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. 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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. 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