Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-24

DAILY had played before him. The frst
| musical piece Carrie wrote was MAN
selle Awkins,s in which he played
After an enga cement in London he RI
turned To the United States and after
another season or two produced This
S.orks.' written by him. His next must
cal comedy was "The Tenderfoot,
which was followed by The Maid and
and THE Hurdy-Gurdy Girl
DIR. WILLIAM j. TUCKER, for fiji
teen years president of DARTMOUTH col
lege, was born in Griswold, Cslnn., July
l3 1889, and prepared for college at
kimhall Union academy in Meriden, y.
IL. He graduated from nartmonth in
1861. and then went to AndoVe- Thep-
logical seminary where he graduated in
1866. The following year he became
pastor of a church in Manchester. \. H.,
and remained there until 1879. when he
-wenf to the Madison Square church in
New York city, where he remained until
1880. He was a professor at Andove.e
Theological seminary from 1879 10 1898.
when he was called to the presidency Of
Dartmouth college. of which he had been
signed the presidency because of his adj
vanced years.
OWEN WISTER, author Of THE
Nirginian" aud other popular novels.
was born in Philadelphia, July ii, 1860.
the son of Owen Jones Wister
and descendant of Thomas WINNIE.
who emigrated TO Pennsylvania rs
enc of the companions of Will
liam Penn, He was educated III
preparatory school at Concord. n
H., and graduated from Harvard uniyer-
sity in 1888 Having made the law his
study. he was admitted to the bar i'll
Philadelphia in 1889. But his love for,
literature was greater than his love for
law and he abandoned the practice of
the legal profession in 1891 and went to
work with his pen. 1t was not until
nearly ten years later, however, that he
scored his first great literary success
with THE Nirginian." and became en-
titled to permanent place among the
leading American noyelists. Since then
he has written a number of successful
novels and many magazine articles.
WILLIAM WINTER. the dean of
American dramatic critics. was born in
Gloucester. Mass, July 15, 1886, and
went to school in Boston and Cambridge.
He studied law at Harvard and was adj
mitted to the bar but he never praeticed
his profession. He began to write ut
an early age, and his first volume of
poems was published when lie was only
Is years old. Mr. Winter removed from
Boston to New York in 1859. For some
years he wrote with more or less regu-
larity for the Saturday Press and other
publications. In 1865 he became dra-
matte critic of The Tribune, and he still
holds that position During all these
years his literary activity has been re-
markable and he is still one of the most
.,,l Al
ice In addition to his journalistic work
Mr.. Winter has written number of
books relating to the stage, and several
volumes of poetry.
MRS. MARY BAKER G.. EDDY.
the diseoverer and founder of Christian
Science, was born in the town of Bow,
N. H.. July 10, 1921, and received her
education in the public schools and from
private tutors. In 1S43 Mrs. Eddy mar
ried George Washington Glover and re-
moved with him to Charleston, s. G..
Mai. Glover died a few months after
the marriage and Mrs. Glover returned
TO the home of her relatives in New
Hampshire. In 1858 she was married
to DIR. Daniel Patterson, a dentist, and
removed to Lynn, Mass. Later she se-
cured a divorce from DIR. Patterson. aud
in 1877 married DIR. Asa q. Eddy. THE
discovery of Christian Science dates
from 1866 and year later Mrs. Eddy
began teaching it. In 1878 she organ
lied the First Church of Christ Scien-
fist, in Boston. The textbook Of Chris
tian Science, Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures, was published
by Mrs. Eddy in 1875. In 1899 Mrs.
Eddy removed from Boston TO Concord,
n H., where she continued to make her
home until about year ago, when she
returned to Boston and occupied d pala-
tial country residence in the fashionable
suburb of Chestnut Hill.