Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-16
FORSTER jennings. DEATH.
Young Man of Rare Attaiuments. De.
scended From Rex0Iutianarx stock

forster II. Jennings died last night at his
residence, lib 18th street northeast and the
announcement, while not altogether unex-
pected, will nevertheless be a shock to his
many friends in this city
Mr.. Jennings was the eldest son of JEFF
ferson II. and Altoona H. Jennings He was
born October IA, 1879, and at the date of
his death was, therefore, but little past
twenty-four years of age. His life I'D to
the past ten years, which We're spent in
this city, was passed in Illinois and Penn
sylvania. He was a descendant of old CO.
lonial and revolutionary stock and a grand
nephew of Joseph Gales and Mrs Seaton
OF the old Washington Inteligencer HE
was gentleman by birth, instinct and edu-
cation, and of high aspirations and desire
to benefit humanity. He expressed those
aspirations when he said Il have no de-
sire to live unless l can succeed in being
able to say that | have been of some bene-
fit to the world by being in it,
He was facile writer, his first illustrated
article having been written for The Star
When he was fifteen years old. and fire.
quently since he has been a contributor to
its columns, and has also written and illus
trated for the other city papers and for
New York Brooklyn and western papers.
He made cartoons for the national repub-
lican committee in 1893 and for different
newspapers, and Illustrated scientific works
and magazine articles.
He took course in anatomy in George
town College medical school for artistic
purposes, had commenced the study of
Russian and was about to take up French,
when his health broke down. He was also
of an inventive turn of mind and had pat
ented an advertising device, and was about
to apply for a patent for machine by
which artists might make their own pro-
cess paper. He had learned the art of zinc
etching, and was one of the few who could
write book, illustrate it and prepare the
pictures for printing.
Mr.. Jennings was also an expert in her.
aldry and made coats-of-arms for many
people in this city. He wrote the Proven
bal Philosophy of Coufucius'' when he was
eighteen years old. For several years past
he had collected memoranda and data for
a book he intended to devote ten years of
his life to, on the moral responsibility OF
man limited by heredity, prenatal in
fluence, environment, climate, etc, and was
also engaged on a work on ConfuciuS and
his disciples to be illustrated with original
Chinese pictures and drawings of articles
used in religious ceremOnialS. He was for
eign secretary of the Korean legation in
this city for two years, and could read,
write and speak the language; was an init
mate friend of the late eX-MiniSter Sob and
of Prince Min the coming minister from
Korea. He recently heard from Korea that
he would soon receive an important and
honorable appointment in the Korean Dip
lomatfc service. 1t was his intention to go
to Korea and write the history of the
country, its ethnology, folk lore, etc. While
having a deep religious feeling, he believed
in no creed, was student of religions and
could state the tenets of all churches of all
denominations.