The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-28
JAMES J. HOGAN DIED A MARTYR
 TO HIS DUTIES
Former Yale Football Star Per- sisted in His Work While HI Until Nature RebeIl- ed Against Great
 Strain.

It was not given to all of us to be leaders We cannot all glory in the God-given qualities which rouse our felIowmen to action and inspire them to show their best and nobIest side. But when an earnest worker and guide sheds his helpful light upon the path of duty, his name becomes a word of cheer and talisman of hope, a name indeed that is 2 heart quick ener in the breast Of
 Such helper was Jim Hogan.
 In youth, with it's Srious impetu- Osity, his forming character shone forth with rich promise of mellow ed development.
 In his early leadership he had been the youthful hero, looked up to on the football battlefield by ardent fol- lowers. He grew to be a general in the field of life, loved, admired and respected by his comrades, with whom he worked shoulder to shoulder. Aft CT he had made a decided success, but before the prime of life had been a memory as few men ever did.
 His death, while not entirely unex- pected by few, came as a great surprise and shock to the very many that knew him. He himself did not expect it, and indeed it was on ac- count of his lack of self thought and perhaps an inherent streak. of stub bornness that brought the end earlier than might have been, as he would not heed advice and take treatment. Aside from this his supreme devotion to duty was great factor in his physical decline, as we shall see later.
 Football Not to Blame.
 Occasionally, in the case of promi- rious absurd stories arise as to the cause of death of the disease pro- ducing it,, and in James Hogan's case. among several other things, football most enormously was blamed.
 It was to get at the exact truth that the writer had a talk with the If1T rho called in consultation not long before the end.
 James Hogan came to his end through an exacerbation, or suddenly l increased severity of symptoms, in a with which football or any other 1 branch of athletics had not the re- | motest influence whatever as a causa- tive factor.
 It is not perfectly clear as to 1 whether it was known for any great | length of time that he was a sufferer | from this disease, as he was so averse 1 to coddling himself to the extent of considering himself an invalid and l having a thorough examination made. i The history of headaches, vomiting, 1 etc, coupled with thickened arteries: left no doubt as to the
 While Bright's disease is eventually fatal, Osler says of one form of ne- phritis, @.in a case which has persist ed for more than a year recovery rarely takes place. OccaSlOndlly children, even when the disease has persisted for two years, the Symp- toms disappear and recovery takes place." Much can be done to delay the inevitable end Again he says of another form, stchronic Bright's dis ease is an incurab1e affection, and the anatomical conditions on which it depends are quite as much beyond the reach of medicines as wPinkled skin gray hair. It, however, is with the enjoyment of life for many years neither does it doom man to death within short time. nor necessarily interfere with the pursuits of an active life, so long as proper care be taken"
 Devotion to Work the Cause.
 And this is just what Jim Hogan was not able to do when fa1thfuity Street Commissioner. for he was forced to ruin aroHnd the streets in m automobile in the very worst weather and at all hours. Obviously greatest snowstorms. Although at his time he was ill, he forced him self and never finched.
 Look upon the above picture of Jim Iogan's life as Deputy Street Com missioner, and the one below % out er on treatment and see if you can imagine a greater contrast
 "A quiet life without mental worry * and residence in an equa blG climate should be recommended. A patient in good circumstances may be Irged to go away during the winter months, or, if necessary to move alto yether to a warm equab1e climate, ike that of Southern California.
 ''There is no doubt of the value in irregular weather which in the temperature regions rom November until April
 The consulting physician with whom the writer talked was most positive that the exposure which -ames Hogan underwent greatly hur- inc Of the disease. While le thus greatly injured himself in this ingle way, in every other way he led . most regular and prudent life.
 It is almost gupernuous 70 even cter. He was one of the most loved nen that ever went to Yale, and this uctantIy admitted by outsiders that ,erhaps at Yale, more than at any ther university, the affection for ne's fellow-man and loyalty to him Ind he had his share both coming nto him and going out, and some 1ore.
 Nor was it only within the walls of Tale that he was loved and admired t was in a broad expanse outside as JeH. His was the type of the Ameri- 1any straightforward, sterling ath- stes of the highest class.
 To sum his qualities up, we could ay with Thomson:
 seWhoe'er amidst the sons of req on, vaIor, liberty and virtue displays merit, is a noble of na- tres own creating g.''-Walter M. Peet, I. D., in New York World.
 EAGLES BALL FRIDAY NIGHT.
 Members of Bridgeport Aerie, Fra ernal Order of Eagles. and their riends are anticipating a pleasant vening next Friday, which is the oc- asion of the fifth annual concert and all of the aerie. The advance sale