Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-15
George CrufkshRpk.
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me iast tlme We saw George Cruik shank vi
az ais a su,'Iai "i Anaiew Halliday II was
gusts. But the stout old man Who Was one :,
me paU-bearerS, stood vi n head Uncovered /.
sS o,,Ie Ins >elNlce Mas Ting read over I'D
uauhi NM George CruikShank was emphatI
calN a healthy man la mind and body M
t hau MS cIotchetS and MhimS-what humorisN
haS ever Deem without thems-but they Deye1
look The form OF morbid breeding He was 80
open, too expansive for that Whateyer va
~, ms E'ina found an utterance, d might II
ny pencil. II might be by word of mouth Ri
he Was always doing or planning and mostlI
for the welware Of others. Men al This san
seldom br3Sper IN this selfish world Of ours@
and Cruik shank, in spite Of the enormous NON
ularity of his work. was not rich. The pronl}
OF his labor went chiefly into other men'J
pockets. Like the Old lady IN Henry Vii. \
never could
Come pat hetwiN too early and too late
For any suit OF pounds"
Even the Kindness If friends did not prospe}
win nm. curious story was told SoIne7
years ago 81 how some artistic and Personal
ADMIRERS started a substitution un his beha IN
WIN lar, though not brilliant results. Bua
tNth RioIe the prey Was at hand yultureS he j
gan Ia gather. Bills poured i'm. tbe ghoSt 40
iong-iorgotien Liabilities started up la alarm
ing magnitude and multitude, and AT last the
artist had publicly To drprecatc his friends I'M
lated generosity. The small pension he re
celNed from the crown will,we sincerely trust.
be continued To his widow
SltfIf
muscular Christian into Vogue Grnik
shank. i'm the same sense, might I've descriseS
a. "muscular tectotaler.' The words sun
up his two most cherished aSpiratio ions He|
himself would have approved at the com bina
ZION Health and strength. mental aud PHYS
zeal. he believed 10 Ice the Immediate ont
growth ol total abstinence. Alcoholic liquor
according 10 him. was the DEVILS own inyen-
non. and the most ingenious one. ON his art
inns Mhlm was OF anything but beneficial in
hutnce.
Every anecdote concerning Mr. Cruil
shahkS personal carrer-and they are leglon
l. more or less connected with total ahStinence
IN it, muscular" phase The story is told how
the painter IN his quality Of colonel If a rpgi :
lnent ol volunteers, once set out with three or
anges in his pocket, one of which he brought
home AT night, aud how toward the close of the
helddaN he tainted the exhausted soldiers
who had freely imbibed with an eNultinu re :
ference 10 his OWL abstinence and conSeonent
freshness. Most of the daily papers have men
Toned MIR. CrUlkShank'> proWpSS i'm captur
ing. AZ the age of 20 or more. a desperate burg
lar. But the most characteristic part of the
story has, aS lar as We are aware, been omit
tea; Mhits keepnga firm grasp of the thief
with his left hand. the doughty little painter
telt his own pulse with the other and inding
that the accustomed - beats To the minute
mad not been increased 10y single one in spite
OF eNerllon and excitement he grayely began
To enlarge upon the benefits OF temperance
comparing his own calm with the thief'S Dant
ing condition. That the rogue was also a
drunkard he assumed aS a matter of course
In this strange condition the pair were found
10y the policeman.
1t is not generally known that the deceased
painter extended his anathema 10 the oh
noNiouS weed. We can call to mind how one
evening after an artistic gathering NJ Legros
the French artist, lit parting cigarette i'm the
hal ot our host: whereat MIR. Crukshank eK-
clalned. IN his emphatic way. " To that vice
nave t"n slave for 1--WE forget how manyl
years: but now am free man" That in
spite OF this and other eccentricitieS George
CrulkShank was OF a genial and altogether
loNaDe nature, his numerous friends will
testify. There was no harm in him and no
guile. Even the charges of plagiarism raised
10y him at various times against authors whose
works he had illustrated were never believed
10 proceed from anything but self-delusion.
iblckens himself was prepared Ia take this
lenent view of his Old colaborator's curious
idiosyncraSy.