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Show A Line o' Type Or Two Author Dies in Chicago America's Foremost Humorist, Beloved by Thousands of Readers, Succumbs to Pneumonia CHICAGO, March It (By United Preaa).- "B. U T." la dead. Th Chicago Tribune s oolumn eon-duetor eon-duetor Kertram tstoa Taylor on of America's fortmoat humorists, known and loved by thoussnda ef newapaper reader. passed away today. II waa III tw week from pneumonia pneu-monia He kept ap hi column long a he had strength to continue, the laat appearance of hi work being on' Tuesday. In the last few "columns" h referred re-ferred Jokingly lo th Illness which reunited In bis death. j Tsylor edlied "A Una o' Type or Two" In th Tribune fur fifteen year. I He wai. regarded s th dean of America' column conductor. Thouaanda of contributors In all parte of th world sent paragraphs I for his column. To "make the Una" waa an honor and a privilege for which some of the leading literary lights of ths country strove. All contributors masked their Identity with pseudonyms. pseu-donyms. Tsylor contributed to msny maga-1 slnea and tha author of aeveral hooka Including the "Well in thei W.iod." the "Charlatan" "The Pipe-1 smoke Carry" and "Motley Meaaurea." lleeldea hia widow, he la survived by two children -llurhHra. I year old. for ' whom his "Hub's llallsds" wer writ, ten. and Alva, t4. Taylor was born In (Inahen. Mass.. In 1SC. Arter siudvlng at the Cullece of the City of New York, he entered newapaper work, aervlng hia apprenticeship appren-ticeship on several amall Kastern weeklies. week-lies. He later became editor of a newapaper newa-paper at tlreenf leld. N. II. He came Weat In DM and was editor of the Duluth News-Tribune for three yeara. In he came to Chicago and conducted a column for th Journal until un-til I'lOl, when ha lolned tha Tribune jatnff. editing th "Une o' Type or Two." I In 103 he went to New Tork and he-came he-came a contributor to Puck and the I Hun, remaining there until 10H. when I he returned to Chicago and resumed "the line." His dnlly mall waa volumlnoua, htin-dreda htin-dreda of cnntrlbtitlona arriving representing repre-senting prarticslly every atste In the union and foreign countries. |