New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
By Douglas Coldrin
NOVEMBER 20


-, some months Huxley is tall.
~. ~,n Of about twenty-eight. with
.orp,esion. dark hair and blue eyes
~ n. horn-rimmod spectseles Some
f'' - nine Harold Scott. yoprg actor
'a'.s' e,,rymsn Theater. and Elsa Lanches-
.,arted the Only ehildren's theatcr
~ are anxious TO give a cabaret
,,nec Of his litle pay. Happy Fami-
f,skcd Huxley for his permission on
,,ssH. which he readily gave. Happy
Il a difhcplt lite play which pre-
Tho q problem FOR is producers
IL looking forward 20 seeing What
\, eeoft manages to DO with IT, Both
and agreed that as meLns OF
-, from the necessity OF earning a
!, an Office the play was the thing
=. ,euld cnly write a successful play
81, er the proceeds FOR the rest Of
nA.f We'll. nous yerronsi We aren't
- ,,t. Huxley shares my spir-
- ,omesiekness for Italy. ! had received
- that morning from 0sbert Sitweh.
- i st Amalf and passed IL over the
~. ", both looked out Of the window
:. ~ black foe which hung over London,
..,r;sr Il in yery truth into city Of dread
~ ,,sht.r and thought Of Sitwell by blue
-. basking in the Italian sunshine. fancy
az postcard put Us both out Of humor
.i,h our respective jobs, and when We sepa-
used II was 10 indulge in day dreams OF
escape.
FL. Grant Watson came 20 lunch with me
today and took him to Rules Restaurant
!, Haieen Lane. Bs had never seen that
unique survival Of mid-Nietorian London and
va, rather interested. First you pass
sueer old man who stands at counter open
irr oysters, then you push through an ante
room where groups OF actors. soldiers and
journalists consume the cocktails handed TO
ihcn by the three famous beautivs behind
tho bar. and finally you reach the restau-
rart suppose its general appearance has
hardly changed al az during the last seventy
,.a.s The walls are covered with pictures
oil paintings Of eminent actors and actre esses
or thc past, prints by Rowiandson. framed
piaybHls Everything is very Enflish-irom
tho walters and the cooking 20 the mahogany
chairs and tables and the plush-cOyered
l,pches and very intimate. Grant Watson
B, not. as am. a Londoner. Since his re-
,prn from Fiji and those strange islands
which he describes SO ably in such novels as
4Tbe Other Magic" and "Where Bonds Are
I coscd" he has lived in Sussex and in Kent.
Ne is man. suppose, Of thirty eight. clean
sbaven. with q penetrating bright glance and
the look OF one who has adventured. He is
interested in philosophy, snthropOlogy, oc-
esltism. religions, u. n. Lawrence, primitive
peoples and Wild country life. Sussex
poaeher taught him how 10 snare pheasants
ape how to solve the problem Of the dog If
ven have designs upen your neighbOr's hen
rOost. He has evidently acquired a great
deal Of country lore and was interested 20
learn from him the art Of trespassing IN
England Il appears that II an irate land
owner threatens you With prosecution ah
you have 10 DO Is TO offer him shilling.
After that you can laugh at his threats, for
il win cost him a fortune 20 prove that you
have done so much as = shiil'ng's worth OF
damage. The English Law o. trespass "a.
for once in a way, all IN favor OF go have
nOts." Grant Watson told me that nf I'D
resd story Of mine called "A L0nden hsse
in manuscript, and had recommended II Tor
acceptance 20 the editor Of certain august
periodical between whom and myself there
exists an imperfect sympathy. How writer's
DO love that story which the editor won't
print In England, AT any rate, II Is often
heir best work. anyhow, my heart warmed
20 Gran, Watson for his appreciation Of my
unlueky effort
NOVEMBER p
Ny little club. the 1877 Club, is very proud
oi itself just now. About a score Of our
members are in the new Parliament, inelud-