The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-19
T'OTRER DAN BEARDABO
MS BILLS AND LCTE LETTERS
CONE TO THE ARTIST.


Artist Sued for Damages Recnusc TOthel
Used n Rubber Stamp-T'Othcr pied
and NcNspaperS buried the Artis
Now rOther Has Come TO LIE
Dan Beard, the artist sat at 1880 p. VI
on Monday on tho roof 81 the porch Of hi
Flushing, L. L. home and swung hi, scantily
clad leRs in the early morning breeze
NO. he eaid. I'm not the chap in Phila
dclphia that you say WAS mistaken for I'M
to-day, but this g. not the first time thy
! have heard OF that other Dan Beard, al
wish wa su re that It would lie the Lac.
At this point MIR Beard apparently pc
came conscious OF the unconventional OF
his attire and the keenness Of the tpril
zephyrs. He had taken to the roof the
frst place as point Of vanidg &c fromFhich
TO observe the intruder who had rig Ms
bell at an ungodly hour FOR Fluslng OF
1850. Now. he dc erted the roof nd told
the rest Of the story in the studo down
stairs
This other Dan Beard no I'D, first
came to my notice several yeanago when
received a letter signed Dan beird' and
mailed in New York, which rea;
Have arrived in the ciy' DO you
think that the town is large cough to hold
two Dan Beards
L thought it a joke at theime and wrote
back saying that there ould be room
enough il my namesake beaved himself.
At that time had NJ studio in the
Puck Building, and il wa1only few days
later that on returning fom lunch found
a queer looking chap hhging around my
door, and trying to pep in through the
cracks. ] clapped hh on the shoulder
and asked what he wnted. expecting TO
zee him Jump and loS guilty, but instead
he turned around a cool as you please
and said: 1 am loldng for Mr. Beard.
We'll gm that pebon, I responded and
thereunon he rreshted me with bill for
SIS for jewelry purhased in St. Louis.
Il turned On te young man and fixed
him with nv ey. Iwcn't pay it,. said.
It's outIawed; n ! haven't been in st.
Louis for over twenty years. Then
gently e1plaine that he had made several
mistakes and tBt it is better to walk down
stairs than toIe thrown down, He took
the hint
1t wasn't long afterward however
when I received notice that papers had
been filed atanst me in a suit TO recover
damages for tie use Of some kind OF rub
Der stamp. Ten got mad and told my
lawyer man tht he could hunt up the other
mans lawyerand send him over here TO
Apologize. TIE lawyer came and after
talking matters over he said. Well
suppose I sfuse to apologizeF / re-
plied that scfar ! had confined myself 70
strictly leRabperations, but might change
the plan OF campaign at any moment,
well a tile later l had papers served
on me for unpaid board bill on Staten
Island. / idn't mind that much, but
did object when letters began to arrive
from Mauie and Polly and lot Of other
dear girls HON had never, to my mowl-
edge. haC the pleasure Of meeting. My
wife reaS all my letters, too. was at
that tim working for the Ladies' Home
Normal and Il appears that my double
had bee passing himself OF as Dan Beard
the artst, for letters intended for him
came me through the publishers. In
1900 tb other Dan Beard apparently thought
AZ wiVthat one Of us should die and found
that Sho's Who had recorded my decease.
An Srts Of publications wrote TO my Flush
INCOME asking for matter for an obituary.
on Of these requests answered. | said:
DEAR SIR: | have looked in vain,
al with a feeling Of great disappotnt-
mt for those glowing notices OF my past
10 and behavior which had hoped to find
hen 1 shuffled OF this mortal coil. !
ave also consulted my widow and find
hat she knows nothing Of my supposed
decease. am very sorry, but l ind
cannot give the information sought.
THE LATE DAN BEARD
L still have trouble with that other Dan,
who appears 10 be no more dead than l
was. The latest news came from nephew
of mine in Philadelphia. He wrote me
that he was asked the other day II he we're
related to Dan Beard. When he replied
that Dan Beard was his uncle the ques-
toner tried in vain to hide a smile. My
nephew became rather angry and demanded
an explanation.
Well said his friend. your uncle has
been drunk and raising hell around Phily
for about week now. You'd better look
him up"
Nothing happened on Monday In Phila-
delphia to the man who was taken TO be
the artist, except that he settled a difficulty
OF some kind not specified and thereby
avoided further difficulty.