The sun., 1919-06-29


Holmes, names that Mark Twain once
found to his CONSERVATION and morti-
fication were not to be banded about
lightly, and the splendor Of the sacred
cod, are maintained delightfully."- in
the club house of the Somerset. look
ing down upon the Common from
Be aeon street. There grave and cour
tecus gentlemen discuss the interde
pendence of Harvard and Boston, and
iu awed whispers talk of the mesul-
lance made by the girl descended from
progenitors OF Harvard Affiliations
who has elected to change her name
for the name of one who Is In all
ways to be admired except that he
happens to be yale man" or a
princeton man." But more strictly
literary club than the Somerset Is
the St Botolph, which was established
| in 1850 'for the promotion OF social
! intercourse among authors. artists and
| other gentlemen connected with or
interested in literature and art" and
which had for it's first president Fran
els Parkman, the historian. The name
| OF the club is derived from the fact
| that the name of the city in Lincoln
shire, which Is name parent to the
city ia Massachusetts,. Is a contraction
| OF "Botolph town" For that reason
! tie club song OF the st. Botolph. which
is always sung at the Twelfth Night
reve,s, runs as follows:
Saint Botolph hourished In the olden
time.
In the days when the saints were In
their prime.
Oh. his feet were bare and bruised and
cold.
But his heart was warm and as pure a.
gold
And the kind old saint with his gown
and hood
Was loyed by the sinners and loved by
the good.
| For he made the sinners as pure as snow.
And the good men needed him TO Keep
them So Chorus.
Then drink. brave gentlemen. drink
To the Lincolnshire saint by the ols
North Sea,
A glass and a toast and song aad
rhyme
| To the barefooted saint of the olden time
1t was in tho rooms Of the Authors
Club of New York. then as now In the
Carnegie Building at Seventh avenue
and Fitty-sixth street. that took place
| many years ago the following tilt be-
tween Rudyard Kipling and the late
Frank r. Stockton. After some pre-
l:minary conversation Mr.. Stockton
said:
by the way. Kipling. I'm thinking
% going over to India some day my
self"
| 80. so, my dear fellow" said Mr.
KiplinE with a suspicious warmth Of
cordially. Come as soon as ever you
| can. And by the way, do you know
what we will do with you when We get
you out there away from your friends
and family? Well, the first thing will
| DO to lure you out into the jungle and
| have you seized and bound by our
| trusty wallahs. Then we'll lay you on
your back and have one OF the very
| biggest elephants stand over you and
poisc his ample forefoot directly over
| your head. Then I'll say in my most
insinuating tones. Come, now, Stock
| ton, which was 1.-THE Lady or the
| Tiger? What would you do them
"Oh. very we'll. That's easy enough.
l should tell you lie"
| L HdIlhS Juoh oo
good as the truth, now that you've
told me II is to be a lie. II you say
the Tiger III know that it was the
Lady; and II you say the Lady III
know it was the Tiger. Good"
Club Dates From 1852.
The Authors Club dates from the
autumn of 1882. 1t was founded in
the library OF quaint house that is
still to be seen through a garden from
the sidewalk OF Fifteenth street. just
10 the east of Union Square. Its or
ganizers were Richard Watson Glider,
civic reformer and Century editor;
Noah Brooks, Edward Eggloston
l3rander Matthews. Edmund Clarence
Stedman. Laurence Hutton and Charles
de Kay. In addition to these men the
first membership roll included Henry
NJ Alden. Fl. II. Boyeson. George Will
, lam Curtis, George Cary Eggleston
Lawrence Godkin, Parke Goodwin
Bronson Howard. Charlton T. Lewis
} ]. n. Libbey. Hamilton w. Mabie and
= Richard Grant White. The first meet
ing place was a restaurant in La.
fayette place.
) The cherished night to the members
nj the Authors is Watch Night. wher
: they gather in the club rooms to sc,