Evening star. [volume], February 18, 1937, Page A-15, Image 15

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MS C. STUM
INTERMENTTDDAY
Society of the Cincinnati
Conducts Funeral for
Famed Playwright.
Simple funeral services conducted by
the Society of the Cincinnati in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery were to bring down
the final curtain today on the career
of James Clinton Stuart, 84, interna
tionally-famous playwright at the j
turn of the century and obscure resi
dent of Washington for the past 15
years.
Stuart, playwright for the great
Ifme. Modjeska, Polish Shakespearean I
actress, was a bon _
▼lvant of two
continents, friend
of the theater*
great of a bygone _
generation and'
grandson of Oov.
De Witt Clinton
of New York. He
died Tuesday in
his large third
floor bed room at
S 2 3 Nineteenth
street, surrounded
by memories of
his success and
his friends.
Death came in
Mr. Stuart.
a setting tnat presented a great con- I
trast to his earlier life. He died of
heart disease, quietly, after having
been nursed through a short illness by
his landlady, Mrs, Gertrude Kuhn,
who found him a roomer in the resi
dence when she took it over almost
IS years back.
Services This Afternoon.
Stuart's body rested today at Hy
aong's funeral home. Services were to
be held there at 2:30 p.m., followed
by burial at 4 pm., with members
of the Society of the Cincinnati in
charge. The playwright's only sur- j
Viving relative, a nephew, Edwin!
Stuart, could not be reached at a
New York City address. His member
•hip in the Cincinnati derived from
ancestors who were officers in the |
American Revolution.
Stuart died alone, but he had
hardly breathed his last when Mrs.
Kuhn entered his spacious room that ■
he kept filled with trunks of old
clippings, scrapbooks and pictures, its |
walls covered with autographed pic- I
tures of Modjeska. Sir Johnston
Forbes-Robertson, Ada Rehan and
many others.
His closest friends here were Mrs. i
Charles Aiden of 1302 Eighteenth
•treet.. and his landlady. Stuart did
not use his f.rst name. William, but
was known as James Clinton Stuart.
He was bom in Binghamton, N. Y., |
on November 25, 1852. He outlived
several brothers and sisters. His
grandfather, famous De Witt Clinton, j
was Governor of New York from 1777
to 1795 and 1801 to 1804. The Gov
ernors brothers. James and George
Clinton, were officers in the Revolu
tionary War. After attending school
In France, Stuart returned to this
•ountry to become an author, play- !
Wright and newspaper man. He once
Worked on the Boston Herald.
First Success in 80s.
HW first success came in the early
•Os with the play, "A Woman of the
People." His "Our Society," written
In 1888, made its debut in old Mad
ison Square Garden in New York,
■tarring Annie Russell. Its recep
tion was enthusiastic. "Renee de
Moray" followed, starring Clara
Morris.
Mme. Modjeska came to the United
States In 1000 and Stuart adapted for
her a play based on the life of Marie
Antoinette. A picture of her as Mary.
Queen of Scots, is on the side wall
of his room here. “Will She Divorce
Him?” was his last drama to be pro
duced. Cora Fanner waa Its star.
Five years ago, Mrs. Kuhn sakl.
Stuart completed the manuscript of
a plav entitled "The New Year’s Pro
posal” and placed it In the hands of.
a friend, Robert Clear, to be aold in
New York. According to Mra. Kuhn,
Mr. Clear died and his widow waa un
able to locate the manuscript.
In the till of one of his trunks was
an engraved Invitation from Mrs.
Roosevelt to attend an “at home” at
the White Houae January 4. Stuart,
however, was unable to accept auch
invitations because of the inflrmltiei
of his age.
Dog Harness Kept.
On the foot of his bed was an old
fashioned dog harness. “It waa
Dora's.” Mrs. Kuhn explained. “8he
died about five years ago and Mr.
Stuart never removed It from the
bed." Dora was a French poodle.
Mrs. Kuhn said the last show
Stuart saw was “Hamlet,” with John
Gielgud, almost two weeks ago. At
the theater, there were no seats, and
he returned home after watching the
play for 15 minutes.
Fortunately, Stuart did not die In
poverty, although his late years were
spent In obscurity and modest living.
He was pensioned by the Society of
the Cincinnati, Mrs. Kuhn said, and
two close friends often contributed to
his living expenses.
"Toward the last," the landlady re
counted, “Mr. Stuart sat In his room
alone. When he was 111, I asked him
if he wanted a doctor or a nurse. He
always refused, telling me ‘you are the
best nurse’.”
DRILL TOMORROW
The 3rd Cavalry and 16th Field Ar
tillery will put on an exhibition drill
at Fort Myer at 2:45 p.m. tomorrow,
with Secretary of War Woodring as
guest of honor. The Secretary will re
ceive a 19-gun salute as he enters the
gates of the Army post.
Other guests for the exhibition will
include 400 members of the Officers’
Reserve Corps, in convention here.
After the drill the Reserve officers will
attend a dinner at the Carlton Hotel
in honor of their national council.
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SQRDEm M
629 WHOLESALERS
OPERATE IN CITY
Net Sales of Establishments
in 1935 Put at $242,
729,000.
There were 629 wholesale business
establishments in the District of Co
lumbia during 1935, according to a
Census Bureau report made public
today, and they made net sales total
ing 9242.729.000.
The 629 establishments gave em
ployment to 327 active proprietors and
firm members and to 8,274 employes.
The pay roll total was $13,819,000, it
was reported.
The largest number of local whole
sale establishments in any one classi
fication was listed in grocery specialty
lines, with a total of 80. There also
were 11 establishments handling a
full line of groceries.
Types of Dealers.
The second largest group, of 67 es
tablishments, was listed as "farm
products-consumer goods.” There
were 32 wholesale establishments here
dealing In waste materials and 30
handling automotive equipment. There
were 29 wholesale beer, wine and liquor
establishments and 24 handling paper
and paper products.
The local figures were not given In
comparison with totals for any other
year. At his weekly press conference
yesterday afternoon, however. Secre
tary of Commerce Roper stated that
wholesale trade activity for 1936 to
taltng $52,070,000,000 had cloaed at
the highest level since 1930. The
low point was reached In 1933, when
total sales were estimated at $31,442,
000,000
The 1936 total represented an in
crease of 17 per cent over the 1935
figure of 544,463.000,000, the Secre
tary reported. Although last year’s
total represented a substantial In
crease, It still was far below the 1929
peak of $68,950,000,000.
Trend of Wholesale Trade.
Secretary Ho per stated that the
trend of wholesale trade which began
in 1934 has continued at a steady rate
through 1936, despite such adverse
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