New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05

London, March 20.
\ he dies at ninety -four-he would
nave been ninety-four in a few days
AFTER long illness; after years during
1 which his partial blindness had become
total but with his gentle courage
maintained 10 the last. lie went on
Wing TO the last, and wishing 60 live
though his vision OF this world. not In
hts time surpassed in clcarncss, had
eccn QucnchCd forever lie leaves be-
AND him hfN years OF work which
\ Mas wholly his own, original inn
monsciy useful. always Illuminating.
unriValiod, immortal And l should
think ne goes TO his grave attended by
the anection OF all who knew him, and
Of the FAR greater company who knew
is work and loved him for that.
AZ was understood. certainly dutins
he later half OF his life. that Tenniel
FshSed dining out and refused invita-
NonS' He would SO TO few friends
Among them was Lowell then our
Minister in London. 1t was there 1
rrst met him. Lowell at the time had
rooms in Charges street. where he used
10 give little dinners. Tenniel was one
Of the men he delighted TO ask, and Du
Mauricr another; for very different
reasons. Du Maurier was a talker,
With the brilliant huency and quick
ness Of the Frenchman he was. Ten
MEL. though he did not withdraw him
self from the conversation. liked listen
ing. a good listener is always good
! company among men who like talking:
as Lowell certainly did. even when IL
became argumentative or coptrover-
Nal.
AS for Tenniel, whether he sat silent
or whether he talked. he was what Mr..
Balfour called him. a great gentleman;
phrase which Mr.. Balfour could vent
ure TO use; phrase that in his mouth
nobody would misunderstood. You
saw that he was thinking of others. not
OF himself; that ii was his habit TO
consider Others; that he had no am
bition 10 shine at others expense: or
10 shine at all He had thought so
long with his pencil IN hand that with
out II he seemed al loss II was to
him a method OF expression more
natural and more effective than words.
~ himself he would not talk, nor per-
hays Of what really most interested
him.
This does not mean that his mind
ran in a groove or that his interests
were narrow. They could not be mar
row. Week 10y week he had 10 deal
With the subject OF the week. 1t
would not do 10 present TO the public
cartoon that was remote from their
thoughts. IL was his business TO treat
"a familiar topic i'm novel way; TO
make picture out Of other peoples
thoughts and his own; 20 render in
black and white the processes Of the
popular mind. Not even Leech did
that in a more accurate way. Ii fol-
lowed that he had acquired a habit OF
trooding rather than talking; and OF
referring all things 10 the one subject
which was in his mind. You saw his
face quicken II somebody made a re-
mark which bore on his own medita-
! zion. into which he then withdrew HIM
self till the remark had been adjusted
10 his own thought.
sci that down as the impression
which Tenniel left when you met him
i'm this way. The oftener you met him
the deeper grew the impression. His
was the face Of a man who lived his
own life: not morosely but completely.
II is. I believe. the custom at the
weekly Punch" dinner 10 talk over
the next issue Of the paper Everybody
who has suggestion 10 offer offers it.
Tenniel referred 10 these dinners pru-
IDENTIFY. 7 suppose they were like a
Cabinet Council confidential But he
was at home among his colleagues, and
] imagine a different man from the
man YOU met elsewhere.
He had nothing Of the conventional
artist about him-neither flowing locks
nor flowing necktie nor velvet suit nor
the wild eye IN which genius is sup
posed 10 Turk He looked rather the
country gentleman, Of whom he had
the rubicund complexion and weather
beaten features and quiet manner.
Power undoubtedly, but power which
would manifest itself for his own pur-
poses, not for yours. He talked SEN
tentiously because briefly; simply;
without any attempt at effect: OBJ
Viously a man OF sincerity, with pa
tience Of mind; sympathetic beneath
his surface Of indifference, and with
visions which it was no part Of his
plan to impart to you.
But the face Of the country gentle
man was only a mask, or perhaps
showed only that he and the country
gentleman were, after all, Of the same
race. and each Of them intensely Eng
lish. Tenniel's head was built on
heroic lines; the forehead rising hlgh
! in proportion to its breadth, as did
shakespeare's. lie had the strong
features Of a strong man; the mouth
Warmly set, perhaps a little hard, which
Won forgot as you looked into the KIND
" blue eyes. He carried his head ana
himself with ease, with distinction all