The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-26

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walt, but returned % the Un0ed states.
had submitted to him tevcrI5 sketches on
the then impending war OF NE rebellion,
illustrating the northern view OF the case'
We'll Won zee. in the United States they
seem 10 attach 70 much more importance
IN vsha, we publish than we do ourselves
thai we shall remain perfectly neutral,
| dc;rc nothing whatever on the subject"
THE s,,bse0,,ent neutrality OF Punch was
tnnching illustration Of frafernal con-
s,6cratiop.a Some other sketches handed
him. illustrating some points In the admin
| lsfrntion Of justice here, which with us
would he looked upon a. 100 usual and
lcommonplace TO be either satirical or funny
caused him TO look askance at me out OF the
corner of his eyes, as though he thought 1
was not an "honest Injun." And he re-
marked:
Well, you knOw--aw--we shall have
aw-you know, to trust entirely to your
honor in these things, you know, as we
have no means or knowledge OF our
own--aw- to--aw--you understand"
! assured him that had not in those
sketches even taken the license OF the
caricaturst; that they were not even
.exaggerations.
"Well.---aw, he said, 81 do not think
could venture to use these. Inc iact,
you know, is aw-that our people are
not prepared to believe In such a state OF
society"
As far as business was concerned found
him very frank and fair. He liked my po-
sition on the paper, and did not see nm
again save once or twice driving aDout the
city in Hanson cab-which, by the way,
was great weakness OF his. so much so
that Lemon and his Hanson cab was
by-word and joke among his friends:
They used to say that he was Obliged
to take policeman about Win nun
TO compel the cabmen to drive him. whlch
they generally refused to do except under
compulsion, unless he agreed to pay special
rates by the ton. One day, walking with
Blanchard Jerrold, we came across q Han
som cab which had broken down in the
street. "Holo!" he exclaimed, "Mark
Lemons been here, | see." In reality l
believe he was a perfect boon to the cab
stands, and the men used to fight Tor him.
CHARLES KEENE AND KENNY MEADOWS.
was introduced to Charles Keene, one
of Leech's colleagues on Punch. l found
his studio with one or two others In kind
OF better-class shanty, which ran along one
side of d yard paved with cobble-stones,
which YOU entered by small door in n
large door. like the porte cochereS in
French houses. His studio WAS work
sbop pure and simple. There was no at
tempt at style, elegance. or ornaments
ton. II was cluttered up with easels,
drawing-boards, portfolios, sketches, casts,
and all other kinds Of artists tools. The
walls were kalsomired streaky blush
gray, and there was large skylight in the
roof. II was very quiet and retired, and a
capital place to work in, as he could
bring in any kind OF a model,
from tramp TO a donkey, without trouble
or notice. II was just the reverse OF
Leech's neatly-ordered place, as was also
his method OF working. He told me that
he always had living models and posed
them for his Punch sketches just as he
would do for painting. He said he would
rather paint pictures than draw illustra-
tons, even II he did not make one half the
amount of money by it. He was an en-
tbusiastic admirer of Leech, whom he con-
sidered the greatest caricaturist the world
had ever seen.
"He is Charles Dickens with the pencil.
and quite his peer in genius; and what is
more, II he chose to write. and were to de-
vote his time TO it. believe he would
stand second to none as a writer. Why,
lust look ut his few lines OF writing under
his sketches, the inscription, or caption,
or whatever you choose to call them. With
what skill they are writteul They are not
dashed off as many foolish people imagine.
but require u great deal OF time and think
ing to get them right, as | know to my
sorrow"
keene was tall, handsome, gentleman
like Young man, dressing handsomely and
i'm admirable taste. He was what they call
I'm England "quite swell" i'm the best
sense Of the word.
Kenny Meadows, who illustrated Knights
Shakespeare, and who made the design for
tile first cover of Punch, aud contributed
many other designs OF rare fancy to its
pages, | often met in London when |
was youth and he grizzled-
gray man OF mature years. When l told
him that had fancy to follow his
calling. he tried to dissuade me from
il, as being a career where there was a great
deal OF hard work and very little profit.
1t had its pleasures, he admitted, "but
after ALL" he said, "there is no pleasure
chat washes and keeps its color as steady
thing hike plenty of bread and butter, and
the butter pretty thick. / assure you
that after time there is not much
fun in fighting wolves from the door
with one Of Windsor a. Newton's four
pencils. There is no other metal which
does not make better weapon to fight the
battle of life. The steel OF the surgeon,
the butcher and the carpenter, the lead and
iron OF the soldier, the pewter OF the pub
ican--brass. tin. nickel, every one is bet
ter, but above all gold, gold; that is the
stuff to drive away wolves-lions, tigers,
snakes, and human duns."