The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-06
D. HENRY, THE WRITER, DEAD
SYDNEY PORTER SHORF STORY
MIXERS REAL NAME.
Spsnt Part oS Hls Touth On . Ranrh.
Thrn Drlfted into Newspaper WOrk
ran = Magazine and Weat % sauah
America Published FauF noaa,n.

yntrr tne name Of d. Henry. died &C 0:g0
,,Na.k Yesterday morning At the Poly
d.n, Hospital 2ii Fast Thirty fourth
stree
H. nld suffered for several years nom
complication Of diseases. OG which
arrr.,s Of the liver Was the most danger
as. factor His physician. Dr.. Charles
Russell Hancock. realized when he sent
Mr. Porter 10 the hospital on Friday last
,ha, there was practically no hope Of HE
recovery. Dr. Hancock psrformod an
operation on the author on Saturday, IN
ssr,rg a drainage tube. but the doctor
hal no hope that any permaneAt bens-
a. vo1ll result.
Nr Porter lived for two years or more
o. the Hotel Caledonia. - West Twenty
srth street Il was from his apartment
tina, he telephoned 70 Dr. Hancock on
Friday last that he was very M. Dr..
Hancock after q brief examination had
Mr. Porter removed 20 the POlyCllnic.
FOR some time before the end came
Mr. Porter suffered no pain. He was con-
ssous just before he died and smiled az
the doctor and the nurse. the only ones
o. the bedside.
The funeral VIII probably be held on
Tuesday from tho little Church Around
the Corner He will bs buried AZ Green's
boro, \ c.
For the last eight years few oOntribu-
tors 10 the magazines have been more
welcomed by publishers and public than
o Henry He vas one OF the masters OF
short story writing in this country. poe
ssssng a gift Of fine hnmor a. well as
an ability for dramatic narration. Al
though he could write talein irreproach-
able English he was one % the fUw who
could make slang really funny. He had
m a knack Of coming slang words and
slang phrases that stuck In the mind
and became a part Of our lighter Ian
gIage
Il was while he was In New Orleans
some ten years asp that he adopted the
zen name Of o. Henry. He had sent
stacks q manuscripts to unappreciative
editors. and when they we're returned.
A. they nearly always we're. he put new
stamps on the envelopes and sent them on
Their travels again. But he decided one
day that he ought 70 select a literary alias.
Ne said 10 friend
I'm going 1, send out some &C "a and
] think ought TO hive a rev name
Help me 70 pick out ons.- His friend
suggested that he get a Newspaper and
nun over the fret list OF notahlen he came
10 in the societ column. They not a paper
and came aorOss the ACCOUNT az a fash
ionAbls han His eye Nc on tbs name
Henry That's good enough Tor me-
Ae said Nov for a first name. want
something short; none of your three
fvlablsd names for me
Why don't you use a single initialPs
said his friend.
An right. said Porter. The letter
o. IL about the easiest letter written. 70
~ II is'
He was born a years aEo In Green's
5oro Several Of hia mnca.sor. had
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vas deioate Nhen ne was a ooy. ana That
was one Of the reasons he never went 10
college. He went 10 Texas while he was
rriIi In hla teens and spent two war.
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iTlnaa OF ms family. Lee Hail. VINO was
well known Texas ranger.
Ne got tired Of the cattle business and
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NV " "~. "uhk ~o'"ls1 oa-.er
mn ne got Joo a. sls week ON the
houston Posf. Within two wkels bis
saarv was iunnac 10 aso and In another
ruo weeks Il becama S9s m imnrau..s
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'," '''u 80 Ai'~ ~" we
~Il0r said one day. Porter. within I'VE
yeas You'll be earning 500 q week on a
NeW York newspaper. he made un his |
mini ,h., ~, =. -.,5,,, a., 90 a., A.,
N...'i
h- hadn't much special preparation. |
A Common school education and consider o.
Lr.a raad.nR Of the classics from his /
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paLl" oi hls e1AcstaOh' ne vas
Slally ionu IN thlse a5y. OF Iesohg
Lanes Arabian Nights.
n "nu' ~" vas on me houston To@
nl-nN u~eh punlishns tne Zorro
iuu-.ph AL IAaIeu' Tort1f
.s,. me Snols pam, hains ana ~,
iNf s.5 aud started a ten page weekly
10Y paper ne wrote most OF the
himself anu d'a Az OF me Nus
@-uk TAhn WIote rom Nsoo asalmg
y - ,'Hld get bacA me utls, ioonociast
a. ne sald, diun tnink mucn OF
~ I- hahqel u back ana renamed h.s
IHI zoe hoIlR3 St0he. re hept "
tDS I'I announcer year ana tnen 500
WIN in- he visited Central
A s.n. ~here he got the material ior
~. 81 y. Pc most amusing stories stories