New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
4 MAKER OF MIRTH.
CARAN D'ACIIE THE GREAT FRENCH
CARICATURIST. TALKS ABOUT
IlIMSItII

From The Strand Magazine.
Caran d'Achc M Emmanuel PoirO is In a
sense responsible for the Franco Russian ALL
ancc. since Do U.s. without peer a. an iiIl ...'i
q tho weaknesses and f'il'cs Of II VI " b.
helm H. u ~as born ard bred 10 ihr N'-
polconi- 'ral44o,." - d.Aru' sad. ln ans" D
10 4 question. II am by birth = Musrotli'. iui
as So often narr.ns ln such ear's. ia" fact that
/ had no,,r s,.u a'd kuc" s. i'tir 80 ih' .'nl
~ my ancestors only lu. gcae.d u} desire 'n s"'
France. and c.,u as q child snicmniy d''.
m.ncd o. r,conqu,r NY French nationality Ny
father G.'d WHOM go seventeen. ara 'h fr+.'
~ all thai m, tr..rd. had t. say a-alnfi f..
idea / APPLIED at thc French Embassy job "i Jog
70 know what would be- the h'sf ""' 'n " %
70 fuInl tho obligation. which know d't".t .
on every young Frcn' Imam. q s'r' mF "a ''r-
tain time ia tho French army. once htd "h-
tanned fhi-. io me-. very inI'r 'hNt HivtNi' .''''
! started gayly f1r France with very MI money
in my pocket but with hIrh hopes and bound
less ambitions surging through NY BRAN. ~ a
schoolboy | was always dra"Inr. hui only i"I
my own pleasure and. need hard'' say "u'
OF school hours. good deal - my tuc va
sreni az a child among ia" good natur'i SOL
dicrs Of my fathers adopted country. ana con
TESS | cherished secret WISH 81 becoming
military painter one day. 60 my great joy.
some one presented mo with fin" BOOK 81
French engravings. and among It's contents was
a short account 81 Dciaillo. together With som"
specimens Of his splendid work Accordingly
I made NJ my mind that | would seek HIM out
youth is over bold and 10 soon'r hhd !
reached Paris. In. | may add " som w ma, l'f
orn condition than boldly presented myself
AT NJ pctaillc's front door portion" "'
sketches under my arm
THE srAKr IN LIFE
And you we're Kindly recoivcd' kindly j.
no, the wo-d' Fdouard I'''aillc received M 30 a
foehinn that tirn,cd HIM t. ipescse .'"f ."
haps rarcr even than great genus great
heart. He looked o.rr ~ poor "''l r.",
encouraged me- to p'ff"vcic ana ih'h, 'l'''
became a pri,af. IN thc French Army h" never
Lost sight Of me Indeed I was OWING 10 ms IN
nuencc that was finally appointed I" WORK al
the War once dmolT ih'S" Wi"s' Hn') J., j. I"
prepare drawings 81 uniforms ana >" Oh ." ~
Italics klnGncss did not stoI there. h. gave M"
eornc valuable advice Instead of proposing mat
| should bccofuc "a student ~ & me- ar s'h""' d"
{, ursc which would have been from every pom,
81 view impossible" to n'r ~ thn' nm ~" n'I
| wished II hc told me t. study from life. ana
mot to bc I'll scuuraE'd. however poor might l
the result and -" no sooner did hnd mys'i
in the ,.uardfnun Of III" ll3ih Line Ecfinchi
than / bean following my masters "d' zee III
soasnn and out Il season Not till became NJ -
tachcd to the war Otc'. howe Yer. ana M"
fine 10 do work with view 10 publi'iti"h. !"
,nv eurnris. / f. md a ready. # humble. market
,nr NV wares and II was then that first signed
nv drawings 'Caran dAch".' which. az you
NAV know signifies In Russian lead pencil MY
first great 5ok" 81 luck was und"Ih''uij INC
production Of 'IEp"pc"' at TIA" 'hat non.
WHAT SUGGESTED "LEIOiEE"
as f. what suggo.tcd TEpop"c he added
that was "A very simpl" mailer t'""" ''Hm,"
III, ,n design an illustrated over Tor IL comic
sorr ! ATTEMPTED t. carry out my d'a 10y nm
Application OF the "I fashioned 'nh ,'.''
c,,,,.,l, II st,,Ick me that my initial idea was
,aratlc II unrnding Developments ihir" my
s.iC with ardor into the work. and hs the re-
suit of hundreds Of experiments hnal.y pr"
.,,,cod tho leading scenes IF the great Napole-
nr,c drama. carefully divided into thirty tab-
leans The whole was engineered. az IL were,
with the help Of four thousand htur'S anu
horses, each OF which was ch.rsN ,h.n
and produced b. me. being first drawn 'nen