The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-22

at Elmira, N Y, where lie already
his wife, his two daughters, Susan
and Jean, and his infant son, Lang
horne. No date has yet been set as
ting family is still undecided VIII ether
or not there shall be public funeral
first in New York city.
Mr.. Paine said tonight that Mark
Twain had put his affairs in perfect
order and that he died well off, though
by no means a rich man. He leaves
considerable number of unfinished man
uscripts in all stages of completion
and of all characters, many of them
begun years ago and put aside as I'M
satisfactory. Mrs. Gabrilowitch will aid
Mr.. Paine in the final decision as to
what use shall be made of these.
Quaint. Anecdotes
Mark Twain was an inveterate smoker
world. An old pressman, who was once
a printers devil in an office where Mark
was editorial writer, tells this anecdote
of his habits of work. zone of my duties
was to sweep the room where the editors
worked Every day Mark Twain would
give me nickle to get away from him.
He would rather die In the dust than
uncross his legs. One day he gave me a
nickle to dot an 4 In his copy for him.
He certainly did enjoy life, that man
did"
Yet this easy going dawdler acquitted
himself of a prodigious deal of work in
his life. and bound himself voluntarily to
pay off debts that he could have dis
charged without hurt to his good name
by passing through bankruptcy. He did
not practice as he preached.
1T don't make any difference he had
Huck Fin say whether you do right or
wrong persons conscience amt got no
sense, and just goes for him any way,
and If had a yaiier dog that did not
know more than a PERSONS conscience
did. I'd pizen him. a friend quoted him,
and, continuing, at takes up all the in
nards and amt no good nohow'
Long Lecture Trip
With Mark Twains lecture trip around
the world began his international celebrity
and his general rise into a figure taken
In some sense to typify the American
spirit. From humorist he became the
kindly but knocking moralist and philos-
opher of "Puddin' Head Wilson," His
literary output became more frequent and
though written with finesse and hyper
critical was less creative. His public ap-
pearances grew more frequent, his whm-
steal utterances gained greater currency
and a whole literature of anecdotes about
him grew up.
Yale gave him the degree of M. A. and
later on LID in 1901; the University of
Missouri, his native state, followed with
Ii. D. in 1902 to the exploit, and In 1907
the University of Oxford, with great
| ceremonials, made him Lift. D. Indeed
serious appreciation OF Mark Twain as an
artist and not a mere jokesmith began
abroad, but his true worth has long been
| recognized in this country from the start
| Mark Twains humor, said William Dean
Howells, will live forever" He portrays
and interprets real types not only with
exquisite Interpretation and sympathy.
but with force and truth of drawing
that makes them permanent He had
the true humorists tender heart and
deep seriousness Like Bret Harte
with whom he worked, like the great
west that bred him, his most audacious
| sallies were terse and sternly grave AS
a moralist, love of humanity, hatred of
sham, and the sense Of duty informed
his most ironic and debonaire preach
ments.
George AIDE Deeply Affected
| Kent. Ind. April H.-George AIDE writer
of fables and humorist, was deeply affect
ed by the news OF Samuel L. Clemens
death. IT read every line that Mark
Twain ever wrote said he. land he
was my compass in the literary work
His influence has worked itself into the
literature of our day and we owe much
of our cheerfulness. simplicity and hope
to him. Most of all. he grew old beauti..
fully, showing his simple. child Like faith
| for ultimate success throughout all his
adversities'
HamIin Garland's Tribute
| Chicago, April 21.-Hamlin Garland, now
elist, who knew MARK Twain for many
years, said:
Mark Twains death marks the exit of
a literary man who was as distinctively
American as was Walt. Whitman. The
work of most writer's could be produced
In any country, but think we as well as
everybody In foreign lands will look