The Dickinson press., 1895-05-04
cAR1cAruREs OF PUBLIC MEN.
The President Is Said Not to Take
kindly to Such Productions.

The President IL Said Not to Take
Kindly to Such Productions.
Bernard Gillian of Judge says
that most men like to be caricatured.
"When l want a mans photograph
I write to him and tell him l have
nothing that is good to get his fea-
lures from, and though he knows that
I'm going to use it against him he al
most always sends on the picture. A
c%artoonist a make a politician by
keeping him before the public. Most
Of them rather enjoy seeing themsel-
yes twisted out Of shape. 1ou know
Gladstone knighted Tenniel after all
"Punch's" ridicule. l ono caricatured
George William Curtis rather severe
ly. A few days after l received a
very pleasant note with a. photograph,
saying that from my work he Judged
my picture Of him was very old and
rather poor, and he wanted to give me
q better chance in the future. That
was q man we were fighting and pic
turing in stays.
David B. Hill enjoys being carica-
tured. 1 once drew him as a dog run
mad with q tin pail, labeled .:Presiden-
tial Aspirations tied to his tail. l
was going up the country. At the sta
ton I saw him, and, feeling a little
delicate about the matter, l went
through the train to my a to avoid
meeting him on the platform. To my
surprise he met me at the door, and,
as we spoke, asked why l avoided him.
| l told him frankly. He said, my dear
boy, never feel that way. l don't
mind the least bit. l like it. The
more you pound the better for me.
If you keep drawing awful pictures
of me, people all Ove the country will
think I'm a good deal Of a man. On
the other hand, ex-senator Hiscock,
doesn't like to be ca%ricatured. Neither
does MI. Cleveland. He is quite SEN
sitiye. Some friends of mine who
know him very well met him in Wash
ington, O while ago. He asked about
us here, and If my friends ever came
here. They said they did. Then he
remarked: Gillian was all right while
he was with puck" but since then
he has been all wrong Once l drew
him and Hill dancing together at
some time when they were working
in harmony. Hill laughed at it. The
paper was passed around in Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland's presence at q dinner.
She thought it funny, but when he
examined it he looked solemn and
threw the paper down.
you've heard of Louis Philippe's
pear-shaped head. MI. Cleveland has
one also, which is most pronounced.
We look for circles and squares AMI
animals in heads. William NJ. Evarts
shows squares. Animals are the cas-
lest. Almost every face suggests
something of the kind. 1t is so easy
to make a bearded man with glasses
like Charles A. Dana, into an owl
But our work Is not so easy as it used
to be. We'd like some striking men
Mr.. Cleveland is pictured till were
tired. of it. He has to bear the brunt
Of the administration c%aricature. Nov
that Bissell is gone. he has a cabinet
that it's hard to do anything with
They are all ordinary looking people
Carlisle is awful. Wilson is of little
use. You can't make much of hin
but q country school teacher with hi
thin face and mustache.
I'VE have to be simpler than TIN
old engravers, vino worked for a limit
ed public, and our cartoons are NOR
general in application. 1t doesn't d
to use Dante, splendid as he would b.
for suggesting themes. I cree WORKED
out a fine idea. a series founded Of
The Ancient Mariners but l had t
give 1t up. I was afraid too many pee
pie would ask, "Wh was Colcridge?