The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-01
MARK TWAIN IS REMEMBERED
,RNrGIE HtLL TRJBCTE NOT
IDRH "a OK FUNERAL,
Iio~rii>. wattrrssR, Cheatr. Canueu.
ihamn siark. cable. Dr. rsitch~,I,
NJ Mrn Who Knew Clemens, rru sto.
re, nrnr, van D,ke Reads q Poem.

% N.t~'.- 'Fh'h gloomy last night at Car
..... 10 o., ~h"n m. old friends Of Mar,
T...r rud that small fraction Of his ad
which coulh he saneez.,d b., w.,,,
'. '."- and fl- c",linG Of tn. big buildin
'f.~"i for the ceremonies which IN.
IVAN Memorial Committee Of ,h,
a. 'rl.au academy Of Arts and Letter,
10 .-rT.nR~t The speakers and IN,
,.. ...'r. " coined 60 agree with an opinion
''. .-~'~! Nv the presiding officer. william
! ...r I"W"lls.
seems Tn me, said Mr. HowslIs
- short introductory talk. that We
u.. ""' 'n-nIHht not so much to com.
r.'unrh'" a. 10 recognize great man
~ -'i'I lives IN US our contem porary
MAJ ~ Their. was laughter over MARX
IVAN Jokes as they were related from
'r~ p..tirm 10y noted men. Even tho dead
'NH~'s pastor and Gle se friend tho Rev
-' n Hopkins Twitrh.ll. spoke only
Of n" good fun it was TO trot around
i.rope with Mark. TO open letter from
Inn IN ones morning mail and 10 sit near
;. m az his fireslde while the smoke and
smoke and smoke min lsd with the cloud
Of white hair that might have been the
result Of a particularly hard pun fresh
from the bechewed end OF Mark q cigar.
Even the blind were there. MANY of Them
10 laugh and smile with the big audience
great group of blind mon led by Will
Am III Patrick. president Of the Blind
Mems Improvement Club. who had com.
Ia help honor the memory of their former
NIc--president There were great palms
on the stage. but their somhrsness WAS
relieved with brilliant lunches OF daisies
and chrysanthemums
row OF men whose names are known
throughout AMERICA and Europe. most
OF them white haired too now. sat on
the stage in front OF the banks of palms
and flags. From where they sat the
crowd stretched back to the street wall
and then was banked upward IN a solid
mass 10 the topmosS row of seats in tho
tc'pmost gallery. And back of tn. top
most row stood a solid fence of humanity
pressed against the high hacks Of the
seats and trying to catch each word
On the platform with Mr. How-lls wer.
the speakers-Speaker Joseph G. Cannon.
Col Henry Watterson. George ". Gable.
Joseph II Choate. Champ Clark and
IN" Rev. DR. Twitchell DIR. Henry van
Dyke. VIII" read IA poem. also was seated
among those IN the first row OF the as
E. hlag. on the platform
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IN" fifteen or twenty on the platform or
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