Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-22
MARK TWAIN.
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ready sucked in $4,000 CT Mark Twain's
cash, but he determined also to shoulder
the debts, and to pay them off undertook
in 1856 lecture trip around the world
Mark Twain was an inveterate smoker
and one Of the most ieisurely men in the
wcrld. An old pressman who was once
printers devil in an office where Mari;
was editorial writer tells this anccdote
of his habits of work: One of nv
duties WAS TO sweep the room where
editors worked Every day Mark would
give me a nickel to get away from him.
He would rather die in the dust than un-
cross his legs. one day he gave me IA
nickel to dot an II in his copy for him
He certainly did enjoy life, that man
did
yet this easy soinG Gawdler acquitted
himself of a prodigiCus deal of work in
his life. and bound himself voluntarily
10 pay off the debts that he could have
discharged without hurt 70 his good
name by passing through bankruptcy.
He did not practice as he preached. 1T
don't make no difference" he had IIuck
Finn say, whether you do right or
wrong, persons conscience amt got no
sense, and just goes for him anyway. If
l had yaller dog that didn't know no
more than q persons conscience did.
I'd pison him. 1t takes up more room
than all the rest of a PERSONS insides,
and yet amt no good nohow.''
With Mark Twain's lecture trip around
The word began his international celeb
rily, and his gradual rise into a figure
Jean spirit, From humorist ne became
the kindly but mocking moralist and
philosopher of 'Puddinhead Wilson" His
Literary output became more occasional
ard. though written with more tinesse,
more critical and less creative. His pub
lis appearances grew more frequent, his
whimsical utterances gained greater cur
Iency aud whole literature of anec-
,io'es about him grew up
Yale gave h;ln the degree of NJ. A.,
and later of l.. Fl, d. in 1901: the Uni
Versity of Missouri, his native state, fol-
loved with LII. =. in 1902. and in 1907
the University of oxford with great
ceremony made him Lit. ID.
Indeed serious appreciation of Mark
Twain as an artist and not d mere joke
smith began abroad, but his true worth
has long Leer recognized in this coun-
try Mark Twain's humor," said Will
liam Dean Hrwe.is. will live forever
He portiayS and interprets real types.
not only with exquisite appreciation and
sympathy. out with d force and truth
of ara wing that makes them permanent.
He had the true humoIists tender heart
and deep seriousness. Like Bret Harte,
with whom he worked, like the great
West that bred him. his most audacious
sallies We're terse and sternly grave. As
a moralist, love of humanity. hatred of
sham, and the sense of duty informed
his most ironic and debonair preach
ments.
Four children were born to Mark
Twain. Of whom two Il son and daugh-
ter. died early. One other daughter
Jean. who had been ali invalid for life.
was found dead in her bath tub last
fail in her home at Redding. CT. Her
tragic death greatly saddened her faith
er who declined in health from. that mo-
ment. third daughter, Clara, is Mrs.
ossip Gabrilovitch. wife of the pianist,
whom she married last year.
Mark Twains first book was The
Jumping Frog" His best known in
this country. was possibly "Innocents
Abroad His surest title to fame is
generally believed to be TON Saw
YER and its companion volume, "The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" In
all, his books had a sale of more than
'eO'oGO copies and were translated into
SIX languages. Others among the better
Known are: "A Tramp Abroad" 1.-The
Prince and the Pauper," "A Yankee at
the Court of King Arthur" ''Puddinhead
WIiscn' (dramatized), Joan of Are"
"A Doublebarrelled Detective Story" and
Ewes Diary He left an unfinished
autobiography. portions of which had
appeared serially