Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-22

nincance or their pathological implication.
He writes English as il 1t were primi-
tive and not a derivative language, with
out Gothic or Latin or Greek behind 1T, or
German and French beside 1t. The re-
suit is the English in which the most VI
rather than the English Of Milton and
Thackeray and Mr.. Henry James.
Comment on Clemens Style.
What you will have in him mark
Twain is a style which is as personal as
biographical. as the style Of any one
who has written, and expresses a civil
lization whose courage Of the chances,
the preferences. the duties, is not the
measure of its essential modesty. 1t has
a thing to say. and 1t says 1t in the
words that may be the first, the second or
third choice, but will not be the instru-
ment Of the most fastidious ear, the most
delicate and exactfng sense, though it will
be the word that surely and strongly
conveys intention from the authors mind
to the readers 1t is the Abraham Lin
colnian word, not the Charles Sum-
merriam: it is American, western.
Now that Mark Twain has become a
fame so worldwide we should be in
some danger Of forgetting, but for his
help. how entirely American he is. and
truly western he is, though his work
from first to last Is always reminding
US Of the fact.
Higginson and Mrs. Howe's Tributes
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April 22-Col
Thomas Wentworth Higeinson, who is
one of the last Of Boston's famous
coterie of literary lights Of nearly half
a century ago. was deeply affected by
the news of Mr.. Clemens DEATH He
said:
'Tt is impossible to exaggerate the loss
to the country. 1t Is something unique
in ITSELF
When Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. Boston's
venerable woman OF letters. had been
told Of Mark Twains death, she penned
the following expression:
1.-The news OF Mark Twain's death
will be sad to many people. He was
personally highly esteemed and much
beloved; man Of letters with very
genuine gift Of humor and OF serious
thought as WE'LL
Exit Of Great American-Garlan
CHICAGO. April 22.-Hamlin Garland.
who knew Mark Twain for many years,
said:
Mark TwaiRs death marks the exit
Of literary man who was as distinctly
American as was Walt Whitman. The
work of most writer's could be produced
In any country. but I think We as we'll as
everybody in foreign lands. will look upon
Twain's work as being as closely related
to this country as the Mississippi river it.
SELF We who knew him personally hard
ly need to speak of him as man. for all
the world knew him. No one ever heard
him speak without being inspired and no
one ever saw him without being proud of
him.
Wilson Thinks World Loses Much.
PRINCETON, April 22-President Wood
row Wilson paid this tribute to Mark
Twain:
''All the world knows that in Mark
Twain it has lost a delightful humorist,
man able to interpret human life with
a flavor all his own, but only those who
had the privilege OF knowing him person
ally can feel the loss to the full--the loss
of a man of high and lovely character.
friend quick to excite and give affection,
citizen Of the world who loved every
wholesome adventure of the mind or
heart, an American who spoke much of
the spirit Of America in speaking his ma
tive thoughts. All lovers of good men and
of genuine humor must deeply mourn his
DEATH
Foremost Writer, Says Phelps.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, April 22-Wll-
liam Lyon Phelps professor Of English
literature at Yale University, when told
Of the death Of Mark Twain said:
1.-THE death Of Mark Twain is a very
great loss to American letters. regard
| him as our foremost representative in
| literature at the present day"
Press of All Nations Grieves
at Death of Great Humorist
Special Cablesram to The Star.