The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
Fsy sAs .4yk.aAaw Trseel<y. MAX ADELER AND HIS HUMOR
BY WILL Nj. CLEMENS.

On the eastern shore of Maryland is sitGa,ed town known to the pos,-office authorities as Berlin. lt was Tn Berlin in the warm month of July, r6+I, that Charles Heber Clark, Max Adeler. hrsi saw the light oi day.
 His father was clergyman in the Episcopal church. bu, this appeared 10 have bu, ltttie efiec, on Charles. who, like all bad boys. grew up to make fun oi everybody and everything. He was sent to Georgetown. D. l.. early in life. being shipped oy express and labeled ''handie with care" lie attended school for a bref penod; learning but httle. and jumped into the mercantile world by moving his linen 10 Philadelphia
 The mercantile business appeared to agree with his constitution until 1885, when he bethougnI himself tha, he had been sen, into this wicked world for the express purpose of becoming journa He subsequently, began his editorial ca ree- on the Philadelphia Enquirer during tha. same year. ( ark made rapid ad- vancemeni Tn journalism, and in ,S67 he became one of the editors of the Esenirg BKietia. of which paper he IS a, presen, one of the proprietors. M
 l, was soon after Clark entered upon his editorial duties a, the BuiIrf!1 otslce tha. the droil humor of his pen began 10 attract general attention. His mos, anus ing articles were written n the intervals of his private life and the more serlons daily newspaper work 10 which he de- voted himself. He is not. and never waS. a paragrapher, br; threw out 10 the world hts drou and grotesque humor in the form of narratives. His pen is of the most rollicking kind, and ranks him along with Mark Twain and Aremus Ward Three volumes Of humor have appeared from his pen.
 His bes, known volumes are -Out of the Huriy Burly" and Elbow Room. These works appeared several years ago simultaneously n this country and Tn England The sales were large, and over five thousand copies of Elbow Room were sold in London within a month af,er Us publication Both books have been is- sued in Canada, where the pirasieal pub fishers sold them by the thousand.
 His latest work, issued quite early in 1882. entitled, The Fortunate Island" and other stories. is meeting with . wide sale. l. is destined to become very pop ular Mir Clark IS fond of his home and family His residence is located in remote bu, beautiful suburb of Philadel- phia, where he hopes to live to ripe old age Mir. Clark IS an excellent musician, and ter a number of years he acted in the capacity of organis, for one of the Quaker City churches.
 Besides his book-making Mir. Clark still retains firm hold on journalism. He takes leading in,eres, in his paper, the Bsiitfaa. and wntes the dramatic criticisms and portion of the editorials He also edits the humorous departures. of Oxr Continent. well known literary weekly. published in Philadelphia.
 As wrher and composer of obituary verse Max Adeier has probably no equal unless x be another, older and more prominent Philadelphia lournalist-he of the L<Iyey. The folloxing rare fexosics are selected from -Oat of the Hurry Early:
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