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Show His Own Death Notice Made Foe His Friend tributlons and forwarded to bis home for correction. When convalescent he was allowed to see the correspondence which had piled up und among It was the proof sheet. Sir Charles found his em my not only hud been eulogistic but particularly par-ticularly sympathetic and discerning. For years afterward this writer of the notice and Its subject were fust friends. London. Sir Charles Phillips, distinguished dis-tinguished art critic who died recently, recent-ly, hnd the unusual experience once of reading the proof sheet of his own obituary notice, thereby finding that the writer, who bad been a life-long enemy, could be fair In death. On the staff of the newspaper for which Sir Churles wrote art crltlelnms was another critic whose work In-vuriubly In-vuriubly clushed with I'M II lis. So antagonistic were their views they ceased to be on speaking terms. The day came when Sir Charles was seriously seri-ously 111, and, to be prepared for eventualities, his obituary was written, writ-ten, and by big old-time antagonist. This notice, by reason of Its slug line, "Phillips," nr.d through one of those accidents which happen on the best regulated newspapers, was mistaken mista-ken for one of Sir Charles' own con-1 |
