Show I fiA I A YANKEE AT LARGE I By DE WITT MACKENZIE LONDON Sept 1 Word AP-Word from rom Hollywood that George Bernard Delnard Del Ber- nard Shaw Is to visit there Impels me to let my frIends in the tho film colony Into a secret In fact to lUt the matter bluntly I ant ani going s to expose Mr 1 Shaw as n a monumental monumental mental bluff and therefore within the meaning 0 of the law a a. I hasten as fast as possible to avow that my characterization ot of that distinguished gentleman has nothing whatever to do with his exalted position In the worlds o of lIterature of drama and o of philos- philos ophy My disclosure relates to Mr Shaws Shaw's reputation of being a a. raIns raging rag rag- Ins Ins- lion who goeth about seeking whom lie he may devour or words to that effect This reputation Is inspired inspired in- in by Mr SInew Shaw himself TO 10 change the figure ot of s a athing thins thing which a a. master writer like Mr lr Shaw I probably would not do he encourages the belief that he is a darned bad man from fron the wild and open spaces lIe Is and lie he doesn't care who knows It it or rather lie he wants the world to know It J land England as n a whole frankly Is afraid o of the great man Well Mr S Shaws Shaw's e ed ferocity Is 13 all a a. Pose Ho wouldn't admit it but he newel nevel killed man woman or 01 small chIld in his life Asa ra ravening li fl ho he falls In the same category as old Leo a friend I once had at the zoo Leo looked tierce fierce but he lund no teeth As a abad abad bad unman S-unman he Is admittedly spec spec- When hen he cuts cuta loose with his artillery the gang s-ang dive for fOI cover lIe writes his name on the barroom floor loor in cold lead lIe does some close shooting but Ite he figures only on making the other fellow dance there Is no murder murdel in his heart What looka like a chew of tobacco bulging his cheek check Is merely merel his tongue tucked puckishly Into that portion I if his visage Mr 1 Shaw employs his pose mainly main main- ly as a protection against disagree disagree- ablo people Nature always takes I Icare care of her own I She e gives the lowly chameleon the power to I change chang its colors to conform with Its surroundings so 10 that It may escape Its tormentors When hen nature made Mr oIl Shaw n a genius she endowed endowed en- en dowed him at the same time timo with one o of the most caustic wits the world has known lie He uses that I with devastatIng effect but it Is all bluff blutt to cover coven what his close friends assert is n a very kindly dis- dis position lIe doesn't want people to know that he Is kindly they would take advantage o of his weak weak- ness the they do with all great s-reat men menI I if they can |