The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
JUST. BETLUEEN YOU .qND ME

VERY good work that the cartoons. Sur
prsingy good in fact both regards ideas and draw
ing With exceptions all instructions carried
this much artist because he
drew his picture according to the rules that the work
of "real1y-ruly' artists
The before and after' cartoons were amusingly
quent, they probably Barts
first 'before AFTER published. Others
adanted figures already nuhshed in cartons either in The
Journal the Journal Junior This in itself is compliment
of but it is work that will in contest
where original drawing the demand has been
nized in the when by the originator
naturally it is not going to be honored again, matter
how we'll the adapted work may be DONE
Nearly all Of the cartoons had good point and state
secret want to contde the fact to you that in cartoon
is the point that quite much the drawngfre
quently 1t takes brains to make good cartoon One
who can draw we'll of the work unless he has
ideas OF how to apply picture to we'll known event
phase of fe and make the application such people will
either smile over it appreciate the
The prize winning cartoon is unusual piece of work for
amateur Entirely aside idea especial
V to the point for juvenile cartoon the work is above the
ordinary The artist had the leave white
all of his lines strong his
is done in fact there is not line that did not
reproduce we'll and which has the best of for
being made a part of the whole
One drawings made on brown paper
white" means the black
est of black ink and the whitet white Brown
reproduce making the choice of draw
ings the first requisite that they reproduce
know the limitations of the the
are to be printed unon and We to take
these things into consideration in making
is not good medium and anything but jet black is
impossible you persist using them why, your
loss is because of carelessness.
Still, if in all of the drawing would follow
instructions closely the Junior this
I should have no room for complaint.
This contest satisfactory that has been decided
to have another before the summer is
Where my good storytellers? I have gone to the
bottom of Soryteller pgeonhole again this
it made feel Mother Hubbard
found her cupboard bare course many
the first shining lights storyteer graduated
gone their into college or the workaday world,
really bright Juniors ought to do
1t seemed to me in reading the stories not
enough time had been taken for the work was very con-
scious of sentence letter
who felt that her stories given
of consideration She said
time them and "Why have spent almost week on a
story is the sentence that Now,
does great deal of hard thinking ability
is absurdly short time to think giving story.
reminds Barrows
of obern college, student asItd him if he
less than the course. looked the
applicant carefully said
"Why, certainly, my lad short you like
my advice you is to take the longest possible Just
remember that when God wants to oak takes
hundred years, but when He squash He
takes six months"
- So, you to make an 'oak' storyteer you will
have to take plenty of time There should special
plot good incident least the story
is built If simply sit begin story
evidently did,expectng story develop itself
as you go along will wander far goal
Send only half many sories necessary but
spend more time what you
things me in the Junior work is to
say that former cherished Juniors eligible
the work. because they happen to have
of parchment which that they creditably
final examination in the high school
Juniors who graduated this month upon
the TOPICS but the Storyteller is still open
over am always glad to receive special work them
descriptions of interesting trips places scenes Any
thing in fact which they think interest Junior
readers.
Why it that everybody says 1.-THE day before
Fourth rather than the third of Juy?" Hardly North
western Junior wrote it in other way, and at first
thought expression peculiar to Juniordo However,
happened that several myselfhad
casion refer to the day
''the day before the FOURTH Perhaps deep
hearts the quite much it does
Perhaps, too, it is matter of habit gained
children he Fourth the glad glorious day
the year.
Two three weeks wrote of pictures
the Metropolitan Museum especially originals
certain famous pictures we'll known unordom
them that OF "Washington Crossing the Delaware Re-
Gently story about the picture which
way, very just criticism of the artists boy who
had always been considered dull by his teacher