Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30
CARIcATUREs OF PUBLIC MEN.
The President In Said Not to Take
kindly to Such Productions.

The President II Said Not to Take
Kindly to Such Productions.
From the New York Tribune.
Bernhard Gillian of Judge says that most
men like to be caricatured.
"When I want mans photograph
write to him and tell him I have nothing
that is good to get his features from, and
though he knows I'm going to use 1t against
linn he almost always sends on the pic
ture. A cartoonist can make politician by
keeping him before the public. Most of them
rather enjoy seeing themselves twisted out
of shape. You knew Mr.. Gladstone knight
ed Tenniel after all Punch's ridiculc. 1
once caricatured George William Curtis
rather severely. A few days later I re-
ceiyed very pleasant note with a photo
graph. saying that from my work he
Judged my picture of him was very old and
rather poor, and he wanted to give me
better CHARGE in future. That was man
we Were fighting and picturing in stays.
David b. Hill enjoys being caricatured.
/ once drew him as dog run mad with
tin pail, labeled Presidential Aspirations
tied to his tail l was going up the coun-
try. At the station / saw him, and. feeling
a little delicate about the matter, l went
through the train to my car to avoid meet
ing him on the platform. To my surprise
ne met me at the door, ana, as VS. spoke,
asked why l had avoided MIN. 1 told him
frankly. He said, My dear boy never feel
that way. 1 don't mind the least bit. l
like 1t. The more you pound the better for
me. If you keep drawing awful pictures Of
me, people all over the country will think
I'm a good deal of a man. On the other
hand, ex-senator Hiscock doesn't like to
be caricatured. Neither does Mr. Clese-
land. He Is quite sensitive. Some friends
of mine who know him very well Iaet him
in Washington a while ago. lie asked
about US here and If my friends ever came
here. They said they did. Then he re-
marked: Gillian was all right while he was
with Puck, but since then he has been all
wrong Once drew him and Hill dancing
together at some time when they were
working in harmony. Hill laughcd at 1t.
The paper was passed around in Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland's presence at dinner. She
thought it funny, but when he examined 1t
he looked solemn and threw the paper
down.
you've heard of. Louis Philippes pear
shaped head. Mr.. Cleveland has one also,
which is most pronounced. We looh for
William NJ. Evarts shows squares. Ami
mails are the easiest Almost every face
suggests something Of the kind. 1t Is so
easy to make bearded man with glasses,
like Charles A. Dana, into an owl. But our
work is not so easy as 1t used to be. We'd
like some striking men. Mr.. Cleveland Is
pictured till we're tired of it. He has to
bear the brunt of the administration carl
cature. Now that Bissell is gone, he has
cabinet that it's hard to do anything with.
They are all ordinary-looking people. Car
isle Is awful. Wilson is of little use. You
can't make much Of him but a country
school teacher with his thin face and mus
tache.
1--WE have to be simpler than the old en-
gravers, who worked for a limited public,
and cur cartoons are more general in ap-
pllcarion. 1t doesn't do to use Dante,
splendid as he would be for suggesting
themes. 1 once worked out a fine idea,
series founded on The Ancient Mariner
but 1 had to give it up. 1 was afraid that
too many people would ask. Who was Col
eridge?"