The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-11


D08TON. June 10.-Rev. DR.. Ed
oxd Everett Hale. chaplain Of the
nited States senate, and one OF the
nremosr men In the public view, died
MA home In Roxbury early this
Drning. He became famous through
u book, The Man Without Coun-
WI" and other noted works.
Heart failure was the cause OF DR..
lies death He had been ailing for
- last two or three weeks and de-
Ined gradually until two or three
nys ago, when fears really began TO
entertained The end came sud
Dn1y this morning.
DR.. Raie's sister. Miss Susan Hale,
- physician. DR.. Temple, and num-
N OF personal friends were at the
aside when the venerable chaplain
the senate breathed his last. The
I'd came peacefully and there was no
tuggle at dissolution, DR.. Hale sim
~ passing as one who falls asleep.
DIR. Edward Everett Hale, preacher,
nbliclst and man Of letters. was 81
onrs old. Since his appointment as
Aaplain OF the senate. DR.. Hale had
tent his winters in Washington, but
- summers he continued to pass
his home In Roxbury. Despite his
reat age, DIR. Hale was vigorous and
40 mental faculties were seemingly
nimpaired. He was great lover
e outdoor life and TO this he attribut-
M m great measure his splendid
>9alth In his old age. In celebration
X DR.. Hale's eighty-fifth birthday and
anniversary the Lend-a-Hand society.
xhich Dr. Hale founded, sought 10
11se fund of $4,000 for the old age
~ It's founder. The work was in
EhArge. OF an executive committee of
hitch kidder, Peabody & Co.,'t Bos-
|ou bankers, were the treasurers.
81 DR.. Hale was born in Boston, April
1922. He graduated from Harvard
M years ago. Dartmouth and Will.
rms conferred honorary degrees upon
Inn In 1901 and 1904. respectively.
Hale joined the Unitarian ministry
~ 1916. his first church being the
Church OF the Unity. in Worcester.
Mass. He was married to Emily Bald
vim Perkins in 1852.
No living man mad done more 20
IMAo9 tnC iuOl Vi AIltf-
cans than had DR.. Hale. He had been
conspicuous figure in all kinds of
Eoform and rescue work, both in Bos-
lon and In many ether and distant
titles. From the time he received mis-
Irst license TO preach he had been o
konspicuous figure in all the most ad-
Hsnced forward movements in charity
md education. DR.. Hale refuSed 10
be called clergyman. He preferred
70 be designated only as a Christian
Minister" The title of Professor of
Americanism" to his generation has
zen aptly used in referring to DR..
Hale, and II perhaps best describes
1ls most conspicuous efforts. His en-
Lire career, his hereditary influences
Ind environment and his natural in
clinations and choice OF friends. all
ended to make him a patriotic Amer
lean citizen, and fitted him to do for
NE Americans public what he con.
eeived his Professor OF America" as
1otng In college-showing men that
here lis such a reality as American
thought. that there are certain prin.
ciples which belong to the American
government, that there are certain
keelings which are experienced by
zone but an American"
II The books on whose title pages ap-
Dear the name or Edward Everett
4ale, exceeding 80, are all filed with
ne same genial spirit, the same keen
bservation. the same whimsical fancy
nd the same underlying moral and
YDiritual uplift that found voice in the
lotto OF Ten Times One is Ten
Toflook up and not down;
IVA To look forward and not back:
To look out and not in;
And TO lend a hand.
The Harry Wadsworth OF that book.
he inspiration of ell the "Lend-a-H Hand
md Lookup clubs which have sprung
rom II and of The Lend-a- Hand
Magazine" was Frederic William
Ereenleaf, who died in 1852. DR.. Hale
= his latest book speaks Of him as
my dear and near friend, my other
oelf, may say"