The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-11

achieve the most conical results, SIM
plicity which reminds one OF q child
rude attempts az drawing that can be
seen IN any school. Cleverly introducing
three or four lines into IN oval he executes
q face expressing the most roIiicking
humor. He succeeds in making the
simplest inanimate object, ike a chair or
a cane. look funny. In one instance he
depicts the faces which the changing folds
OF pair Of trousers can make.
i joke which remains good after the oc-
casion which gave rise 20 it has passed is
generally considered one of the rarest pro-
ducts OF the human mind. and in this
Busch excels. His good things will be
enjoyed Just IS much . hundred years
hence as today.
He has never attempted 70 caricatare
politics. never uttered epigrams upon con-
spicnous persons, nor do We learn the bad
manners and morals of the time from him:
nothing malignant. unpatriOtIc. impure.
mean, has ever borne his signature. He IS
always delightfully."- innocent, with 3
broad and boisserous humor. The ad-
ventures of chignon. the mischIevous
tricks of monkey who upsets whole
household, the experiences OF 3 man fall
ing into dough and being baked alive are
subjects sufficiently interesting for his
pen.
He never uses model, but draws every
thing from Imagination with a simple pen
which also serves him for writing.
His Imagination IS so fertile that when
publisher. who was ordering q book, once
asked him when 1t would be finished, he
replied: In a week or two: perhaps
sooneri" AS soon IS this became known
his publishers continually annoyed him
with asking him 70 lower his prices.
Busch is very pleasant person 70 meet,
but in his manners entirely different from
what the reader might imagine He has
stout ucure and full face with a long
grey beard, small ylvaclous eyes. beaming
with good naIured mischief, friendly
mouth. with some slight motion even
when silent. His speech is SLOW, almost
dragging. he even shutters somewhat
now and then. His conversation IS anna
ole throughout. always full OF meaning
but simple in tone and expression. His
wit and humor only De ong 20 his pen and
though be can hardly write 3 letter with
out introducing . sketch IS 3 rhyme
his oral utteTanCes, on the contrary. show
no trace of these qualities. Only when he
is iolIy-he was always heavy drinker-
he talks continually IN doggerels. always
using the last word OF the speaker as i
rhvme for his answer.
Even rs a boy he showed the close o.
servaiion ana keen perception which are
the leading characteristics OF every carl
caturist. He saw pecu.iarities where the
general eye did not detect them.
In school he was continually drawing
caricatures OF the boys IS we'll as the
teachers on his desk, slate and books.
which often resulted in fights with MS
schoolmates and good whipping from MS
mother.
He. however. set little importance on
his skill, II being his ambition 10 become
painter, and a. his father was 4 well-to-
do peasant ne was granted several years
Of study IN Dusseldorf, Munchen and
Antwerp He was Father INDECENT. in
duleinE q good deal IN beer and late hours.
and his examination vas not very salts
factory. The comp position Yas careless
and the drawing faulty, though the faces
EXPRESSED good deal % huInor which was
entirely out OF place. The inspectors, tap
ping him on the shoulder in a friendly
manner, advised him. You had bet
ter give Il up. You will never make a
painfer!" Quite discouraged, he packed
his bundle and Went travelling from town
70 town: he studied but little. only now
ana then making earlcatgre 10 please
himself.
Even in Italy he did not feel inspired
end produced nothing but an occasional
car.cature OF the great raaste-uleees Of art,
which. however, he w2s TOO say 20 show 20
ANYBODY.
When he returned 10 Munich he vas in
t-o3uceA in the H0fbrauhaas TO the editor
OF the Flisqende Bi.tter. VINO vas n search
Of & caricalur.sE. and who induced Busch
10 show him his collection OF car.catures.
This led - an engasenant fo- several
wears AZ the Fliegefa.3e Batter. which
quickly made Busch popular throughout
Germany.
After several successful years, during
which time he published from eighteen 10
twenty-four books, he retired 10 Wieden-
SAM. a pleasant little Town near Hanover.
where he Was born nearly sixty years ago.
He has bEllt a handsome villa on the
original estate 81 his parents. The eoun-
Try : not particularly picturesque. being
lsye. AID he4lEh-l.Ae 70 Large extent, DIT