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ALSOP. EUNICE. On Thursday. June 17
ID.'??, a the residence of her daughter
Mrs Sally Pock, 2013 11th st. n.w.
FUNICE ALSOP. devoted mother o:
Fanny Roots. Rosa Thornton. Moses anc
Robert Alsop. Sally Rock Addle Alsop
Alice Thompkins and Billip Alsop. She
also leaves five grandchildren, foui
great-grandchildren, orhpr relatives anc
friends. Remains resting at the W. Er
nest Jarvis funeral church. 1 132 You st
n.w. Interment Caroline County. Va.
Sunday. June 20. 20
CONTEE. DENNIS. Departed this life
Thursday. June IT. 1037. at 5 a.m.,
DENNIS CONTEE of 3D Eye st. li e., be
loved husband of the late Margaret Con
tee He is survived by twelve dpvoteci
children, thirty-eight loving grandchil
dren and also other relatives anti
friends. Remains resting at the Mai van
Az Srhpv funeral home New Jersey ave
and R st. n.w Funeral from the above
named parlors. Monday Juno 21. at If
a m. Interment Upper Marlboro. Md. 2(1
CRONKHITE. ADELBF.RT. Thp District ol
Columbia Commandery of the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the United
States announces the death of Hereditary
Companion ADELBERT CRONKHITE
Maior General. U. S. Army, at St. Peters
burg Fla.. .June 17. 15)37. Interment
at West Point. N. Y.. on Saturday
June JO. .
JAMES A EMERY. Commander.
JOHN K M EWING. Recorder.
DANDRIRC.E, HATTIE n»oartod this life
on Friday. June IS. 1 !K<C at I" IS
o'clock noon. HATTIE DANDRTDGE
vifc of the late John Danriririoe mother
of Raymond Dandr.dcr Ethel Green and
the late John and Ernest Danriridse and
Marie Russell. Nonce of funeral later. *
Donovan, Bernard a. on Friday jure
is, HUT. at his home. Rollinswood.
Chevy Chase, Md . BERNARD A. DONO
VAN Body resnntr at Warner E Pum
phrev's funeral home 84'.’t GeotKin ave
Silver Spring. Md. Services at Our Lariv
ol Lourdes Catholic Church. Watkins
ave.. Bethesda. Md. on Monday June
'll. at it a m . where mass will he said
for the repose of his soul. Interment
Holy Rood Cemetery. T’O
DORSEY. MRS MTI.I.IAM A. On Friday.
June IS ltt.'JT. at her residence. Gov
ernors Run, Md.. Mrs. WILLIAM A.
DORSEY, She is survived bv three
daughters. Mrs Mary D, Ireland. Mrs.
Joe Bond and Mrs, T. S. Oran- and one
son. George W Dorsey. Funeral service*!
nf Christ Church Maryland. Sunday
morning at. !i:30 o'clock.
EZELL. MABEL R. On Saturday. June 10
l D3? -u hcv residence. 1730 M st. nw
MABEL R. EZELL aced .11 years. Fu
neral services at Hy^ong's parlors. 1300
N st. n w.. on Sunday. June 20 at 3
p m Interment Meridian. Miss. F-iends
invited to attend. •»<)
f.n^r.rn. rriaav. June is
1037. a* his residence 5*23 Randolph st
n w JOSEPH FISHMAN, beloved hus
band of Ida Fishman and devoted father
nf Mrs Nathaniel Goldberg Solomon.
Louis. Dr William Albert. Sidney and
Daniel Fishman. Funeral from his late
residence 523 Randolph st. nw.. on
Sunday June ‘10. at 1 pm. Interment
Arias Israel Cemetery. *20
GARRETT. GEORGE E. On Friday June
IS 1037 GEORGE E GARRETT, be
loved husband of the late Mary Wood
Garrett. Remains resting at Lee's fu
npral hnmp, 4fh st. and Mass avn n e
where services will be held on Monday.
11 a.m. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment Rock Cre^k
Cemetery. *20
HATCHETT. JENNIE tRITK). On Friday
June 18. 1947. at her residence 54
Pierce st n w„ JENNIE (RUCK*
HATCHETT, wife of Robert Ha’chett
mother of Helen Garnett, Genreo and
Edward Buck, sister of Marearet Lane of
Philadelphia, Pa., and Hattie Haves of
Washington. TV r . aunt of Margaret
Carter and Bessie Brown of Philadel
nhta. Pa ; four grandchildren and other
relatives and friends also survive her.
Funeral Monday. June ’21. at 2 pm.,
from her late residence. Intermrsv in
Woodlawn Cemetery. do*
JENKINS. MARV A. Departed this life on
Thursday June 17. 1937 at her resi
dence. il st. so., mary a jfn
KINS belo\eri wife of Sylvester H Jen
kins and devoted mother of Anthony B
and Marjorie Mary Jenkins. Sne also
leaves three sisters. Mrs. Sara Day Mrs
Annip Ceasar and Mrs Anastasia Hale
and one brother Luke Taylor. Remains
resting temporarily a* the funeral home
of Alexander S. Pope 315 15th st se
until Sunday. Juno •:<>. at 9 a.m.; thence
to her iao residence ]‘2*2*2 L st so
Funeral Monday June *:i at 9 am
from St. Cyprian's Church, l.'lth and C
sts, so. Interment at Mount Olivet
Cemetery. *
JOHNSON. OLIVER GRANVILLE. On Fri
day. June IK. 1937. at 9:34 a.m.. at the
home of h:s son L Ear] Johnson. Mc
Coma* ave. and Wheaton road. Kensing
ton. Md . OLIVER GRANVILLE JOHN
SON The beloved husband of the 'ate
Ida Jane Kuster Johnson and fathor of
Mary. Edwin. Earl. Myrtle. Lillian. Lu
oille and Ella Johnson. Funeral services
pi tho Presbyterian Church. Bovris. Md.
Monday. Juno 21. at 11 a.m. Interment
church cemetery. *2<t
LAZZARI IGN.A/.l.A. On Friday June 18
1937. IGNAZIA LAZZARI. beloved wife
of Antonio Lazzari and mother of Mrs.
Georgia Walter. Bruno Theresa Francis
and Marv Louise Lazzari. Funeral from
thp W. W. Deal funeral home, sir h st
no. on Mondav. June *21. nt 030 a.m.:
thence to Holy Name Church, where
mass will be said at 10 am Relatives
and friends invited. Interment Mount
Olivet Cemetery. :2t>
M CE. HENRY F. On Thursday Jun» 17
1947. at Gallinrer Hospital. HENRY F.
LUCE, beloved son of the late Willard A
and Mane Luce Remains resting a: Tim
othy Hanlon s funeral parlors, on h st
nr Funeral will be held from the
above funeral parlors on Monday June
•.’I. at 8:40 a m. Reouietn mass at Holv
Comforter Church. 9 a.m. Interment
Mount Olivet Cemetery. Relatives and
friends invited *10
•lACGOWAN. MARIANNE WITHERSPOON
On Fridav. June is if 1:57. at Waverley
WITHERSPOON MaeGOVVAN she * vs
survived by two sisters. Mrs. Jean B
MacGowan of Staunton. Va and Mrs
C. T. C. Keller of Newport'News "va ’
and a sister-in-'.aw. Mrs. Charles s"Mar
Cowan of Los Aittreles. Calif. She was a
nrominen- member of the Georgetown
Presbyterian Churrh. which was founded
hv her ancestor. Rev. Dr. S B Belch
and she was a nice- of Cant. S. S Wil
liamson of Duiu'h. Minn., and Waslvnc
ton D. C. Services will be held at Oek
Hill Cemetery Chapel. Saturday. June
3 ft. at 4 p m.
•*AniS°.\. I.EOV. On Thursday. June IT.
A.» . ; 50 Pm., it his residence.
v-l° llth st- n.w. LEON MADISON
devoted nephew of Elward T Grav and
Mary rnwcll. cousin of Henrietta Lewis
Jof-ephine Rarncs. Nathaniel Lewis and
Harry Johnson Ho also leaver oth-r
relatives and friends. Remains resting
• *r Jo eErnest Jarvis funeral church
t ~ oYcu st- n w- Funeral Monday;
June .1. at ] p.m.. from above funeral
church. Interment Arlington National
Cemetery. ^0
^ARSH, ANNIE On Thursday June IT.
Wrri AN>HE MARSH inee Regan >' hc
i'J'rci of Edward Marsh. Funeral
from T F Costello's funeral home. ] ;•*’
» c^cCani,ol^r on Monday. June *»V
at. s .50 am Requiem hi eh mass at Holv
Name Church at '» o clock. Relatives and
friends invited. Intermmt Mount Olivet
cemetery.
O CONNOR. JOHN R. On Thursday June
IP.!,. JOHN B. OCONNOR of 4 4J4
} , r,?,' nJ:„ beloved husband of the
late Ellen O Connor (nee Brosnani and
devoted father of Mrs. John J Meehan
Funeral will be held from the above
residence on Monday June ?l at ,v>o
a m Rcouinm mass at St. Anthony's
Church ai » a m. Interment Mount Oli
'ct Cemetery. Relatives and friends in
'lied ojj
rAh,nP "’I RRAi\"AEL r' E' On Friday.
niTpwivf r,ai Alexandria Va
aAn H Lm ,EvI>A^“ beloved hus
band of Mary Youns Parker Funeral
vr£?rth,s iatr rr,';idf'nCf' Clinton. Md on
Monday. June 1. at n::to a m. th*nce
, St. Mary s Catholic Churrh. Pisrata
iMd,. wh'’rr mass will he said at in
a.m. for the repose of his soul. Relatives
nnd friends invited. Interment church
cemetery. -’0
^ENN.CHaREES H. On Friday. June IK.
i/'rUv Gallmc7 Hospit al. CHARLES
S^,TENNJ ,nf rhe lfltp Jane Bell
Penn and Charles H. Prnn He nlco
leaves to mourn their loss a devoted sis
ter. Gertrude Penn Thomas: a daughter
Matola Penn and other relatives Rr
7ffioSvrpsti.n8: Moon’s funerai’home.
J * ou st. n w.. where services wilt hr*
held Monriav. June kl. at 1(1 a m In
terment Manassas. Va.. Rev. Birrh of
nciating. • > ^ ^ 4
r IJIKECTORS.
J. William” Lee’s”SonsCo7~
funeral directors
Crematorium
4>h and Mai*?;. Ave. N E. _ Linrnln .V.’On
Joseph F. Birch's Sons
*A. L. HAYCOCK. Manager)
?gy?3034 M St. N.W.
Frank Geier’s Sons Co*
Modern Chapel. Tai. National 2473
V. L. SPEARE CD.
Neither the Fuccessor to nor connected with
the original W. R. Speare establishment.
.ntiST':*™ 1009 H St. N.W.
Chambers
One of the Largest
Undertakers in the World
1400 Chapin St* N.W. Col. 0432
B17 11th St. S.E. Atlantic 6700
_FUNERAL DESIGNS.
GUDE BROS. CO. Flora! Piece.
1213 F_StI_N.W._National *276
BUTTON'S florist
■ \\,r <000 Balt. Bird
Beautiful Funeral Sprays
AT- H71_
GEO. C. SHAFFER
.EXPRESSIVE FLORAL TRIBUTES AT
MODERA r* PRICES. PHONE NAT. OlOrt.
Open Evenings _
and Sundays COf. 14th & Eye
CONNERY FUNERAL
ATTRACTS 50,000
Throng on Lynn Common
Hears Requiem Mass for
House Member.
Ey the Associated Press.
LYNN, Mass., June 19.—United
States Representative William P. Con
i ncry, jr„ described by President Roose
velt as the “champion of the under
privileged," was buriea today, with
full military rites, in St. Mary’s
Cemetery.
More than 50,000 persons, gathered
on Lynn common heard, over an am
plifying system, a solemn requiem
high mass conducted in St. Mary's
Catholic Church. The church accom
modated only 1,500.
Figures high in the Nation's political,
civic and military life, including James
Roosevelt, son of the President, and a
congressional delegation, joined humble
working men and former World War
"buddies" in paying their last respects
| to the former actor, soldier and states
; man. Connery, chairman of the House
j Labor Committee, co-author of the
Wagner-Connery labor relations act,
j died in Washington Tuesday,
j The celebrant of the mass was Right
j Rev. Joseph F. McGlinchey. pastor.
! Besides James Roosevelt, Edward
, Gallagher, presidential secretary, and
! Thomas Quakers, the President’s body
guard, represented the President at the
j services. Tanner Battle. Assistant
Secretary of Labor, represented Secre
i tary Frances Perkins.
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HJRMER BALTIMORE
BUSINESS MAN DIES
Theodore Schmeckebier, 90, Was
Born in Geymany—Rites at
Home of Son Here.
Theodore Schmeckebier, 90, for
merly in the insurance business in
Baltimore for many years, died yes
terday after a short illness at the
home of his son. Dr, Laurence F.
Schmeckebier, 1444 Belmont street!
a member of the staff of the Brook
ings Institution.
Mr. Schmeckebier retired about six
years ago. He was a native of Ger
many and went to Baltimore with his
parents when 8 years old.
Funeral services were to be held
today at his son's home. Burial will
be in Druid Ridge Cemetery, Balti
more.
DOUMERGUE RITES SET
AIGUES-VIVES, Franee. June 19
' T). Mme. Gaston Doumergue, widow
of the President and Premier of France,
today accepted the government's pro
posal of a state funeral for the 73
year-old statesman who died yesterday
Officials compiled a list of high gov
ernment figures to attend the services
for which no definite date has been set!
Burial will be in the family vault 1
nere. v l
Sratha.
On Fri- '
J ^' Hospital. HENRIETTA11 SANFORD 1
! K? and" Mary 0"/
| stnida?rJ;rn7 ‘ft atmvj. Si
Woodlaivn N y P " I,lte™pnt
s ■ 1 , Remains resting at Fra
J;P1.' funeral home ,;so R ibra
Notice of funeral later A’a ’
i ■
•‘"n 18Uft ft "■ Co. Ui'ner"1 home: !
a 'so , „/■ ?,;?•• ™ Monday. June 2J
etery30 p-rt- In crmt!” Glen wood Cem
T”°,'.! '?■ Gn Sa":pday mam.
oM*"o ' J”v- THOMAS SNOWDEN
FanniJsQncfwd^"andb':!^e,da,fSeo0rfReM^
lii^pss
later. ' “nd R st' n/n‘ Notice of funeral j
dlyR JunreE?:RrDi:i: Sgeorge0SOMEr' I
bI?thprrf°‘ Mml,e Hontz and Robert Sor- I
Jtine ?». *»"S
.nemAiliSSwn NaiSokaVCemetfty.In'^ I
STORCK, LOtTS. Comrades of Richard
J. Harden Camp. No, 2. United I
Spanish War Veterans, will 1
Kjnble at, Pythian Temple. 1012
.H'Ty..,-1 1 P-m- Monday,
for the funeral
STOROE a = comrade. LOUIS
At p rh?I2, .wa services at Calvary
ArlnWo, u ~wd "I' apd Grunt. South.
Arliribton. Va.. Monday. June *'i at 0
Cemetery terment AriinEton National j
WTT T taH pI n^lAJ!NING' Commander. 1
WILLIAM E RINK AdJutanr^ 20
" CLEVE. On Thursday. June 17
i,"; Emergency Hospital. CLEVE
Walk?rERf ,Ppv0,Pd husband Of Gabble
Walker, father of Ernest Walker, son of
Mav BnnerferTh2f1s5,- brotbpr of Fannie
5B5:1?r~K,r,andfatbpr of Peter Corley.
WantWou.Monroe Corlpy- Nathan and
H» fiso i}Y^kpr,uStPps<?n of Jack Thomas
He also leaves other relatives and friends
Remains resting at the W. Ernest Jarvis
;pbppa> chiRch. MTl You st n.w Fu
fh e " above d fun /rralC church.
Memoriaf^Cemetery I,ltprmPnl Lincoln
'VWBrinM5' ™*°™Y. Departed thls'hfe
Wednesday. June 1H, In.iT at Gallinger
Hospital timothy WILLIAMS "he b"
ovea son of Justine Williams. He also
BerMo l£.,R10,,rn ,bpir loss one sister
\Vi Ls' w1 onp hsothcr. Norman
williams, three aunts, three uncles and
ff'TfM other relatives and friends Re
mains resting at Euvene Fords funeral ■
bpmp IWI South Capitol st. until 4
P P’- Sunday. June 20: thereafter at his
late tesidence. fi Myrtle st. n e Funeral
Monday June 2 1. at. I p.m from Eb
enezer Baptist. Church. New Jusev ave
betwprn D and E Sts. n.w.. Rev F D
M?.mSr,0'! °fnna,linc- Interment Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery. oq
in mpmnrtum.
BCRROWS. GEORGE ENOCH. In sad but
loving remembrance of our dear husband
Rowe” ™ fr /’EORGE ENOCH BUR
H°'nS' departed this life June 10.
HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN. •
( Hll.ns. MARY S. In memory of mv be
loved sunt. MARY S. CHILDS, who rimd
rme yea.rs aco June 10. mis
barker D NIECE' IDA ».
FRENCH. MARIF. DAWSON. In loving re
our dear sister. MARIE
FRENCH who departed this
life four years aeo toriav. June If). JO-T-'t.
Deep in our hearts you are fondly re
membered.
Sweet happy memories cling to your
n a m r!
True hearts that loved you with deepest
affection
A1frmrW'11 love you in death iust the
HER LOVING SISTERS AND BROTH
r K 5. •
JOHNSON. ANNIE M. Denartcd this life
three years ago today. June 10. 10.'I4.
Some day we will join again in a bet
ter world.
HUSBAND. HENRY B. JOHNSON. •
SAVAGE. FLORA EDITH CROCKER. Tn
lovmE memory of mv dear daughter
FLORA EDITH CROCKER SAVAGE who
JunerYo umllfe f°Ur ytars BC0 today.
In my heart your memory lingers
You were loving. kind and true;’
There is not a dav that passes
That T do not think of you
HFR LOVING MOTHER. ANNIE H
CROCKER .
SCOTT. ROBERT D., JR. In loving re
membrance of our "SONNY." ROBERT
D. SCOTT. Jr., who departed this life
one year ago today. June ID. m.'lfi aged
s years.
We rannot say we will not ssv
That he is dead He is just awav
With a cheery smile and a wave of the
hand
He has wandered into an unknown land
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be siore he lingers there '
MOTHER AND DAD,
. Gone are the steps we loved so dear.
Silent, the voice we used tn hear.
Too tar away for sight or speech. '
But not too far for thoughts to reach. ,
GRANDMA JJjp GRANDPA. • ‘
MRS. ISABELL L. DERR
IS DEAD AT FAIRFAX
Wife of County Agricultural
Agent Succumbs to Short Ill
ness—Bites Tomorrow.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va., June 19.—Mrs. Isa
bell Lee Derr. 69. wife of Fairfax
County Agricultural Agent H. B. Derr,
died at her residence yesterday fol
lowing a short illness.
Funeral services will be held from
her late residence tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock, with Rev. R. Carter Max
well, pastor of Fairfax Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, officiating. Burial
will be in Fairfax Cemetery.
Born in Braldwood, 111., October 12,
1868, Mrs. Derr moved to Fairfax
County in 1909 with her husband,
where they have lived almost con
tinuously since. She was an active
worker in the local Methodist Church,
and had served as treasurer of the
Sunday school for the past 10 years.
She also was a member of Harmony
Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star,
Vienna, and of Pioneer Grange at
Masonville.
Besides her husband she is survived
by a daughter, Miss Grace Derr of
Fairfax, and four brothers. Joseph Lee
of Champaign, HI.; Dan Lee of Har
rington, Kans., and James Lee and
Jabez Lee, both of La Salle, HI.
MRS. ANNIE M. KAUS
DIES HERE, AGED 72
Funeral Services to Be Held
Today—Native of Alexandria
Lived Here 44 Years.
Mrs. Annie M. Kaus, 72, mother of
Milton F. and James E. Schwab, local
realtors, died Thursday after a long
illness.
Mrs. Kaus' first husband was the
late John Adam Schwab of Alexan
dria. Following his death she mar
ried Charles H. Kaus, who died about
a year ago. Mr. Kaus had been in
the hotel business in Braddock
Heights, Md.
A native of Alexandria, Mrs. Kaus
had been a Washington resident the
past 44 years. Besides her sons, she
leaves two sisters. Miss Sarah Roat
and Mrs. Elsie Steele, both of this
city, and a brother, William F. Roat,
Alexandria, Va.
Funeral services were to be held
today in the Episcopal Church of the
Ascension, with Rev. Dr. F. A. Par
sons, rector, officiating. Burial will
be in St. Paul's Cemetery, Alexandria
Va.
JOSEPH FISHMAN, 59,
DIES AT HOME HERE
Funeral Tomorrow for President
of District Tobacco &
Candy Co.
Joseph Fishman. 59, president of
the District Tobacco & Candy Co.,
Inc. wholesale dealers in tobacco,
randy and groceries, died yesterday at
his home, 523
Randolph street.'
He had been ill
about three
months.
Mr. Fishman
had been in busi
ness in this -.city f
since coming here
from Philadelphia
about 20 years
ago.
He is survived
by his widow.
Mrs. Ida Fish
man; a daughter.
Mrs. Nathaniel
Goldberg; six Mr‘ Fishman
sons. Dr. William Fishman, dentist;
Solomon. Louis, Albert, Sidney and
Daniel Fishman, and two sisters, Mrs.
Morris Alloy and Mrs. Zelba Klatzkin.
all of this city, and a brother. Joseph
Fishman, living in Poland. He also
leaves one grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at 1
p.m. tomorrow at the residence. Burial
will be in Adas Israel Cemetery.
SON OF DR. H. T. CORY
DIES OF CRASH INJURIES
Car Collided With Another Ma
chine Near El Centro, Calif.
Father Absent From City.
Harry Cory, 21. son of Dr. H. T.
Cory of the Federal Soil Conservation
Service, died last night in El Centro,
Calif., from injuries received when
the automobile he was driving collided
with another machine, according to
an Associated Press dispatch received
here today. The accident occurred
near El Centro
Dr. Cory, who lives in the Dupont
Circle Apartments, was reported ab
sent from the city, without having left
a forwarding address. Efforts were
being made to locate him. in order to
inform him of his son's death. He is
scheduled to return here tomorrow
night, it was learned.
FINAL RITES ARE HELD
FOR J.C. L. RITTER, SR.
Services Are Conducted at St.
Peter's—Burial in Mount
Olivet.
Funeral services for John C. L. Hit
ter, sr., 54, of 1511 G street southeast,
who died Thursday in Providence Hos
pital, were held today in St. Peter’s
Catholic Church. Burial was in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Mr. Ritter was general manager of
the Prince Georges Sand & Gravel Co.
at Silver Hill, Md., and long had been
a. prominent member of the Southeast
Citizens’ Association. At the time of
his death he was chairman of the
association's Sanitary Matters Com
mittee' and its Rivers and Harbors
Committee. He had been active in
numerous moves for improvements in
the Southeast section and formerly
was a delegate to the Federation of
Citizens’ Associations.
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RAPHAEL PARKER DIES
Services for Clinton Resident Will
Be Held Monday.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19.—
Raphael C. E. Parker, 61. of Clinton,
Md., died in Alexandria Hospital yes
terday following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held at his
ate home in Clinton at 9:30 o’clock
Monday morning followed by mass at
5t. Marys Catholic Church at Plscata
vay. Md. Interment will be in the
:hurch cemetery. Mr. Parker is sur*
dved by his widow,Mrs. Mary Young
’arker
! Dies
|-—ZZT-1
SIR JAMES M. BARRIE.
—A. P. Photo.
Barrie
(Continued From First Page.)
to sav and now he's dead. I suppose
I shall be dead shortly."
Met Davies and Brothers.
Thirty-five years ago Davies and his
three brothers were playing in Ken
sington Gardens when Barrie walked
through.
They made him one of their play
mates and told him their childish
schemes and secrets.
Thus was Peter Pan of stage and
story born.
When the boys' father died, Barrie
adopted them. Davies' son, 4 years
old, today's P^ter Pan, is Sir James’
godchild.
This afternoon a doctor who attended
Sir James announced: "Sir James
Barrie has passed away. He passed
away quietly and peacefully. There
was no pain."
Success Almost From First.
Unlike many writers who, at the
beginning, have had to struggle for
recognition, the career of Sir James
in the field of literature and drama
was a pronounced success almost from
the start and reached its climax in
1922 when he was decorated with 1
the Order of Merit, one of the most
select and coveted of British orders.
His early training as a writer b-fore
branching into literature was as a
newspaper man in Nottingham and
later in London, where he wrote for the
St. James Gazette, the British Weekly,
the Speaker and the National Observer.
Born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, May 9,
1860, Sir James was educated at Dum
fries Academy and Edinburg Uni
versity. His first book, "Better Dead.”
a satire on London life, was published
in 1887, and the next year he pro
duced "Auld Licht Idylls" and "When
a Man’s Single." While these three
books attracted some attention, it was
said that his genius as a writer was
first recognized and acknowledged with
the appearance of "A Window in
Thrums" in 1889. There followed,
"My Lady Nicotine” and the best!
known of his early works, "The Little 1
Minister," which, when dramatized by
Barrie, became one of the leading stage
successes and later had several re- j
vivals
His early works became better known
than the man, and thus Sir James
amazed London when at a time he
was being acclaimed he deserted the
city for his little native town in Scot
land. Modesty and shrinking from
publicity weie traits that charac- j
terized his entire life, and upon one
occasion in 1909, when it was first
rumored that he was to be knighted,
he dismissed an inquirer on the sub
ject with "I don't go in for that sort
of thing, you know.”
Other Hit Plays.
After the stage success of "The
Little Minister” Barrie produced many
other notable successes, including
"Quality Street,” "The Admirable
Crichton,” "Peter Pan.” "Alice Sit-by
the Fire” and "What Every Woman
Knows.”
The last-named was produced in
1908 and was followed by the greatest
disappointment in the life of Sir
James, his marital troubles, culminat
ing in divorcing his wife in October.
1909. He married in 1895 Miss Mary
Ansell, who had scored a' success in
his comedy, “Walker. London,” two
years previously. The divorce pro
ceedings came as a great surprise to
the friends of both, as they had ap
peared a most devoted couple. It
was said that the wonderful grasp
of feminine characteristics which !
Barrie had shown in his books and
plays had been inspired in some de
gree by his perfect agreement with
his wife. The author had offered to
forgive his wife and take her back,
but she refused and the divorce pro
ceedings and trial were said to have
been the most trying ordeal of Sir
James' life.
rronmann rrooucra nays.
Many of the stage successes of
Barrie were produced in America by
Charles. Frohmann, whom the author
regarded as one of his closest friends.
During Mr. Frohmann's numerous
visits to London the two Were in
separable. Maude Adams starred in
three of Barrie's plays in this country,
"The Little Minister,” "Peter Pan"
and "What Every Woman Knows."
A baronetcy was conferred upon Sir
James on June 3, 1913, upon the oc
casion of King George's birthday an
niversary, and the Order of Merit
was conferred upon him for his
service to literature and the drama
in the distribution of New Year's
honors in 1922.
Sir James was elected rector of St.
Andrew's University to succeed Earl
Haig November 1, 1919. Upon his in
stallation he delivered an address on
"Courage,” which was characterized
as one, the like of which had never
before been heard by a body of stu
dents. He revealed that a fanciful,
unruly person whom he called McCon
nachie, was his other self; that it was
McConnachie who really wrote the
plays and not the Sir James Barrie
known to all.
His ‘‘Writing Half.”
McConnachie—his “writing half—
he represented as an odd sort of person
who was likely to do almost anything,
and himself as a serious minded man
bent upon bowing to the conventions.
Concluding, he warned the students to
beware of McConnachie.
"You will all have your McConna
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chies," he said, “luring you off the
high road. Unless you are constantly
on the watch you will find that he
has slowly pushed you out of yourself
and taken your place. He whispered
to me Just now that you elected him,
not me, as your rector."
He was succeeded as rector of St.
Andrew's University by Rudyard Kip
ling, who was elected November 11,
1922.
While possessing the thrift of his
native Scotland, Sir James was said
to have cared little for money. He
was not much concerned about the
financial returns from his writings as
he was about their success with the
reading public and theater-goers.
However, his work was successful
financially as well as from the literary
standpoint, and up to 1910 he was
said to have earned upward of $3,
000,000 and that his royalties from
“The Little Minister" alone exceeded
$450,000.
Wrote "The Boy David.”
Until 1936, Sir James’ pen virtually
had been idle for more than a decade,
so far as plays were concerned. He
then wrote “The Boy David," which
had its premier in Edinburgh on No
vember 11. 1936.
The play, whose first showing the
author missed because he was kept
in bed by lumbago, scored a hit in
Scotland and repeated the record at
its London premiere on December
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14. Elisabeth Bergner, star of the
cast, answered a dozen curtain calls.
‘‘The Boy David” followed closely
the Old Testament story of David
through his conquest of Ooliath. Sir
James also wrote "The Two Shep
herds" In 1936.
Before the presentation of "The
Boy David" Sir James' most notable
work of recent years had been the
adaptation of "Peter Pan" for the
screen.
The film version was successful, but
the modest author objected to what
he thought was too much personal
advertising in connection with it.
Objected to Advertising.
Noting one night that his name
was blazoned in a huge electric sign
in front of the theater in which the
production was being shown in Lon
don, Sir James requested that the
advertising be abandoned.
"But, Sir James," the manager re
monstrated, “this play is going to set
the Thames aflre."
"Perhaps," the author retorted, "but
I don't want my name to set the
heavens aflre."
A little later he gave the perpetual
rights to "Peter Pan” to the London
Hospital for Sick Children.
In 1925 It was disclosed that Sir
James had lost the use of his right
hand.
He retained the love of the British
public through his long career and
any revivals of his plays met with
success.
He was honored in 1930, just after
his 70th birthday, by election as chan
cellor of Edinburgh University. At
that time it was rumored he might
be made a peer, but he let it be
known he did not want the honor.
In 1930 the manuscript of “Auld
Licht Idylls,” autographed by the au
thor, sold for $3,750 at a London sale,
the price testifying to the persistence
of the Barrie cult.
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MRS. MARY DORSEY DIES
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md„ Juae
19 </P).—Mrs. Mary Peterson Dorsey,
84, widow of the late William A. Dor
sey, died yesterday at her home at
Governors Run following a stroke of
paralysis.
A daughter of the late George Peter
son, she was a member of an old Cal
vert County family. Surviving are
three daughters, Mrs. Mary Ireland of
Calvert County, Mrs. Joseph G. Bond
of Calvert County and Mrs. £*>encer
Crane of Hartford. Conn.; a son,
George W. Dorsey of Prince Frederick;
a brother, William Peterson of Cali
fornia, and a sister, Mrs. Georg°
Broom of Prince Frederick.
Funeral services will be held tomor
row at Port Republic.
MRS. CLARA A. WELLS
DIES OF LONG ILLNESS
Funeral Will Be Conducted To
morrow Afternoon—Player
Rite Held.
Mrs. Clara A. Wells, 84, widow of
Harry H. Wells, former Morris, Minn.,
merchant, died yesterday at,the home
of her daughter. Mrs. George C.
Thorpe, 3218 Woodley road, after a
long illness.
j Besides Mrs. Thorpe, who is the
| widow of Col. Thorpe. United States
i Marine Corps, Mrs. Wells leaves an
; other daughter, Mrs. Charles H.
March, wife of Col. March, Federal.
| trade commissioner; three brothers,
I Charles and Hpnry Wo’.f, both of
Bird Island, Minn., and Edward Wolf,
Valley City, N. Dak.; six grandchil
dren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow afternoon at Morris. Brief
prayer services wrre held last night
at the home of Mrs. Thorpe.
FLOWERS
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The Man’s a Menace
Lucinda was worried about her 10.
year-old Sylvia going around with
"that terrible Mr. Roy.'' 0ut the found
him even more mtereiting than her
daughter did.
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