The Jersey City news., 1902-03-06
FUNNY FACE
Mr.. Mayer, Oartoonist, En-
tertains Major and Mrs.
Ponds Friends.


Major and Mrs. Ponds friends and
neighbors learned what 'it is to laugh
last night when Mr.. Mayer. the famous
cartonist, gave an illustrated crayon talk.
at the Pond homestead, No. 604 Bergen
avenue. If Mr.. Mayer was humorously
dry in his talk he was even drier when
he said nothing and made the chalk do
the talking. He sketched quickly and
cleverly illustrating given points in every
cartoon, while Miss Lucy Gates, The
Mormon Patti played popular airs on
the piano. One peculiar trait in Mr..
Mayer though mayhap it was trick
of the trade, was that he re-
fected the facial expression Of every car
toon he made, apparently in all uncon-
sciousness. He began his talk by classi-
flying the features.
"The forehead, said he, represents the
intellect (the men at once got chesty)l
'the eyes represent the soul (the
women looked heavenward) Sin the nose
and cheeks we look for morals (shy
glances at one another) "And in the
mouth and chin for the animal char
acter." fand magnetically the audience
coughed in handkerchiefs or thoughtfully
stroked moustaches.)
People will look their parts contin-
ued Mr.. Mayer, after putting some draw
ings of eyes on the chart. This is also
true of animals. If dog could speak
and tell how sorry he was over the death
of his mother-in-law, the wagging of his
tail would give him away. People who
associate with one another grow to look
alike, and we can tell by this man what
kind of dog he keeps For instance,
one would never think of associating Bill
Sykes with any but bull bog
Here cartoon of Sykes and his dog
was drawn, as well as one Of French
man and his Spaniel
Often, Mr. Mayer said it was not OILY
an advantage but a necessity to look
ones part A footman could not be
typical unless he had big waist to show
the prosperity of his master; an artist
like Paderewski could never be an artist
without the flowing tie and hair to match.
and the millionaire could never be the
millionaire without a smattering of dia-
monds. No matter how much he elevated
his nose he could always find waiter in
Delmonico's who could do it better All
these points he illustrated by cartoons.
He also illustrated the sanguine man,
him of the perpetual smile, who was
good filler in and an addition to the din
ner party;tie choloric man, him of the
bilious temperament, the kind of fellow
who would take down a folding bed ard
then look for a burglar under 1.-THE man
who associates with deep thinkers and
thinks and thinks and thinks, Iike the
members of a Browning Club; the
melancholy man and the phelegmatic
man.
Mr.. Mayors next step was to give some
representations. Three of his best were
Napoleon. Queen Victoria and Paul
Kruger, each of whom he cartooned in
turn and then distorted his features to
look like the sketches. He next drew
three Italian singers to whom ne had
been forced to listen on an ocean voyage,
and initiated their singing. All the Italian
he knew. he explained. had been cleaned
from a bill of fare, and the auiience
must have shared his dryness when he
sang off an entire Italian wine list.
AS Major Pond never gives a one talent
evening. SO last night he had Miss Lucy
Gates. who recently made her debut IN
New York, sing several solos, among
which were "The Slumber Boat"
Mighty LAX Rose QNevin). and Sing,
Sweet Bird" most difficult piece by
CAM. She sang with the same birdlike
trill of sweetness which marked her debut
at the Majors last fall and won all
hearts, Her, mother, Mrs. Susa Young
Gates daughter of Brigham Young, was
also present, but did not speak.
Another future star introduced last
night was little Miss Eleanor Spencer,
child pianist, scarcely twelve years old,
who plays the most difficult music with
the ease and expression of life's de-
votion to the art. She gave selections
from Bach and Chopin, her little toes
scarce touching the pedals and her tiny
fingers stretched to reach the keys, with
marvellous expression and interpreta lion.
She is versatile in her musical accom-
plishments. for she also gave two songs.
playing her own accompaniment
Refreshments were served at the con-
ciusion of the programme and those pres
ent had an opportunity of meeting and
conyersing with the artists.