Evening star. [volume], September 24, 1937, Page A-20, Image 20

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1 LEWIS CHASE
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Author and Scholar Will Be
Buried in Rochester, N. Y.,
His Former Home.
Funeral services for Dr. Lewis N.
Chase, 64, of 110 Maryland avenue
northeast, author and scholar, who
died yesterday in Garfield Hospital,
will be held Tuesday afternoon in
Rochester, N. Y., his former home.
Dr. Chase had made Washington
his home for the last five years and
returned here only two weeks ago from
Cambridge, Mass., where he had been
engaged in research at Harvard Uni
versity’s Widener Library.
He was an authority on Thomas
Holley Chivers, eccentric Georgia poet.
Author of ‘‘Poe and His Poetry,” pub- -
lished in 1913, Dr. Chase supplied in
formation to S. Poster Damon, Brown c
University English professor, for the n
latter’s book, ‘‘Thomas Holley Chivers,
Friend of Poe." and made selections of t‘
Chiver’s works for the Oglethorpe p
■'Book of Georgia Verse.” He and 8
Damon had been collaborating on a
four-volume work on the life and a
works of the Georgia poet when ill 1
health forced his retirement two years £
ago from the Brown faculty. C
Native of Maine. {
Born in Sidney, Me., Dr. Chase I
ipent his early life in Rochester, N. Y., t
. and was educated at Rochester, Stan- l
, ford and Columbia Universities, re- j
Scholar Dies .
DR. LEWIS N. CHASE.
hving his A. B. degree at the last
amed institution in 1895. The nex
?ar he spent touring the country witl
le famous Creston Clark Company
laying Shakespearearv and other le
itimate roles.
Returning to Columbia, he receive*
master of arts degree in 1898, an*
te degree of Ph. D. in 1903, havinf
udied, meanwhile, at Harvard an*
irenoble, France.
From that time until his retiremen
•om Brown, he lectured, and, taugh
nglish literature at universitie
iroughout the world, including thi
diversity of Bordeaux, France
luslim University in Aligarh, India
Peking National Normal University In
China, and the Universities of Louisi
ana and Wisconsin.
Edited Text Boaki.
While in the Orient, he helped edit
text books on Western literature for
Indian and Chinese students. He also
was author of “Bernard Shaw in
Prance” and co-author of a recently
published book, “The Best of Swin
burne." He had written a treatise
on the English heroic play of the
Restoration period.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Emma S. Chase, and two brothers,
Prank P. and Harry B. Chase, both
of Riverside, Calif.
FARLEY WILL REMAIN
UNTIL AFTER ELECTION
New York Newspaper Says He
Will Probably Retire to
Private Life Later,
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 24—The
New York Post said yesterday it
had learned Postmaster General Par
, ley would remain in the cabinet at
i least until after the November election,
, when he probably will retire to private
■ life.
The Post quoted Parley as saying
i he was considering several ofTers from
[ business concerns, but had not reached
: a decision as to which he would ac
[ cept.
One of the offers, it is understood,
came from the Pierce Arrow Co.,
which is said to have asked Parley to
accept the presidency of the concern.
. Parley and his entire staff left
Albany yesterday and could not be
reached for comment.
BREAD PRICE RISE
DRAWS PROTESTS
£50,000,000 a Year Added to U. S.
Public’s Food Bill, Govern
ment Economists Say.
By the Associated Press.
Government economists protested
Against increased bread prices today,
declaring the boosts had added $50,
000,000 a year to the public’s food bill.
D. E. Montgomery, consumers’ coun
sel of the Agriculture Adjustment Ad
ministration, contended the increase
had been made “in spite of relatively
low wholesale prices of bread in
gredients."
He conceded hourly wages and total
pay rolls in the baking industry were
LS. V., -1 n i.X/A J. , OXUJT J
higher than a year ago, but added:
’^Available labor cost figures Indi
cate that wages account for only a
part of the enlarged spread between
Ingredient costs and wholesale bread
prices.
Economists under his command
based their calculation of the added
cost to the public on an estimated an
nual consumption of 10,000,000,000
loaves.
Montgomery said a survey of retail
bread prices in 51 cities showed the
pound loaf was half a cent higher on
August 17 than a year ago and was at
the highest level In seven years.
Carrie Northey Die*.
OAKLAND, Calif., September 24 </P).
—Carrie Northey, 72, known on the
stage as Caro Roma, who composed
the song, “Can’t You Hear Me Call
ing, Caroline?’’ died here yesterday.
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