The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-08
ARTS TRIBUTE TO DICKENS
HOPKINSON SMITH PAYS HIS
RESPECTS TO TEE AUTHOR.
the FellSWuhlp Celebrates Iis FIRM An
niSeruary and Hears From the Artist
Aather SEINE Guesaes as Go the Fate
&C Dsckens WIN the Modern EdllSs.


q Dsckeos Win the Modern Editos
In q spirit Of innocent festivity ADe
mirth, ~ prescribed by IL bylaws
the Dickens Fellowship celebrated Ia
nth anniversary Last night AZ the Hote
Endicott. Out Of respect for the memory
Of y. Pickwick. ESQ. champagne wa
served for those who felt like Il.
behind the chair OF the guest OF honor
y. Hopkinson smith.
In case you don't happen IN remember
u. the Dickens Fellowship idea leaped
from the brain Of Charlie GovaR. referred
10 in the literature Of the fellowship a.
our own Charlie Mr.. GOvan was wan
dering in England I've years or more ago
when the notion OF sWeeteuing and re-
filming the coarse materialisn Of American
life occurred TO him. lie took the first
boat back and drew around him such
lovers Of Dickens a. felt the call.
And look at him. said Mr.. Smith Last
night. just look at him, You would
think. would you not. that he had stepped
out OF chapter Of Dickens. Observe his
manner As ! was saying. there will he
a lively obi ime when Roosevelt gets
back. He'll he the next President sure.
There's no stopping that man"
Mr.. Govan. who had remained mOdestly
behind n portion Of filet while MIR. smith
was speaking. approached with a few
explanations 81 the work and worth OF
the fellowship. Nothing seemed 80 de-
lightml to Mr.. Govan A. to sit in ones
own tiny library with ones own slippers
on ones feet and browse on Dickens.
He knew Of few ailments for which Dick ens
wasn't q cure.
He hoped sometime TO get all the vice
presidents OF the fellowship together at
dinner and heGf what they thought Of tho
Master + y O'Connor. Conan Doyle.
Lord James 81 Hereford. Georgiana Carr
and ever - many more.
Between angry mutterings from tho
elevated trains a. they swep; nv a e ldi-
colt various persons spoke The Rev
Frederick Lynch. introduced ~ an author
and Dickens lover. said that Charles
Dickens was death on shams and that he
did more to show up hypocrisy in Eng
land than any other man Mr. Lynch
had noticed in his travels that hypocrisy
10 most prevalent in countries where re-
igIon has the strongest hold To point
what he was getting At. Mr.. Lynch read
the bit from -Pickwick Pape-S.- where
the red nosed Mr.. Stiggins accompanies
Mrs Tony Weller IN q visit Ia SamiVei at
Fleet Prison
Mr. Smith arose and thanked Heaven
that in an aye ut gross mater aliSm such
a society a. the fellowship existed
People seem nowadays 20 strive for the
things that aren't worth having. He was
glad very glad 70 have a chance to con
graduate the members on their mission
Personally he owed more 20 Dickens
than To Auv other influence He rs'nem %
tered having read The cricket on the
Hearth when he was a child Of fifteen.
and the wonderful mastery 81 detail tha,
Dickens urei impressed his childish IRA u
and remai ned with him when he himself
bean fe-bly % put impressions on PAPER
tie used page - -ay what klpling
wu,itd have disposed ~ IN four lines.
said Mr.. smith. -or . Ought he had
He wondered whether Dickens would
have mad" hit with a." mag1zin" editors
- TO-DAY
4 don't know It's hard Ia saw con
tinual Mr. smith -SOma a. uO q wear
reader mis- Oh, have fired MS stores hack
10 him as fast a. they went in tat there
az" -oIp" EDITOR that would break the
stained rla-s windows 80 church de,ii
cat"d TO tho worship - tn" Madonna
to increa@" their circulation 10 copies.
They light have seen something IN
Dickens.
Some 81 'he present day literature
made HIM -lCk hat h" wa- gll1 thJt 49,"
stuff winch dealt with filth never live l0ag
We hay. mad several kinds 81 Hul., =
~ Nir'h said he but they haven't
lasted and they Won 2 last
Dickens had plenty ~ tam" To write
ard IN Mr. smiths tralief b. wrote for
folk Who had plenty 81 time "a Rad
Their. were ~ furious automobiles
in those days. No. sixteen hour trains Ia
Chicago beii.y. that the p-opls to-day
who don't care for such thing- ar. the
psOple who sta read Dickens
Viii Carleton. the pu.t. talk~i about
books and their makers IN past aud pres
a low puTsiIi; 20 write books. monarCh-
are turning them ont With the eag~Trs-s
81 hs.zt seller authors. b" said.
Our RN-Pre-tdent. Who wrote n ROOd
many books sent fall So Of them - the
Pom. and then didn't even get a chance
20 receive the thanks - the Vatican
said Mr.. Carleton.
He hoped that Mayor Gaynor would
write a book and he had "A title ready
IN case the Mayor wanted ~
How TO Train IIger- without Feeding
Them would he a neat little little. aaid the
poet.
After Mr.. Govan and others had spoken
81 the softenIng Influence Dickens had
brought into their lives the meeting re-
solved itself into "A genera Discussion of
the masters works