New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-04
r-,.re were cases in which the closest and

| most Immediate inquiry could not discover 'i'e
| origin Of modern words. For example. the "oiu
| dude suddenly appeared In America o.
though Investigation was made within Re"
| weeks of the recognition Of the word, no one
could say how It originated. 1t came epidem-
ically so to speak. and It had remained
At the same meeting Professor Skeat' VINO
presided referred to some savage tribe VINO are
reported TO "amuse themselves by deliberately
attennting TO coin words which are accepted
or rejected by their fellows" without know
ing" saws ''The London Morning Post. what
nar,icular tribe Mr. Skeat had In his Nina IL
may be suggested that we need go no further
than our own race to find persons savage
enough 70 amuse themselves in precisely the
sane vav We have within quite recent years
scientifically speaking-been offered for accept
| ance or rejection those pathological gems SCI
| entist' programme and bene-lettrist ana we
have. for the most part. IT would SEEM accept
ed with gratitude these gifts from the New
World or from our own fellow-citzens Many OF
Ms use them. while regarding them at the same
time with anything but fond affection
The Very Rev Andrew Kennedy Hutchinson
Bovd whose death reported from LONDON
Yesterday, was known and admired by all lovers
Of cosby literature. His pseudonyme' A n. H.
b. at the end OF a magazine article or on 'ile
title-page Of a book always an assurance
Of quiet entertainment. He talked genlally OF
the things he had seen and the people he had
known and as the latter embraced a long line
of celebrities his anecdotes were usually worth
reading He was inclined to garruhty, espe-
cialIy in some of his later publications, but al
all times he was kindly humorous observer
and the modest place he occupied in contempo-
l,, 1laH
some delightful pages in The Recreations OF
Country Parson." twenty-five Years OF ST.
Andrews" The Last Years Of st. Andrews and
his other discursive books.
We are told that Dr. Conan Doyle is the most
all-round representative sportsman among moo
ern writer's, though 1t is TO cricket that ne ue-
votes most Of his spare time. Mr.. Barrie IS II
fair crcketer; Mr. Andrew Lang COILS plays
cricket and fishes; Mr.. Bret Hartes one amuse-
ment is golfng. and Mr. Swinburnes Is SWIM
ming Mr. r d. BlackmOre. is passlohateIY ue-
voted to the growing Of flowers ana frult' WINE
Mr. Thomas Hardy's recreauons are arporl-
culture architecture. and, of late years c!CHhs'
He has become a great devotee or the wheel
and covers long distances on IT, MI H. u
Wells, the author Of The War Of the Worlds
shook his head rather sadly in response TO d
query as to his amusements. ! nave at pres
emit" he said. mo amusements | wish had.
have been in bed for many days. and am llkely
IN STAY there many more. ! would be grateful
10 any one who invented me an amusement
I'm as weak as a rat. and shall have TO be a
man Of sixty for year at least
There will soon have to a he a censor OF bio
graphical Anecdotes an official who will decide
az TO which of several versions of a story about
a famous man is the right one. The tale OF DIS
raeu at the Royal Academy banquet and OF
GIadstone's comment on the speech that Dlsraeh
made upon that occasion. has been annotated
Over and over again. Now the story OF Glad
stone told by Bochm Is being revised Mr..
/ recl,v repeats it thus in the introduction TO his
new edition Of Democracy and Liberty
Boehm. the sculptor, told me that he was
/ once present when an alteration between "IdN
! stone and a Scotch professor took place ana
that the latter started up from the table 10 MAKE
| an angry reply, when he suddenly stopped as II
paralyzed or fascinated by the glance OF Gia4G-
| stone: and Boehm noticed that the pupll OF plau
| stones eye was visby dilating ana the eyeIiu
! round the whole circle Of the eye drawing Ddch'
as may be seen in q bird OF prey
In the current number Of "Blackwood's Maya
zine" there is another version Of the incident Of
fered by THE LookerOn,' who proceeds as
follows:
Now hear the story as It was told to me by
Boehm. One evening wneH we r wTiS
/ talked Of at the time came into the converse
ton, and with it the advantage Of painting over
| sculpture in expressing character. boeIiIH
| seemed willing to admit that painters mad the
| nail" though they had it in ever-dlmnlshlhs
! degrees as the two arts neared the point OF pei
/ fiction. This led TO some discourse on me pm
tica of portraiture as an aid 10 decipherlng chdI
| acter by eyesight. which Boehm modesI'y
/ thought IL must be AT any rate. said ne
OBJ
matter come to pretty positive conclusions as 10
what lies within and below the faces we sluu!
and the heads we handle FROM maj ne M '.o,l
on TO speak Of some particularly sulKlns con
tours with their tale Of good ana pdd "l
strange and rare. and among other STUDIES 10
pause upon he mentioned the head ana lace vi
N}r Gladstone. His head. said the sculptor.
was doceiving head-dstinctlY larger than IL
looked zone Of the largest ! have ever nan
died and one Of themsIIanEsest r VIII ,, s@E
with n little laugh TO make light OF It, strange.
however, will do for Boehm went on 10 say
that the lines of the head We're In curious con
forn,itv with the most striking feature Of his
face-the brilliant. changeful, haWklike eye.
And as to that" said Boehm, "ln tell You a
| story" ~.
From this narration it appeared that after
making four or five busts Of Mr.. Gladstone 'hu'
| forget how many he found a commission ioI
another bust rather troublesome, from rear o.
producinC something indistinguishable from a
copy Of what he had done before. perhaps more
than once. It CHANGED however that ne hau
been invited TO stay for week or SO at a mouse
/ I'm Scotland where Nj Gladstone was also 70
be: and seeing in that piece Of luck opportunities
of catching some characteristic Of the great man
unobserved before. BOehm accepted the comms
sion But one after another. tho days OF the
visit went by and neither In the house nor OUT
/ of the house did Mr. Gladstone favor the artist
with any new presentation Of himself. Boehm :
=, / time was nearly up. when. coming down 10 dn-
, ! ner one evening. he found a new arrival-Pro-
fessor Blacke. Blackie's place at table that
! evening was opposite Nj Gladstone; and there
he sat in great impatience when, at the wine
{ and walnuts period. Mr. Gladstone sang out N
illustration Of the way in which. as he believed
Homer was chanted. not recited This Profes-
| sor Blacke could not endure TO listen TO. MI
Gladstone" he cried Il don't believe a wurrc