The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-11
Venerable Man of Letters Dies
 In His Boston Home
LIFE OF ACHIEVEMENT
Doctor Hale Attained Renown as an Author and In Late Years Has Been Chaplain of the United
 States Senate.

Boston, June 10.-The light was break ing in the east as the venerable Edward Everett Hale, D. D., chaplain of the United States Senate, Unitarian divine philanthropist, author, journalist and lover of peace breathed his last today in his home In Roxbury
 At the bedside were his wife, his daugh- Philip L. Hale, the artist Two other sons, Arthur Hale of Washington and Prof. Edward Everett Hale. Jr., of Union college, returned home this evening. To- morrow 1t Is expected that partial ar engagements for the funeral on Sunday in the South Congregational church, of which pr. Hale was the pastor emeritus, will be announced.
 On his return from Washington few weeks ago it was reported that Dr. Hale was not in good health, but he soon re- gained his activities and until Tuesday attended meetings and received friends
 Last night, however, he showed signs of distress and rapidly weakening, passed peacefully away in the early hours of the morning.
 It seemed today as if the whole country joined in mourning the loss of Dr. Hale. Messages expressing sorrow and esteem poured into the Hale household, one of the first being from President and Mrs. Taft.
 As an author Dr. Hale's fame rests on his short stories, such as "The Man Wita. out a Country
 As instigator of the social uplift, the work of the two great organs the Lend Hand clubs and the Kings Daughters will always add to his renown; as a minister and pastor, his half century in the pulpit of the South Congregational church and his preaching in many other churches were prolific of wise spiritual in- spiration; while as a historian his writ ings have become authoritative.
 Beginning of Illness.
 It is recalled that on returning to Bos- ton from Washington a few weeks ago, having temporarily relinquished his duties as chaplain of the Senate, Dr. Hale be- came i'll on the train, but the illness was ascribed to a disorder of the stomach and he apparently recovered within a day or two.
 For three quarters of a century and more pr. Hale has been a distinguished figure in the United States and in for eign lands. Literary work and a remark ably effective Lend a Hand society which he originated, made his name household word even in far countries. Of this or ganization the motto selected by Dr. Hale was.
 Look Up and Not Down.
 Look Forward and Not Back.
 Look Out and Not In.
 Lend a Hand"
 Dr. Hale's literary career began unus- ually early. Six years after his birth he was studying Latin under the direction of his father the Rev. Nathan Hale. His studies were continued at the Boston Latin school and at Harvard college.
 Besides being a preacher, the Rev. Nathan Hale was printer and in his office the son, Edward, learned type setting and developed a leaning to- ward newspaper work which, during his college course at Harvard, he cultivated by becoming a reporter on the Boston Advertiser. In later years, although he had elected to follow his fathers calling as clergyman of the Unitarian faith, he became editor of the Adver- tiser, occupying the chair at the time of the civil war.
 Literary Works.
 The South Congregational church of Boston became Dr. Hale's ministerial home in 1856. Of his literary works the most noted were "Ten Times One Is Ten" My Double and How He Undid Me" and The Man Without Coun- try"
 As pr. Hale's age advanced his friends delighted to celebrate his birth day. Especially noteworthy were the occasion of his roth and S0th anniver- saries, at both of which public meet ings were held. In 1892 a purse of s5000 was given him, while in 1902 d fund of $28,000 was raised
 Dr. Hale's family included Mrs. Hale who was Emily Baldwin Perkins, a granddaughter of the Rev Liman Berea, and whom MT. Hale married in October, 1852, and five children, Miss Ellen Hale, Philip l.. Hale well known artist; Prof. Edward Everett Hale, Jr., of Union college; Herbert Hale, an architect, and Arthur Hale, employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad company.
 A telegram from President Taft re- ceived today by Mrs. Hale read as fol- lows:
 Mrs. Taft and I extend to you our heartfelt sympathy in your great sor- row, and deeply regret the loss which the whole community suffered in the death of such an upholder and stounch advocate of sweetness and light, the liberal but truly religious spirit, Christian charity and tolerance, the brotherhood of man and the father hood of God. VIM H. TAFT"
 News of Doctor Hale's Death.
 Washington, June 10.-News of the death of Dr. Hale reached the Senate early in the day and was received with general expressions of regret No figure had been more familiar about the precincts of the Senate than that of the venerable chap lain and no person was more respected or
 
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