New-York tribune., 1910-07-23

fitted to his professional activity. Amer
lean as well as British and Spanish read
ers will grieve over his death.
The money interest which William
Shakespeare had in the Globe Theatre Is
the subject of an article which professor
c. w Wallace has contributes 10 the
forthcoming number of THE Century.
The story Of a suit at law whlch FRO
fessor Wallace has discovered IN the
Record Office in London is used to snow
that the dramatist's profits were smaller
than has been supposed
In Dorothy" story in eleg1ac verse.
dedicated to his singular good friend
and ancient conrade,'' R. D. Blackmore
fand published here by Roberts in 1882,
the poet told much the same story as
that to be found in the ballad-the love
of the master for fair rustic serving
maid Mr. Munby's WILL which has just
been published, shows that the romance
of the story in verse was real one. In
it he thus pays tribute to his wife:
Whereas. Hannah Cullwick servant, born
at Shifnal, SaIop and bred at the charity
school at Aston Brook, Shifnal, mas oee1
for forty-fve years ana upward osioVe9
by me with a pure and honorable love, ana
not otherwise, and she, the said Hannah;
had during all that time been as falth1uI
and loving and devoted TO me as ever
woman was to man. and whereas, a1ter
vainly trying to explain this state or th1nss
to my father I married the said Hannah
(she being then in my servleee Puohcng o ng,d II
be got together at the parish cnurcn OF
Clerkenwell, in the county of Mlddiesex'
on the 14th January, 1873
And. whereas. there Is no issue OF tne
said marriage, and. whereas, notWithstand-
ing her said marriage, the sald Hannan n
has always refused, and still refuses, TO
have the position which. as my wife, she
might and could have had. and mas always
insisted, and still insists. on being my ser
ance being that she cannot be my only
servant; and, whereas, owing cn1eny 10
this noble and unselfish resolve OF hers. l
have never been able to make known my
said marriage to my family or to the world
at large, and the same is known only 10
her kindred and three of my most lntInate
college friends, of whom Robert spencer
Borland knows the full circumstances and
knows her personally.
The will, made some years ago. states
further that during her years OF "servi-
t1lde for hire she did from time to time
of her own accord hand over TO me the
savings of her wages and never asked
what I did with them" These savings
amounted to about f30o. which he had
invested. 1t was his desire that my
most dear and beloved wife and servant
shall be Gas she is now and always has
been) provided for comforta bly, in that
state of life which she prefers to an
other" and as she desired also that she
should not have any claim as his wife
her by his will. he left her $500. her
savings of wages as a hired servant a
life annuity of t7o and his household
effects in the residence occupied by her
Mrs. Munby died in July 1909, and her
tombstone records that beneath il lies
the body of Hannah. the beloved wife
and servant of Arthur Joseph Munby
and concludes, The pure and honorable
love of thirtyseven years" The Daily
Mail' OF London says of the pair:
Although possessed of considerable means
both Mr.. and Mrs Munby lived fruEally
The cottage in which she died was worth
only half crown a week. Mr.. Munby was
anything but faShionably dressed. and she
rarely appeared in any costume other than
that of a domestic. They were bound nv
ties of the deepest mutual affection: vet
nothing that Mr. Munby could do or saw
could induce her to give up the position
she had voluntarily imposed upon herself
ana 10 go into the great world as his wife
TO the last Mrs. Munby always spoke of
her husband as the master"