SUNDAY MAGAZINE
ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN. StU'DAY, MAY 28, 1922
A LITTLE CHAT WITH VACHEL LINDSAY
(By Lis Elisabeth W'lticosah) ''t on" "inrnion," hie confided. "I
'Still interes'ted in 1Egypotian hors-_ 'iv' hi'at 'otd flat land-Ino hills. Lots
gi 'phics, Vaohe1?" asked Air. Frost. of times at home when it's so hot that
There hod liee'n a little pause is the everytoily else has left town I sit andI
conversation, and this questio pant or wiite, perfectly happy."
hrought a dlistint change of suhject. lint it is msore thtan a preference
4' "Oh, yes," Mr. Lintissy ainswered 'r th" c'on helt that leads Mr. Lind:.
with enthusiasm, "Yon knott'" there say to stake Springfield his head-
was a twinkle in his eyes, "they're iquarters.
the iotly tiue ILgist poetriy that s X"Whv Springfield?" he repeated,
ever swritten. Let ise shots yia soitte "Ae 1 1ik 11 p1ringfield. I was torn
of themt." thetre. I like niy neighor'."
h-be was5 tack its a nmomient ssith twoi The last plhrase ws utteredl with
or three Eg'y'ptien voltimtes andi a ititet cmphtasis. 'Tere is tinttg
it ik of tiew ptoetry ty Harotldl t nu'. Edite Quest attoiti Mr. Lindsay, no
"Real Propeirty'' While I tuas loooii -it iptits 'so t sappy setilsen
athat lie nmade a tparenthetical cttu taityshut the setems to get s goodl deal
ment or tiwo on its i-tier, swhii'h wvas of enjoymnt iuit f lie tbtisitess of
itt heasy paper narr'iowly slitte~dit i living. Blond antI ritddy suitsturdy,
hlac-k, dark green and white, anid io' he smiles genially at an intercotinse
the artistic polioy of lie ldiiistt lii/ '-b*-.. . and amuosing wvorldt. snd dues not
lish'ng house wicih issued it. Bt -/ over-estimate his owvn pace in it. I
his initerest wa' centered in the little am sure that he is it very good neigh-
hooks of picture wrnting thtte hi'dt, firt
and presently he- was esxplaitnitng Bt its niegihot cs.s is not itt the
them to us wcith an e:-terssis liat t arrotwint stirt that koens. his filteur-
Ient them to.stinatioti. Ile seettedl to ests too (lowel enteretd. HIs mcli-
find great ple'iastre in flicir dlei poitan sears, his long trams stti
appeal1 of 'orit situ tiilture. 'oilier tiavels have kept his horieosi
Mr. indtsay's insistent interest in large. His lecturie trips, too, taket Ito
art is a little sutrprisinu ti itnte re- 'ill over ti' coutntry'. Ite says thI
meemhbers his ys' t i the Cthit-o Art; hei nmuih pretir,; li tto dess itnier-
Institute anil the Ness Yoirk Schtoolt vi'itiuienres. fur tbusiness tie's
itt At. fie is st ill pristitriy ani art- icluhs ido not always appreciate "tin-
ist rather than a Itoet, anit lie i-ott- interpretedl Voottel."
side rs it sonsethinig if en irsotit- t i- Atproptos of Ii's visits to carious ii-
dent that he is tknownu pirincipially its rersities in this country he iientiosned
a poet. his visit tot Oxford ahout tin years
"Most, of my' verses hav 'ee ti it-n agti when Oxfotrid wao first adnitting
ten to accompa ny my pitutres, tie women to the toll privileges of the
explained, "The Ipictutre first, tiets t' universties.
poem to go ivithtiIt. "I totik great tpains," tie saitt. "to
"I'm never going to liii e nsttti c ongr'itulate all the men ,I met te'
poe printedt withotit iiti plti. het iase it had i at la st heen dre(id to
we nt tin earnestly. "Nexi ycii I ex-' amt. women. Tbe y w ere inetiti it to
pe ts to hring outt a pot foit of my tie a little short 'ahouit it, intl toldtithe-
work" tthtt the 'omen 'ere still realty eai-
Mist if Mr. Lindtstiy's tirt is ie' VA CIIEI LlNIIS.IY tirety separated froit the icon. Bitt
antI ink 'wirl, sktchtrtes antI ccites- ehso' ' everywtiere you lookedt youth see those
querie., tttougth tie has titso (done' li poeafr nelofhsr-,;an sNaclI ds It. e has allt prety Entgtisht girls in their cute caps
water-coloirs, antI tils eceit helpeid to ist inays ini Now Yort, tbut sitititt re- the cortdiality 'and iirectness that one -not sniotar hoard. butt silk things
decorate a Greitiwicti Villaige ii str gret. assocriates w ith the tiest type of thle ~ore. like" tatmus, that softened their
ent.. "The IPig antI Coo-e." which he "W e were gettitig lt tie tot imitch Miditle WIestlerner, antI he cherishes t acee-and there were always men
and ]ifs group of New York friends itt it ctittue," he saidt. "I don't thke aver' real love for that part of the ! with them in atl the nooks and rosy
used to frequent. Tw'o itt the panels ,lv'n in ti stuiot-tea atnmosphere." country wehere he was horn and hred. -cirners anti the little winding stairs."
'V that Mr. Lindsay painted for the ceo hie spioke wsith frantk inmpatieinte. It' He is a true inlanider, preferring tth' e Ile tiagheid good-htimtiredty. the rich,
haurant served liter as suggestions or ! ws iasy' tot see how any hint of at-,- level reaches of the prairies to more easy laughter of a nun at home in an
inspirations for two of his Moon Ifectation, pose or snobitery wvould ati- picturesque scenery. iteresting world, and sent on to talk
Poems. -i tigonize so friendtlv amid genuine a, "I think I most hove heen a camel of other things-
Thie Economic Conference at Genoa
(By Howardl 11. McMullin) An I1tP with Professor hune ? ie and costs hefore he gets free from
It is inudeed a far cry' frt aiXr. nl1~ r~ 'r'r rn the grasp of ttie law. Germany turn-
Lloyd George'. sa teent tthat the Anietritca, find a sosereignt puanacea, al lamid, ansI she soon -.recovered her ed a war machine loose on the Ei-
Gersosi Conference seas 'tot cite bisrth "sure cturut" fuo the ills of the Ott loses foct it is dtoubltfut if she tente power., in aun effort to satiate
to, hreed antI tuerpetoute a niore Worl. Thie first disappointment ever lost much if that prosaic poise ;the lost for lower that ivas driving
friendly attitudue among Europtean na - e anie whien the news wtas south trots whtich is one of the chief characder- ties' rolers sn. She, like the speed
tiosin" 1o the events whicls titusll tl Washingtotn thit the tUnitedt Stale.' i, tius of Englatid a. a nation. n'aaiac, h d to he punished. So the
took place, or ruttier failed to take incuild tnot latio'pate in is eonferencue' Bitt every day continued tos he "Blute; victorious alies assesed huge fines
place, wehsen the confterencee ws tot- whicth hadu so few definite aims, anut -;Monday" for the Continent, and a, against the Gernians, and totd them
mally opened. A' tar a. the obts'hs - which trtuposed to incluide so uttiiut nightmare for the conquered slates. that the.y must pay. They have shown
that the conference s et out to atceom-I things, ts coer so nats-ti grioundh as Nations uwere hantkrupt, printingt tittle inclinstion to hear the hurden
plish are concermed, it was a totalthe Genoa Conuference. prese' weoe running ight antI day wehicht was thrust opon them hy the
flure, perhaps one of the graet uope's thls hatve bee'tn omauny. The, to fill the cooff00s of iatiosal tr -ssor.reto the civilizeud world. They said
failure.' that we have seen in moiderut C realt' r eto.ed with the Armuistiee he. with f'at nmoney. Germuany haul hilts they ooultd not. The French said that
times, of 1918f, antI Euroupe, hd ua itrinathing' to pay. Co-I. that were assessed then were concealing their wealth and
Coming on the b eet.- of thie Wsah- I spell. Shte hook a short res t and against tier and fines that were making every pssihle effort to appear
ington Conference which was a tae- awroke to find herseIt sufferhng froul charged to her account ran high as the noor nman of Europe. In the
cess, the Genoa confer'enc'e wa hote the effecIs of her wair "jag," and it France udertooks an ambiitious pro-imeantime France's reconstruction
aided a. an event of great tunuotntmie :ws "thle day after thet night hefore" I gram of r'eonstruictioin of her deva progsans wit dragging on accoumnt tf
Here all the European nation were t ot the Continent and for Engla nd. I t, tedi areas..iheeydyo dlydlyn"o
to gather around the counucil tahle susu Bosine.s as osual" and per.severance I When a steed maniac drives thirty WXuheeydyo dtydlyn"o
with the aid of the United Slates oh and common sense won oiut in Eng-' m. p. h., down a city street he pays a (Continued on Page 8)