That would be the one I was thinking about: "Mr. Clemens, in an
embroidered robe de nuit, lay on a bed. his head propped up with two
pillows and a bolster.... explaining that on Sunday very often he
didn't get up until Monday." This would have been Sunday, 7 December
1884, at the Powers Hotel, Room 222. George Cable was roomed on a
different floor.
On Wed, 2017-07-12 at 10:41 -0700, Leslie MYRICK wrote:
> There was an encounter between a reporter and Mark Twain in bed in
> Dec
> 1884: "Mark Twain Encountered." Rochester *Herald*, 8 Dec 1884, 8.
> It's #24 in Gary Scharnhorst's compilation.
> Leslie
>
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 9:58 AM, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]
> >
> wrote:
>
> >
> > The photo spoken of by this thread's respondents, and as noted, is
> > from
> > Twain's 1895 tour. The request, as worded, was for something from
> > the
> > Cable tour. I do vaguely recall something about Twain's
> > entertaining
> > reporters from his bed - but no photographs. My own collection of
> > reviews and notes from the Cable tour is not indexed and after a
> > brief
> > scan through it, I found no mention of such an event.
> >
> > On Tue, 2017-07-11 at 20:07 -0700, Arianne . wrote:
> > >
> > > A few months ago, I saw a photo graph of reporters gathered
> > > around a
> > > bed
> > > with Twain in it being interviewed. It MIGHT have been in
> > > Cleveland. He
> > > was so tired, article said, that he didn't feel like getting up
> > > for
> > > the
> > > reporters. He talked about being a twin, which is a subject I
> > > talked
> > > about
> > > in my 1963 Master's Thesis, Alas, I haven't heen able to find
> > > that
> > > interview with that picture since. Does anyone know what I'm
> > > talking
> > > about
> > > so that they could guide me to find it again?
> > >
> > > THANKS for any help.
> > >
> > > Arianne Laidlaw
> > >
> > --
> > There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are
> > dreamt of
> > in your philosophy.
> > http://bscottholmes.com
> >
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