National Republican., 1873-12-24
TON. NAST'S BLACKBOARD.
THAr TBE GREET CIRICgTURJsr
sIfD IND ILLUsTRITED.

SAID IND fILGSTRITED.
TiiE rnrEpMAN's BuEEAu MAN ron con-
GREss TO FiND-BEN GuTLsR MS PET
scBJECT-Boss TWEED AND MS COS
TUNE ANDY JoHNsoN's NOSE = THE
HERALD's CESAR, AND OTHER HuMoR-
Gus SKETCHES.
Thomas Mast, whose cartoons have given him q
worldwide celebrity, lecturod last night with
tongue and pencil before very large and lntelli.
gent audience at Lincoln hail. under the auspices
Of the Young Mems Christian Association.
The lecturer, In personal appearance, gives no
Index Of the Kind OF humor OF which he Is the pos.
SCISSOR, save In the merry twinkle Of his dark and
lustrous eye. He IL n gentleman Of medium-sixe
Of fair and blooming complexion, Of quick and
easy action, OF fluent and pleasing address, Of
oriCK AND pnoLL HuNoR,
and looks u he were on the sunny side Of forty
Tvs lecture was Illustrated BY earicatures, which
he drew with astounding skin and rapidlty upon
l1rys sheets q paper placed upon board oil the
Mr.. Mast commenced his ic1 <Ire by referring to
the various ehar1ctcrls,ic. " j. which man Mas
invested by ordinary lecturers, but he considered
sOme peculiar qualities. hut man was the only
ono that could take Joke, He had often con.
%psa ,ns ons1g ,SS, Mo inngSno, s.eS
than this Darwinlan specimen Of our great mn.
ccstry. He drew picture 0i the seriJus monkey,
with d long appendiye, which he styled the be.
ginning oi our nheestfai line, according TO some
OF the scientists. We had some serious people,
many Of whom were pictured In the IoguSs sai.
lcTy tn New York, where not single lace was
illumluated with smile. Bu; the critical Eng.
lishnab thought that We Americans we're very
jccsiaGs u t6ai s,sa, ioGo, with Ia. umbrella.
and cye-Slass, and on the same picture he ex'
hiblted
the rRiTlsu LION,
which was moi very ierVeious Just now. He al.
ludrd t0 the fact that most 6i tho English pspcrs
We IN the habit III Publishing columns Of Amer.
Sn ns nnGs aars as rFSqS. r%nS q s' Ss 's
this point ske,ched Brother Jonathan, and to
make room tor him had TO wipe out the tail Of tho
Br,,.,h lion np Incident which the audience
Tho lecturer thought that the Americans were
fast running into Jokes; that they were getting Us
bad ms the Greeks. who ridlculcd their gods. He
gave several specimens oi Western hunior, which
he had found in newspapers published in that sec.
t,on OF tho country Among them was the an.
reporter said, had ut last been "biotted out" In
alih her case doctor fell into n we'll and was
that the doctor should have attended to thc sick
aud let the well" alone. A colorcd man had
been hung IN Cairo whcrcupon q ST Louis
what n relief u was to get out of Cairo!-
10 America there was natural propensity to
mari marked 10 order to oil Sp % tour line. % Of s eoinmn
that the Gulf stream was coming nearer to us,
aiRl ever since then some people were fearing that
the dulf stream would some day overwhelm US.
Tnn ooxio MEN or THE PRESS
were, In the opinion OF the lecturer most useful
clasx and protected the interests Of the country
better than arms. "Cesarism," for instance, had
a long run, but the humors Of the press would
knock down Cssars rs fast as they were set up.
lie, modest as he was, had crushed some Cnsars.
He had tried his hand upon new York Herald
gown upon hIs head; while facing him he drew
the head Of q long cared animal, which he called
fair representation Of Cesarism IN this country;
therefore nobody could be offended.
Tho lecturer then proceeded to define the mean
Ing Of a oariea,ure, and remarked that the an
mics. To illustrate hc drew nonstrous- looking
face, with each individual hair Of the head OK.
hSed SSsn s1Ls' s hs nsd Gesa M oqTa on Eg
on other ancient memorials. Carlcatures had
been Instrumental In overturning British CabL
years, done much in politics. One caricature had
set the whole country In broad grin. One
drawing In Hdrper's often cost $500 and the
drawings Of one number OF the paper cost from
5000 to 5000 The lecturer had been tho iirst
man N this country to accept the Office Of carl,
caturlsl: he. ID accept. because his earlier
painter. Al the early age Of ten he lad given
himself mp to the pleasing task OF depicting
THE LuDicRous
attitudes Of the actor, and the celebrated William
Burton, IN the play OF ''Toodles,' had afforded
him the frst subject for his sketGhcs. Burton
had given him his trst idea OF the burlcsque art,
and he was responsible for having destroyed his
dream % O. becoming y, % srsa, distorted bis % painter
committee. lie then sketched the Mississippi,
the horse and De SosG WITH head under water
Of Waters" All the arts were aka, and he was
much indebted to the stage for his success as a
the Office Of q New York editor, aud said he
wanted wan TO draw ios !hs paper The editor gave
have given ~" inhabitants Of Llliput. llo then
sketched The rditor, and
AVERY riERy LOOMING MAN
he was, and drew picture Of himself m the
august presence OF the Knight OF tao Quhl. As
the rcsul, e ths inIcryiew, be was dircNed TO go
ing the wharf, He went to work nt i've dollars
per week. Soon afterwards commenced the great
rebellion, and General Buffers remarkable de.
ciarntion that q slaves were contrab1nd OF war
gave him one Of his trst and hest subjects for
cartoon. lie thodgh, Heneral Butler had the
best face In the world for n caricature, which he
drew, much. 10 the amusement OF the audience, IN
his attItnle on the back pay grab. Amer the war
had closed and
PRESIDENT JOHNSON
had swung around the circle, the lecturer re-
sumed his POLITICAL cartoons, and commenced on
tho Freedmen's Bureau. lie>tsetched burenu,
and Of some one removing the drawers, with head
Congress to iind out who the man in the drawer
was.
Andrew johnson had an ndmlrabls nose for
earlcsture; Il was nose that could be naturally
exaggerated. Persons had Oxen asked him 10
carlcaturc them; he did so; anl when they saw
the pictures they hrst smiled, but then dc slared
that they were not goNi repr Ascnta att1ns. No one
liked TO be caricatured. The cnricaturist could
boast Of triumphs over the
NEW yoRK RINGS
rings with money, brains. and depravlty. These
State of New York: they wanted control of the
country. II was to be ruled by Tweed 4 Co; but
the country had no fear OF them now. At frst
the ringmasters were amused at the efforts Of the
amused. But some time afterwards. when things
became serious, they said they didn't care what
newspapers said, because many people couldn't
read, but they could understand pictures. Then
benefit nf his health then they excluded the
Harpers hooks from the public schools; but the
Harpers fought them ont, the caricaturista con.
unued the war, and tho rings were crushed. He
then drew
rIcTrRE o. TwEEp
And OF a money bag containing an outline Of his
two years, but had given place to . less expensive
sisteS.d, VIII rIa, hs called ths yswslry" iSsii
and ehaihl attached. The besdty q the dress
But the lecturer congratulated the country that,
amid these glAring breaches OF public trust-sur.
rounded by all these dishonest practices among
oiiieials-the masses Of the people we're true and
crs In public affairs
The lecturer closed By skstchIng q ngure, robsd
In nlght-gown, and holding q lighted candle, on
enc saso Ssppy % ssds tb.m @ nSS sood
night.
COST OF LIQUOR DRINKING IN VIR