Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

In 1933 editor and author Max Eastman hired her as his secretary. Halsey and Henry Simon divorced in 1944. [citation needed]The Pseudo-Ethic: A Speculation on American Politics and Morals was a defense of Alger Hiss.

L. Mencken". Color Blind: A White Woman Looks at the Negro was banned in Georgia and favorably reviewed by Margaret Mead.