The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17
Thomas wentworth H,Es,nson.

and aims. We Shall have no more
swinging sea tales from Clark Russell,
no more of those sympathetic short
stories In which Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps touched the highest point Of
her fame in letters; no more of that
whimsically quaint humor which had
come to be associated with the very
name of Charles Battell Loomis; no
more verses from 'Ironquill'' Ware
When Howard Pyle laid by forcvc. his
versatile pen and brush both letters
and art were far the poorer. and many
a lover OF perfected illustration will
long mss Harry Fem.
The legal profession has been robbed
of such as the Ncrmonter. Ii. ID. Bcnc-
dict, an authority on admiralty codes;
the Italian, Picrnntoni. whose writ
ings on interna tiopal law, were held as
standard; L. NJ. Sheppard. ms promi-
ncnt in Democratic as Juristic circles,
and f. c. Latrobe. leader at the
Maryland bar and thrice Mayor of
Baltimore. between the lines Of tha
August dispatch which told of tho
death OF Senator w. T.. Frye was
written word of the passing OF 4 le-
markablc political generation of the
rinetrec State, a group that knew
Blaine and Reed and Hale and Ding
Icy, as 1t had known Fessendcn and
liamlin. while West Virginia has bean
called upon to ill tho vacant sent
in the upper house lately occupied by
s. u. Elkins. Across the Atlantic,
British political life has yielded VII
Lord James of Hereford. Il doughty
parliamentary lighter and forceful
speaker. and Sir Charles Dixie, whose
marked talents would have raised him
to premiership had not one false
step marred his brilliant career.
Admirals Schley and Sperry will no
more walk the bridges of their flag
ships; Baron Swaythl'ng and Cornelius
bliss Will no longer play such con-
trolling parts in the financial history
of two hcmisphercs; Sir John Arid VIII
ncvcr again ustound world with his
engineering feats; Gustav Mailer viii
conduct no other orchcstras to the de-
light of European and American must
cal centres. The British church has
lost that most learned man, John
Wordsworth. Bishop of Salisbury, AMI
DR. Guinness Rogers. who cXcrtcd
probably the greatest influence of any
non-confornist clerSymcn of his time.
Education has lost John Mcigs,
"Schoolmnstcr and Maker of Mem:
Francis ~ March, foremost in the
field of Anglo Saxon scholarship, and
and permanent force in literary ap-
probation. Journalism has lost such
rs William Il. Curtis, special cor
respondent unsurpassed in ygor. vi
tally and veracity, and Mobcrly Bell.
the able managing director Of the ia
nous old London "Thundcrcr." Thcl-
fna' cues have come to kyric Belicw
ani bcnman Thompson-"Unclc Joshua
Whitcomo who so memornbly inter
M n of
life.
Tue WorId OF Out Of Doors.
1t is striking list which may he
written Of those now departed VINO
have furthercd our knowledge OF the
big world out under Gods blue tent.
There is Mrs. Williamina Fleming the
astronomer: Nevii Story Maskelyne. the
mineraiogist Robert Servise. affec-
tionate student of the birds, and
Samuel Scuddcr. equally loving observ-
er or the tiniest bugs. There were Paul
de LonSpre, who painted the flowers,
and John MacWhirter, whose magic
brush set to canvas tho most magnIH-
cent OF Landscapes. Edward Whympcr,
traveller. author and scientist, lived
me best Of his seventy-one years in
inc open. and few have better sung
Mother Natures songs than Sam Wal
ter Foss and Joel Benton.
Again, were such annals as these
10 be drawn up by nations. and were
pnt single name. In any given case
aio~c' to stand. IL IL an impressive
total that would result. The follow
ing may partially instance tho idea:
Abyssln!a-Rns Tcsnma, regent .nd
guardian OF heir apparent
Australia-Franc's Moran, cardinal
and ecclesiastical author.
Austria Baron Albert Won Roths.
child banker.
lsium--Thcodore RadouS. COM