, 1879-01-19
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
COMIC PAPERS OF GERMANY

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young men, fresh from their university studies
who, on sitting one evening over their beer anc
tobacco. hit upon the idea OF politico-satirica
periodical. One of the youths had talent with
the pencil and undertook the pictorial part. nm.
another could write dogecrel, and he accepte9
the poetical column; third could imitotf
the street dialects, and his part was
thus suggested; while the fourtb w},1
had some means, became the publisher
and business manager. All Of the mcn wers
endowed With a caustic wit, were Radical IN
politics. and absolutely without any rcsnert f.,
persons. The venture proved an aston;shinn
success almost from the first. The original NH.
Usher died rich man, and the colleagues have
believe, nll acquired respectable competence;
hazardous ENTERPRISE. With growing noe and
assured charachtcr the Il adderouafseh hos hr.
come shade more conservative In politics. has
taken more to lashing the foreign foes Of Ger.
many tilan the home enemies Of freedom AID
Libcralism, but it has lost none Of the sayarre-
ness OF its wit, and has dismissed none Of the mr.
suaages or types which first gave I: nrcuIiar;tv y
to IT'S nayes. The veteran Philistipes, Schultze
and Miller. still hold their colTce-house dia-
logue egcry week; ana tac wcli-known.Barons
Prulelwitz and Strudelwitz write from time 10
time their characteristic let1cra Kiadderadak:th
has its antipatlics, like more serious journals.
It is never tired Of ridicuing Prince Lulu. Count
Reust, Lord Bcaconsflelo, the Count Of Cham
bord, the Pope, and lesser victims ut home. it
Is exclusively satlricaI, and almost exclusively
political, ignoring society and tie humorous
SIDE OF life, and exactlng from its readers no
little scholarship and culture, since they may be
called on at any time to apply un epigram Of
MARTIAL or line III -Ar1stophancs TO Wlnuehorst.
The illustrations arc c1ccrable in an artistic
sense, but othcrWlse serve their purpose.
SchoflZ, the artist can do good work; but it
suits his purpose III n 'duaerdudtsch 70 make his
VICTIMS Oulous, NOT out} W lne rutblessnesS OF
tue satire, put also py Ing "retcnedness OF the
drawing, anu r snccceus II Doth
sarily model for its younger rivals, while its
style wus also the one most acceptable TO the
Berlin taste. But between the other two, ttss1'e'l
aud UH, there Is Vast a1Herence DtE has
some larry 3ooo caIlcatues, ana IL IS supported
py prosperous vs. anu spGeIt aa'S oua It never
has acdu!7co TIC 1naislouality or popularity OF
We5nf@, Whac!l, unoer tne coA4nct OF Jullus
stcttcnhelnl, Is last becoming dangerous com
netitor OF tue oldcr paper. tne specaltles OF
the 'Fespea are the puFlesque faf!'amentaT} re-
ports, which it learned from i~u,.ch tte special
CORRESPONDENTS ol "Nippchen;' anu the inter
views OF us own "Icptne; ~ o1 tnese, nc.
lleSe. are zone oy tne proi1llc otettennelm. All
OF them, TOO arc carieatures OF tnodern Jour-
nalistic MetEous, ano Nlpocncn' az ieast, mas
Deeone one o. .ne ~ uef-
many. The llespen plays gooo ocal with poll
tics, ike ITS olocf prototype, ont 10 amore good
naturcd way, SO that the reader sometimes
laughs, "hlch no seioo'A aoes Win AsdddeTd-
datseh. ...-,. ..-- ), ....
Inc nehee er; Wa'eG e !nes1 ed rnsee puocasons
tint the official and conservative press has
more than once invoked all tue natural and
supernatural powcrs TO countcract 1t. 1t is
said that they arc hostile to serious thought,
und they arc certainly hostile to Conservative
thought. 1t is complained that they teach the
public to turn every political question to ridi-
cuie, and encourage people to believe that
everything can be se:tleu Dy pun or bon
mot; aud this also IS charge which is not
wholly groundless: ana yet 1t would be All
error to say that hladderadd!sch is frivolous
journal, given exclusively to persifaee. It
r!d!cu!es shasns as Boleau dlu; It moeks like
Votalrc, but its ridlcule anu its mockery are
in the service Of very pronounced political
Opinions, which DO nos happen to be those OF
the present Government. Aud II | might ven
t'1re paradox, should say lint h'dddcradotsch
pie have go much, but because they have SO lit
TIC esprit IL esprit were natlona' gut, ana the
love OF h'iinnf lhsat'aoie, INC regular dailles
~ ~ 1d ~ s.t,', uuI ai ahu
tertaiunr. and tie peopIe who DO enioy n little
healthy triilins would find it in their regular
party organs, without searching elsewhere But
Slnee solc 1nselutaole greJuolse toInos tne aal,
5ieI1 Of wit and hun,,r. liz exclusively r,.
served for special periodicals. The ordi- ;,
nary reader finds the division OF industry
eStcndcd' thGrc1ore, 70 LUIS phase o1
~ 4ha +o,a.eo,h;a aiena.,hsl tbo
CORRESPONDENCE from London and
Rio de Janciro and for the intcrmnaDlc leaders
on the politics Of the day; and then for au auti~
dote, takes Htspen or EiaddeYadatsch. There
is therefore, an essential difference between the
relations OF the two classes of periodicals in
Germany aud the relations between, say, the
Times ard Punch. Mr.. Bell turns from the
Times to Punch in order to get relief from poll
tics and to enjoy social and other caricatures
cxvcllently done, but the Bcriner turns from
the Nat o,tul Zetnuq to the T. atlderdddtsch mere
IL in order to have 4 different treatment OF the
same political questions. In the first lie has the
tragedy, in tho second the comedy; but the
subject is always politics. This u.s. fu certain
sense, Al, evil, but the National Zeitung has not
vt discovered tile true seat or reason Of the
Evil.
POOLE, THE LONDON TAILOR.
0,;r- focau,x Ioudou Letter to san Fr1uc1sco tau
snoai,;nv NJ ,ncn,s clothes makes me think Of
,,s1,e 49, .o,,..;1sr har. p,no,,t ox,ar;a,,or
foo'e' Iilc >" q! 'a'.o' Aels' AeTuD .Npet.eu~
u friends of mine sho" me tnat fooie IS st''l Ut
his old tricks. first heard Of this thing twenty
cars ago. but really thought the establishment
r,s rot+;np t;t,Jc more sensible in its od ape.