New-York tribune., 1912-03-03


rise 7 am ready-almost reaoyLIto 'eg
that as much good poetry Is WIlt.eh hmt 80
this time as In the time tndt 10 ie'i 3. The
IL is not the poetry OF the le"' II 10 ""
poetry of the many
And in speaking OF the American DRAMA
Mr.. Howells said:
| thought saw that while the EnsliS5m
dramatists painted manners so "onueIlIIny "onI AZ,
well ours painted nature. our iS, SVeIS -u%S or
American nature, which at the DoltoIi VI VI
its heart is always human natuie' - ~! -
did not paint manners so wen IL "aa ~ -
haps because we had none 10 RaL',, R}ah We make
hapS because our customs. Whlch We We t,an s,n,,
do for manners change so rdPiu!E LII III
day to day. from Boston TO llo,S9I6 o,S5 fron on,
from tomorrow to the day alteii an Linotn'
Pittsburgh TO Oklahoma, that the hlhetS ,,,
graph alone can catch them. Beslues' ou'
drama Is still very new
Tribute to Mark Twain.
Mr. Howells paid a profound tribute 10
the memory Of Mark Twain, and SAID IN
conclusion:
But the soul Of Mark Twain which di-
Vined and uttered the nmost ana most IN
manent American mood has passed again
so lastingly into the American conscious
ness that it will remain the Inspiration OIL
that high or higher average IN num9f
which once again is the distinctly Amerl-
If / had been witness TO no other sur
passing things of American growth IN ny
| fifty years of observation, ] shouiu tlluh
| ii glory enough to have lived IN tne same
! time and in the same land with the man
whose name must always emDody Amerl-
can humor TO human remembrance. VIZ
! has been my own influence on that uIne
! I'm that land ! should like so much 10 say
! so much TO say, But the theme Is 700
vast, if not for NV powers, then FOR your
| patience Regrettully. very SOrroWlullN' ~
| turn from the alluring opportunity shali
never be Just seVenty-fve years old again.
! and the ripe occasion must go rot IN tnese
\ bins Of oblivion where 20 much frult ma
| failed OF even the sad immortality OF coLi
! storage. Yet, i'm the midst Of my seI-
! denial, in my poignant regret Tor haNlhs
said so little about myself in my surNeL
Of things, 'all which | vas ana part OF
which / saw" If | may so construe me
| Latin, ] am very truly grateful for all the
| kind things you are going to say OF me.
| ] must spend the rest of my days trying 10
puzzle out the reason OF them, unless iaI
| II at once to your compassion for man
who is seventy-fve years old ana stlll nVcS.
| But in vcnturinG to live on. have the
! hope of returning those things in kind. for
| understand that IL is the purpose OF our
| host to give you each birthday cinner as
| fast as you become soVenty-iVe years oIG'
and that his most honored guest, sun typi-
| flying TIE nation at its best, VIII come 10
| them all
Among the many letters and poems from
novelists. poets, dramatists and men OF
| nOlc from dll bNtl Nllt Nollu was "a ''''o
letter from Henry James in which the dis
tingulshed author said in part
The critical intelligence-lf any such htful
and disCredited light may still be conceived
as within our sphere-has not at all begun
10 render you its tribute The more inquir-
ingIy and perccvinglY il shall still be
projected upon the American life we used
10 know the more il shall be moved by the
analytic and historic spirit, the more indis-
pensable. the more vessel OF light, VIII
you be found. It's great thing TO have
used ones genius and done ones work
with such quiet and robust consistency that
they fall by their own weight into that
happy service. You may remember per-
haps. and | like to recall. how the great
and admirable Tainc. I'm one OF the fine eN-
curSions of his French curiosity. greeted
YOU as a precious painter and a sovereign
witness. But his appreciation. ! want you
to believe with me. VIII yet he carried
much further. and then--though YOU may
have argued Yourself happy. In your gen
erous way and with your incurable optim-
ism. even while noting Yourself not under
stood-your really beautiful time will come
Mr. Howclls sat at Colonel Harvcys
right hand and President Taft at his left.
Speeches were made by President Taft.
Hamilton w. Msbic. Winston Churchill.
Basil King. William Allen White. Angus
tus Thomas and James Barnes. Congra T.
ulatory messages were received from
ABROAD from lllf lNliVNll@ lIblildN fiNlhNs
Lord Curzon Of Kedleston. Andrew Lang,
Israel Zangwlll, Anthony Hope Hawkins,
William J. Locke, II. c. Wells, Anne
Thackeray Ritchlc, Arnold Bennett, Mrs.
Humpbry Ward. Henry James Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle. Alfred Parson, Eden Phil
potts, Sir Arthur Pncro. Theodore Watts
Dunton ]. NJ Barrie. Sarah Grand and J.
ST. Leo Strachey.
Poems or congratulations from America
were sent by the following: Dr. Weir
Mitchell Martha Young. Lloyd Minlin, |
Clinton Scollard, Horace Howard FurneSs.
T. b. Sanborn. John Burroughs, Florence
Earle Coates, Richard LN Gallieune, s. l.. !
kiser, Elizabeth w. Champney, Julian |
Hawthorne, Henry van DYKE. George Va |
cable. Henry Cabot Lodge, Hamlin Gar
land and Charles Major.
Among the women present were Mar
Garet Delaud. Ellen Glasgow, Mary Austin. !
Hay Whitney, Kate Douglas Riggs, julia |
{. H. Dorr. Carolyn Wells. Alice Hegan
Rice. Josephine Daskam Bacon, Elaine
Goodale Eastman Lille Hamilton French
Irerrick, Mary Knight Potter. Alice Duci
Miller. Katherine Mackay, Margaret cam
eron Lewis Mildred towels. Louise
CLOSER Hale, Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, Ida
Tarbell. Lillian Whiting, Edith Matilda
Thomas. Adele Mary Shaw and Wills 81
bert Gather.
Among inc mon present were fi'UIF
MUls Alden, President John q. IIbben.
President Benjamin lde Wheeler. Charles
Scribner Charles Ram Kennedy, John
Luther Long Professor Thomas x. Iouns-
bury. Harold MscGrath, Arthur Ruhl
Arthur Brisbane Rupert Hughes, Prcsi-
dent Alexander &. Humphreys, Thomas y
Janver. owen johnson, Professor John r.
| Quackcnbos. Morgan Robertson, Peter
| Newell Cleveland Monett Professor
Hugo Munsterberg, Richard lie Galltcnne.
| Alfred Henry Lewis Albert Bigelow Paine,
| Robert Underwood Johnson. George V. Ho-
| bart George ~. Putnam, Edward W.
| Kemble Admiral Mahan Mark leo
| Luther, Rollo ogden. Kenneth Brown
| James Lane Allen. Edwin H. Bashheld.
| Frederick Trevor Iill, Zane Grey, Gelett
Burgess. Carlton r. Chapman, George
| Randolph Chester, John IIabberton, Julius
! Chambers. Charles Dana Gibson Henry ].
Finck. Rev. w Elliott Grfiis James Op-
penhelm, Conngsby William Dawson, W.
| C. Van Tassel Sutphen, Montague Glass.
Bliss Carman, Joseph 5. Auerbach, Ed
win Milton Royle. Rufus Hogbaum.
William NJ Chase, James Lauren Ford. 7.
IIopknson Smith. DR.. John \. Wyeth
Arthur Train. Robert ShackletOn, Pro-
fessor William NJ. Sloane. Horace White,
General James H. Wilson. G. G. Willard
Charles Hanson Towne. Louis j. Vance
William Watson and Julian Leonard Street
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