EATON, THEOPHILUS

(d. 1658), Eng. colonist; one of founders, and first gov. of New Haven, Ma . 1638. (1878), American journalist and author; b. Malden, Ma . He graduated at Harvard in 1900 and entered newspaper work as a reporter on the Boston Journal. He was connected with the dramatic department of the New York Tribune 1902-07 and for two years 1907-08 was dramatic critic on the New York Sun. From 1909 to 1918 he was dramatic critic of the American Magazine. His publications include Boy Scouts of Berks hire, 1912; The Man Who Found Christmas, 1913; Boy Scouts of the Wildcat Patrol, 1915; Plays and Players, 1916; Green Trails and Upland Pastures, 1917; Echoes and Realiites, verse 1918; In Berks hire Fields, 1919; and On the Edge of the Wilderne , 1920. He has also lectured widely on dramatic subjects. In 1923 he was an instructor in the Columbia University School of Journalism. Amer. soldier; consul to Tunis, 1790; me expedition in Tripoli in 1905; too ern a. painter. 3B. in Phillips burg, Que., of American parentage in 1849. At an early age he moved to New York where he studied art at the National Academy, and later at the Beaux Arts, Paris, and under Gerome. His early work shows the influence of Millet with whom he was for some time a ociated. His models were later the old masters. He excelled in portraits. Among the most notable are Mrs. Richard Watson Gilder, W. C McDonald, and Timothy Cole. He was a founder, and 1st secretary of the Society of American Artists. Among his important paintings are ‘Harvesters at Rest’ 1876,(Smith College), and ‘Harvest Scene’ and ‘Reverie’ in the Montreal Gallery.