New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-22
ENTERTAIN MARX TWAIN.
Praised By Mr. Carnegie at HAS
traitors Dinner.

Mark Twain was the guest of honor az the
monthly dinner of the Society of illustrators last
night in the rooms of the Aldine Association
Until coffee was reached it was however, paral-
lei Of the production Of Hamlet" with the meian-
choly Dane omitted from the cast. Until the ar
rival of Mr. Clemens, a little after 10 o'clock An
drew Carnegie occupied the place of honor at the
right of Dan Beard, president Of the society ana
postmaster. Others at the guest table We're slr
Caspar Purdon Clarke, Alphouso Mucha, the
poster artist DR.. George R. Balleray. Thomas A.
Janvier. Caspar Whitney. Albert Boyden, Frank
\. vanderlip. RoIlo Ogden. Arthur scrioner, Ar
thur Brisbane. J. j. Shannan Henry j. wright
and Harrison s Morris.
While the orchestra was playing My Olo heu-
lucky Home" the creator of Tom Sawyer ana
"Pudd' nhead Wilson" was discovered in the reeep-
ton room and escorted to the seat Of honor
POSTMASTER Beard opened the speechmaklng
with warning to trust magnates present tha'
they were attending meeting of trade nnl oIra
union however of men who believed In the 1iedsut9
Of profit from labor that comes from nd IKE 10
join this young set He said he had all his life
Rnon Brst 8arte and Josh Billings and was
therefore used to the highest society. as well as
He said he was proud to call Mar Mark Twain ain
friend and as ne TOOK MIN by b me mana member
the r guest o on ae as s ano a0'i He sd am
joint author Of 'Pudd nhead Wilson. I have a
a3yfhi4gp fogs He then emu quoted from Pqdd
eggs in - one basket but but the wise man says u.
them all in one basket but watch the basket
MI geT snsf f HSt9 B prov sid Mr. Carnegie
Mr.. Clemens verbally Endorsed the statement
Walsh CAPTAIN ] P Wade. u 8 n; JOIN dal1,! =;
W ais Arngt 15ak K Kendall nd Il RoSsr Macy
Charles Belmont Davis. Arthur w; Jameson, ,i =,
Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke was called up to tell
ors. He said the sentiment suggested to his MIND
W t9 3ss t he leaad L his
London-"the body of John Brown lies n,ouidering
The sh SPIRITS Of the the Great tp Of
said the speaker stu go marcRl4 ne on n1+i5s esr
icaturists and illustrators, One he described as
otherwise he was as near an angel a man
or John Tennel. said he never but . twice IL
fifty years failed to make his cartoon for "Puncn
n S2l6 his ana MISSION enf in o if in few years
there ers was not in the Metropolitan Museum full
The to Ca IN intredqci9g Mark Twain.
s saf be Raa fnn Mt4 in his
country and he was sure they made better eiti 5
tens baaa tas of Marx twain had red blood in
their veins they were funny because they were
s9oa ns ssiSt G and h FER
pRiloao T Ef It Vas at this point that Miss Helen
Augerstine. attended by page advanfsd IN fae
ieafS Wreath to the guest Of honor: - :.
New there said the XstsTs4 author burn IN and
5eautifu young woman. The conventionaI joan pan
history The conventional face given to Joan
d Arc by the artist who paints her as coarse
peasant has the fixed expression of q horse.
Members of your guild" said he. addressing his
hosts must get away from the conventional
Once when reviewing some of his familiar stories,
MIR Clemens halted for and, admitting that
history gets away and I couldn't tell whether II
was Robespierre. John the Baptist or Benjamin
Franklin that invented the guillotine.
He played the whole gamut from gay TO grave I've
with a wealth of interviewer pathos, and finally ne
said of the elements that made up the experiences
of life the illusions the only things that are
valuable, and God help the man who reaches the
time when he meets only the realities