, 1880-02-08

be mistake, at first" .,,
,oy %Why, IS s3nn9t ss9ea comic paper I've in 'h's
eonRRtry Racanse rs aSkeo he said a,, the papers are
more or less humorous. Our edltoIs az
wits: our reporters are funny; and Inc feaa
ers Of our newspapers do not resent IT, II
England the combination Of seriousness M ane
fun is not n2e{sanay @nSh coc pspes How
' sYes" 1 said, ,interrupttns him; "1'm
going down there"
In five minutes Twas
AT THE OFFICE OF "PucK,"
over on Warren street. The whole establish
| ment beams with life and tf1fHt 10 oecupses
four floors, and has a large lob-othce' to1
prMann.la pMnntza ~ u.orntiig, A1r. Schwarzmann!'
| SAID. d Addressing the short, thick-set German
proprietor wi within !, the counter; . want tf
lie Skipped out and introduced me to ths
s:Does Puck prosper?" I asked him
aDocs it pr he repeated, laughing merrily
PUCK circulated 10000. Now the German
Pucl; has only about L, 900, but the American
Puck has-shall tell you ?-s5, ,ooo."
You are a German 2"
"Ya!' lie said; but / was with Frank
md had charge Of the German department.. n
'What is the secret Of your SUCCESS with
Puck, when all humorous BY, papers by A1nea'
car: have failed ?"
:'Well, two, I think: !. Our m method i is
or make up like Punch. 2. Our great secret
is Kepplef. il Keppler should die, / don't
know what we should do.
YOU'D BETTER SEE KEPPLER
I'll 70 and find him" and he started out.
how o1nrp hJ *ba 6Nnr
and my hail brought him ia.
II want to sketch you,'' said L
"Very well,'' he retorted; II will sit here
and you shall draw me-"
.z, ar!l draw y9u g, out Joseph Keppler: You
II was. In Vienna,'' he shortly added.
81 became comic actor. Then comic
artist I was for some time on the Vienna
funny paper, KLki4i-Ki! (Which Is the Ger
ran for Cockadoodledoo! the rooster
crA."
White he was telling me this, observed,
as I had observed before, that he had an ex-
ceptlonally fine face, gray eye, short black
hair, dark mustaches, seven inches long,
waxed to an awl like those of Franz Joseph,
and narrow goatee and imperial covering
his chin.
When did you come to this country, Mr.
I'm 1862. I went straight to St Louis,
where had friends Twas at first engaged
II theatre,-as comic actor at the Apollo.
By.and-ny was persuaded to become man
ager Of the Washing gton. Garden Theatre. Lost
II my extremity I then went to an editor,
Henry Bender, and was employed to illus
trate comic paper, Del Vc17nc (the Star
Chamber). After a year we could not agree,
creasing, I left. It busted ~ think you
call it. Then started Puck,
N ST. LOUIS"
II had forgotten that part Of Puck's
career" said.
II ran it two years. he continued" one
year in German exclusively, and one year
along well with my partner; and left. And
it busted II think you call it,
:, Yes that's Il the classic of i" I answered;
-"I'hen came here and went into Frank
years. I did some work for. most Of his
papers at different times I finally asked for
more salary, and, not getting it. left And
SchWarzmann and I started the German
Puck, FIVE years ago, and, shortly afterwards,
wife and three children"
Thence went up stairs to call OH Bun
ner,- ;.
Il. c. BUNNER,
the editor, whom, hadn't seen for months.
He is young fellow,-born in 1856, 5,-unmar-
IL
eye short curly hair and side whisEers. and
q pensive, perseyering layout OF 4 must3che.
He wears eyeglasses. and his hair is narted
in the middle like Julius Cmsar's TIE heean
life in a merchants office down-tow1, lie
didn't like them. and thew didn't like him
lie did a little Reporting on the World
worked On the ATcudian. and has recently
written some exceilent IDn,oTous mems for
Scrtlncr's Magazine, and four or five plays |
That have been perpendlcularly damned on |
be mentioned 6 The Tower of BabeL'' at}anf-
ed from q Fourchambault' He rims Pick |
with very little outside assistance
Valentine. a clever eentjeman in the nffice
loing the sFitz Noodie'; series. and nthar
yood work. Bunner has q good deal of |
versatility, industry, and yiyacity. and the |
soul of poet. He has Hone n gnn1l deal in |
he way Of introdncinp fn tfe Americans
through Puck and Scrlbner:s, some of The
.ecent French Inventions in metre the
riolet, chant royaI etc. Here. for Instance
might give vol \ specimen Of one of these.
Az French noofs eano
Is The methcd nf Runner.
A monotonous ciang
where the rhyme seems to hang,
Ae isis Eros ~ er'1,s - ~ pang!
AsFrench poets sang NV e0'Aet'
Is the method Of Bunner.
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