New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03
ROYAL CARICATURE.
,,,rrN VICTORIA is NOT THE ONLY SOW
rPE1GN WHO ENJOYS IT-HOW SHE
AND OTHER GREAT PERSON
AGES HAVE FIGUEKED IN
COMIC PAPERS.
COMIC PAPERS

- srs profound melancholy. there is prob
=, ~ sovereign IN the old World who pos
.-ssas a more keen sense Of the iudicrous, or
.,o is more easily moved to laughter. 1t - this
.,r-eoiation 4 lumor. this readiness TO Sc the
,~aic-3us side ia everything. that leads her to
80 81, much att.ution TO that branch Of the
Sc known as .tle comic papers, Of which
,s an irvete.a.e reader. She derives par
.-,,,,s- amusement from caricatures Of polit-
10, character relating 10 her own constitutional
.5,...-s ~ home and 90 her kinsfolk abroad.
,,.s~.. ~ this fad Il Her Majesty. each Eng
"a, ....as-,an who has held Cabinet office dur
t. t.- long reicu has made point Of keeping
b. surr,i-d with all the caricatures that have
o,,ssr4d of hirr- q IL any domestic or foreign
,eusnarer. The are sent to the Queen from
ZINE 10 time IL ,he form of scrap books Of
.s,-aip pattern. and inasmuch as every Minis
,s- who has served the queen since her acces-
sion 10 the chrome has followed this practice. 1t
,,r readily ts understood that the great library
., Windso- Castle contains complete and
u,iope collection Of the political characters Of
the Victorian era They Will form IN times 10
me an invaluable coroIlary TO the history q
me present century. much in the same way as
r., a minor deCree-the caricatures and cartoons
q. Gl-ay enable one 20 understand many things
3, connection with the reign Of King George III
which would otherwise remain incomprehens-he
Il Is doubtful whether there is any parsonage
Who has been brought into contact with me
Queen during her phen0menaNy long lie VINO
has escaped this particular form Of satire. IN
The early years u her marriage. before her SUD .
,scts had learned 70 appreciate the sterling .
qualities and the valuable services II the late .
Prince Cousort, ne was by reason u British .
p-eiudice against the foreigners constant outt .
o. the cartoonists seldom indeed dld number .
u Punch" appear without some comic pre- .
sentiment Il the Queens husband LORD ram .
a-stor Emperor Napoleon Francis Joseph Of
Austria John Bright Lord Russell, Gladstone
Sir Robert Peel and particularly Benjamin DIS
raeH. formed the subject Z amusing careatures.
and il is doubtful VIII, Their anything more clever .
o. this kind has ever been published than the +
por-ravaI = Lord Beaconsa-ld in the character
OF the sphinx. one Il the sighuess stone eyes .
OF the statue being closed in a wink, in token OF
satisfaction at the deal by which the most brill .
liant Of all queen yictor.as Premiers had just
concluded the acquisition II the Khedivial block .
o. founders shares ia the Suez Canal Company
INFLUENCE OF ENGLISH CARTOONIsTs.
In England political cartoons DO not merely
GLOW the opinion Of the public, but frequently
saa it. exercising an astonishing influence upon
~ course Il events. a cartoon in the pages OF
21nch" has sometimes suthced 10 turn al us
d the tide # popular sentiment; while ii was
q. appearance Of wonderful picture IN inc
Nv deflrrt -Tomahawk." showing the throne
aant thu crown close 10y under glass case
4 covered with dust Her Majesty's Highland
.-e John Brown leaning on tae glass case
I'd the Queen behind him on lower step 81
IL 1ais virIug away tears as she gazed al
..g q hey dead husband that served 20 rrcaA
he sovereign 90 herself. and 20 remind her tha'
ee nursing = her grief and the extreme secll-
s1 from the public which it entailed We're De
g.1ng 10 give offence 70 her subjects ana 10
1,ose her O. charges Of neglect Of the oDAga-
-l,s o. royalty
Passing across the Channel however. comic .
!l.ralism suffers a change. Although the IAN
g.ags OF d.. Latin countries Of Europe Ieh1
ts1seyes ~ q far greater degree OF DAINTY
VT than those u the English speaking Ger
-2l and the 81. 4v races and in spite OF Inc TACT
lat the French are justly reputed as Deihs
Ire gifted in the possession Of that particular
.-.cate form " humor known as esprit IMAM
.ay other people On the face Of the globe yet
y some strange reason OF another there IS no
a1,ry where comic journalism descends 10
SD depths as In France Even in It's treat
,=lt q the social questions and fads Of the day
2-e is invariably an element Of indeHcacy
sieh impa.rs me o,everness and the keehheSS
he satire. while the cartoons and carIca'u'e7
political pa-s0uages both at home anu
"''ad az nearly always coarse and frequent!
E-oo.e. It is largely due 20 the discred'taD'7
lafacer o. French comic journalism that 'he
-- so widely Celebrated French wit has lost