New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Noted Artists
AT Service for
]. C.. Hu11eker
Simple Memorial Service in
New Town Hall Draws a
Throng of Confreres of
New York World Critic
Three Addresses Made
Captain John Quinn, Henry
E. krehbiel and Francis
Wilson Deliver Tributes

Memorial services for James Gibbons
Huneker, music critic Of The New York
World, who died of pneumonia last
ednesday evening at his home, 1918
Beverly Road, Brooklyn, were held
yesterday at the New Town Hall, 113
West Forty-third Street.. The services,
scheduled for 1880 o'clock, were
slightly delayed owing to the Sunday
morning service of tho Theosophical
Society, held in the same building.
More than POO attended the memorial
services.
The simple black coffin was borne
to the center of the stage almost hid
den by floral tributes sent by the dead
critics confreres and prominent mem
bers of the Seven Arts, to which Mr..
Huneker had devoted many pages Of
fascinating and authoritative writing.
and upon which he had long been CON
sldered an authority The pallbearers.
led by Henry L. Krehbiel, veteran music
critic Of The New York Tribune, and
Glullo Gatti Casazza, followed the cof-
I'm to seats on the stage, The others
were:
Richard Aldrich, music critic Of The
New York Times; Henry T. Finck,
music critic of The Evening Post;
sylvester Rawling, music critic of The
Evening World; Max Smith. music
critic Of The New York American; W.
j. Henderson, music critic of The New
York Herald; William ], Guard, Ed
ward Ziegler and Otto We'll, of the
metropolitan Opera Company staff ;;
John Quinn, Herbert Bayard Swope,
executive editor OF The World; Rich
ard LIE Gallienne. poet and essayist;
Henry Rowe Shelley, musician; Henry
Hadley, associate conductor of the
Philharmonic Society; Arthur Bo-
danzky, conductor Of the National Sym
phony Orchestra; August Luchow,
restaurateur; David Belasco, theatrical
producer; Nahan Franko, musician;
Francis Wilson, actor, and I. C. Clark,
critic.
one number had been played by q
string quartet, Captain John Quinn,
longtime friend of Mr.. Huneker, made
q brief Introductory address.
Three Deliver Tributes
simplicity was the keynote of
James Gibbons Huneker's nature" he
felt that he would not have wished
any public display of mourning.
But in reference to the wishes
of many Of his friends who desired a
last opportunity of making their fare
well, Mr.. Huneker's family consented
to permit this service to be held. Only
three in this gathering will be called
upon to speak. They are George ".
Wickersham, Henry f. Krehbiel and
Francis Wilson. At the close funeral
march will be played, during which the
audience is requested to stand"
Henry +. Krehbiel, who followed Mr..
Wickersham as speaker, was so deeply
affected by the death of his colleague
Of many years that he read his tribute,
in which he dwelt upon Mr. Huneker's 8
many admirable qualities as a human
being, upon his love Of work, his de-
votion to art and letters, his constant
helpfulness 20 all, even the youngest
of his fellow craftsmen.
Mr.. Wilson, who represented the
drama, as Mr.. Wickersham and Mr..
krehbiel had represented the law and
music, paid his respects in a memorial
poem. At the conclusion of his poem
andsto the strains of q funeral march
the casket, Immediately preceded by the
pallbearers, was carried down the steps
leading 10 the center of the stage and
borne through the audience.
Notable Persons Attend
The hall was filled with notable per
sonages in art and newspaper circles,
among whom was Mary Garden, to
whose art and personality Mr.. Huneker
devoted chapter in his book Bedouins.
Mrs. James Huneker, the widow; Erik
Huneker, the dead critics onl. son; q
brother, John Huneker. any close
friends of the family occupied boxes
facing the stage. The body was Gre
mated
Among those in the audience were
Nine. Olive Fremstad, Pasquale Amato,
Clarence Whitehill, Robert Leonhardt,
Nine. Cecil Arden, Nine. Rosina CALI,
Miss Agnes Garden, Henry P. Schmitt
and other stars of the operatic and
concert stage.
Others in the audience were Will
lam Thorner, Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield
Scott Moody, Mr. and Mrs. Mario Scog-
namillo, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Bern
stein, Mrs, Charles Ditson, Mrs. Percy
Friedenberg, Mrs. Muriel Draper. Louis
Koemmenich and Victor Harris, con-
ductors; William Brennan, manager of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Pro
tessor Henry T. Fleck, of the music
department of Hunter College; Howard
Kyle, actor; Alfred Seligsberg, attor-
ney for the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany, and, from the same organization,
A!phonse Eysautlery assistant TO Mr..
Girard; Frank II. De Fontney, Of the
Transportation Department, and Hugh
K. Brown, superinte ndent Of the build
ing.
Among the music critics. present
we're: Charles Henry Meltzer, of the
v Weekly Review; Harry Osgood, of the
Musical Courier; Paul Morris, of The
Evening Telegram; Mary Opdycke and
Gilbert s. Gabriel, of The Sun; Mau-
rice Halperson, Of the Staats-zeitung;
Aaron Baron, Of the Jewish Daily
News; William B. Chase, of the New
York Times and Pierre V. r. Key.
Among those from The World and
The Evening World, besides Mr..
Swope, were Albert E Wood, Arthur
c. CLARKE, Frank H. Warren, Louis V.
De Foe; Louis Siebold. Harold S. Pol
lard, Martin Green, J. Angus Shaw,
John II. Gavin and Alexander L.
losser.
Five veteran ushers from the Metro
polItan Opera House assisted in seat
ing the audience.
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