The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-24
JOHN KENDRlcK BANGS
Famous Humorlst Fails to Rally
from Operation

llVH operation
Atlantic City, Jan "A John Ken.
drick Bangs the author, died Satur.
day In the CITY hosp tai following
second operation for an intestinal dis
order. The operation had to be aban.
doned because OF his growing weak
ness, and a few hours later, at 1920
o'clock, the end came Mrs. Bangs
and the authors three sons, John Ken.
I.ick hangs, jr, Howard Russell and
Francio Hyde Bangs. were with him at
the time He was taken i'll several
weeks ago and went to the city hospi-
tai on January l. An operation was
performed for a ma ignant growth In
the inteSt mes but because OF the ma
ture Of tho disease II was not possible
10 complete the operation At that tlmo.
He got steadily worse and about two
weeks ago II w05 not expected that he
would 1--we more than - hours
Hut the humor which made his books
80 well known came TO his aid, and he
never .cst his cheetlness. He buoyei
up Mrs. Bangs by his optimism, and
for the last four days had showed con.
tinued Improvement II was found
that TO insure his recovery, however.
another operation would be necessary.
end q consu tatIon Was held Saturday
between his personal physician, DR..
W Blair Stewart and Or. Theodore
Sensman and pr David u. Altman,
surgeons ON the hospital stan Mrs.
Bangs con entod to the operation, and
1t was begun at 1890 O'Clock. Mr..
Bangs did not regain consciousness
When John kendrlck Bangs was
very youuB his father planned to mako
him n lawyer. but Instead when he got
older he took the reins OF life IN his
own hands and became an author and
o humor.st lie DID begin the study
Of law and he found his egal education
useful Ia after life He studied law
for more tnan year ~ his fathers Of
fee. but even before ne began 10
deiye into Black tone ne had taken up
q literary career at Columbia Uniyer
s.ty he was the editor OF ono OF the
college papers.
Ills education completed and after
/ r's brief experience with the law. Mr..
| Bangs became assistant editor Of Life.
! lIe remained on the staf of Life for
four yrere whtn he became identified
With HarperG serial publications. A
story was told that on one occasion
someone remarked that his name was
appearing 100 frequently IN the lar
per publications The author adopted
the nom De plume OF Anne Harrington
Wiu;erup Under that name he wrote
a eries OF art cles, The ineEport
Waitress" He showed how a maid
could succeed In not doing her work
The result vas a food OF letters and
enc, from an angry cook, said he was
mo real lady anyway"
Nr Bangs was born In Ionkers, May
/ o. 1862. He WAS a son Of Francis y.
and Amelia Frances Bull Bangs. he
was graduated from Columbia In 1883,
and thereafter studied law Although
/ Immersed in literary pursuit.. Mr.
Bangs found time 10 take an interest
IN POI tics aad civic bcttermCnt. He
was tho Democratic candidate for may
Or III Workers ~ 1894 lie was defeat.
/ ed. he was elected vice president OF
the Yoakr,F Board Of Education In
1887 In 1891 be vas primary can
didate to succeed Louis B Gooda as
member OF Congress IN the Portland
Sic, diHirict
1915 Mr. Bangs went 10 France for
the y. 81 c. A. and the American com
mittee for devastated France. As part
OF hi bit" he lecured TO $4,000 Amer
team sold ers and made the acquaint
ance Of at least 1000 OF them. on,
OF HID lectures was interrupted by an
air raid
In response 70 an inquiry as to what
the boys In the trenches wanted most
Mr.. Bangs replied. a letter from
home ana a cigarette" Under var GO
conditions. no saw and studied tn,
men who had gone abroad to fight anC
he had nothing hut praise upon his re
turn for their conduct. both In and GU
OF the night
Tho first work by Mr. Bangs Wa
Roger Camerdcn." published IN 1856