New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1924, Page 16

JOSEPH CONRAD OF FICTION FAME DIES Was Famous Writer ol Stories of (be Sea Aug 4 mournad ne Bighepbourne, England Lovers of literature tod the passing of Joseph Llonrad, ¢ inent author of sea tales, Who divd Bis home here yesterday in hia §ith year, Dvath came suddeniy Mr Lonrad was apparently in normal heaith Saturday morning noon buauyer, Ve sulzod an Al tack of asthina, Which de such rapidity that his physician ads vised the use of oaygen, The 5L suffered mueh pain and worse during the night Al oclock in the morning while rusting \n a chair, auddenly eapired, his neart being unable to withstund the slvain Of the asthmatic attack Joseph Conrad, by nathvity hy choice an Englishmian, & sta captain, did not apuith AL 20, but lived to write a larg ber of superb novels 10 supple and maaterly Engllsh which enriched literature of the people of his adop- tion, This stupendous tact, the great- ness of his achievement, marked him Ae & man apart, His death takes one of England's trom sphere where now siands alone, In temperament he Wit definitely Siavonic, as & noielist he owed something to the groal [lius- wians, and he contrihuted his all to the Engiish tongue, 1n apite of the fact that in youih he had travelled widely, as a eallor and officer of ships, he never had touched the shores of North America unul he vigited this country last year. A Life of Adventure, At the age of 9, Joseph Conrad | Korzenlowski, on looking at a map; of Africa, pointed his tinger to the| mysterious heart of the dark con-| tinent and declared: “When 1 grow | up 1 shall go there” And 20 years \ater he stood at Stanley Falls. As| a lad he dreamed of the sea and longed to be a sailor. At seventeen he made the first of his voyages, thus | starting the first phase of his career, of the sea rover, which took to myeterious climes, many A e with elopud with novel grew he N Thomas Hardy that him myrlad dangers afloat and ashore. | Jor twenty years he sailed in all manner of ships to all manner of | places, working his way upward in the English merchant marine through all the grades until he held his mas- ter's certificate and took chief com- mand. In the fierce and undisciplined | fastnesses, on the edge of the world, | he saw nature's raw materiale, her impenetrable secrets, primitive peo- ples, and found her inexorable laws at work undisguised. His companions on these ventures were the ships, the sun, the winds, the great sea, and the unforgetable men Who tossing aloft in darkness, fisted | pellowing canvas while they gave back yell for yell to a frighttul wcst-‘ erly. He was one of them when they rriased death by a foot as they drove past a submerging iceberg in tse nigat, when they abandoned a burn- ing steamer in the Indian Qcean, | when he paced the paralyzed form of | the barque Otago becalmed in the Gult of Siam, all of the crew stricken with fever. During these seventeen | days of horrer on Lhe Otago he crossed the shadowline of youth. Many died. He lived to make bril-} liant passages as a commander, In| 1894 he left the eea tor good, having suffered much from the effects of jungle fever. He carried ashore with him & manuscript, the only on he had ever written, which revised and edited became his first book, ‘“Almayer's Folly." | Born In Poland. | Conrad was born in Poland in 1857, ew to borhood in Cracow where his tather, a man of distinguished family and much learning, sent him to the hest preparatory school and tutored him at home. In boyhood he head Hugo and other writers in French, and father's Polish transia- t'ons of Shakespeare, He read many sther books, including Dickens, Scott, Thackeray, history and voyages. | Three years he spent with his father | and mother in exile, his elders lu(-’ fering for their longing to wee Po-‘ land free of its oppreasors. When | he was 14 his father and mother| died of despair and disease, incident | tn their imprisonment. He then | lined with an uncle until he departed | for the life of a sailor. | Retired in 1896, When the effects of tropical tever had a&n undermined is strength that he had to leave the sea, he retived to & modest home in Kent. There he lived for twenty-eight years telling in hooks what he had sgeen and felt as a youth. giving his vision of the mean-| ing of the unknowable, depicting the struggle of man against the forces | of nature without and within him.| He created enthralling stories of the! seven seas and the strange lands to| he found by voyaging across them.| Much of his African adventuri presented in “Heart Darkness grastly tale. In “Almaya's Foliey” he revised in imagination a l‘rr(am; white man W brown savages had known. In Narsuaus of Lthe gathering rades of LWenly )ears on as Many ships and, togeiher, iaking them on the unforguitable passage in the Nar i Jim' eame out of the e he chipped s0 man) glowing g alqoe among ik of Malays, whom he ne Nigger of The A (ribute 1o the cornems of the hia vom sLAmed fou warth Logvther cissus. "Lor hoast W o her pila of treasure vuby of the Orlent UConrad had mareie the public yoars 4fter he had begun \ah his books which then yregiated only by crition and a It Jiseriminaling readers He had two sons, Borys who enlisted in tae lieillsh army 0 1914 at the age of 18 and asrved through all the war, and John, who was too young tor the 1 stru He lvares also his wi Joasle Conrad, who re contly guve ver trivnds “A Hand- ook of Cookery for The Bmall Houas" which bears a proface by “A modest but geateful Living Eaample from the 1 in 1808, Rex did not comw egnition by unii 10 pa up tie handful were ot The Pers and “The *‘Within A ‘Notea on Lite shadow Line," 1 Gold," and hia last novel “Phe Itover,” comprise the better known of Conrad’s books not men- tioned in the foregoing paragraphs. Conrad wus a great admirer Henrvy James to whom he Was closely akin in mueh that goes to make up inis #tyle, Trollups crops up frequently In his autobiographical pages. He lewrned much of his Mawiess English diction from the Bible, Jrom Flau- pert he mcquired his respect for the Record,” The aonal Letters,” Arrow of “mot Juste” and something of con-; struetion from Maupassant and James, Conrad immortal is one of that company of truly great Eoglish novs olists and he has lett a towering monument to posterity, Meredith and Henry James and Conrad have gone, | ‘fhomas Hardy remains the last eur- viver of a glorious eompany of whom {he most-stranga subtle and least un- daratood, I8 Conr Mias Mary spending a few weeks with her aunt, Mrs. William J. Sullivan, of 88 Lin- wood street. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. McEvoy i o P and children of 131 Maple street left | sirange oceans, and led him through | fiis morning for Boston, where lhu" will visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs, Joseph F. Crowley returned last night from their wed ding trip and will reside temporarily at | Prospect street, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Paul of § Take court, left vesterday for Cape Cod. The trip was made by motor. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Nelson left Saturday for a two weeks' vaeation which will be spent Quebec, Mr. and Mrs. Aaren Faul of Take court, left Sunday for Cape Cod. Mr. and Mrs. George Hollister, who | have been visiting at Fishers' Island, New London, and Norwich, have re- turned to their home in New Britain. | The Misses Doris Kilhourne, Fran- ces . Kasprow and Gertrude Johnson spent the week-end at Tndian Neck. Mrs. J. Kasprow of Maple =street, will spend the next two weeks at In- dian Neck, Branford. The Misses Dorothy and Ruth Cav- anaugh have returned from a week's atay at Indian Neck. Pave and Clarence W. Manning will spend the next two weeks at Tsle of Springs, Maine. FOR SALE Two family house on South High street, 14 rooms. Excellent loca- tion. COX & DUNN 272 MAIN ST, — John J. Tarrant Puncral Director and Embalmer 284 K. MAIN ST, Tel. 221-12 Upholstery and Repairing Residence 158 Jublice, Tel. 1451-2 ———m——— GARAGES TORENT FRANKLIN SQUARE FILLI TATION NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1024, and v station. | | ftor & doctor just aa Blit | Johnson were leaving \LOCAL MAN'S LIFE : SAVED BY MONKEY | ran”ic"the Sench where the' uncon: | selous form of Britinie waa iying on the sand. After working on the man | ter==' with the pullometer, he started o show signs of life and was laken to the New Haven hospital, He fully recovered the hospital and re turned to his home night, So today Hritinis s rejeicing that the monkey acted as he did, thereby| being the indireet cause for a doe | tor's presence at the beach when It/ alive | ¥ae 8 tter of life and death with Neel"'“"’ while Blitt is trying to deeide | on what dispoesition he will make of ythe pet that waa the Indireet cause of | his arrest ' | the Animal Took Bie Out of M Dovior Susunoned and Arrives o Hesusd Paul Kritinis The old saying about “an il wind that deesn’'t blow some good" was ens acted at Savin lock beaeh yesterday afternoon and as a result of a unique ehain of gureumstances, Paul Britinie, ib, of 60 Woodland street, is and happy teday, full of thoughta for a pet monkey that took a bite at its master at a very eppors tune ime for Rriinis, but ineppertune tor the master, | Ernest Blitt of West Haven, the owner of the monkey, was taking it for a ride yvsterday afternoon when the animal made a sudden snap at him. Wit taken by surprise, lost control of hie machine and it erashed | oith into An Auto coming from the eppo. 'ife and Drum corps waa awarded | site direction, A policeman was on firet cup for playing, modern class, | ihe scene immediutely and Blitt waa This gives the local corps the chams | arpested for operating without a )i- | pionship of the state, There were 47 conse, He was taken to the po drum corps In attendance at the| station and Dr. Edward R, Johnson Meel, James J, Bonney was awarded of New Haven was called to put up a & medal as first prize for Afing. Lond for his appearanes in court to 1Ay, i at A LOCAL FIFERS WIN, At the annual convention of New England Fife and Drum corpe held at Mariford, Saturday, under the aua-| pices of the Royal Drum corpa of that the local ¥, M. T. A, and B, [ Discover 1150 Cain | Armstrong, Mo,—A coin of green | |is spending |of Mr While theae proceedings were taks ing place, Bgtinia, who had been in Lathing, was®overcome and waa taken om the wa'er In an unconscious condition, Sergt, Tiernan of the West gold, hearing the date of 1150 and the image of Quéen Mary, has been turned up by the plow of P, W, Shif- fott, & farmer living near here, The enin also 18 marked by a cross and Walsh of Portland is| at Grandmere, | You Can Paper Any Roomfor $1t0$1.50 J}lst select a pattern from one of the 50 spe- cials we offer. 10 rolls sidewall and 18 yds. nice border to match, $1.00 and $1.50 per room All other designs 509 off. The R. M. Hall Co. 179-183 ARCH ST. New Britain, Conn. | Haven police was notified and he se- cured a pullmotop and was searching | 10 stars and has a ring soldered to it. HARTFORD HARTFORD ] We Have These Trunk Telephone Lines Patrons may now call ns direct on these wires without charge, Patrons in Windsor call 300 Patrons in New Britain call 8500 Patrons in Glastonbury call 200, Patrons in Manchester call 1500. WOMEN’S U. S. RUBBER | | BATHING | SHOES On Sale in The DOWNSTAIRS STORE —Don't go to the Shore or Lake for a dip without a pair of bathing shoes. How much rtore comfortable it is to have the feet vrotected! 78 a pair —is the modest price at which you may secure a pair of these fine rubber bathing shoes in black, red, blue and green, trimmed with white. Sizes 2 to 8, —Order these by mail—just state size and color preference and we'll send them to you wherever you are, Downstairs Store Shoe Shop 3 HE BLAUTY OF CONNEUTICUT WHITE tor fine carved work s well shown in this semi Exedra Cap Memorial. | When In Hartford Dine With Us || LOBSTERS, ‘Honiss Oyster House Co. | 25 CENTRAL ROW, Hartford at first to b ceived serious n juries, but in releasing him yesterday the hospital efficiale sald that aeth ing serious had developed or was an ticipated The condition of Miss Mary Culve daughter of Mrs Zoe M. Culver of 113 Main street, whe operated on for appendieitis at the New Britain General hospital Friday, was reporied as comfortable st the hespitai today Mr, and Mrs Charles W. Smediey and daughter, Joan and Miss Able K Dawson, returned from Grove Beach Saturday where they spent a two weeks' vacation, comp by the Misses {lin, Belle Kitson and Anna arty, the commities In charge The excursion commitiee of the Ladies' Auxillary, A. O, H, will meet in Judds' hall tomorrow evening at § o'clogk te complete arrangements for the annual excursion to Savin Rock Joseph Grogan was released yester- day from the New HWHritain general Winthrep Couneil, Sons and Daugh- | hospital where he has been under ters of Liberty, will hold & regular| treatment for the past few days fol- meeting Wednesday evening. Plans! lowing an accident In one of the will be completed at that time for the | playgrounda. The boy Was thought Mutual Automobile Insurance Home cooked lunches at Crowell's, | advt | Company Has Paid 259 Dividends Since Organization Personal Accident Insurance DeWitt A. Riley Co., Inc. National Bank Bldg, eBri- City Items Have the Herald follow you on your vacation, 15¢ 8 wesk, eash with order —advt, Miss Anna Deolan of Lawler street, Miss Mildred MeGrath of Daley av wue, and Mrs. Thomas MeGuiness of Washingten street wre spending thelr vacations at Myrtle Heach, Milferd jeve Miinm of Plainville | her vaecation in New Haven, Luneh at Hallinan's=-adyt | A son has been born te Mr, and Mrs. Karl Lockweod of West Hart. ford, Mra, Lockwood 1s a daughter and Mrs, George Traut of 1097 West Main street, this eity, The entire membership of Court Colomba, No, 7, Catholie Daughters of Ameriea, is expected 1o attend the annual outing of the siclety to be held Aug. 10 at Myrtle Reach Are rangements for the outing have been || Insurance Service On Your Vacation 0 PAPER WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE —HERALD— It Will Follow You Wherever the Mails Go For § 18c a week Before you leave for the Shore or the Mountains be sure to order THE HERALD mailed to you—It will keep you in touch with the news at home while on your vacation. Prepaid Subscriptions are required by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Consequently we cannot open charge accounts for summer orders CROWLEY BROS. IN PAINTERS AND DECORATORS 267 Chapman Street Estimates cheerfully given.on all jobs TEL 2018 . DENTISTS A. B. Johnson, D. D. S. T. R. Johnson, D. D. S. Gas—Oxygen—X-rays National Bank Bldg. NURSE IN ATTENDANCE CINDERS FOR SALE A. H. HARRIS —General Trucking— 99 WEST ST. TEL. 2919 CRAB MEAT, SHRIMPS, OYSTERS, STEAMING CLAMS Just the Cutest Little Bungalow right in the center of the city. You probably never knew it was there. It is on Camp street and the family would never sell if they weren’t going to leave town. See us about it. Store for rent on West Main street; also good sized garage or shop. CAMP REAL ESTATE CO. 272 Main Street Phone 843 Rooms 805-6, Bank Bldg. Temporarily Located At Opposite Parsons Theater THE OLD HOME TOWN HOLD ER | NEWT SHES BY STANLEY S1M.JUST A BIT DIZZY- ) THINC 1TS TH HoT SUN OR SOMETHIN = Meechan—St White Cut and Designed by JOHN F. MEEHAN . CONN. Mary's NEW BRITAIN 1808, Cor. UNION & CLARR STS, Open Evenings, Est, “We Sell Because We Excell.” STANLEY /%/////// - NO DOUBT “THE TWO CIGARS A CHICAGO DRUMMER GAVE STATION AGENT DAD KEYES HAD SOMETHING TO Do WITH HIS GO/ANG HOME FOUR HOURS EARLIER THAN USUAL ToDAY V7 , Z (Copyright, 1024, by NEA Service, Inc.)