The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21

the men whose caricaturing has made them
famous throughout the country. Mr. Jump
first stated that there was scarcely any strik-
ing popularity to distinguish the profession
except" said he, shat they are great deal
newspaper men,"
3Are caricaturists engaged on the illustrated
journals on a regular salary"
"Some of the best known are engaged rcgu-
larry, but a number refuse TO make any bind
ing contracts prererrins to work ON the out
side and sell their ideas and sketches, but
there are objections to doing this, inasmuch
az unprincipled foromen can and DO steal an
idea that has been offered for sale and
refused OF course they will not have
fac similo of the picture offered but the ruling
idea will prevail, and IN caricatWo IDEAS are
what makes them popular. On this account
the best known men work regularly for one
6rm, and it is the best way, as they have
sure income, and can profit by the ideas OF the
attaches of the journal. 1t is not 10 be sup
posed that men like Tom Mast originate all
their own pictures, for PRO Bono Pu5lico,
and Constant Reader write az much 10 Har
per's and Leslies as they do to the great dal!ies
and often suggest an idea that touched up 10y
an artists pencil becomes famous caricaturc,
and then the editors and reporters often fur
nish good subject
"Of course Mast gets all the credit, and has
thus become the acknowledged carcaturist of
this country OF course l do not wish to de
tract from his merit; his work proves his
ability"
"What is there about Mast that would inter-
est the public:"
sob, the public knows all about him; he
has lectured and has been here SO long; he
is saving of his money and is therefore very
rich, for his salary has been for years $3.50 a
week, and he has done outside work beside
He is the highest paid artist in the profession.
He has been on the winning side Of politics
for wears, and has really made The Weekly
what it is He has the knack Of carcaturin8
public men and politics, and Is without an
equal in that line"
what about Matt Morgan"
"Matt Morgan is an elegant artist, with
vast fund of ideas on all conceivable subjects
Hcis better general worker than Mast but
Tomme had been here so long that he knew
lust what the people in this country would ap
preciate, while Morgan had 70 experiment
with them; he was first brought here by Frank
Leslie from England during the Greeley cam
pagn to fight Mast, and lie made gallant
struggle and has a reputation co-cNl9nTlEe
with the country. He has abandoned ral.cn-
turing for the time being, and is settled in
Cincinnati with a great SLoW-pIHuhS house
on salary Of $500 week the year round
He apparently intends TO stay there, "s be IS
building $4,000 house on the Hills. He II
very much devoted to his family, and always
has kept them in elegant style. lie Is very
fond of his six children
Does Joe Kcpplor rank next"
We'll, ! do not know thRt Wlsh 10 STATE me
rank in which these artists stand In the pop
ular estimation heppler would come next
He is very well known here, rs lie was resi-
dent for a long tlme III fact published two or
three papers, and was married to It st Louis
lady 1t is a peculiarly that Inc made no
money to speak of while N TINS city lie LEFT
here under engagement to Frank Leslie at
salary of 500 week, ana after Whlle started
Puck. His partner, SiIwar1lnnnn, put mp al
the money TWAS printed IN Gcrman-a good
idea, as it is the only comic paper OF ability III
that language. 1t was success from the
start, and the demand for It ncecssIttcd an
and Kepplcr will soon be rich. He deserves
it, AZ he has worked hard ana mas great aallliy'
Az Who clse Is the[e la,n"1 , II, ,' Ilag
hard f. talk about fhem ali The LEADING ar
lists on the great papers are of course the best
known, but thGro are h .,,l 9i men "t
'wnm tp"vn o. th".n oior whom we have been
talking. 1t is inst az i. a,y other profession
some men are always being talked uhaUt and
others of equal ability are 100, pval mentioned
Some are naturally retiring, and their w',k Is
not attained that prominence in the pubic
mind that attaches itself ia tine rpruial rrfI-t-