Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-20

Enthusiastic tributes to q great char
acter are given by Americans Is DR..
Henry Van Dyke dies In Princeton at
the age of 81. His unusual qualities
are declared to have Influenced multi
tudes. while his services as a diplomat
In war time are recognized. His YER
satiiity Is . subject Of general COM
ment, and his place as . alderman
author emphasized with words OF ad-
miration.
zone Of the great figures Of Amer
ica," Is the appraisal Of the Portland
(Oreg.) Journal, with the statement
that some of his poems are among
the most beautiful in the language"
and the comment on his public serv-
ices: He will be remembered in America
and throughout the world as an un-
firing, dashing knightly soldier OF
peace, battling for warless world, not
only in the lima inations Of people, but
in the cabinets and chancelleries OF
nations" The Youngstown Vindicator
feels that "the country needs more
men ike him." while the Rock Island
Argus says that Ibis literary works
rank very high and his personal quail
ties were such that he was held In
affectionate regard" The Newark Eve
ming News refers to him as a cul-
tured gentleman of great public and
private CHARM" and the Salt Lake
Deseret News AYERS that "the country
loses a gentle and beloved man." The
Miami Daily News declares: "One of
Americas great inspirational voices Is
stilled with the death of DR.. Van Dyke.
In verse or prose. from the pulpit or
the professors chair, as a lecturer or
diplomat, he expressed unfailingly the
high ideals that keep alive the spirit
ual fame. His little book. The Other
Wise Man will remain an American
classic, one Of the best known Christ
mas stories in the English language.
His service in the difficult post as Min
lister to the Netherlands and Luxem-
bourg while the World War ragged about
these neutral lands will be long re-
membered"
Recalling his service in the Neither
lands, the Baltimore Sun records that
The was ut various times instrumental
in efforts to establish some sort of con-
tact between the European belligerents,
and he was one Of the earliest advo-
Gates Of League Of Nations" The
tile talents made him one of the no
table figures Of his time in the world Of
Letters" to which the Hartford Times
adds that he was "a masterful leader. !"
The Atlanta Journal pays the tribute:
His influence transcribed his art. He
wrote pleasingly and sincerely, but
there was more In his spirit than he
got into his books. There was q char
ity, more eloquent than tongues Of
angels, which aureoled his words and
lifted his preaching above the COM
monplace, and impressed all who knew
him with the power Of his gentleness.
1t was the charity that not only sees
into life but is ready to bear all things
and brave all things for truth and
tolerance"
"He was reminiscent" according to
the Asbury Park Evening Press, "of
the old New England poets, Of Long
fellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes, u
while the Jersey City journal recalls
that he had the faculty Of taking the
on his many journeys" That paper
adds: His ardor as fisherman did not
interfere with the sterner duties Of life.
Thousands Of the disciples Of IzaAk
Walton viii grieve to hear that he has
gone and will pause to wish him good
fishing in the Eden Of the hereafter"
Surely Peter was at the gate to meet
this other famous fisher Of men and
catcher Of fish," thinks the New York
Sun, with the feeling that "wherevey
gentleness and the love Of the beauti-
full have their due credit his passing
will be mourned" Visioning . similar
scene, the San Francisco Bulletin COM
ments: I'VE may be sure that when
DR.. Van Dyke met at. the gate that
other fisherman, st. Peter, there came
true. as usual, his own words, Two
honest and good-natured anglers have
never met each other By the way
without crying 6ht, What luck?""