October 21 Sunday – At the Hotel Earlington in N.Y.C., Sam wrote to Charles H. Clark upon hearing of the death of Charles Dudley Warner the day before:
“Bunce, Robinson and now Warner. I feel the stroke. He was one of the old, old friends. This is a bereavement, which falls heavily not only upon the family and friends but upon all the country. I wish to be at the funeral. Give me the date” [MTP: Hartford Courant, Oct. 22, 1900, p.13]. Note: the funeral was Tuesday, Oct. 23.
Sam also wrote to the Plasmon Co. asking them to send a doz. ¼ lb packets of Plasmon to the Earlington Hotel [MTP: Swann Galleries catalog, Oct. 14, 1999, No. 1836, Item 349].
The New York World ran Kate Carew’s interview of Sam:“My Impressions of America,” p. E5 [MTCI 364-67]. Note: Mary Williams, aka Kate Carew (1869-1960) was a caricaturist and interviewer.
The New York Times, p. 11, reported on a possible play by Mark Twain:
MARK TWAIN AS PLAYWRIGHT.
May arrange To-morrow to Collaborate with Sydney Rosenfeld.
At a conference which will take place tomorrow in the office of Daniel Frohman between this manager, Mark Twain, and Sydney Rosenfeld, the probabilities are that an arrangement will be entered into whereby Mark Twain and Mr. Rosenfeld will collaborate in the writing of a play which will be produced by Mr. Frohman some time this season or next.
The idea of a play by Mark Twain was conceived during Mr. Rosenfeld’s visit last summer to Vienna, where the author was living. They were introduced by an Austrian playwright, and Mark Twain expressed a desire to do some work in the playwriting line. It was then agreed that when he returned to America another conference should be had. Mr. Rosenfeld informed Daniel Frohman, to whom he is under contract, about his conversation with Mark Twain, with the result that the meeting to-morrow was arranged.
Mark Twain, however, declared yesterday that nothing would be done on this new piece until he is settled in comfortable quarters. [Note: See Apr. 22, 1898 for more on the play which was to be named The End of theWorld].