The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-30

ignorance. Whistler went to work character.
i~stically, He wrote to Du Maurier, he wrote to
the London papers. he wrote TO his counsel, and
no wrote to Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, Harpers'
London agents. He threatened suits, and the
London agents IN that Whistler had
sued and recovered damages (ono farthingJ
from John Ruskin for an adverse criticism,
And so the agents sIra!Eh,waE wrote 10
and ever body who had any rights in the con.
troversy, and many who had none, wrote to
the papers, aud Whistler had Just a lovely time,
and "Trilby" got an aIyertiscment which
more or less. The story being chiefly laid IN,
Paris, and as Whistler, being cross with the
English, was living in Paris, and aS Du Maurier
Is of course well known in Paris. the Paris clubs
and press took up the controversy. evolving the
most weird and wonderful misunderstanding.
tier had been accused by the NM. Harpers che
American Baedekers) of having employed nj.
Du Maurier to paint his portrait OF NJ. Tom Car
bourg de Glasgow"
or course this attracted an enormous atten-
ton to the story and especially to the March in
stallment, and the people who read 10 find ont
how Du Mauricr had lampooned Whistler con-
t.inued 70 read to find out what became of Trilby;
In the mean time Whistler made things so
uncomfortable for Osgood, ,McIlvaine a co.
rier with his vitriolic letters, that Harper's
stopped, the sale OF the offending mum
could he eliminated and n new character sub
stitnted. This vas done by making Sibley, the
,lule apprentice. INTO a Swiss. named Antony,
altering the personal description and putting
n-Whistler-like whiskers on the illustrations
OF the character. This International episode
October i%idtper's Magazine OF the following Iets
ter and explanation:
S pHryy ySi to an arrTngement made with Nj. j. Me-
McIivalneS Co, the publishers % the English edition
Of HarTer's Aa0asf"', this letter is published
nEAH sGT' Our attention has been cailsc5i e the at;
: ITiioy which appeared In our haOIsias. II w
sei' bling inf"ndei, We should not have per9iIt at"rI
T. publication Of such naisascs a could be Of
rrrargii"n IS Is In oHr. bower We nave agreed 10
TrSE, h,,S'r: h,e.S aud we m ,imirrth hs"'Gis or xHES ~
the story ,sppoars Ia the form OF a book. Me Marrh -!
hon Of ~ oTnnslv, character, and rnsi ne ilIusirs.
sSeaic shan he altered 50 rs to to s,S emo me- clue IL 'h TO
IN our = ,:at,gs fdr ne month u UrtobsT this
,hould. hay ,s]us'Sinei the least anSoyaSs" in tMs' Psn Ga
j'McSSiLG wrIIsriTG, ffpq.s 'fHT tEifn ! aRorH,n,
'tnles,i in amended form ~
Equally interesting, ifless exciting. arguments
grew ont OF subjects discussed in the story.
u happens that much i made in the story of
he singing by ,rrllby Of the song "Ben BGlf.'
avs p tGSt its Il hn 1ns s1Rs f IN tS Sp1 ni, m one Plsne
gall, were all magniilcd into a strange, almost
p9eiio dignity and splcndor quite IN.
music of that unsOphisticated little song. which
has touched - many simple British hearts thai
tnhi SNOW any better and among them. once
hat Of the present scribe long, long ago"
Lat started "A great discussion In ENGLAND, hut
ne controversy on this side ~ the Atlantic was
'etlsed shortly after II arose nv the publication
n Tar SIN ~ the fact that ben Bolt" MAS
written hy an American. Thomas Dunn English.
IN The other side II was assumed in tho sfmntc I
british manner governing such things hat tme
'ohg was, of course, written By "A Br.ton, aud IL
ihs Nhil1vslN Cred'ed 10 every snn@ wrilcFante-
'allnE "th" uitiCs.' when TrilIy sang IN To
.ltle bllees mixed emotions, sl,tius cross
egg'd on the model throne IN the studio I'M the
lace II. AuHtHlc DIES Arts.
Well the @onZ writer -till lives. and in this
lews story ot "frilhy," is surCeRsrs and is
oAlr,F'rGlss II 4 meet that sOnlcthiuR should
q >ld 81 nm This much Is told in The CAact
unllHaktRAtiVc congressional DiIcriuTu, for
hoT1as Dunn English /, q member ~ Congress
me iteNse ~ Representatives from the New
y a. SiAth View Jersey district. lie was horn in
hector oi Medicine at the University ~ Penn.
wanna IN lStH, and called To the PHILADELPHIA
.AI IN 1914, nut has mainly pursued authJrsbiD
nd journalism; In 1861 !. served in thr New
trsry Legislature; IN 1870. received the decree
Y Doclnr OF la| nom William aud Giary tul-
tss, ' lfsinia; wa elected tn tuc Ftfy-sccGnd
reeltttrl 10 the tItty-thirl Congress.
hc Ha5mtrt az ta'.Ha STDuSel hy the novel
ol'rrHtq It's morality. aud the heat m mi, vyns
ddSd 70 by TIC rgprrt that In ms ha.lk form
au, IA more dCtI led aad Ciearrr statement OF
,riloy ; one lGCktag virtue" Huull ~ given
hAa appeared n tie MHJIelHr.
Eriiht was an artists model: she posaA FOR
tAe altogether, As she termed n. Tor " M
Eutr a. gAG artists say. Among the artists
N Ael Ald tohersi frankly, had been their
and Da AaaHsF aid 0aly akout