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Show BERNARD SHAW'S EXCESSIVE CONCEIT. Charles Whlbley had reviewed Professor Pro-fessor Archibald Henderson's book on Bernard Show for the Morning Post. Mr Shaw has these remarks to make: i "The book makes some statements rhich are obviouslv Impossible It fntalns beveral Interesting and in-Kructlve in-Kructlve dissertations which arc in Flat contradiction to one another. It is alreadv attracting a stream of American Am-erican pilgrims to a house In Osna-burgh Osna-burgh street in which I never lfved and which, as I guess, wbb photographed photo-graphed by Alvln Langdon Coburn In preference to" the right house (for I really did llve In Osnaburgh street once) because if reminded him, qCithe subject of one 'of Whistler's cHetooa lithographs. . fS . ' r." "It contain? a ortmlt o( .me 'said to have been taken In Dublin In a.yeat whoaT aa. the-Jilographj'-JtJself shows. f was in London, where the pTTotogfaph was actually taken Theae things do not matter. The American can worship wor-ship as devoutly at the ginger beer shop as if Osnaburgh street were really real-ly my first home In London Instead of ax LUlrd. -and as It Lb.0 authentic tern ' plewero'-notln, another p'art 'of tho .street." ',"""',' - . r "All pictures taken by 'Mr.-Coburn ,'' fopjles. Professor 'Henderson, "J show &d to Mr. Shaw- myself, and" he passed them without correction. If Shaw does not know his early home from a 'ginger 'gin-ger beer shop,' how should I know any better? "I grieve for tho discomfiture oT my fellow countrymen Vho arc" wasting their Incen.ee at a false shrine Tho paucity of the number of ShnVian devotees de-votees In the United States- Is doubtless doubt-less explained by the fact that they arc all burning cnndles at the ginger beer shop Among the clans of Americans Amer-icans who swing incense and burn candles many new gods have arisen since the Shavian star tobo and set In spite of nir praiseworthy efforts to make Mr. Shaw appreciated and understood un-derstood In tho United States he Is still to the vast majority there what George Moore once called 'the funny man in a boarding ,houso.' " New York Sun. |
