The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-27
THOMAS MAST.
The Great Cnricaturist in His studio.
HIS POPULARITY AS A LECTURER.

HIS POPULARITY AS A LECTURER.
Pending the lecture to be given by Mr..
Thomas Mast at the Opera House on to-
morrow TUESDAY evening the following
description of the great caricaturist, as
given by correspondent of the New York
Ecening Post, is of decided interest in that
connection, as giving some idea of the lee
turcr, who is yet unknown to the lecture
going public in this community. The cor
respondent says
The studio is a large room upstairs at
the back of the house 1t has not in any
way been rcmodeled for its present pur-
pose and contains no cascls, lay figures,
etc, which are usually to be found in STU
dos. Three ordinary sized windows af-
ford sufficient light, and near one of them
is placed plain table at which Mr.. Mast
works. A partly-open drawer affords q
rest for the block on which he is working.
and few pencils within reach comprise his
materials for labor. On the table are scat
tered newspapers in profusion, while clip
pings therefrom, which refer to the carica-
lures in hand, are on file. A wel.used
volume of Shakespeare is the only book
within reach. Around the walls are hung
large numbers of pictures in colors, draw
ings, sketches for studies, etc. while upon
brackets are placed busts and figures
in protusion. \ large glass case, in
one corner contains a complete skele-
ton which was purchased in Paris 1t is so
perfectly hung on wires, and each joint so
pivoted, that every motion of the living
man can be copied on the skeleton, and it
thus makes complete posturer for the ar
fist. Mr.. Nast's children take great de-
young visitors, and have lost all fear of it.
Indeed, one of them has petitioncd his IA
thcr to give him boy skeleton for II
Christmas present. In the bony right
hand of the skeleton is the rifle which Mr..
Mast carried when in the Seventh Rcgi-
ment, and which he bore when in the
ranks of that regiment during the 12th of
July riot.
A cabinet contains the photographs of
nearly every important parsonage in this
country and abroad. They are numbered
by thousands, and are so placed that the
hand may be laid in moment on the face
and figure of Tweed or on one of Eu-
ropes crowned heads This collection is
constantly being added to, and naturally is
a most important adjunct to the carcatur-
list. Mr.. Mast draws directly upon the
wooden block, never first sketching his
idea on paper. He has large collection
of blocks to suit his purpose, from the full
double page of Harper's TO the diminuitive
block on which may be drawn a quaint
capital letter for book illustration His
ideas are generally Uniformed when he begins
to sketch, having only in his mind rough
outline of what he wishes to portray. AS
he works figure starts up here and there,
and ideas come into shape until the carica-
ture is completed, and furnishes work for
the engrayer's tools. Mr.. Mast works
rapidly, as may be seen from the multi
tudinous caricatures that he produced dur
ing the late campaign, and was then often
found at his desk far into the night. Ii
visitors are in his study he converses freely
with them as he works, and his children
play around without annoyance to him.