The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-09

woman Walt Mhltmnns poelnsf \. Yes sra
| explain them
The TINE IT TOOK TO NAME THE BABY.
Col. Bartlett next turned Prof. TTiggss
attention 10 the banquet OF his college
| fraternity In Chicago In February, 1902 4,
more fellow diners Of the difficulties he had
| experienced In finding name for his baby
| II had taken him a year to decide on
| Edmund Wilding TTiggs as suitable cog
nomen for his offspring, he told the diners.
to sps %srs on yGH a6i aO oueson
@ And ddnt you speak e them ns,S on ~ ne
Q. No matter. Don't attempt 20 volunteer.
| Didn't you say TO them In substance that
| passed had brought up a new, name and that
| YOU had formed three cardinal principles3
A.. Asa piece OF humor ! sald that. yes: 49,.
attending to qualify them TO the jury: A. /.
MIR M 1 Wpssbbo5TTnseI% oJt answer yes or no
O. ~ Did you You 60 up and tell them in advance,
ana q 2oa 40 % s eel 81 S4S and tax .o sa9
! A. II was not fact. used those words.
@ Did you preisce your aIteI dinneI speech
| TO tell you now is a fiction and untruef A. /
u'G o But But YOU went on to make a speech TO
these 100 men about naming the baby' A.
| Yes. sir.
q. Didn't you read an account OF Ihnt pan
ouet In the Chicago Tribune on the following
uA6 . DO you w. Complain of the. statement in
The suns article that you had hesitated for
Ana a90 YET 9oa "a: us t Sa you tod these
bsd PB been az Unable for year to ind name for
the baby, is that so? A. The cases are differ
ept In spcaEpg 70 sitya JTieIernty ire99a ,I
w q low do you know what another man
| understands? Do you sit in his mindg A.
Certainly, in the case Of an occasion Of that
sort
minds Of others? 4. To a certain extent. yes
u You deity, are you? A. No, sir.
o. Can you swear. OF your own knowle dge
as 70 what the understanding was between
an those men at the dinner at Kinsley g
Of your speech? A, Yes, sir ] can assert
&C" @. Did You know OF your own knowledse
what they thought of A. Yes, sir.
Q. DO you complain OF the following words
Triggs was collecting and comparing names
for his baby. The baby was named at last.
redeemed from anonymity A. Yes, sir
/ object.
Later in his testimony Prof. Triggs ad-
mitted that he had not sued the Chicago
papers in which reports of the elmer speech
were printed with humorous headlines and
comments.
SHAKESPEARE AND ROCKEFELLER.
Col. Bartlett switched from this subject
TO the lecture at which Iriggs compared
Shakespeare and Rockefeller
o. Did YOU attend meeting Of the Cook
county Lea que OF Womens Clubs? A.
w . In March. ioo31 A. II that is the date
o. Just before this article was published
l in me SUN? A. Yes, sir: about that time,
Q Did you make this statement at ne
/ time Business men OF the future would
not be recognized by the business men OF
to-day. Gne present order of men viii pass
I away There shall come new humanity
Notice the passing OF patriotism whlcn IS
| merely an expanded egotsm. Notice the
new state Of diplomacy. Al tns points 10 tne
new era when the social spirit viii prevail,
I when the selfish, the egOtlstC motN IS VIII De
gone The business man VIII wish 20 snare
/ his successes with the rest OF society A.
! gave an address upon the social scale.
/ o. Did YOU say that ia su bstanCef A. With
the exception OF one statement as 10 tue
O. The rest Of the statement is correct
| in tubstancei A. In substance.
| O Now THE Sun quotes that and says
| We hate TO diner with Prof. Triggs. but
his remarks about patriotism are reported
incorrectly or there u some kink no ms dennl-
| ism Is reported Incorrectly A. Yes sir.
| Q. so The Sun was right in that respect?
% Did not YOU lecture 10 yoLr ciass and
! compare Mr.. Rockefeller n Shakespeare?
O. Snsws. hat Yes or no. in a lecture to
your cla:J in the University Of Chicago; A.
R b..Es 9p Not Y s9"Pfre Rockefeller and
o Was it John b. or William Rockefeller
O. In the lecture did not you say that
Rockefeller was lust as great man az Shake
speare,, A. did not. .,-
one man was as great in his field as the other
| was great IN his feld-this being an
industrial age, and in an Industrial age
. The special type found ~ an age like the
/ siNteeenth century IN England , The tune OF
O. You see a close analogy between the
career Of q successful prom inent hnan Gier
| or prince OF industry and that NJ shake
! speare? A. Yes, sir.
REMrNIsc' NOES or ROMEO AND JULIET.
The offer made TO Prof Triggs by Liebler
& Co. TO appear for them az an exponent OF
Romeo and Juliet in connection with
an all star cast that the firm proposed to
put on the road was the next subject
touched upon.
Q. You received this offer from theatrical
firm, did YOU not, LiebleT Co A. Yes. sir
Q This is spoken Of here: The news that
Prof oscar Lowell Triggs may appear as a
theatrical ady,ance agent VII give Joy 70
Tybery reRba 1 o. r Rs9sr edSSeon IN AmeTca
Q. The proposition was that you we're
20 go throyghogt the country lecturinC on
seven hundTed Dollar Ran SS week E0u 10 se''
statement in THE srN: And now a theatrical
manager Offers him the exceeding great
reward Of 500 a week TO travel ahead Of a
play called Romeo and Juliet Is not that
! soI A. Yes sir.
| Q. Now are not these extracts from Romeo
and Juliet" properly set forth In THE SuN
| article7 A. ] think so
o The Stratford charatan- refers 70
Shakespeare. does II mott 4. ! suppose so.
| ] do not know.
o. The so-callei poetry and imagination
| visible IN this Stratford charlatan's plays
must be torn out; deracinated the fellow
would call IT, in his fustian style. That all
/ refers 20 Shakespeare? A. Yes
O. You are . student Of Shakespeare are
! YOU not? 4 Yes. sir.
You are very familiar with Romeo and
! juliet A Yes, sir
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