New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

II "a \ charming spot where lie the remains Of
Charles Farrar Browne looking out the little
lake and hard by the edge of beech and maple
wood.
shall never forget my meeting him i'll Baltimore
in the last year of the war when he was giving
his new Mormon lecture In the quaint old Mary
land Institute. had not seen him for three years
and his first greeting 10 thrust into my hand
the programme Of his lecture and ticket in
<scribed Admit the bearer and wife This
ticket, the programme and autograph on an in
vitation to admit all my acQuaintances, together
with woodcuts of the lectures. and other memen-
toes Of my old friend, gathered later keep among
my treasures
From this time until the date of his leaving for
England, in the of 1866. I had great oppor-
tunitles to observe and study him. There
something very. fascinating in his presence Never
was Il man more misunderstood. He had not one
trace of coarseness real awkwardness. Though
far from handsome. he had fine, 1.-THE figure,
with smooth, light hair, teeth white and delicate
and the most beautiful hands. His voice was pc
cularly soft and his whole demeanor was that Of
a well bred. sensitive and modest man Even
his most intimate friends could hardly understand
Why nothing Of the clown ever cropped out in IA.
cial bodily contOrtion when he was saving his
odd things; but surely it never did. and his perfect
poise and gravity on these occasions no who
knew him ever forget It is not strange that
the great public always thought of him before
hand as a burnptious and rather uncouth specl-
men Of the travelling Snowman and the husband
of "fetsy Jane and their disappointment on see
ing him added greatly TO the amusement Of his
entertainment
his annearance in the evening the stage large
mart ri the audience, that had never seen him. sup
iT,osed that he was the well behaved manager who
bod come out TO make some preliminary announce
noent But the fact is that Artemus Ward had no
trace of local coloring or local prejudice,
his sneech marked by single provincialism. He
vas = cosmopotan gentleman in every relation
~ life And this was the main secret of the power
he had over his audiences-that they at once saw
he was not to attempt TO annuse them by antics;
hut by quietly saying things worth saying And
half the sun OF the entertainment lay in the sue
cessivs or rather cumulative bursts of laughter
that followed his best points. The bright few were
ready 10 laugh the instant; then slower Sec
ticr of the audience would ''catch on" and at
iang+h Lang ali would be tumult minutes together.
The programne of this Mormon lecture, pre-
ceeIv TIE same in England as here was wonder
f,1I creation. The very music IN it showed the
reniIis of the artist. 1t was at time when the
and these were initiated ard paraphrased by him,
one of the pieces being entitled .'Iearest Whenest
91j,on Siuubsrest Dostest Thou Dreamest of Me?''
anofner was Mary Had Little Lamb with Mint
Sauce)' Perhaps the enc that ELECTED the most
anplalse was the hit at the chaps who had gone
Nar4b IN svade the draft and were over the line
in the Dominion; Mother, Is the Battle Over and
Can I Safely Return from Canada%' and yet
arternus frivolous or at least shallow
person He had a deep and appreciative sentiment.
More than this. he had innate delicacy and pride
and it was because OF these that he datested shall
Iowness and dishonesty. 1t was because he had
real sentiment that he rdicued gush- He was up
the intellectual standard of his audiences IL Is
a mistake suppose he was in any way an in |!
ferior man. He knew men, and he knew public |
lish critics has said OF him that he knew as much /
b.,-r England most EnefishE1eu knew ard TO