much to his personal gain and the delectatlon of the man who it has been said, dares to stand up before the world and say that he knows all about women"---thet he Is one of the most agreeable and in- terestins people l have ever met.
 l arrived at this bromidic con clusion about S perfectly sulphitle personality 8 very short time after had the pleasure. yeeterday of whose "A Bed of Rosesh Blind Al whose "A Bed of Roses,P "B1ind Al- Icy" The Second Bloomirig," Tho Strangor's Wedding" and "qaliban" have occupied my attention with avidity for many moons.
 Upon meeting Mir. George after remarking that he is+sof medium stature, a broad brow accentuated by tendency to badness; wonderful eyes; clear cut face with fine color. one adds:
 He is suave. he Is subtle, he is cynical; he is clever; he is courteous; he is ohivalrouA and he must be a great favorite with women, for ls he not the @HiSh Priest of feministn" who lays bare the foibles and the fancies of the female of the species' with scathing inscrutable brush before the cold gray, world?
 l especially like MT. Georges sense of humor; for did not carry with inc fnpl{Nd t,, r,xs brain remembrance of those de- l:cious bits of humor in The Strang- CTS Wedding" for instance.
 Fifteen girls and & parson tight roddling home inS the middle of the
 night N
 ssA All in "a rowi
 And "Caliban'sl'e delightful hu- morous reference to the fact that:
 People think 1t is the sun that makes the day; but 1t isn't; its the morning paper"
 And again: Tt sounds all right marrying somebody-until you see tho people who do it."
 Such exotic witticisms light the lavend1r of life" for many of us with their mad. magneta" touches, and while like MT. Georges wit and humor and versatility, for he can talk Gas well as write) about anything from the Irish question to as- tronomy, Greek history to the Broad way flapper, l believe l like him best when he is talking about his per sonal likes and dislikes, for after all, the charm of ones personality de- bends largely upon the originality of individual taste
 For instance. Mir. George likes Jo- seph Conrad, and considers him the greatest English novelist of the cen tury, although he admits that despite his veneration for the great novelist, tho influence, until recently seen In tho writings of the younger novel; ists. has been H. c. Wells. not Con rad. He likes orange Angora cats, and he has two, Kiilicrates and Rus set, You remember that 1t Is to these two felines that Blind Alley" Is dedicated" and 1t was "Killicrates with silky pale gold coat. striped with bronze, who purs as a singer humming to himself that the honor of opening and closing the story went. And he likes his wife, whom he declares is not "bad looking" where upon he produced a very charming photograph of her, and I took his met bad looking" to mean that she Is lovely. She Is 25 and of Spanish descent. dark and handsome" he told mo.
 Likes and Dixlikes
 He likes Frank Swinnerton and thinks his ''Nocturne" is a far better piece of work tlsan his "Coquette." He speaks delightfully."- of Compton Mac Kenzie and his Sylvia Scarlet" stories. although he dislikes the fact that MT. Mackenzie tells him that his next series will run into 35 volumes. He likes one novel which Gilbert Ca naan has written, though he dislikes his profiles, and tells with breeziness Of Iunching with Bernard shaw, who is young and interested in life at 65i
 Bernard Shaw is a vegetarian, D. you know, but he will give you the most delicious luncheon and talk all during the luncheofi about every
 from the Btble to the theatre. All the while you are expecting him to sur prise you with some sort of prank; perhaps putting strawberry jam in one's chair before one sits down But he refrains; he is no longer diaboiical nor .tnaclfave eHeaugs ss ,s }'s+e
 Arnold Bennett he deseribes as hav- ling sneyeri quite got over being awed by metroPolitainism andsthe gorgeous ly uniformed bellboy in the Ritz Cartons who gives Alr Bennett the 1eellns lnH lg ile3hiSt tOpllii pttteu pS. O Peruvian general. Mr. Bennett comes from the,fSe tpwns in the cen- ter of England and attends London first nights--when alELondon society arrays itself ih resplendent evening dress-himself in dinner coat, to be sure. but wearing, a bowler which he never removes during the entire pre- gram. But it is Mir. Bennett's very awe of everything in life. in MT Georges opinion, that gives, his work It's freshness. &
 An unexpected reference to MT. and Mrs. Sidney Webb. who. with Shaw and Wells, were the first members of the Fabian society, was made much to my delight and especially the episode relating to MT. Weli,s 'faIl-. Ing out with them and devoting a chapter to "The BRileys.' to them In his "The New Machiavelli's
 Mir. George is very responsive and "human'--so little the High Priest of Feminism" which he declares he has never said of himself-but refers oneeinost politely to American news paper people who invented the. phrase. f ssI
 My wife declares 4 know nothing about women whatever. as witness We were. passing a hat shop in Fifth avenue, New York, recently she saw hat and said something about buying it. 'Dolyou want it?' ques- toned cautiously. If you knew all about women that you think you know you would know I want 1t; and yoii'd know just how much Iwant it She is very sarcastic abouta that phase of my character. And. of course, T have never said that I know all "a bout women: that's quite absurd; l study women and am greatly inter- ested in types. People criticize the Ursula Trent type; l went into an ,. tal, of fn fli