Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-02
.CATHEDRALs OF FRANCE
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
flnc War Record of Lieutenant Ar
'iur Barr. Who Has Fallen
in Action.
WIS ONLY son or NOVELIST
'"lhcd as Private Against Friends
Protest. hut Soon Wen Commits
Nion-Hnd Planrcd to L:vc in
America.
Bl HAYDEN CuuuCI..

america.
Bf HAYDEN CIIunCI.
'''NDoN. October 5.-Many Il reader
me novels OF the late Robert Barr
'' NE Midst Of Alarms" The Tenn
p'StuouS pottlcUat." and the rest mus,
""Ne heard with special regret that the
''N'iibta only Som. lieutenant WILL
nam Arthur Barr, OF the ttoyai CARR
son Artillery. had been Killed IN action
~ France.
bo Liter L,! reee;rei from one OF those
spiihE son Of distinguished man
.! letters. who united los or puck
! , ". IN rare tifts OF i,naS inatInn ana hu-
( VINO was still! IN the twcntics. The
NTi!ef OF the letter says:
Arthnr had keen sense OF humor
yer causiic. lie hnd many iT:ctcsts
tHL'nS' think. architecture. which was
~ hrat ana last love. lie said TO me
nc that the cathcdrais of France
p.5" his brothers ana sisters. and 1t
.'"" hi'H furious bOche -kii.er NacH
ftn","snt how much atch.teciurai
N"eh on gums aud guuu.rA. uiIi
VIZ "a expert with the iiI!o lie naI
't,,eH book on small arus ana ';'uaA
- '''' u: way when only awaited his
.'H'sion 10 complete it. Music. also.
Nis hobby of his. ara Old inclod!eS
~, y or
carp especially delighted him.
EttIt:D I'GIK YEARS no
DAY if'iEt ne ENLISTED
When war was declared he had just
lt,njned from {" I.tt!c iour ~ Morocco
ana spain. lie enlisted IN August ana
N"tn demonstrated wish on joining the
i%N"s. he remained firm. !cp!y.nS TO
;tA Pcrsuasiy" iricndS That. II hc had
II good one. He lief, home and joined
'f curtin battalion OF Scatortn high
!tHa'ra precisely iour years TO III. day
49, ho Ma buried IN an Old cc!mctcr!
bt'W.cn tro!stIicS ana BuIiccOurJ.
On ms laat leave he wore the red
y.'N! on. iot ii:St years. service uuroau.
'lpU"n OF the lsi: star ~ had passed
through the battl" of Ncuiu ClIapc!i.
siNoHnded aah had had 'n"ny mIrAcu-
80" ,.g"pes IRON dsDth, nntii those
WIN waom he associated bC.lyvcu he
vas one OF ~" lucky ones, f,;ed to
. come through Ills ca-Iy letters from,
~ rance ana PLANNERS are couu!gEc
description OF What wa. meant DtIore
y "i'S propcri. crGanizcd Although
present conditions are rot altogether
., ~ ne. he alid oiie day 'ihey arc as
ii"aNcn compared with hell according
10 isl4-i5 conditions.
Al,hoESh cndurii,g ;hes" hardships
NJ MAS neNc: heard to complain Of
them, nor d!i hv ever al.udc To tn.
t,t"'"! comforts when he 1ccalnc AN
!. "as an ono 20 hi:n 50 .ong as he
Was *iNIEs ms help towards cXtcr,ni-
I-LlDG INC nun.
Tic MAS educated al. 81. pturs school
ahi i.%ttcr College,, oAlDrd the rec.
tor ot which cril-sc MAS :aost siren
pISs N opne.'"s his entsgring me
Rave ihy 2uarHia.iahip oi meu's lives.
l"ist inst l'JTn how 10 sutrd ana
ne them Wei How he had learned
FuHy hr 1Ils"i from "Nfr.,cis from "A
| slr'r."r D!iig.g 3 letter. a. wei! a. ono
IRON MS serEeanta lciter. The former
ihcre is no oHrcr in the battery
So S-nerail;' !uNct rs the men. and
re-" lost 'hn stauH hos, ,0inradu and
"i0rtr haze eve! mad while the lat
go 10 not th!mk thor. was anyone
~ 10. battery more iGtimatc with your
son Man was. He was section oNi-
Ger Viii" J WAS sec:ion sergeant V.
K cannot reali.: yet That ne has gone
I an ! m. n ,, VII never be the sn;ae
%iiMPut min. We rave lost ono oc the
coolest "nh braves. II has ever been
our lo, Ia associate with
Ne hiss hecn ~ thc campaign SO long
tina, POSSIBLY NJ .ld begun /, believe
R,hc you'd emerge scah,lcs. rom II.
for on his las; leave. h" had planned.
:; Visit TO the United S,t,1s. with a
View OF futut" residence there"
i was IN ~" United states Of course.
| thRi hoberi barr. this gallant young
soldiers fath"r 80, most - his early
literary tr2iu-l2, and the novelist was
\ iRoasn Er MS bonn In Scotland and
hrouFht np in Canada After having
| become renowned on both sides or the
1 -ht!artH as Luke sharp" he Crirc TO
| Ercland at ;hirty-oue u edit IN. Eng
ljsU edition o: She "It-'roit Free Press
wh,h for many years had so extensive
q circulation More"
For som" Tim. he lived viii, Hudvard
I<lp'ing in chambers jus; on the
Tempe Gardens. Later. with the
profits az In tn; Midst o: Alarms" he
| bought quite q beautiful and extensive
estate at Nottingham. in surrey aud
hlu.i Gnon II a ;oIsc. "ll!llsid".' where
| his widow stiii lives and where his
TWO children the BOY VINO has JUS,
boon killed and daughter who il now
married I" a South .imcriCan. were
brought W. y feature Of "Hii!sidc."
which is many Uaalcd and :cd-tii.d is
Il genuine American Ecranda. added in
spite " tac protest Of Bars i.nglisn
architect that Il would met sta..d the
climate. The house stands on :, hill.
overlooking great part Of nictur
esuue surrey ana Kent Fellow il is
the village OF o%tcd. a toy town, whose
>h,a,s. N thG 'ower Of is square
Arthur i:.,rT who was the apple OF his
fathers eye. would. Of course. have In
heriled This hnr mansion and estate.
boaUtiiiad b" Mrs. Barr.
II this gallant young crusader was
conscious When the end came he must
havc found satisfaction i'm the though,
shat others III his family snrvivc 10
nrry on the 'i%ht AGAINST the beauty
testroying Hun. These others are the
three sons ana Inc eldest Of the three
8daughters of james HIrr. Robert Eari.s
Younger brother. who also has Il note
worthy PLACE in the world Of letters
James Barr. who now lives at IfDpcr
WariinCham. in Surrey, is perhars
most renowned as the author OF that
oddly named ana remarkable novel
The Gods Give Ny Donkc; Wings .
which one OF The closest friends of tho
n 20. Henry once ticcia rcd to the
present writer to have been the favoritc
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