The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-04
THE BALD IMPOSTOU CAUGHT
association or EASY WARNS
TO CELEBR ~ I DINNTR.
He Went To Prof. Eaton % Hobart college
a. Geneva To Collect IIis Charartrris-
tie -. 80 To Take His sister Somr-
where and a. PinchesI on suspicion.

citation. that the Bald Impo-tor has
been punched Ia Geneva. y. v for
! irving to himham Prof. T.. n Eaton of
Hobart college. Mr.. Butler. who - the
author "f Pigs j. Pigs" and a monograph
on the Raid lmpostor. announced tlRt he
would call meeting ~ the Association of
fAsv Marks To arrange a dinner IA honor
OF the Glib CRATER who has borrowed
money from a long h-t ~ authors and pub
fishers aud artists
Some ri the members Ut the as,zoCia' ION
who have got "A lot uf fun uut al their ry-
pcTisnceS with the quiCh touch artist are
william T. Hornadav. th" naturalist
Herman & Bumpus. direct or ~ the Amrri-
can M'lSe,im 81 Natural History, Kat"
Douglas Wiggin. Frederick A. Lucas
curator m chief Of the Brooklyn Inst itrre
Museum; Elizabeth Shipper Green and
p. W. Kemble. the artists: Dr Weir
Mite hell. Ferris Gr.,pslet. publisher
Rlis- Perry. owen Mister. Charles n
Townsend director of the Aquarium.
William Hamilton Osborne. DIR Julien
Ahenethy. principal Of III. Berkalev
institute. and \ u Blash field the artist
There are lots Of others who have l.'en
unable tn resist the wl'- of the Raid I'm
post or, hui they Were - pi' tou,hv aud de
clined - go ON record hy letter a. members
Of the association Those m-ntlo
amused themselves hv telling on each
other and finally m. association was
formed. Il adopted for a motto Another
One II the Same Kind Is Bonn Every MIN.
ute. ami for a crest the device of a lemon
or bearing the word -StunG- m nIgu relief
azure. The INSCRIPTION on th" crest -
Ego Sum FuCili,
Fills Parker Butler. who gav' mp 81 -
tn" amount almost invariably asked Tor
bv TN" bland. pink faced himhHmm"r nap
pened - hear that other literary and
artistic folk had been yIutImiyed. 50 h-
sent pui a circular letter asking for -eN-
penence-- and a slip to D." filed ont for
membership IN the Association 81 Easv
Marks ono" the movement was started
y went ike a house afre Grson Lowell
told on I Richards. k"mhl- the car
toouist and Luciu- " HrchcucN and
1ult his Canvas.-S to dig up names Dr
BumprIs nominated Director TuWn-erd |
and Townsend proposed Mr. Hurnaiav
Florence Earl Coates recommended F"rr.- ,
Gr""nset and William r HDrnadav sent |
u two names. Curator Lucas and Henry |
l. ward. m" naturalist who - the dI- !
rector 81 the Milwaukee Public Museum |
Tn" confessions ~ the members agreed ,
pretty much To all = hem had come "A |
pheasant, good hammered stranger who
INTRODUCED himself a. relation 81 some
body veil knoWn A. an author. art lst or
scientist lie looked like teacher m a
Western colaR" or perhaps lecturer
uafor" Western clubs His Voic.. was
soft. hls manner Wgra'iatlng and he
alNavs wound ny n scholarly CONVEX
SAT On by IN" admission made IN em.
ia-rassmen' and confusion. thai his
sis'"r was waiting for him near hv aud H..
vss T-har"d - tell har that hs had lost
hl~ rur.s ard ,ruiin' bay railroad
cke' Z, re' m. ~ home
Hr tod D. BuInpu- thai H" was
= aoEh"w - IN" Hon G"Org. VI
p pS"rs I nrtn S'i'"s comm So. uuer -
Tsherres n. ia''-rad Irhar-rv Dr 4
BrnpIss friend Director Townsend
and DR. Bumpus lent HIM 81 ~ and f-l'
rather mfed thai the agrsea hl" caller
wouldn't take NOR. He told Nat. Doug
Las WIgRin that h" Vas Ferris G~aens-
let brother MIR Creeuslat 81, Kate
Douglas WiRRlns publisher. and ~" m
sisted IN IN" Bald one taking si1 He
accepted with beautiful reluctance The
Marks AzsDCia'ipn T. others he pre-
tended - he Bliss Perry Capt lack
Phelps son ~ the late cher .Irsttc.
Whu". n"phe~ u Richard Wai son
Giidar OSs n Mister brO' her Roy Rnlfa
Gibson and a nephew or cousin ~ sev-
s~al well known publishers HIS Tal. -
woe was always the same He invarl-
ably asked for 81 ~ and he was never
suspected ~ beng h.n"n man hy any
- 'h- people who relI.,-~ his n.cersiiIs-
While IN" victims mad. "A Joke ~ their
~redulItY and got many n laugh over the
news that friends had fallen for III. "a m"
game IN" HouRhtOn MIffiin COMPANY
vas exceedingly annoyed Tn. CRATER
insisted IN identifying himself with thai
concern. and rather favored t"Frts Green's
OF an alias ~ IN" company sent DIif !
a circular warning and a d'srriptio 81
he 81 ~ person They warned all men
har h- vas feet ~ inches high at "A
x Iess. weighed apout l7j pounds was
hiCk "a the shoulders without being
o. h-i ic and had "a large head with brown
hair and larg" features They called
attention 10 hls "hemInaf" manner his
stopped shoulders AMI hl- line ~ tain
There were absolutely no results until
ast SATURDAY evening
About = VI the Bald Imposfor called :
On Prof Elon Howard Eaton of Hobart !
'ollege the ornIthologI-t at Prof Eaton = ,
,elf 49, Mr. Cook of Rochester. = nephew I
II DT Charles u Nalcott director Of the :
Institution He said after {
Prof Eaton had inquired eagerly about i
with the art department Of the
and that he hoped 10 bring
. mp to a high standard IA the next few
ears He seemed to know very body
md he On terms 81 lntinat. acquaintance a
sith statesmen and scIentists and artists .
ie spoke highly u the ability 81 Ton
FRESHMAN Serene r. PAYNE He told I
Inecdote- about Dr David Jayn. Hill !
ambassador 10 Germany. Director Wal I
,oit aud Dr. Henry Fairfield Claiborne .
ie spoke appraciRtiveN 81 the orni'ho-
ogIcal work Of the late DR. Cones and ~
Robert RIdgwsy He said he knew all {
Il the members ~ the University Club :
n Washington. especially graduates ~ r
Rochester University, 81 which Prof |
-,ston ~ an aluinnus He actually knew :
'oFn~ college chums Of Prof. Eaton
~ length he told Prof Eaton that his | 1
,ister wasaWaitIng him IN Ithaca and that
~ was 10 JON her that evening 50 that
hey could go To New York Then hs I
Decame embarrassed. bhIahed. started !
n say something couldn't and looked =
ppeahngl AZ Prof Eaton In" pro- /
sssor inquired II ne was In trouble He y
,luTted o'It that he happened TO lack Juz'
u ~ 10 take hum to Ithaca The Pro a
s~sor had become suspicious By accI-
lent he mad inquired about an Official
4 the Smithsonian and the caller had
OMITTED that he didn't know the s.ien-
ct The professor did "a littla thinking