Saturday, October 26, 2019
What The Cartoonists Are Doing, September 1914, Vol. 6 No.3
[Cartoons Magazine, debuting in 1912, was a monthly magazine
devoted primarily to reprinting editorial cartoons from U.S. and foreign
newspapers. Articles about cartooning and cartoonists often
supplemented the discussion of current events.
In November 1913 the magazine began to offer a monthly round-up of news about cartoonists and cartooning, eventually titled "What The Cartoonist Are Doing." There are lots of interesting historical nuggets in these sections, and this Stripper's Guide feature will reprint one issue's worth each week.]
THE MONTH’S CARTOONS
The past month had subjects in profusion for the cartoonist's pen. Of these, the situation in Europe, which seems to portend an almost inevitable world war, was the great, overshadowing event, and cartoons on this subject have ranged almost from the sublime to the ridiculous. The grim war god; the death's head trapped up in military accoutrement; the trembling peasants on one hand, and the powers represented as small boys in a vacant-lot scrap on the other. It is a situation that will key the cartoonists up to concert pitch again, and cartoon history of the event will be well worth watching.
Huerta's resignation apparently closes a chapter in Mexico, and with the eyes of the world now on Europe, Mexican affairs will assume small importance.
In addition to the Mexican situation there have been revolutions in Santo Domingo and Haiti which have required the watchful eye of the United States; interesting political campaigns in New York and Pennsylvania in which the cartoonist's friend, Colonel Roosevelt, has figured prominently; the report of the Interstate Commerce Commission on the New Haven smash-up; the pending treaties with Colombia and Nicaragua; and the conversion of Secretary Bryan to the cause of equal suffrage. Other topics that suggested themselves were the demonstration of the anarchists in New York; the Caillaux trial in Paris, and the recall of George Fred Williams for speaking too freely on the Albanian question. The Jones bill for the emancipation of the Filipinos has been widely discussed; the antitrust bills have been pending in the senate; the railway-rate decision has been momentarily expected; problems of Asiatic immigration have come up, and an administration measure for sealing the “pork barrel” or limiting the harbors-and-rivers appropriation has been talked of.
With all this material, the cartoonists certainly need not have lacked inspiration, and their work on the whole has been most creditable. Many overlooked such opportunities as the “pork barrel,” the Japanese bogey, the trouble in the black republics, and the Filipino question.
THE HOME CLUB’S CARTOONS
One of the unique features of the Home Club at Washington, D. C., organized to promote coöperation among the members of the various bureaus of the Interior Department, is the “cartoon room.” Among the cartoonists who have contributed originals are Clare Briggs, of the New York Tribune; McKee Barclay, of the Baltimore Sun; N. L. Collier, of the Chicago Journal; Nelson Harding, of the Brooklyn Eagle; Rollin Kirby, of the New York World; E. W. Kemble, of Leslie's Weekly; Fred Morgan, of the Philadelphia Inquirer; George W. Rehse, of the New York World; W. A. Rogers, of the New York Herald, and A. G. Racey, of the Montreal Star.
The clubhouse is one of the finest old mansions in Washington, formerly the Schuyler Colfax residence. Of the purposes of the Home Club, Secretary Lane writes: “There is no caste line or snobbery in the institution, and for the first time members of the different bureaus are becoming acquainted with each other. I organized the club in order to show people of moderate salaries what could be done by coöperation. We have 1,700 members, and the club is maintained on dues of fifty cents a month.
“We have a billiard room, card rooms, a library, and a suite of rooms for ladies. We expect soon to have bowling alleys and a tennis court, and possibly a country club annex, where members and their families may spend their summer vacations at little expense. This experiment, I believe, by bringing the many employes together, has done much to increase the efficiency of the work of the department.”
DEFENDS THE FLAG
The following letter from A. E. Sturdivant, of Beloit, Wis., called forth by the action of the American Flag Day Association in protesting against the use of the Stars and Stripes in cartoons, as reported in the July number of Cartoons Magazine, is published without further comment:
“Though I am not a cartoonist, yet I dislike the attitude of the American Flag Day Association when they objected to the use of the flag by the cartoonists. Some persons act as if the cartoon were one of the most vulgar things in existence, and seem to think that if the dear old flag were to be shown in one, it would be an insult near to having the flag trampled in the dust.
“A good cartoon will many times go deeper and reach farther than a long, carefully written exposition, and if the cartoon has any connection at all with the flag, the addition of the beautiful tri-colored banner adds sentiment to the picture.
“Take, for instance, the drawing of Kettner's in the July Cartoons entitled 'The Popular Ones Now'. The flag as shown is but a tiny ornament on the girl's hat, and yet is the life of the picture story.
“There are a few people who will swallow an elephant and never bat an eye, but who would complain if they had to tackle microbes. They will allow the flag to be displayed upon buildings and other places which are disgraces to the American public, and yet they have a fit when they see that same flag waving in a cartoon.”
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A cartoonist calls Mr. Bryan “the Protocol Son,” and all our scruples against capital punishment vanish like a flash.— Columbia State.
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“The cartoonists who essayed to place the blame for the failure of the Claflin Company on the Wilson Administration, not only failed to hit the bull's eye, but missed the target entirely,” declares the Charlotte Observer.
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Carl Zamloch, a former baseball pitcher and sports writer, has joined the staff of the Rocky Mountain News as a sports cartoonist. He will accompany the Denver “Bears” on their tours, while Gene Fowler will supply the text for his drawings.
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“We sometimes doubt the accuracy of the cartoonists,” says the Montgomery Advertiser, “when they picture a boy in a stream or a pool on the banks of which stands the ominous legend: “No Swimming Allowed.’ Very few swimming holes are in the shadow of the forbidden sign.”
WOMEN AND CARTOONS
Anent “Billy” Ireland's statements in the July Cartoons that the woman in politics can't bear to be made the subject of a cartoon, the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser remarks: “This is a serious matter with the cartoonists, as well as with other people, for since woman seems bent on de-manning the male of the species and taking his epaulettes for her own snug, white shoulders, it is well to consider her weaknesses. . .
“At Ireland's suggestion Cartoons Magazine of Chicago will print a few letters from American cartoonists' setting forth their views on this subject. They will say whether or not they think a woman can stand to be caricatured as are our American men politicians. We believe these discussions will show conclusively to the doubting Thomasettes that the cartoonists will find themselves on dangerous grounds the moment they begin to hold up to ridicule our lady politicians.
“A woman can't stand ridicule—few men can bear it, as for that. But above all, a woman takes more pride in her personal appearance than man does. She would resent more deeply the profane touch of the cartoonists than does man.
“The average American politician is thick skinned. While sharp ridicule, either literary or pictorial, stings him and withers him, he will not make a scene. Often a politician enjoys a look at a caricature of himself, even in the opposition paper. Criticism may irritate him, but it does not crush him. But sharp criticism of a woman crushes her, infuriates her, and the cartoonist who dares to picture her in extravagant lines, will have trouble.
“Woman in politics will ask for the same consideration she now gets without demanding it. She will not get it; all theories to the contrary notwithstanding. If she puts herself on the same plane with man, she must share a man's lot.”
A NEW CARTOON BOOK
Lew W. Tower, cartoonist of the Grand Rapids News, and Ray Barnes, cartoonist of the Grand Rapids Herald, have compiled a cartoon book of the leading merchants and professional men of that city. The book contains 150 cartoons, the drawings being different from the usual character sketches in that they not only depict a faithful portrait of the subject, but surround the subject with a group of biographical drawings, illustrating some hobby or avocation. The book is bound in genuine morocco with a gold-leaf title, and is called: “Builders of Greater Grand Rapids in Biographical Caricature.” An exhibition of the original drawings was held in August at the Grand Rapids public library.
THE TROUBLES OF “HANSI”
Concerning the prosecution by the German government of the Alsatian cartoonist Waltz, or “Hansi,” whose recently published book entitled “My Village” held up German officers and officials to ridicule, and convulsed all Europe with laughter, the Brooklyn Citizen says editorially:
“It was frankly a call to Alsatians to be ready when the great day of the 'Revenge’ dawned. Just at present the German authorities are keenly susceptible to all French propaganda in the lost provinces and ‘Hansi's' book was formally declared contraband and its author prosecuted.
“The German court condemned him to a year's imprisonment. Before being taken to prison the authorities allowed him twenty-four hours to settle his affairs. He took advantage of his temporary liberty to flee to Belfort, across the frontier, and once on French soil, he added to the gaiety of Franco-German politics by sending a pert telegram to his judges. His case has aroused widespread indignation in France, and he has been everywhere welcomed as the victim of German oppression.”
SOCIALISM AND CARTOONS
Upton Sinclair, the socialist, who was sentenced to prison on a charge of disorderly conduct growing out of the silent picketing of the Rockefeller offices in New York, expressed an original view of certain cartoons recently in his criticism of Judge Crain's decision confirming his jail sentence.
The decision, he declared, was inconceivable. If it were upheld, he said, it would be the end of free speech and of public life.
“Take cartooning,” he added. “Obviously after that decision, no newspaper dares publish a cartoon tomorrow morning. If any of them do, I shall at once call the attention of the nearest police captain to the offense and the editors and publishers will at once be taken to jail. Drawing, printing and selling a cartoon are a form of ‘doing,' and they are necessarily public, and their purpose is to rebuke a citizen by subjecting him to ridicule or insult.
“In Harper's Weekly of four or five weeks ago, appeared a terrific cartoon, representing John D. Rockefeller as a hideous old creature crouching and watching through a spyglass the smoking ruins of Colorado, and there is the caption, “Hell from beneath is moved to meet thee at thy coming. Now can any judge hold that this cartoon does not publicly rebuke a citizen by holding him up to ridicule or insult, and note that it makes not the least difference whether what the cartoon alleges be true; it makes no difference that Rockefeller has admitted under oath his full responsibility for an approval of the hideous crimes in Colorado. It is likewise beside the point whether the thing sought to reprobate was or was not responsible; nor will the outraged law wait until Mr. Rockefeller makes complaint. It will not leave him to sue for libel, but will send at once to the offices of Harper's Weekly—now that the law has been made clear—and arrest Mr. Hapgood for “using threatening, abusive, and insulting behavior.”
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Says the Helena Independent: “Some mollycoddle cartoonist at Washington the other day drew a picture of Uncle Joe Cannon without a cigar tilted at an angle of 45 degrees. Must be a nature fakir.”
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Charles Voight, who is responsible for Gink and Dink, Uncle Petey, and other comic characters, has been spending the summer in Europe. While on the Continent he made a series of pictures for the American papers, showing Gink and Dink and Uncle Petey in their new environment.
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Roosevelt is now wearing huge tortoise rimmed glasses. “Evidently,” suggests the Harrisburg Patriot, “he is trying hard to improve on some of his cartoons.”
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Burt R. Thomas, cartoonist of the Detroit News, is back at his drawing board after a vacation spent in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in eastern Washington.
THE BLOODTHIRSTY OLE MAY
If the mediation conference at Niagara was not a failure, it was no fault, according to the Dayton News, of Ole May, cartoonist of the Cleveland Leader. In a recent editorial the News accused the Leader of doing all in its power to halt the mediation proceedings through its cartoons. It cites a “well-drawn picture of a Frenchy-looking foreigner standing on a station platform, looking down the track, exclaiming: "Ah, it iss caming, with a sign reading ‘Express to Nowhere' painted at the side of the platform.”
“Why such eagerness to stop the proceedings that halted bloodshed?” continues the News.“Why do they want to put things back where they were in April, when it looked as if thousands of American boys would have to be sent to horrible deaths in that country on which God's curse seems to abide?
“It is inconceivable that a newspaper should be so vile as to wish for an unfavorable outcome of this war in order that the administration of President Wilson might be discredited.
“The men who conduct the Cleveland Leader, for example, are not cruel, not bloodthirsty, not vindictive. They must be honest in their motives.
“But how, under heaven, do they dope it out?”
REMEMBER THE DOG
A recent cartoon by Chapin in the St. Louis Republic, entitled “More Watchful Waiting,” portrayed a family dog sitting disconsolate on the front porch of his master's home, while on the closed door was displayed the legend: “Gone on our vacation.”
This cartoon, as the St. Louis Times remarked, was “worth a whole barrel of sermons.” The Times, rallying to Mr. Chapin's support in defence of the dumb animals, said editorially:
“There are plenty of people—people who consider themselves kind and considerate, and who would sniff the air if they were told that they were not quite civilized—who go away and leave the house alone without making any but the most offhand provision for the dog that is such an important part of the household when the family is all home. And, of course, this applies to the household cat, too. Who's to blame, in such instances, when the dog, driven insane by thirst and hunger and bewilderment, runs amuck and terrifies the neighborhood, and perhaps bites one of the neighbor's childen? It isn’t honest to teach the dog to rely upon you, and to forsake all others for you, and then to fail him. If you're going away this summer, take a hint from Chapin, and make humane provision for your dog."
In November 1913 the magazine began to offer a monthly round-up of news about cartoonists and cartooning, eventually titled "What The Cartoonist Are Doing." There are lots of interesting historical nuggets in these sections, and this Stripper's Guide feature will reprint one issue's worth each week.]
THE MONTH’S CARTOONS
The past month had subjects in profusion for the cartoonist's pen. Of these, the situation in Europe, which seems to portend an almost inevitable world war, was the great, overshadowing event, and cartoons on this subject have ranged almost from the sublime to the ridiculous. The grim war god; the death's head trapped up in military accoutrement; the trembling peasants on one hand, and the powers represented as small boys in a vacant-lot scrap on the other. It is a situation that will key the cartoonists up to concert pitch again, and cartoon history of the event will be well worth watching.
Huerta's resignation apparently closes a chapter in Mexico, and with the eyes of the world now on Europe, Mexican affairs will assume small importance.
In addition to the Mexican situation there have been revolutions in Santo Domingo and Haiti which have required the watchful eye of the United States; interesting political campaigns in New York and Pennsylvania in which the cartoonist's friend, Colonel Roosevelt, has figured prominently; the report of the Interstate Commerce Commission on the New Haven smash-up; the pending treaties with Colombia and Nicaragua; and the conversion of Secretary Bryan to the cause of equal suffrage. Other topics that suggested themselves were the demonstration of the anarchists in New York; the Caillaux trial in Paris, and the recall of George Fred Williams for speaking too freely on the Albanian question. The Jones bill for the emancipation of the Filipinos has been widely discussed; the antitrust bills have been pending in the senate; the railway-rate decision has been momentarily expected; problems of Asiatic immigration have come up, and an administration measure for sealing the “pork barrel” or limiting the harbors-and-rivers appropriation has been talked of.
With all this material, the cartoonists certainly need not have lacked inspiration, and their work on the whole has been most creditable. Many overlooked such opportunities as the “pork barrel,” the Japanese bogey, the trouble in the black republics, and the Filipino question.
THE HOME CLUB’S CARTOONS
One of the unique features of the Home Club at Washington, D. C., organized to promote coöperation among the members of the various bureaus of the Interior Department, is the “cartoon room.” Among the cartoonists who have contributed originals are Clare Briggs, of the New York Tribune; McKee Barclay, of the Baltimore Sun; N. L. Collier, of the Chicago Journal; Nelson Harding, of the Brooklyn Eagle; Rollin Kirby, of the New York World; E. W. Kemble, of Leslie's Weekly; Fred Morgan, of the Philadelphia Inquirer; George W. Rehse, of the New York World; W. A. Rogers, of the New York Herald, and A. G. Racey, of the Montreal Star.
The clubhouse is one of the finest old mansions in Washington, formerly the Schuyler Colfax residence. Of the purposes of the Home Club, Secretary Lane writes: “There is no caste line or snobbery in the institution, and for the first time members of the different bureaus are becoming acquainted with each other. I organized the club in order to show people of moderate salaries what could be done by coöperation. We have 1,700 members, and the club is maintained on dues of fifty cents a month.
“We have a billiard room, card rooms, a library, and a suite of rooms for ladies. We expect soon to have bowling alleys and a tennis court, and possibly a country club annex, where members and their families may spend their summer vacations at little expense. This experiment, I believe, by bringing the many employes together, has done much to increase the efficiency of the work of the department.”
DEFENDS THE FLAG
The following letter from A. E. Sturdivant, of Beloit, Wis., called forth by the action of the American Flag Day Association in protesting against the use of the Stars and Stripes in cartoons, as reported in the July number of Cartoons Magazine, is published without further comment:
“Though I am not a cartoonist, yet I dislike the attitude of the American Flag Day Association when they objected to the use of the flag by the cartoonists. Some persons act as if the cartoon were one of the most vulgar things in existence, and seem to think that if the dear old flag were to be shown in one, it would be an insult near to having the flag trampled in the dust.
“Take, for instance, the drawing of Kettner's in the July Cartoons entitled 'The Popular Ones Now'. The flag as shown is but a tiny ornament on the girl's hat, and yet is the life of the picture story.
“There are a few people who will swallow an elephant and never bat an eye, but who would complain if they had to tackle microbes. They will allow the flag to be displayed upon buildings and other places which are disgraces to the American public, and yet they have a fit when they see that same flag waving in a cartoon.”
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A cartoonist calls Mr. Bryan “the Protocol Son,” and all our scruples against capital punishment vanish like a flash.— Columbia State.
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“The cartoonists who essayed to place the blame for the failure of the Claflin Company on the Wilson Administration, not only failed to hit the bull's eye, but missed the target entirely,” declares the Charlotte Observer.
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“We sometimes doubt the accuracy of the cartoonists,” says the Montgomery Advertiser, “when they picture a boy in a stream or a pool on the banks of which stands the ominous legend: “No Swimming Allowed.’ Very few swimming holes are in the shadow of the forbidden sign.”
WOMEN AND CARTOONS
Anent “Billy” Ireland's statements in the July Cartoons that the woman in politics can't bear to be made the subject of a cartoon, the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser remarks: “This is a serious matter with the cartoonists, as well as with other people, for since woman seems bent on de-manning the male of the species and taking his epaulettes for her own snug, white shoulders, it is well to consider her weaknesses. . .
“At Ireland's suggestion Cartoons Magazine of Chicago will print a few letters from American cartoonists' setting forth their views on this subject. They will say whether or not they think a woman can stand to be caricatured as are our American men politicians. We believe these discussions will show conclusively to the doubting Thomasettes that the cartoonists will find themselves on dangerous grounds the moment they begin to hold up to ridicule our lady politicians.
“A woman can't stand ridicule—few men can bear it, as for that. But above all, a woman takes more pride in her personal appearance than man does. She would resent more deeply the profane touch of the cartoonists than does man.
“The average American politician is thick skinned. While sharp ridicule, either literary or pictorial, stings him and withers him, he will not make a scene. Often a politician enjoys a look at a caricature of himself, even in the opposition paper. Criticism may irritate him, but it does not crush him. But sharp criticism of a woman crushes her, infuriates her, and the cartoonist who dares to picture her in extravagant lines, will have trouble.
“Woman in politics will ask for the same consideration she now gets without demanding it. She will not get it; all theories to the contrary notwithstanding. If she puts herself on the same plane with man, she must share a man's lot.”
A NEW CARTOON BOOK
Lew W. Tower, cartoonist of the Grand Rapids News, and Ray Barnes, cartoonist of the Grand Rapids Herald, have compiled a cartoon book of the leading merchants and professional men of that city. The book contains 150 cartoons, the drawings being different from the usual character sketches in that they not only depict a faithful portrait of the subject, but surround the subject with a group of biographical drawings, illustrating some hobby or avocation. The book is bound in genuine morocco with a gold-leaf title, and is called: “Builders of Greater Grand Rapids in Biographical Caricature.” An exhibition of the original drawings was held in August at the Grand Rapids public library.
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| L'Histoire d'Alsace by Uncle Hansi |
Concerning the prosecution by the German government of the Alsatian cartoonist Waltz, or “Hansi,” whose recently published book entitled “My Village” held up German officers and officials to ridicule, and convulsed all Europe with laughter, the Brooklyn Citizen says editorially:
“It was frankly a call to Alsatians to be ready when the great day of the 'Revenge’ dawned. Just at present the German authorities are keenly susceptible to all French propaganda in the lost provinces and ‘Hansi's' book was formally declared contraband and its author prosecuted.
“The German court condemned him to a year's imprisonment. Before being taken to prison the authorities allowed him twenty-four hours to settle his affairs. He took advantage of his temporary liberty to flee to Belfort, across the frontier, and once on French soil, he added to the gaiety of Franco-German politics by sending a pert telegram to his judges. His case has aroused widespread indignation in France, and he has been everywhere welcomed as the victim of German oppression.”
SOCIALISM AND CARTOONS
Upton Sinclair, the socialist, who was sentenced to prison on a charge of disorderly conduct growing out of the silent picketing of the Rockefeller offices in New York, expressed an original view of certain cartoons recently in his criticism of Judge Crain's decision confirming his jail sentence.
The decision, he declared, was inconceivable. If it were upheld, he said, it would be the end of free speech and of public life.
“Take cartooning,” he added. “Obviously after that decision, no newspaper dares publish a cartoon tomorrow morning. If any of them do, I shall at once call the attention of the nearest police captain to the offense and the editors and publishers will at once be taken to jail. Drawing, printing and selling a cartoon are a form of ‘doing,' and they are necessarily public, and their purpose is to rebuke a citizen by subjecting him to ridicule or insult.
“In Harper's Weekly of four or five weeks ago, appeared a terrific cartoon, representing John D. Rockefeller as a hideous old creature crouching and watching through a spyglass the smoking ruins of Colorado, and there is the caption, “Hell from beneath is moved to meet thee at thy coming. Now can any judge hold that this cartoon does not publicly rebuke a citizen by holding him up to ridicule or insult, and note that it makes not the least difference whether what the cartoon alleges be true; it makes no difference that Rockefeller has admitted under oath his full responsibility for an approval of the hideous crimes in Colorado. It is likewise beside the point whether the thing sought to reprobate was or was not responsible; nor will the outraged law wait until Mr. Rockefeller makes complaint. It will not leave him to sue for libel, but will send at once to the offices of Harper's Weekly—now that the law has been made clear—and arrest Mr. Hapgood for “using threatening, abusive, and insulting behavior.”
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Says the Helena Independent: “Some mollycoddle cartoonist at Washington the other day drew a picture of Uncle Joe Cannon without a cigar tilted at an angle of 45 degrees. Must be a nature fakir.”
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Charles Voight, who is responsible for Gink and Dink, Uncle Petey, and other comic characters, has been spending the summer in Europe. While on the Continent he made a series of pictures for the American papers, showing Gink and Dink and Uncle Petey in their new environment.
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Roosevelt is now wearing huge tortoise rimmed glasses. “Evidently,” suggests the Harrisburg Patriot, “he is trying hard to improve on some of his cartoons.”
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Burt R. Thomas, cartoonist of the Detroit News, is back at his drawing board after a vacation spent in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in eastern Washington.
THE BLOODTHIRSTY OLE MAY
If the mediation conference at Niagara was not a failure, it was no fault, according to the Dayton News, of Ole May, cartoonist of the Cleveland Leader. In a recent editorial the News accused the Leader of doing all in its power to halt the mediation proceedings through its cartoons. It cites a “well-drawn picture of a Frenchy-looking foreigner standing on a station platform, looking down the track, exclaiming: "Ah, it iss caming, with a sign reading ‘Express to Nowhere' painted at the side of the platform.”
“Why such eagerness to stop the proceedings that halted bloodshed?” continues the News.“Why do they want to put things back where they were in April, when it looked as if thousands of American boys would have to be sent to horrible deaths in that country on which God's curse seems to abide?
“It is inconceivable that a newspaper should be so vile as to wish for an unfavorable outcome of this war in order that the administration of President Wilson might be discredited.
“The men who conduct the Cleveland Leader, for example, are not cruel, not bloodthirsty, not vindictive. They must be honest in their motives.
“But how, under heaven, do they dope it out?”
REMEMBER THE DOG
A recent cartoon by Chapin in the St. Louis Republic, entitled “More Watchful Waiting,” portrayed a family dog sitting disconsolate on the front porch of his master's home, while on the closed door was displayed the legend: “Gone on our vacation.”
This cartoon, as the St. Louis Times remarked, was “worth a whole barrel of sermons.” The Times, rallying to Mr. Chapin's support in defence of the dumb animals, said editorially:
“There are plenty of people—people who consider themselves kind and considerate, and who would sniff the air if they were told that they were not quite civilized—who go away and leave the house alone without making any but the most offhand provision for the dog that is such an important part of the household when the family is all home. And, of course, this applies to the household cat, too. Who's to blame, in such instances, when the dog, driven insane by thirst and hunger and bewilderment, runs amuck and terrifies the neighborhood, and perhaps bites one of the neighbor's childen? It isn’t honest to teach the dog to rely upon you, and to forsake all others for you, and then to fail him. If you're going away this summer, take a hint from Chapin, and make humane provision for your dog."
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There's something chilling about the matter-of-fact observation "Of these, the situation in Europe, which seems to portend an almost inevitable world war, was the great, overshadowing event." If they only knew what lay ahead.
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Friday, October 25, 2019
Wish You Were Here, from Fred Opper
Here's a 1905 postcard by Frederick Burr Opper, published by the Mutual Book Co. of Boston.
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This is a rae item, I've never seen any from this series. It's obviously art made for the card, not some rerun magazine material.
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This is a rae item, I've never seen any from this series. It's obviously art made for the card, not some rerun magazine material.
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: 10/25/2019 12:21 PM Thursday, October 24, 2019
The Newspaper Feature Service Romantic Cartoon Series, Part 7 (1925)
1925 is a year of big changes for the romantic cartoon. In July, Annette Bradshaw decides she's had enough of the Her Problems (HP) panel, and from then on she does an illustration about home decor and furniture, often titled "Decoration Problems". Also, her panel Feminisms (F) changes titles back to Feminine Foibles (FF), last used in 1916, starting with the last appearance of this year.
Bradshaw's non-cartoon entry on Thursdays now makes the romantic cartoon a four times per week offering instead of the former five.
Another change is that Juanita Hamel (JH) starts to get frozen out of her spot in the line-up, as she disappears for almost two complete months.
As in 1924, there are lots of subs, but this year they tend to stick around much longer. Mary Lawson (MN), for instance, makes a single appearance in January, but then in July-August is back for six appearances. Marguerite Lewis (ML) pops up over and over: once in February, three times in March, once in April, once in June, four times in July, twice in August and once in December.
Eleanor Schorer, under her married name of Hope (EH) shows up in August and practically takes over the joint, producing nineteen cartoons by the end of the year.
Jane Reed (JR) produces a spate of seven panels between August and November, and is never seen here again after that.
Madge Geyer (MG) returns for a single panel in December. We'll be seeing her on rare occasions for years. We also have a single appearance from "Carson" (C), also seen once in the previous year. Neva Harrison (NH) makes a single appearance in December. Harrison apparently started her newspaper art career on the St. Louis Star, and illustrated the children's stories for the NFS daily magazine page for several years. She seems to have abruptly left newspaper life in 1926.
Dorothy Flack (DF), an artist who will be very important to the panel later on makes her debut with four cartoons in November-December. She had earlier produced the same sort of cartoons under the King Features banner, in a series for which I cannot find a good source.
Jan Su M Tu W Th F Sa
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
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| The Feminine Foibles title returns on the last Bradshaw cartoon of the year |
Bradshaw's non-cartoon entry on Thursdays now makes the romantic cartoon a four times per week offering instead of the former five.
Another change is that Juanita Hamel (JH) starts to get frozen out of her spot in the line-up, as she disappears for almost two complete months.
As in 1924, there are lots of subs, but this year they tend to stick around much longer. Mary Lawson (MN), for instance, makes a single appearance in January, but then in July-August is back for six appearances. Marguerite Lewis (ML) pops up over and over: once in February, three times in March, once in April, once in June, four times in July, twice in August and once in December.
Eleanor Schorer, under her married name of Hope (EH) shows up in August and practically takes over the joint, producing nineteen cartoons by the end of the year.
Jane Reed (JR) produces a spate of seven panels between August and November, and is never seen here again after that.
Madge Geyer (MG) returns for a single panel in December. We'll be seeing her on rare occasions for years. We also have a single appearance from "Carson" (C), also seen once in the previous year. Neva Harrison (NH) makes a single appearance in December. Harrison apparently started her newspaper art career on the St. Louis Star, and illustrated the children's stories for the NFS daily magazine page for several years. She seems to have abruptly left newspaper life in 1926.
Dorothy Flack (DF), an artist who will be very important to the panel later on makes her debut with four cartoons in November-December. She had earlier produced the same sort of cartoons under the King Features banner, in a series for which I cannot find a good source.
1925
Jan Su M Tu W Th F Sa
| 1 | HP | 2 | 3 | JH | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | JH | 6 | F | 7 | JH | 8 | HP | 9 | 10 | JH | ||
| 11 | 12 | JH | 13 | F | 14 | JH | 15 | HP | 16 | 17 | JH | ||
| 18 | 19 | MN | 20 | F | 21 | C | 22 | HP | 23 | 24 | JH | ||
| 25 | 26 | JH | 27 | F | 28 | JH | 29 | HP | 30 | 31 | JH |
Feb
| 1 | 2 | JH | 3 | F | 4 | JH | 5 | HP | 6 | 7 | ML | ||
| 8 | 9 | JH | 10 | F | 11 | JH | 12 | HP | 13 | 14 | JH | ||
| 15 | 16 | JH | 17 | F | 18 | JH | 19 | HP | 20 | 21 | JH | ||
| 22 | 23 | JH | 24 | F | 25 | JH | 26 | HP | 27 | 28 | JH |
Mar
| 1 | 2 | JH | 3 | F | 4 | JH | 5 | HP | 6 | 7 | JH | ||
| 8 | 9 | JH | 10 | F | 11 | JH | 12 | HP | 13 | 14 | ML | ||
| 15 | 16 | JH | 17 | F | 18 | JH | 19 | HP | 20 | 21 | ML | ||
| 22 | 23 | ML | 24 | F | 25 | JH | 26 | HP | 27 | 28 | JH | ||
| 29 | 30 | JH | 31 | F |
Apr
| 1 | JH | 2 | F | 3 | 4 | ML | |||||||
| 5 | 6 | JH | 7 | F | 8 | JH | 9 | HP | 10 | 11 | JH | ||
| 12 | 13 | JH | 14 | F | 15 | JH | 16 | HP | 17 | 18 | JH | ||
| 19 | 20 | JH | 21 | F | 22 | JH | 23 | HP | 24 | 25 | JH | ||
| 26 | 27 | JH | 28 | F | 29 | JH | 30 | HP |
May
| 1 | 2 | JH | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | JH | 5 | F | 6 | JH | 7 | HP | 8 | 9 | JH | ||
| 10 | 11 | JH | 12 | F | 13 | JH | 14 | HP | 15 | 16 | JH | ||
| 17 | 18 | JH | 19 | F | 20 | JH | 21 | HP | 22 | 23 | JH | ||
| 24 | 25 | JH | 26 | F | 27 | JH | 28 | HP | 29 | 30 | ? | ||
| 31 |
Jun
| 1 | JH | 2 | F | 3 | JH | 4 | HP | 5 | 6 | JH | |||
| 7 | 8 | ML | 9 | F | 10 | JH | 11 | HP | 12 | 13 | JH | ||
| 14 | 15 | JH | 16 | F | 17 | JH | 18 | HP | 19 | 20 | JH | ||
| 21 | 22 | JH | 23 | F | 24 | JH | 25 | HP | 26 | 27 | JH | ||
| 28 | 29 | JH | 30 | F |
Jul
| 1 | JH | 2 | HP | 3 | 4 | ? | |||||||
| 5 | 6 | JH | 7 | F | 8 | JH | 9 | 10 | 11 | JH | |||
| 12 | 13 | ML | 14 | F | 15 | MN | 16 | 17 | 18 | ML | |||
| 19 | 20 | MN | 21 | F | 22 | MN | 23 | 24 | 25 | ML | |||
| 26 | 27 | ML | 28 | F | 29 | MN | 30 | 31 |
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| 1 | JR | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | MN | 4 | F | 5 | MN | 6 | 7 | 8 | EH | |||
| 9 | 10 | ML | 11 | F | 12 | EH | 13 | 14 | 15 | JH | |||
| 16 | 17 | ML | 18 | F | 19 | JH | 20 | 21 | 22 | JH | |||
| 23 | 24 | EH | 25 | F | 26 | JH | 27 | 28 | 29 | JH | |||
| 30 | 31 | JH |
Sep
| 1 | F | 2 | JH | 3 | 4 | 5 | JH | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | EH | 8 | F | 9 | JR | 10 | 11 | 12 | JH | |||
| 13 | 14 | EH | 15 | F | 16 | JH | 17 | 18 | 19 | JH | |||
| 20 | 21 | JH | 22 | F | 23 | JH | 24 | 25 | 26 | JH | |||
| 27 | 28 | EH | 29 | F | 30 | JH |
Oct
| 1 | 2 | 3 | JH | ||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | JH | 6 | F | 7 | JH | 8 | 9 | 10 | EH | |||
| 11 | 12 | JH | 13 | F | 14 | JH | 15 | 16 | 17 | EH | |||
| 18 | 19 | JH | 20 | F | 21 | EH | 22 | 23 | 24 | JH | |||
| 25 | 26 | JH | 27 | F | 28 | JH | 29 | 30 | 31 | JH |
Nov
| 1 | 2 | JH | 3 | F | 4 | JH | 5 | 6 | 7 | EH | |||
| 8 | 9 | EH | 10 | F | 11 | JR | 12 | 13 | 14 | JR | |||
| 15 | 16 | JR | 17 | F | 18 | JR | 19 | 20 | 21 | EH | |||
| 22 | 23 | EH | 24 | F | 25 | JR | 26 | 27 | 28 | F | |||
| 29 | 30 | DF |
Dec
| 1 | F | 2 | EH | 3 | 4 | 5 | MG | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | DF | 8 | 9 | EH | 10 | 11 | 12 | ML | ||||
| 13 | 14 | EH | 15 | F | 16 | EH | 17 | 18 | 19 | EH | |||
| 20 | 21 | NH | 22 | F | 23 | DF | 24 | 25 | 26 | ? | |||
| 27 | 28 | EH | 29 | FF | 30 | DF | 31 |
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Ink-Slinger Profiles by Alex Jay: Herman Hirschauer
Herman Hirschauer was born May 1866, in Boston, Massachusetts. The birth date is from the 1900 U.S. Federal Census and the birthplace from earlier census records.
In the 1870 census, Hirschauer was the youngest of four children born to Anton, a grocer, and Lena, both Prussian emigrants. The family resided in Boston.
Boston city directories show the family had moved, in 1874, to 29–31 Church Street, and, in 1883, to 5 Mahan Place.
Information about Hirschauer’s education and art training has not been found.
The 1889 Boston directory said Hirschauer was a lithographer living at 5 Mahan Place. He had the same occupation in the 1893 directory but a different address, 16 Enfield Street. From 1894 to 1902 directories listed Hirschauer at the same address and as an artist.
According to the 1900 census Hirschauer was a painter, married to Louise and had two children, Madeline and Anton. They lived with Hirschauer’s parents.
The 1903 New York City directory said Hirschauer was at 10 East 14th Street, probably his studio.
The 1905 New York state census counted Hirschauer and his family at 113 Woodycrest Avenue in the Bronx.
Hirschauer’s studio address was 19 Union Square West, room 54, in the 1906 city directory.
Hirschauer’s home was in the Bronx at 1770 Sedgwick Avenue from 1910 to 1931, according to the censuses and city directory.
American Newspaper Comics (2012) said Hirschauer drew the series Dolly Dip which combined elements of a comic strip in a sheet music page. The lyrics were by Sol P. Levy,. The series ran from November 29, 2014 to May 30, 1915 and syndicated by the New York Herald.
The 1916 city directory said Hirschauer’s studio was at 1440 Broadway in Manhattan. In the mid-1920s he moved his studio to 400 West 23rd Street.
The Newspaper Feature Service produced a long-running series of romantic cartoons, by several artists, beginning in 1913. Hirschauer contributed to the series in 1924.
In 1927 the Carolina Theatre opened in Greensboro, North Carolina. According to Saenger Theatres, “One of the most pleasing features in the design is the group of dancing girls on the proscenium arch, these figures have been drawn by Herman Hirschauer, who executed the mural paintings and decorations on the S.S. Leviathan.” The proscenium arch can be viewed here.
The 1930 census said Hirschauer was a freelance artist and designer of ladies wear and dresses.
Hirschauer passed away September 19, 1931 according to the New York, New York, Extracted Death Index at Ancestry.com
—Alex Jay
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
The Newspaper Feature Service Romantic Cartoon Series, Part 6 (1924)
The romantic cartoon series was very predictable in the early 1920s, with Juanita Hamel (JH) and Annette Bradshaw (F, HP) supplying 99% of the material. That began to change in 1924, when Hamel was replaced more often by other artists. The number of days Hamel took off was insignificant, but she was spelled by a constantly changing cast of artists.
In February Dorothy Stahl (ST) makes her one and only contribution to the series, a perfectly adequate Nell Brinkley imitation. I guess Stahl didn't make a habit of producing newspaper work, because I can't find anything else she did but this single cartoon.
Then Hamel's cartoons run uninterrupted until May, when a flood of temps jump in. The first is Madge Geyer (MG), who also illustrated the magazine page's children's story for awhile. She'll do temp work on the romantic cartoon on occasion for the next five years, but in this stint she only manages two cartoons. Pulpartists.com has a biography of Ms. Geyer.
May also offers the return of Barbara Booth (BB), who does two cartoons.
Hamel loses one day's work in July to George Kerr (GK), long time Hearst illustrator, who offers up a singularly creepy cartoon.
In August-September we have the return of Cora Cameron, who does one cartoon in each of those months.
In September, Marguerite Lewis (ML) offers her first of four cartoons over the next three months. I know nothing of Ms. Lewis except that her seemingly unusual name turns out to be extraordinarily popular in the twentieth century. A cursory search on Newspapers.com finds preachers, socialites, actresses and even a magician's assistant sporting that name!
In October the parade continues with the debut of Mary Lawson (MN), who will become a semi-regular fill-in for the next two years, only to disappear after that. I know nothing about her. We also get two cartoons by Herman Hirschauer (HH), who has a few credits as a book and song sheet illustrator, and did a magazine cover series for the New York Herald in the mid-teens. His work here is quite impressive; too bad he didn't stick around.
Lastly in late November 1924, we get a single cartoon by someone signing themselves only "Carson" (C).
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In February Dorothy Stahl (ST) makes her one and only contribution to the series, a perfectly adequate Nell Brinkley imitation. I guess Stahl didn't make a habit of producing newspaper work, because I can't find anything else she did but this single cartoon.
Then Hamel's cartoons run uninterrupted until May, when a flood of temps jump in. The first is Madge Geyer (MG), who also illustrated the magazine page's children's story for awhile. She'll do temp work on the romantic cartoon on occasion for the next five years, but in this stint she only manages two cartoons. Pulpartists.com has a biography of Ms. Geyer.
May also offers the return of Barbara Booth (BB), who does two cartoons.
Hamel loses one day's work in July to George Kerr (GK), long time Hearst illustrator, who offers up a singularly creepy cartoon.
In August-September we have the return of Cora Cameron, who does one cartoon in each of those months.
In September, Marguerite Lewis (ML) offers her first of four cartoons over the next three months. I know nothing of Ms. Lewis except that her seemingly unusual name turns out to be extraordinarily popular in the twentieth century. A cursory search on Newspapers.com finds preachers, socialites, actresses and even a magician's assistant sporting that name!
In October the parade continues with the debut of Mary Lawson (MN), who will become a semi-regular fill-in for the next two years, only to disappear after that. I know nothing about her. We also get two cartoons by Herman Hirschauer (HH), who has a few credits as a book and song sheet illustrator, and did a magazine cover series for the New York Herald in the mid-teens. His work here is quite impressive; too bad he didn't stick around.
Lastly in late November 1924, we get a single cartoon by someone signing themselves only "Carson" (C).
1924
Jan Su M Tu W Th F Sa
| 1 | JH | 2 | JH | 3 | HP | 4 | 5 | JH | |||||
| 6 | 7 | JH | 8 | F | 9 | JH | 10 | HP | 11 | 12 | JH | ||
| 13 | 14 | JH | 15 | F | 16 | JH | 17 | HP | 18 | 19 | JH | ||
| 20 | 21 | JH | 22 | F | 23 | JH | 24 | HP | 25 | 26 | JH | ||
| 27 | 28 | JH | 29 | F | 30 | JH | 31 | HP |
Feb
| 1 | 2 | JH | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | JH | 5 | F | 6 | JH | 7 | HP | 8 | 9 | JH | ||
| 10 | 11 | JH | 12 | F | 13 | JH | 14 | HP | 15 | 16 | JH | ||
| 17 | 18 | JH | 19 | F | 20 | JH | 21 | HP | 22 | 23 | ST | ||
| 24 | 25 | JH | 26 | F | 27 | JH | 28 | HP | 29 |
Mar
| 1 | JH | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | JH | 4 | F | 5 | JH | 6 | HP | 7 | 8 | JH | ||
| 9 | 10 | JH | 11 | F | 12 | JH | 13 | HP | 14 | 15 | JH | ||
| 16 | 17 | JH | 18 | F | 19 | JH | 20 | HP | 21 | 22 | JH | ||
| 23 | 24 | JH | 25 | F | 26 | JH | 27 | HP | 28 | 29 | JH | ||
| 30 | 31 | JH |
Apr
| 1 | F | 2 | JH | 3 | HP | 4 | 5 | JH | |||||
| 6 | 7 | JH | 8 | F | 9 | JH | 10 | HP | 11 | 12 | JH | ||
| 13 | 14 | JH | 15 | F | 16 | JH | 17 | HP | 18 | 19 | JH | ||
| 20 | 21 | JH | 22 | F | 23 | JH | 24 | HP | 25 | 26 | JH | ||
| 27 | 28 | JH | 29 | F | 30 | JH |
May
| 1 | HP | 2 | 3 | JH | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | MG | 6 | F | 7 | JH | 8 | HP | 9 | 10 | JH | ||
| 11 | 12 | JH | 13 | F | 14 | BB | 15 | HP | 16 | 17 | JH | ||
| 18 | 19 | JH | 20 | F | 21 | JH | 22 | HP | 23 | 24 | MG | ||
| 25 | 26 | JH | 27 | F | 28 | BB | 29 | HP | 30 | 31 | JH |
Jun
| 1 | 2 | JH | 3 | F | 4 | JH | 5 | HP | 6 | 7 | JH | ||
| 8 | 9 | JH | 10 | F | 11 | JH | 12 | HP | 13 | 14 | JH | ||
| 15 | 16 | JH | 17 | F | 18 | JH | 19 | HP | 20 | 21 | JH | ||
| 22 | 23 | JH | 24 | F | 25 | JH | 26 | HP | 27 | 28 | JH | ||
| 29 | 30 | JH |
Jul
| 1 | F | 2 | JH | 3 | HP | 4 | 5 | JH | |||||
| 6 | 7 | JH | 8 | F | 9 | JH | 10 | HP | 11 | 12 | JH | ||
| 13 | 14 | JH | 15 | F | 16 | JH | 17 | HP | 18 | 19 | JH | ||
| 20 | 21 | JH | 22 | F | 23 | GK | 24 | HP | 25 | 26 | JH | ||
| 27 | 28 | JH | 29 | F | 30 | JH | 31 | HP |
Aug
| 1 | 2 | JH | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | JH | 5 | F | 6 | JH | 7 | HP | 8 | 9 | JH | ||
| 10 | 11 | JH | 12 | F | 13 | JH | 14 | HP | 15 | 16 | JH | ||
| 17 | 18 | JH | 19 | F | 20 | JH | 21 | HP | 22 | 23 | JH | ||
| 24 | 25 | JH | 26 | F | 27 | JH | 28 | HP | 29 | 30 | CC | ||
| 31 |
Sep
| 1 | JH | 2 | F | 3 | JH | 4 | HP | 5 | 6 | JH | |||
| 7 | 8 | JH | 9 | F | 10 | JH | 11 | HP | 12 | 13 | JH | ||
| 14 | 15 | JH | 16 | F | 17 | JH | 18 | HP | 19 | 20 | ML | ||
| 21 | 22 | JH | 23 | F | 24 | CC | 25 | HP | 26 | 27 | JH | ||
| 28 | 29 | JH | 30 | F |
Oct
| 1 | MN | 2 | HP | 3 | 4 | JH | |||||||
| 5 | 6 | JH | 7 | F | 8 | ML | 9 | HP | 10 | 11 | JH | ||
| 12 | 13 | ML | 14 | F | 15 | MN | 16 | HP | 17 | 18 | JH | ||
| 19 | 20 | MN | 21 | F | 22 | JH | 23 | HP | 24 | 25 | HH | ||
| 26 | 27 | HH | 28 | F | 29 | C | 30 | HP | 31 |
Nov
| 1 | MN | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | MN | 4 | F | 5 | MN | 6 | HP | 7 | 8 | ML | ||
| 9 | 10 | MN | 11 | F | 12 | ML | 13 | HP | 14 | 15 | MN | ||
| 16 | 17 | MN | 18 | F | 19 | JH | 20 | HP | 21 | 22 | JH | ||
| 23 | 24 | JH | 25 | F | 26 | JH | 27 | HP | 28 | 29 | C | ||
| 30 |
Dec
| 1 | JH | 2 | F | 3 | JH | 4 | HP | 5 | 6 | JH | |||
| 7 | 8 | JH | 9 | F | 10 | JH | 11 | HP | 12 | 13 | JH | ||
| 14 | 15 | JH | 16 | F | 17 | JH | 18 | HP | 19 | 20 | JH | ||
| 21 | 22 | JH | 23 | F | 24 | JH | 25 | ? | 26 | 27 | JH | ||
| 28 | 29 | JH | 30 | F | 31 | JH |
Monday, October 21, 2019
The Newspaper Feature Service Romantic Cartoon Series, Part 5 (1921-1923)
1921 comes tantalizingly close to being a perfectly clockwork year for the romantic cartoon. Juanita Hamel (JH) takes no vacation and Annette Bradshaw is her typical dependable self. The only intrusion to break the tedium is a fellow by the name of Edward Butler (EB), who manages to horn in to the tune of two whole cartoons, one in January and one in May.
1922 is a similar story, with only Cora Cameron (CC) contributing three cartoons in September to break up the monotony. I believe that makes this the first year in which no male artist contributes to the series. Unfortunately 1922 is also the first year in which the Harrisburg Evening News, so dependable up until now, occasionally drops the page ... or is it just missing from the microfilm? This year I began to use the Springfield Republican and Logansport Pharos-Tribune as back-ups to fill in when the Evening News lets me down.
1923 follows the same staid ritual, with the only variation being a single cartoon by Bess Micheau (BM) in May, and Barbara Booth (BB) contributing one each in May, August and December.
In 1922 Micheau produced quite a few romance cartoons for the Philadelphia Public Ledger's syndicate, which evidently had their own romantic series of which I was unaware until I looked up her name. She worked under the name Bess Micheau Potter for the Ledger. That's all I know about Micheau.
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1923 follows the same staid ritual, with the only variation being a single cartoon by Bess Micheau (BM) in May, and Barbara Booth (BB) contributing one each in May, August and December.
In 1922 Micheau produced quite a few romance cartoons for the Philadelphia Public Ledger's syndicate, which evidently had their own romantic series of which I was unaware until I looked up her name. She worked under the name Bess Micheau Potter for the Ledger. That's all I know about Micheau.
1921
Jan Su M Tu W Th F Sa
| 1 | ? | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | JH | 4 | F | 5 | JH | 6 | HP | 7 | 8 | JH | ||
| 9 | 10 | JH | 11 | F | 12 | JH | 13 | HP | 14 | 15 | EB | ||
| 16 | 17 | JH | 18 | F | 19 | JH | 20 | HP | 21 | 22 | JH | ||
| 23 | 24 | JH | 25 | F | 26 | JH | 27 | HP | 28 | 29 | JH | ||
| 30 | 31 | JH |
Feb
| 1 | F | 2 | JH | 3 | HP | 4 | 5 | JH | |||||
| 6 | 7 | JH | 8 | F | 9 | JH | 10 | HP | 11 | 12 | JH | ||
| 13 | 14 | JH | 15 | F | 16 | JH | 17 | HP | 18 | 19 | JH | ||
| 20 | 21 | JH | 22 | F | 23 | JH | 24 | HP | 25 | 26 | JH | ||
| 27 | 28 | JH |
Mar
| 1 | F | 2 | JH | 3 | HP | 4 | 5 | JH | |||||
| 6 | 7 | JH | 8 | F | 9 | JH | 10 | HP | 11 | 12 | JH | ||
| 13 | 14 | JH | 15 | F | 16 | JH | 17 | HP | 18 | 19 | JH | ||
| 20 | 21 | JH | 22 | F | 23 | JH | 24 | HP | 25 | 26 | JH | ||
| 27 | 28 | JH | 29 | F | 30 | JH | 31 | HP |
Apr
| 1 | 2 | JH | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | JH | 5 | F | 6 | JH | 7 | HP | 8 | 9 | JH | ||
| 10 | 11 | JH | 12 | F | 13 | JH | 14 | HP | 15 | 16 | JH | ||
| 17 | 18 | JH | 19 | F | 20 | JH | 21 | HP | 22 | 23 | JH | ||
| 24 | 25 | JH | 26 | F | 27 | AB | 28 | HP | 29 | 30 | JH |
May
| 1 | 2 | JH | 3 | F | 4 | JH | 5 | HP | 6 | 7 | JH | ||
| 8 | 9 | EB | 10 | F | 11 | JH | 12 | HP | 13 | 14 | JH | ||
| 15 | 16 | JH | 17 | F | 18 | JH | 19 | HP | 20 | 21 | JH | ||
| 22 | 23 | JH | 24 | F | 25 | JH | 26 | HP | 27 | 28 | JH | ||
| 29 | 30 | JH | 31 | F |
Jun
| 1 | JH | 2 | HP | 3 | 4 | JH | |||||||
| 5 | 6 | JH | 7 | F | 8 | JH | 9 | HP | 10 | 11 | JH | ||
| 12 | 13 | JH | 14 | F | 15 | JH | 16 | HP | 17 | 18 | JH | ||
| 19 | 20 | JH | 21 | F | 22 | JH | 23 | HP | 24 | 25 | JH | ||
| 26 | 27 | JH | 28 | F | 29 | JH | 30 | HP |
Jul Su M Tu W Th F Sa
| 1 | 2 | JH | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | ? | 5 | F | 6 | JH | 7 | HP | 8 | 9 | JH | ||
| 10 | 11 | JH | 12 | F | 13 | JH | 14 | HP | 15 | 16 | JH | ||
| 17 | 18 | JH | 19 | F | 20 | JH | 21 | HP | 22 | 23 | JH | ||
| 24 | 25 | JH | 26 | F | 27 | JH | 28 | HP | 29 | 30 | JH | ||
| 31 |
Aug
| 1 | JH | 2 | F | 3 | JH | 4 | HP | 5 | 6 | JH | |||
| 7 | 8 | JH | 9 | F | 10 | JH | 11 | HP | 12 | 13 | JH | ||
| 14 | 15 | JH | 16 | F | 17 | JH | 18 | HP | 19 | 20 | JH | ||
| 21 | 22 | JH | 23 | F | 24 | JH | 25 | HP | 26 | 27 | JH | ||
| 28 | 29 | JH | 30 | F | 31 | JH |
Sep
| 1 | HP | 2 | 3 | JH | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | JH | 6 | F | 7 | JH | 8 | HP | 9 | 10 | JH | ||
| 11 | 12 | JH | 13 | F | 14 | JH | 15 | HP | 16 | 17 | JH | ||
| 18 | 19 | JH | 20 | F | 21 | JH | 22 | HP | 23 | 24 | JH | ||
| 25 | 26 | JH | 27 | F | 28 | JH | 29 | HP | 30 |
Oct
| 1 | JH | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | JH | 4 | F | 5 | JH | 6 | HP | 7 | 8 | JH | ||
| 9 | 10 | JH | 11 | F | 12 | JH | 13 | HP | 14 | 15 | JH | ||
| 16 | 17 | JH | 18 | F | 19 | JH | 20 | HP | 21 | 22 | JH | ||
| 23 | 24 | JH | 25 | F | 26 | JH | 27 | HP | 28 | 29 | JH | ||
| 30 | 31 | JH |
Nov
| 1 | F | 2 | JH | 3 | HP | 4 | 5 | JH | |||||
| 6 | 7 | JH | 8 | F | 9 | JH | 10 | HP | 11 | 12 | JH | ||
| 13 | 14 | JH | 15 | F | 16 | JH | 17 | HP | 18 | 19 | JH | ||
| 20 | 21 | JH | 22 | F | 23 | JH | 24 | ? | 25 | 26 | JH | ||
| 27 | 28 | JH | 29 | F | 30 | JH |
Dec
| 1 | HP | 2 | 3 | JH | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | JH | 6 | F | 7 | JH | 8 | HP | 9 | 10 | JH | ||
| 11 | 12 | JH | 13 | F | 14 | JH | 15 | HP | 16 | 17 | JH | ||
| 18 | 19 | JH | 20 | F | 21 | JH | 22 | HP | 23 | 24 | JH | ||
| 25 | 26 | ? | 27 | F | 28 | JH | 29 | HP | 30 | 31 | JH |
1922
Jan Su M Tu W Th F Sa
| 1 | 2 | JH | 3 | F | 4 | JH | 5 | HP | 6 | 7 | JH | ||
| 8 | 9 | JH | 10 | F | 11 | JH | 12 | HP | 13 | 14 | JH | ||
| 15 | 16 | JH | 17 | F | 18 | JH | 19 | HP | 20 | 21 | JH | ||
| 22 | 23 | JH | 24 | F | 25 | JH | 26 | HP | 27 | 28 | JH | ||
| 29 | 30 | JH | 31 | F |
Feb
| 1 | JH | 2 | HP | 3 | 4 | JH | |||||||
| 5 | 6 | JH | 7 | F | 8 | JH | 9 | HP | 10 | 11 | JH | ||
| 12 | 13 | JH | 14 | F | 15 | JH | 16 | HP | 17 | 18 | JH | ||
| 19 | 20 | JH | 21 | F | 22 | JH | 23 | HP | 24 | 25 | JH | ||
| 26 | 27 | JH | 28 | F |
Mar
| 1 | JH | 2 | HP | 3 | 4 | JH | |||||||
| 5 | 6 | JH | 7 | F | 8 | JH | 9 | HP | 10 | 11 | JH | ||
| 12 | 13 | JH | 14 | F | 15 | JH | 16 | HP | 17 | 18 | JH | ||
| 19 | 20 | JH | 21 | F | 22 | JH | 23 | HP | 24 | 25 | JH | ||
| 26 | 27 | JH | 28 | F | 29 | JH | 30 | HP | 31 |
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| 1 | JH | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | JH | 4 | F | 5 | JH | 6 | HP | 7 | 8 | JH | ||
| 9 | 10 | JH | 11 | F | 12 | JH | 13 | HP | 14 | 15 | JH | ||
| 16 | 17 | JH | 18 | F | 19 | JH | 20 | HP | 21 | 22 | JH | ||
| 23 | 24 | JH | 25 | F | 26 | JH | 27 | HP | 28 | 29 | JH | ||
| 30 |
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| 1 | JH | 2 | F | 3 | JH | 4 | HP | 5 | 6 | JH | |||
| 7 | 8 | JH | 9 | F | 10 | JH | 11 | HP | 12 | 13 | JH | ||
| 14 | 15 | JH | 16 | F | 17 | JH | 18 | F | 19 | 20 | JH | ||
| 21 | 22 | JH | 23 | F | 24 | JH | 25 | HP | 26 | 27 | JH | ||
| 28 | 29 | JH | 30 | F | 31 | JH |
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| 1 | HP | 2 | 3 | JH | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | JH | 6 | F | 7 | JH | 8 | HP | 9 | 10 | JH | ||
| 11 | 12 | JH | 13 | F | 14 | JH | 15 | HP | 16 | 17 | JH | ||
| 18 | 19 | JH | 20 | F | 21 | JH | 22 | HP | 23 | 24 | JH | ||
| 25 | 26 | JH | 27 | F | 28 | JH | 29 | HP | 30 |
Jul Su M Tu W Th F Sa
| 1 | JH | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | JH | 4 | ? | 5 | JH | 6 | HP | 7 | 8 | JH | ||
| 9 | 10 | JH | 11 | F | 12 | JH | 13 | HP | 14 | 15 | JH | ||
| 16 | 17 | JH | 18 | F | 19 | JH | 20 | HP | 21 | 22 | JH | ||
| 23 | 24 | JH | 25 | F | 26 | JH | 27 | HP | 28 | 29 | JH | ||
| 30 | 31 | JH |
Aug
| 1 | F | 2 | JH | 3 | HP | 4 | 5 | JH | |||||
| 6 | 7 | JH | 8 | F | 9 | JH | 10 | HP | 11 | 12 | JH | ||
| 13 | 14 | JH | 15 | F | 16 | JH | 17 | HP | 18 | 19 | JH | ||
| 20 | 21 | JH | 22 | F | 23 | JH | 24 | HP | 25 | 26 | JH | ||
| 27 | 28 | JH | 29 | F | 30 | JH | 31 | HP |
Sep
| 1 | 2 | JH | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | JH | 5 | F | 6 | JH | 7 | HP | 8 | 9 | JH | ||
| 10 | 11 | JH | 12 | F | 13 | JH | 14 | HP | 15 | 16 | JH | ||
| 17 | 18 | CC | 19 | F | 20 | CC | 21 | HP | 22 | 23 | CC | ||
| 24 | 25 | JH | 26 | F | 27 | JH | 28 | HP | 29 | 30 | JH |
Oct
| 1 | 2 | JH | 3 | F | 4 | JH | 5 | HP | 6 | 7 | JH | ||
| 8 | 9 | JH | 10 | F | 11 | JH | 12 | HP | 13 | 14 | JH | ||
| 15 | 16 | JH | 17 | F | 18 | JH | 19 | HP | 20 | 21 | JH | ||
| 22 | 23 | JH | 24 | F | 25 | JH | 26 | HP | 27 | 28 | JH | ||
| 29 | 30 | JH | 31 | F | JH |
Nov
| 1 | JH | 2 | HP | 3 | 4 | JH | |||||||
| 5 | 6 | JH | 7 | F | 8 | JH | 9 | HP | 10 | 11 | JH | ||
| 12 | 13 | JH | 14 | F | 15 | JH | 16 | HP | 17 | 18 | JH | ||
| 19 | 20 | JH | 21 | F | 22 | JH | 23 | ? | 24 | 25 | JH | ||
| 26 | 27 | JH | 28 | F | 29 | JH | 30 | HP |
Dec
| 1 | 2 | JH | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | JH | 5 | F | 6 | JH | 7 | HP | 8 | 9 | JH | ||
| 10 | 11 | JH | 12 | F | 13 | JH | 14 | HP | 15 | 16 | JH | ||
| 17 | 18 | JH | 19 | F | 20 | JH | 21 | HP | 22 | 23 | JH | ||
| 24 | 25 | ? | 26 | F | 27 | JH | 28 | HP | 29 | 30 | JH | ||
| 31 |
1923
Jan Su M Tu W Th F Sa
| 1 | JH | 2 | F | 3 | JH | 4 | HP | 5 | 6 | JH | |||
| 7 | 8 | JH | 9 | F | 10 | JH | 11 | HP | 12 | 13 | JH | ||
| 14 | 15 | JH | 16 | F | 17 | JH | 18 | HP | 19 | 20 | JH | ||
| 21 | 22 | JH | 23 | F | 24 | JH | 25 | HP | 26 | 27 | JH | ||
| 28 | 29 | JH | 30 | F | 31 | JH |
Feb
| 1 | HP | 2 | 3 | JH | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | JH | 6 | F | 7 | JH | 8 | HP | 9 | 10 | JH | ||
| 11 | 12 | JH | 13 | F | 14 | JH | 15 | HP | 16 | 17 | JH | ||
| 18 | 19 | JH | 20 | F | 21 | JH | 22 | HP | 23 | 24 | JH | ||
| 25 | 26 | JH | 27 | F | 28 | JH |
Mar
| 1 | HP | 2 | 3 | JH | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | JH | 6 | F | 7 | JH | 8 | HP | 9 | 10 | JH | ||
| 11 | 12 | JH | 13 | F | 14 | JH | 15 | HP | 16 | 17 | JH | ||
| 18 | 19 | JH | 20 | F | 21 | JH | 22 | HP | 23 | 24 | JH | ||
| 25 | 26 | JH | 27 | F | 28 | JH | 29 | HP | 30 | 31 | JH |
Apr
| 1 | 2 | JH | 3 | F | 4 | JH | 5 | HP | 6 | 7 | JH | ||
| 8 | 9 | JH | 10 | F | 11 | JH | 12 | HP | 13 | 14 | JH | ||
| 15 | 16 | JH | 17 | F | 18 | JH | 19 | HP | 20 | 21 | JH | ||
| 22 | 23 | JH | 24 | F | 25 | JH | 26 | HP | 27 | 28 | JH | ||
| 29 | 30 | JH |
May
| 1 | F | 2 | BM | 3 | HP | 4 | 5 | JH | |||||
| 6 | 7 | JH | 8 | F | 9 | JH | 10 | HP | 11 | 12 | JH | ||
| 13 | 14 | JH | 15 | F | 16 | BB | 17 | HP | 18 | 19 | JH | ||
| 20 | 21 | JH | 22 | F | 23 | JH | 24 | HP | 25 | 26 | JH | ||
| 27 | 28 | JH | 29 | F | 30 | JH | 31 | HP |
Jun
| 1 | 2 | JH | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | JH | 5 | F | 6 | JH | 7 | HP | 8 | 9 | JH | ||
| 10 | 11 | JH | 12 | F | 13 | JH | 14 | HP | 15 | 16 | JH | ||
| 17 | 18 | JH | 19 | F | 20 | JH | 21 | HP | 22 | 23 | JH | ||
| 24 | 25 | JH | 26 | F | 27 | JH | 28 | HP | 29 | 30 | JH |
Jul
| 1 | 2 | JH | 3 | F | 4 | ? | 5 | HP | 6 | 7 | JH | ||
| 8 | 9 | JH | 10 | F | 11 | JH | 12 | HP | 13 | 14 | JH | ||
| 15 | 16 | JH | 17 | F | 18 | JH | 19 | HP | 20 | 21 | JH | ||
| 22 | 23 | JH | 24 | F | 25 | JH | 26 | HP | 27 | 28 | JH | ||
| 29 | 30 | JH | 31 | F |
Aug
| 1 | JH | 2 | HP | 3 | 4 | JH | |||||||
| 5 | 6 | JH | 7 | F | 8 | JH | 9 | HP | 10 | 11 | JH | ||
| 12 | 13 | JH | 14 | F | 15 | JH | 16 | HP | 17 | 18 | JH | ||
| 19 | 20 | JH | 21 | F | 22 | JH | 23 | HP | 24 | 25 | JH | ||
| 26 | 27 | JH | 28 | F | 29 | BB | 30 | HP | 31 |
Sep
| 1 | JH | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | JH | 4 | F | 5 | JH | 6 | HP | 7 | 8 | JH | ||
| 9 | 10 | JH | 11 | F | 12 | JH | 13 | HP | 14 | 15 | JH | ||
| 16 | 17 | JH | 18 | F | 19 | JH | 20 | HP | 21 | 22 | JH | ||
| 23 | 24 | JH | 25 | F | 26 | JH | 27 | HP | 28 | 29 | JH | ||
| 30 |
Oct
| 1 | JH | 2 | F | 3 | JH | 4 | HP | 5 | 6 | JH | |||
| 7 | 8 | JH | 9 | F | 10 | JH | 11 | HP | 12 | 13 | JH | ||
| 14 | 15 | JH | 16 | F | 17 | JH | 18 | HP | 19 | 20 | JH | ||
| 21 | 22 | JH | 23 | F | 24 | JH | 25 | HP | 26 | 27 | JH | ||
| 28 | 29 | JH | 30 | F | 31 | JH |
Nov
| 1 | HP | 2 | 3 | JH | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | JH | 6 | F | 7 | JH | 8 | HP | 9 | 10 | JH | ||
| 11 | 12 | JH | 13 | F | 14 | JH | 15 | HP | 16 | 17 | JH | ||
| 18 | 19 | JH | 20 | F | 21 | JH | 22 | HP | 23 | 24 | JH | ||
| 25 | 26 | JH | 27 | F | 28 | JH | 29 | HP | 30 |
Dec
| 1 | BB | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | JH | 4 | F | 5 | JH | 6 | HP | 7 | 8 | JH | ||
| 9 | 10 | JH | 11 | F | 12 | JH | 13 | HP | 14 | 15 | JH | ||
| 16 | 17 | JH | 18 | F | 19 | JH | 20 | HP | 21 | 22 | JH | ||
| 23 | 24 | JH | 25 | ? | 26 | JH | 27 | HP | 28 | 29 | JH | ||
| 30 | 31 | JH |
