The Washington herald., 1920-11-19
AUTHOR LEFT : !
SMALLESTATE
William Dean Howells, AZ
ter Lifetime Of Writing
Leaves $lD, ,923.
~ GEORGE PERRY MORRIS.

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net result of life devoted TO lit
ersture. during much Of which time
he was in the employ Of two Of the
best publishing houses in the coun-
try. left an estate OF tIss.s2s. Flu
ture royalties on his books are
capitalized as amounting 20 only
s1o.5oo. presumably per year. He
had invested his earnings mainly
in New York City real estate; and
the 5000 books OF his library, In
his executors eyes. are only worth
$500. Now, Mr.. Howells was the
dean Of American literature" He
had had steady salaries as well as
royalties for many years. He lived
simply. as became a swedenborgisn
seer who always rated the material
below the transcendentai. Yet he
left less than 100000 for his heirs.
But. then. he was Of the old regime.
Booth Harrington is a millionaire
already from his filmed story royal
ties. Long Island Sound is lined
with palaces of the newly rich
Iitersti. 1t is a slow author who
today does not get magazine. then
syndicate. and then motion picture
royalties.
Ben Ami Arrives.
He arrived physically some time
ago. But his capture of the New
e.. r..
effected by his playing OF Samson
and DeIilsh" at the Greenwich VII
lage Theater. At the Jewish Art
Theatre. in New York. his genius has
been known to the knowing for
some time: but now he has the
larger town at his feet. He seems
TO be able to depict woe and tragedy
raised to the nth power. and 20 give
spiritual quality TO his climaxes
/ that at first awes and then causes
his audiences to rise and shout
clamorous praise. Our stage long
since enlisted women stars" Of the
Slavic Jewish stock: now men OF
the same race are beginning 10
command attention.
Uncle sam Loses and PennsyIvanIs
| Gains-
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| toward the Department OF Agri-
4 culture is having it's natural and
inevitable result. Men and women
are ceasing to work for Uncle Sam
and are taking up labor with wiser
and more generous employers. Thus
the State OF Pennsylvania has just
made Miss Grace NJ. Cole seed an
slyst for the State Department OF
Agriculture. She IL the FIRST woman
to fll the place; and her choice is
based on her record with the seed
inspection work OF the department
in this city.
william FetIer's Mission 20 RsssIa.
| William Fetler, with five Ameri-
can and Russian-born missionaries
will sail for Russia next week to re-
new the evangelistic work that he
carried on so successfully prior TO
the overthrow OF the Romanoffs. The
infamous Rasputin was the imme-
diate cause Of Fetler's deportation.
Fetler has backing him the Baptists
CT the North. to whom he has be-
come a hero. as he well deserves to
be. He teaches and breaches a sim
pie form Of Christianity that used
to make him persona non grata with
the clergy Of the Established
Church. That he will get any kind
lier treatment from the MOSCOW
ruled secular communism Of con-
temporary Russia remains to be
proved
Thoma, Jefferson Coolidge.
| Virginia and Massachusetts blend
ed admirably in Thomas Jefferson
Coolidge. Of Boston, who has just
died. He had in his veins the
/, blood Of the Sage Of Monticello and
also the blood Of a family long
Identified with Massachusetts man
ufacturing and trading aristocracy.
Like so many men Of his class in
and around Boston, he superim-
posed upon the fortune created in
trade another made by financing
and construction Of railways in the
Midwest and Southwest. Ambi-
tious for social honors and the
cream OF political appointments. he
represented the nation at Paris and
also on Joint high commissions sd-
Indicating differences between the
United States and Great Britain.
The Jefferson in him made him a
patron Of university welfare. and
) both Harvard and the University OF
! Virginia have proofs OF his largess.
The New Aendemicisps.
| DOoln am
. ington, Childe Hassam and David
2 Jayne Hill as members OF the Ma
Z tional Academy OF Arts and Letters.
r This move-up from the ranks OF
members of the Institute Of Arts
v and Letters il in harmony with q
> wise probationary plan agreed upon
at the origin OF this enterprise
1 Taft is by far the abiest OF the
= sculptors OF the Midwest. and has
been a major influence in Chicsgo's
/ art life for decades. Harrington e
= the outstanding personality OF the
1 Indianapolis coterie of artists and
4 authors whose work has declined in
quality as he has grown older and
richer. Childe Hassam is a Boston
painter with a passion for color and
great skill in depicting urban life
E in all its glory and fascination. ana
: David Jayne Hill is a publicist who
Z can discuss history and diplomacy
In polemical terms that make him
| effective as the champion OF any
e cause he fights for. He may be the
= next Secretary OF State. To Mr.
Howelrs place as president OF the
> Academy OF Arts and Letters. will
lam Milliean Sloane has been pro-
l. NOTED from the post OF chancellor.