20 THE OMAHA DAILY BEU 8TTNDAT , MARCH 18 , 1808.
Progress of a Cartoon from the Artist's
Brain to the Printed Page.
LEGITIMATE LIMITS OF CARICATURE
Inlercnilnsr Talk * with Several of the
'Men ' Who Mnkp < the American
I'ulillc I.niiKli Five Xoln-
Mee nnil Their Work.
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The other day I dropped In to see C. 0.
Hush , the cartoonist. Rather I dropped up ,
for Bush occupies an elevated position la the
journalistic world In these days on the
fourteenth floor. I could not help
thinking that Bush's present situation
is typical of the change that has
taken place in the relation of
pictorial art to the newspaper world. A
dozen years ago the cartoonist had no place
In dally journalism. A little later he be
gan to get an odd corner here and there
on the Inside pages , and filled It In with
funny pictures. Today the cartoonists of the
big dallies occupy offices adjoining those of
the cdltoro-lo-clilef , and their dally pictures
are the subjects of careful editorial con-
ultatlon.
foot on the window ledge looking down Into
City Hall park as ho talked.
"There , " wlj ho pointing dowu : "sed
thwio street * covered wl.h mud I Do you
know that If that mud was to dry up to
morrow and bo blown about the strccto It
would breed disease and send the death rate
up , especially among the poor tenements
of the cast tide ? Tt.ut Is a legitimate sub
ject for a cartoon.
"Of course , I don't get nil my Ideas from
observation * ; some of them arc suggested
by conversation , and even by reading the
newspaper * . Whenever a subject appeals tome
mo as sufficiently Important I sit down at
my table and sketch It out. I seldom draw
a picture over , but let It grow under my
pencil until It Is completed. "
HIS FAVORITE CARTOON.
"Whut do you consider your best cartoon
teen ? "
"That Is hard to say. For myself , I like
some of the serious cartooai , like the one
I drew on the Klondike , In which the dead
miner was shown rtlll reaching out after
the gold. But tvjme of the more humorous
ones are , perhaps , better known , the thomaa
cat cartoon of Platt , for Instance.
" 1'U' telt you how I came to think ot that
curtoon. It was at a time when Platt had
gone up to Albany , supposedly In the In
terest of certain legislation. Depew waa on
his way home from Europe. Tliero was a
play running In one of the theaters Ju/it
then called 'Charley's Aunt , ' and It was ad
vertised by a lithograph of a cut , with the
caption , 'Don't do anything until you have
econ "Charley's Aunt. " ' I worked Plait's
likeness Into the thing , and changed the
legend to 'Don't say anything until you
have seen Platt. ' The thing made a hit , and
I don't think that It offended Mr. Platt ; In
w3AV I
.
"BUSH" BY HIMSELF.
When Bush left the New York Herald lo
accept service with the World it was a mat-
.ter of gossip along Newspaper row that the
glittering magnet which drew him there was
yearly salary of J15.000. Whether he
actually receives this amount Is , perhaps ,
known , only to Mr. Bush and hU employer ;
but It Is undoubtedly true that ho Is paid
a good deal moro then most newspaper edi
tors and several times as much as any car
toonist -would have dared to hope for a tow
years ago.
The man who has made so many famous
Americans laughable la not Imprceslve In his
personal appearanco. He Is a llttlo man
with a gray mustache , twlnkllns blue eyes
and : a head that I * saved from being bald
-on top only by a few bristly gray hairs. He"
has a nervous manner , and a face that shows
his 60 ycara and the hard work that has bcco
required to put him where ho Is today ; but
ho U a boy at heart , like every genuine
humorist. Perhaps It Is a llttlo unfair to
describe Bush ua a humorist , for some othle
best cartoons have been of a serious- nature ,
and ho himself told me that he viewed his
art In a wholly crtous light. Still , the
term cannot fall to fit the man who mode
that ridiculous , yet thoroughly good-natured
"thomas cat" picture of Platt.
BUSH'S IDEAS ON HIS ART.
"My Idea of a cartoon , " said Bush , pushing
aside hl drawing table , "la that It should
tell a story , and tell It so clearly as to make
the addition of any printed explanation un
necessary. Above all , If It Is to be effective ,
U must bo true , and It must Illustrate a
point BO familiar to the newspaper reader
that ho will appreciate Its truth at once. To
WVBUT THIS PBCTURE 'AND SEB HIS
SON.
my mirjJ , a cartoon fchould b an editorial.
If It has point , it undoubtedly does Influence
opinion , end U ought to do co. It U gen
erally admitted that people do not read the
editorial page as carefully as formerly , that
U la usually the last sheet In a newspaper
to receive atteutlon. They nnven'l time , or
think they haven't. But everybody has tlmo
for a picture. It can bo taken In at a glance ,
and If It Is true It will atlck In the memory
as no printed column over dofj. "
"What da you consider the legitimate
limits of cit'tooulug ' ? "
"Truth , " said Mr , Bush , sen tenuously.
"If a public official Is lax In'hU duty or
corrupt , or If hl policy is.oppojod to that
of the newspaper. It U ua Just to call at
tention -to that In u picture as In a printed
editorial. I do not believe in hard , unjust
cartoons or In caricature * that hold a pri
vate person up to unfair rldtaile. If a cartoon
teen to funny U should be good-humored
fun , and I have never found that the men
who are the subjects ot cartoons object tote
to to. There 1 * a great difference , you know ,
between a cartoon and an cxacgeratcd
comic. "
"Whore do you get the Ideas for your
pieturwr
Air. Buak * * 4 tee * UMUac wife WM
fact , ho has the original of the cartoon In
bis possession.
' 'Mr. Platt. by the way , " cald Bush , "Is
an excellent subject for the pencil. He has
a strong face , the prominent features of
which can be readily seized upon and repro
duced. Now , State. Senator Gwdy , the
Tammany orator , has a face like a round
rosy apple , and It Is hard to make a dis
tinctive picture of him. "
"When you .take . up a new subject how
do you treat him ? "
"Well , I study the man , or else hla per
trait , und then I endeavor to emphasize the
prominent and charactohUU ; features of.his
make-up. When I have once drawn a man
his face always remains In my memory , and
I never need a photograph In order to re
produce It afterward. That la a special fac
ulty , I suppose ; at any rate U Is the fact In
my case.
"I think the wt of cartooning haa Im
proved greatly In Its technique in the past
few years. The first newspaper cartoons
wore In reality only exaggerated comics , bus
now the cartoonist must bo a good draughts
man. The cartoon at the present time is
more dignified than formerly , and has less
of the element of rough < urlcature ; cartoonIng -
Ing has , Indeed , become a special and Im
portant field of art. "
Since the retirement of Nast and the
death of Joseph Keppler and Glllam , Bush
Is the oldest of the prominent American car
toonists. Young Keppler and Dalrymple of
Puck , Hamilton and Victor Glllum of Judge ,
Davenport and most of the others are close
to the thirty-year mark. They are an aarn-
est , enthusiastic , good-natured lot of fel-
Jowa , who are too busy with their work to
cultivate iho artists' eccentricities of long
hair and frayed coat-collara. They are bet
ter trained than most otthe early cartoon
ists , too , and are well fitted to 'carry on the
art established by those earlier workers.
DALRYMPLE OF PUCK.
"The first cartoon I ever made , " said
Louis Dairyinplo , whose pictures form one
of the moat entertaining features ot Puck ,
"waa printed in a paper called the Prairie
Chief , out in a llttlo initials town. . Draw ,
ing had always been second nature with
mo , and during the heat ot a local cam
paign I made a cartoon of a democratic
politician , who was -prominent in tbe
county. The Prairie Chief waa a demo ,
cratlc paper , but Its editor disliked the
subject of my sketch so cordially that ho
wont to Chicago , had it engraved on wood
and prloteJ It In his piper. That set me
off. I reasoned that If the Pralrlo Chief
would publish my pictures I would be all
right If only I could make my way to New
York or Philadelphia. So I went to the
latter city with a big roll of cartoons under
my arm aad made .fjo round o { the news
paper offlcsi. The editors were interested ,
but skeptical , until finally I struck the
shset callel the ChrMl-lo-Tlmcs , whlh WBA
then run by a man r.amoj Daly , an eccen
tric Individual , but a fine old Irhih gentle-
nwn. Ho was fighting the city government
tooth und r.nll nud ho took me up and
printed ray pictures. So far as I know that
waa the beginning of newspaper cartooning
In tLls coun ry.
"I think. " continued Mr. Dalryraple , "lint
tbo American sense of humor Is becoming
moro and mere ref-tisfl. and ttiat cartoom
are becoming moro dignified. I dcu't be
lieve that anybody nowadays can make a Cilt
by lerrcaontlnir a president of the United
Sttaca In the guise of a hog. The people
have a pride In the office- and person of
tlelr chief magistrate- which they don't
wl.ih to see insulted. Thiii doesn't apply
so much to political brssej or to men who
aie looked upon merely as politicians , but
In general my observation has been that
harsh , vindictive cartoons are not relished.
" .My conception of a political cartoon Is
that It is a political argument. It has a
serious purpose , but it It can be presented
with some clement of humor so much the
better. I get many of my subject * from
political editorial ! , or from toy own knowl
edge of the existing political situation.
"For Instance. thU picture of Croker's
Thanksgiving dinner" picking up a color
sketch that Uy on the table "corresponded ,
I think , to the situation- It stood at the
time. Platt , having been ( beaten , was in a
position where he would toe grateful for even
a , few crumbs. I worked this 13ea out one
afternoon , and , as you eee , the first sketch
do i not differ materially from the pub-
picture ot oounw I chugo my
pictures from the first drawings , but uiualty
I start out with tome central * figure , , aad
work out the acctisorlc * a * 1 go along
until the thing In finished. "
HAMILTON'S NOTEBOOK.
"Jt's hard to tell where I get my Ideas. "
said Grant S. Hamilton , the head of Judge's1
art staff. "I carry a little notebook about
with me , and whencvcrl I sec a subject that
A LI3A.F FROM HAMILTON'S NOTK
'BOOK. ' ( THE G'EItM ' OF JUDGE'S CARTOON -
TOON , "M'KINLEY'S VALENTINE. " )
aeems to have possibilities I Jot It down lor
future refcreace. "
Mr. Hamilton drew from bis pocket a little
book , the pages at which were filled with
all sorts of sketches , diagrams and noted.
"Hero , " ho said , es ho turned the leaves
rapidly , "Is one of my jottings. I was rid
ing down en the L train one morning , when
my eye lighted on a heading In a news
paper , something about Speaker Reed readIng -
Ing the rules of the house. That stuck In
my mind.
" 'Reed reading , ' I said to myself. 'Can't
I make something of that ? ' and I sketched
out this llttlo drawing , giving a rough repre
sentation of Reed's face formed from the
writing. A few weeks ago I was running
over my book , and the thought came to mo
that I might work In the president and use
Reed's picture as McKlnley's valentine. I
did so and the picture was published In tha
middle of February. The finished picture
and this first sketch Illustrate the ordinary
process of development that my cartoons un
dergo.
dergo.AN
AN ODD DOUBLE-FACE PICTURE.
"Several ycara ago J was In a hotel down
In Asbury Park , when I saw one of those
Englishmen whoso faces are to an American
as funny as any comic picture. Ho wore
a monocle and a llttlo black skull cap on
top of his bald head. Ho had Just a littel
fringe of Imlr on his head and a beard that
was carefully parted and brushed. As I
looked at that man I thought to myself ,
'Supposing ho had a son , what would the
son be like ? ' In a spirit of fun I drew a
picture which , when turned upside down ,
gave fcomo Idea of what the son might be
like.
like."I
"I had that In mind for two or three
years , determined to use It when occasion
offered. I did use It a few weeks ago , at a
time when Platt and Croker were supposed
to bo working with the eamo Interests In
view , representing them In the two faces.
"It's a peculiar thing that wo never can
tell whether a particular picture will make
a hit or not. or whether It will sell a single
extra copy of the paper. Some of those that
wo Ilko the least take best with the public.
I have noticed that , In general , good-natured
cartoons are better received than those that
are moro severe. It Is true also that the
cartoon In which the point Is most obvious ,
the one that can be taken In at a glance ,
Is usually best received. This applies to
educated as well as uneducated people. People
ple turn to a cartoon for relaxation. They
don't want to study oa It , and if it Is too
complicated they are likely to inlss the
point. Sometimes , too , a thing that seems
very obvious to the artist doesn't strike the
comprehension of the public. "
KEPPLER , THE YOUNGER.
Young Mr. Keppler , who has succeeded
hla father on the etaff ot Puck , Bald to me
the other day : "I believe that we are grad
ually , perhaps unconsciously , developing a
distinctively American school of cartooning/
Thomas Nast and my father followed foreign
models to a certain extent. Their work
showed their study of the Italian 'school.
Later cartoonists have gone forward from
their beginnings and are developing Ameri
can standards lor tha art. "
Mr. Keppler Is a serious-minded young
man , whose bcylsh face bears already the
stamp of maturity , and who looks out on
the world through a pair of colored glasses.
He has had a thorough art training , and Is
perhaps the best posted man In the country
on the history and development ot cartootv-
Ing In this country. Ho Is well qualified to
sustain the prestige which has descended
"ORTTINQ IDEAS" BUSH'S I3KBTCH OK TH'B ' CATlTOaVIST AT WORK.
to him with his name ; In fact , he Is doln ?
ED week by week In the pages of Puck.
A young man nho h a come out of th (
west and has startled tbo metropolis more ,
than ever by his bold caricatures Is Mr. '
Homer Davenport. Davenport Is ono of tbo
men made famous by Mark .A. Harms , for
ho was comparatively unknown until his
cartoons of the Ohio statesman began to ap
pear during the last presidential campaign.
"I got the Idea for my original Hanna
cartoon , " said Mr. Davenport , "from , the prev
alent association of Mr. Hanna with the
campaign barrel during that fight. I stud
ied his physique and dress carefully , and
emphasized certain features which , as I bo-
lleved , brought out his characteristics. J ,
believe that a cartoon Is Ilko a lawyer's ar
gument. Intended to score a point on ono
sldo or another of a case , and If it docs that
it Is successful. " EAUL W. JEAYO.
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place of imposing Increased taxes upon the
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vantages to the buyers ot b ki3 and ot
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connection with the efforts to brlns the
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the rest of the civilized countries. Thcso
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Occcgo Palmer Putnam , the first Interna
tional copyright association was organized In
this country. Something moro than half a
century was required before It proved prac
ticable to bring to bear upon congressmen a
prcnsure of enlightened public opinion suffi
cient to convince congress 'that the reform
waa one desired or required by their constit
uents. The act , which Is known as the Inter
national copyright law , bears date March 4 ,
1891 , and wont Into effect on the first of
July In the same year. The act did aot con
stitute a new statute , but comprised simply
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ute relating to copyright which had been In
FVance ultice July , 1S70.
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viously limited to the works of authors
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Idento of the United States , " were extended
to cover the proJuctlons of non-residents ,
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States. This provision Imposed a. new re
striction upon American authors , who had
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books manufactured on the other side of
the Atlantic. The manufacturing provision
did not apply to music or to higher class
art productions. Third , the book , to secure
American copyright , must be published in
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state only when the president had made
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necessary conditions of reciprocity had been
fulfilled by such state. The proclamation of
July 1 specified that the act was In force
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operations of the act : Germany , Italy , Portugal
tugal , Spain , Denmark , Mexico , Sweden and
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Britain , relations' which the supporters of
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American books. ' > , voro deterred from arrang
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iness or of the distinctive Importance of
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ago fiction the iuppljrs from English pens
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both sides of the Atlantic , who had Indulged
themselves in the belief that international
copyright was going to secure an extended
remunerative sale in two markets for 'books '
which had failed to obtain any substantial
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doubtful about his ability to read , should
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did not como to him with the" purchase of
spectacles. The English authors in particular
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course .arrange to glvo at his leisure an
"author's reading" to bis proofs.
I recall ono Instance of a popular Ameri
can story which , In a season prior to 1891 ,
was appearing as a serial In a New York
weekly paper .Flvo or elx Engllnh "reprint-
era" were putting the story Into type from
week to week on the Instalments reached
Great Britain , with the view of Issuing the
complete book Immediately after the receipt
ot the last pages of the text. One enterpris
ing Scqtcb publisher got the better of his
English competitors by having the final chap
ter of the story ( the chapter which the Amer
ican author bid planned to contain the
conclusion and the moral ) written by a
Scotchman employed for the purpose. Ho
waa able by this device to bring his volume
tate the market a week before tbo appear
ance ot tbo other a.ually unauthorized re-
prints , the publishers of which had Intendoj
to make their editions substantially com
plete.
GOSSIP AI1OUT .YOTUU 1MSO1U.I2.
The most Influential personage In Spain
during the present momentous crisis of Its
fortunes Is the queen regent , Maria Chris
tina. She is by birth an Austrian grand
duchess , a daughter of the Archduke Karl
Ferdinand and his second wife , the Arch
duchess Elizabeth. She was conspicuous In
her youth for beauty and amiability , and
haa shown during her < carccr in Spain that
she possesses keen intelligence and sobriety
of Judgment the best trails of the Hapa-
burg Lorraine house.
This year , for the first time , the celebra
tion of General Grant's birthday at Galena
will be marked by a memorial address de
livered by on ex-confederate , Judge Emory
Speer of Georgia , who thus answered the In
vitation sent to him : "I do not hesitate to
accept the invitation , and If I can give any
adequate expression of the carefulness and
honor with which the renown of that great
American Is cherished by his countrymen
who dwell in the southern states I shall be
happy indeed. " Judge Bpccr went Into the
confederate army at the age of 16 , and served
in the Fifth Kentucky regiment , which was
part ) of the famous Orphan brigade , under
the command of General ( afterward chief
Justice ) Lewis of that utate.
Fremiet , the French * culptor , has com
pleted 'the model for the colossal etutuo of
Ferdinand de Leceepp , which the Suez Canal
company ts to erect at Suez In memory ot
the French engineer. The statue will be
nearly ( twentyonefeet high ; It will repre
sent De Lessepa standing , draped in the
camel skin "burnous" which he was fond
a ! wearing In Egypt ; in the left hand he
hold * a plan unrolled , and with his right
is pointing to tbo entrance of the canal.
The statue will tie placed on a pedestal ,
ornamented with a large medallion and pro
file bas-reliefs of the khellvcg who aided
De Leteepg' work.
Miss Wlllard left only $17,000 , most ot It
In real estate ; the protatlng of her will re
moves all possible foundation for -tho always
Improbable rumor that this generous woman ,
who was forever giving away her money to
causes , bad accumulated a fortune. She
bought little real estate , whlh M now
'
worth $16,000 , and there will DO only $1,000
In money for her companion of many years ,
Miss Gordon. U Is fitting that her house
In Evanston , 111. , should revert to the
Women's Christian Temperance union , and
doubtlcsu that society will ultimately pre
serve the house as a memorial.
Claude Monet , the Impressionist artist , who
lives in the picturesque village ot Glvcrny , In
Normandy , is thus described by a corre
spondent of tbo Boston Transcript : "Monet
Is now a wealthy man. but the house ho haa
enlarged Is quite like that of the surrounding
peasants ; white plaster , with a red-tiled roof ,
narrow and low and long ; so long that It is
In Its length only that It shows Its superior
ity over Its neighbors ; for his family Is
largo. But though the house Itself Is sim
ple , the glory of it 1s In Its garden , and this
Is truly superb. Personally , lie la an inter
esting-looking man of about CO , strong and
rugged , thoiype of a refined peasant , and It
Is that that his clothes designate him to bo , for
ho wears the big , clumsy wooden sabots of
tha country , combined with the finest linen ,
with hemstitched ruffles at neck and wrists. "
Captain Silas Capcy , commandant of the
League Island navy yard , who has become
ranking captain In the navy , was graduated
from the United States Naval academy In
18GO , and was a master In the navy \\hen
the war broke out. From 1870 to 1873 ho
was on tbo Colorado , then attached to the
Asiatic nquadron. He was in command of
the battalion of sailors from the fleet In- the
Corean expedition and the axsault on Fort
McKee , Seoul river , In June , 1872. Since
that time ho has held many Important places.
Defore talcing command of the League Island
navy yard he was captain on board Admiral
SIcard's flagship , the New York. All told ,
Captain Casey's actual ica service covers a
period of nineteen years and nine months ,
three years and ono month ot which were
under his present commission.
It Is stated that there are now In the
United States 1,187 religious newspapers and
periodical ! with an average circulation of 12 , -
5CG copies thJ lotal aggregate amounting
to 14,91C,921. U may bo truly tuld that tha
religious prchd may always be found on tie
sldo of law , order Add public morals Mveil
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