The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-01


"A crcat,ons"f fancy. Tom SAWYER il the
! most natural hoy h"tw"en cov..rs and Col
Sellers Is "A daily visitor AZ the national
capital Laughter
Inc greater part Of MIR Cannons paper
mad Tn do with the visit Twain mad, 10
ashngtnn In the interest OF th. au-
thors copyright bill Twain wanted Ia
get on the floor OF the House to talk for
about three hours, he said. but learned
that thos. only who could attain the
honor OF the floor were persons who had
rcceived the thanks Of Congr" Where
upon tn" humorist wrot., to Speaker Can
non asking him Ia hay" Congress thank
him.
Write me Your thanks Yourself he
wrote, and hav" Congress ratify IT later
For seventy-on.' years | hAv. let Con gross
alone and d.,s@rr'' lts thanks
That was IN" famous visit " hen Mark
Twain first startled Washington with his
ncw siiit Of White. and II wa rvld'n, from
ir. Cannons pap"r thar rh- Sp-al<-r and
IN" hunorist often sat as Mr. ilow.lls
PUT " when Introducing Mr. Cannon
with their cigar tlpa together
Cot Watterson and Mark Twain called
each other cousin. the Colonel explained
early in hIs address hut although he and
the humorIsr were not blood relat ions
"a grratrnCle 81 his married a great
aunt of mine" Col. Watterson said ,h,
speaker y relationship by marriage added
Col Waite-son tn tell hiS hearers last
night many things about the dead writer -
parents and Others who knew Mark Twain
az sam.
col Watterson briefly skatChed the
family tree IT Clemens decent ueople
on both sides ~ his house. the speaker
put ~, and told II the h,lmorist's mot hcr.
The lovelest old artist pcrar. with TAX ng
drawl that was pa;rician and which h.-
famous son Inh-rited- Col Wa,t.-srns
address was siIc resion ofr~mInl-r.n
Snte-sperssd with quotations Il ,hinsx
he had heard Twain Sav and which aar
n ght caused ssn lies and laughs in Carnegie
Hall as they had carried laughs with them
when Mark made them onhand tp his
friends
.-.l,r, after IN. successful production
II his play Tn" Gild.si Age SAID col
wart"r~pn. and IN. uprnarin,rs hir nj
tn" comedian RAYMOND, | received a
l";ia- from Twain ia which h" told me
h" had mad" IN col NTibsTry Sellers "A
CLOS" study ~ c"-'ain mutual kinSman
and thought h" had drawn hum 80 the
life hur for the low" II heaven. h" said
don't whlHI". u. for he would never
understand ur fnrGI," m-. Il hr did not
thrash IN. On sight
The patho- IT IA" part and not ITS
comic aspects had moss mpr..-s,Si him
H.. d",Ign"i and wrote ~ for Edwin
Booth FROM tn. first and always h.. WAS
iI-gu-ted bv IN" Raymond portrayal
Except for irS popularity and mon"y
masking h" wn'Iil nay" withdrawn Il from
he stag"
Tn. original II !S.ilcrS.- said col
Natt-r-"r had had a part ia bringing
Marx Twain NJ and had been very good
~ hIw This sam" sellers orc~ wrote
l.ti"r ~ cod Na'i"r>pu. which tn"
,l,.lke~ -tIi w. -nuws~i tn kIVmOnd
u, ,0ril,-il.tu. NhD wa- understanding
IN" leit"r writ"r. II w. then. col Nat
r.-,H aud mat ~" actin got hl- tn:
q ,il.n ~ it. S'N'rs that Mark Twain had
Intended nothing funny about MS spirit
I,l '-.ug "a" VA a. hrav" a. - lion and 4,
IprIyht a. sam clemens himself
MARI Twain and cd Watt"rsnn had
not her farta site mutual crU-ir. ore II
h.. Virginia l.ttnrtpn-. who was sure that
h" ,.>ttl"- Il IN" Earl II Durhdn h.-
oug.d To- htn~" =. th"I I"'nen,e- and other
: an lant- fr IN IN" parent stock And on.
l1y while Twain wa. u Rome n.. amused
rn[nlf nv signing on a note register
n" Earl ot I'lrnarn. Lady hnn" Lamb
IN and tn" Hrr Reginald hamilton
I.-v It. IN" change from - To- - IN tn.
I-ilirg col Mttr"r-rn. whO happened
prn tn" hotel r.GI-t"r later. accused
lark IL having registered a. an earl
bud Won ever meet this peer and po--
Ihle u-IIrp.r' ! asked No. answered
vain. never did But II he had called
n IN" should hay" had him com. up
Tho rrc1k"r told If experiences ~ a
'hlmEl"al natiir" thaf n" hiti had Tith IN"
umoris "a far scattered parts ofthe world
nd then spoke IL IwaIn.s' days ia New
ork in IN. early 7Os They -radiatad-
\ those days from Joseph " Harp"r's '.
Joe BRO TX lyn they called him. in
rankin SIuara. 20 the l.otos Club. then
l Irving place: :" lelrno nico'-. at Fifth
v.nu. and Fonrt zenith street. not for
citing Dorlons IN Fulton Marh@,
her" vera rare days when Sam Bowle~
i'm self would come over from Spring
cid bur -Howells. living in Boston, held {
lrnself nj too iEh account Laughter
Mark TVain's place IN literature
Included Col Watte-Son. ia not for Un
, fix ". are here rather To conIm.fn-
rate his character and personality. his =
,urageous and upright manhood. az
rong ~ SCott's as prifnitiv" n Carlyle.
unasrTnlng and simpl" as lrvings and