Evening star., 1896-11-28
DEATH OF Mr.. COFFIN
The Popular Artist and Gentleman Passed
Away Early This Morning.
There VIII BE No Funeral Services in
WashfnEtcn-TheR Remains VIII
BE Buried in POttstOwn.

Mr.. George Y. Coffin cied this morning
at $50 o'clock. All through the night the
devoted ones who watched at his bedside
saw him growing weaker and weaker and
when the end came he passed away peace
fully. having long before gone beyond the
power to suffer pain.
The remains will be taken to Pottstown,
Pa. Mr.. Coffin's birthplace, and inferred
In the family burying ground beside those
of his mother. There will be no services
in the city. Mr.. George brown Of Fitch,
Fox q Brown, cousin of the dead artist,
and Mr. Henry S. Merrill, one Of his most
Intimate friends, will accompany the body.
Mr.. Coftin's immediate relatives were two
aunts, Mrs. Adelaide ]. Brown of this city
and Mrs. Mary A. Yost OF Pottstown. and
an uncle, Mr.. A. w. Harrington of Troy,
N. Y.
His Death Widely DeplOred.
. The news of Mr.. Coffin's death became
generally known throughout the city at an
early hour, because his many friends In
all sections had pursued anxious inquiries
about his condition ever since the desper-
ate character Of his illness was realized
Consequently there was a constant stream
of callers at the Garfield Flats. Wherever
the sad intelligence sprea1 there were ex-
pressionS OF sorrow and regret. The per-
sonal friends Of Mr.. Coffin were grieved
beyond expression, because the dead artist
vas Il man of most lovable character, and
these who knew him regarded him with
more than ordinary affection. But every
where, even among those who knew him
only by his work. his death was regarded
almost in Ne nature OF a community ca
laInity. because he had been q pleasant en-
tertainer of the public SO long and had
inspired SO much public enjoyment by his
keen portrayals Of the public questions
of the Gay and the central figures IN Amer
icsn political life. So he was esteemed
af1y poH n,
was unknown.
Stories innumerable were told OF MS
happy hits and bright sayings. and the
flashing shafts that were leveled at the
passing show of politics and society, and
In all these recitals his gentle kindness
was the predominating point.
A Writer of Much Power.
Mr.. Coffin was not only gifted with his
pencil, but was peculiarly felicitous in his
work with his pen. He was strong and
vigorous or light and entertaining. as the
excellent Judgment, and his powers ran the
gamut from profound observation to airy
Imagery. He had few superiors as dra-
matte critic, and when he began his work
as cartoonist on the Washington Hatchet
he also contributed to it's columns many
of the brightest things that appeared there
in. Some of his best work was in his par
aphrasing of well-known latter-day authors
belonging to the various schools that have
sprung up in the past two decades. He
was a master Of literary mimicry in this
direction. and with his splendid gift Of
satire he hit off the peculiarities Of these
writer's in happy vein. He continued with
the Hatchet, which did not fail, as mad
vertently stated in The Star last evening.
but is still published. until its pictorial fea-
ture was dispensed with. and then trans
ferred little later his pencil to the Post.
1t was In his personal Intercourse with
n frfa dc hnu hof fins rn
powers and delightful attributes were best
shown. and many tributes offered to his
character attest the universal esteem in
which he was held by those who knew him
well.