Life — June 16, 1910 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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“LIFE: 1105 arn HERE'S HOW ROBERT JOSEPH COLLIER Born June 17, 1876 Mr. Collier is the proprictor of Collier's Weekly. He is the son of Peter Fenelon Colher. He is, indeed. the son of an able man and the owner of an able paper. He has youth and good fortune on his side and we see no reason why he should not succeed. ‘We congratulate you, sir. upon your an- cestry and your advisers If the entire coun- try is not reformed in time under your ad- ministration we believe that it will be no fault of yours. In the meantime, we wish you many happy returns of the day CHARLES FROHMAN Born Jane 17, 1860 It has been said that a theatrical man ager is known by the companies he keeps Surely, then, Mr. Frohman is entitled to a niche in the gallery of dramatic immortals He began humbly as a ticket seller and went from thence through all the stages which lead up to proprietorship We know you. sir, to be a good fellow You have avoided many temptations May your good judgment and your ar- tistic sense continue to support you Congratulations! JAMES MONTGOMERY FLACG Born June 18, 1877 CHARLES FROM MAS AETAT 20 Various attenipts have been made by dry-as-dust journal- ists and amateur psychologists to chloroform Mr Flagg's genius and to exhibit afterward in much the same manner as the butterfly naturalist makes his display. He has been termed a satirist, an xsthete, a cynic and a moralist. But so far no attempt to transfer his color scheme to type has been successful He received his education in New York, England. Paris and St Louis. He has ex- traordinary humor, inimitable power at cari- cature and a delightful sense of color. As the treasurer of the Dutch Treat Club he has displayed a wonderful range in practical affairs. He has even been “ roasted by the New York Sun, thus making his fame secure. As an interpreter in line draw- ing of universal human nature he is unequalled Lire: salutes you, Mr. Flagg, as one of its most valued friends SAM WALTER FOSS Born June 19, 1858 We recall even now the old days of the Yankee Blade, when Mr. Fess’s poems appeared with regularity, to the de- light of the passing generation. He was the first American, we believe, who declared that it was possible to make a living from poetry Of late years he has not been so prolific, much to our regret. Mr. Foss is a graduate of Brown University: he has been connected with the Somerville library since 1898 and among his volumes of hu- morous verse may be reckoned Back County Poems. Whiffs from Wild Meadows and Dreams in Homespun. A worthy American humorous poet! Many anthologies attest thy merit and many readers even now simile at the recollection of “ And He Worried About It."’ Mr Foss. we hope that your Pegasus, tethered to the front gate, 1s but waiting for his rider. And may you mount him again'soon. We have need of you. In the meantime, we wish you well, and a long life HELEN MILLER COULD Born June 20, 1868 The law of compensation works even in families. ° Witness Miss Helen Gould, teeming with goodness and spending her énergy and patrimony. to alleviate the mis fortunes of others From the most miser able citizen to the government itself her charity has extended “Facile invenics et pejorem, et pejus mo- ratam Meliorem neque tu reperies, neque sol vider It is with a sense of peculiar gratifica tion, therefore. that we have the honor. madam, to wish that your days may be long in the land. Others have given more boun tifully but none more discriminatingly or gracefully than you have. We felicitate you upon your character and wish ny happy returns DANIEL CARTER BEARD Bora June 21, 1850 “ Dan" Beard, as his fricuds call him, is so many differ- ent kinds of things that it is difficult to characterize him in a single breath He was born in Cincinnati and laid the foundation of his love of na ture and his extraordinary familiarity with its varying moods and tenses by becoming a surveyor and civil engineer. But the artist in him was too strong, and in 1878 he came to New York and took such an active inter- est in the Art Students’ League that he rose to be its vice-president. Then Mr. Beard started his only and ori animal class in drawing at the Woman's School of Applied Design—said to be the first one_of its kind in this or any other country. It is perhaps due 10 the im petus of this school that we now have in this country so many animal artists. and that their work is preeminent. Not the least of these artists is Mr. Beard. His extraordinary animal creations have often interested and amused the readers of lire Mr. Beard also likes boys, and has written many books showing them how to work outdoors and to do many inter- esting things. In short, he is a sort of illustrated edition of John Burroughs We are very fond of you, “ Dan" Beard You a fellow. Here's good luck and a long life! JULIAN HAWTHORNE [Born June 22, 1846 Julian Hawthorne, as everybody knows. is the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne He was born in Boston. studied at Harvard and abroad and has’ since then written no end of books. He was the win ner of a ten thousand dollar prize offered by the Herald for a short story. and at pres. ent we would not dare state how many gold mines he has concealed about him We are pleased to account Mr. Hawthorne our friend He has been with us in. the days of doubt ahd in the dz #3 of prosperity, lending us his encouragement and cheering us on We regard him as a brother and we hope that his days among us will be long and profitable. Good friend, salute A Winner ES. Inkem got up a summer novel that immediately be- came a best-seller.”” “That so? Something new in the plot?'* “No But when it came to the page where he described the looks of the heroine he had his publisher insert a mirror "* comicbooks.com