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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-25

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-29
WALTER BLACKMAN
AS A CARICATURloI
BY ANNIE kENDRlck WALKER.

nous are those rejecting the sentiment
of the south on the race problem" One
of these cartoons, recently reproduced in
the Literary Digest represented a south
ern planter on one side, sitting quietly
near his cotton field, where negro was
working contentedly, while on the oppo-
site side a northerner was pictured strug-
Cling frantically with question mark
surmounted by a negro's head. The
southern planters comment as he re-
CARDS the struggle" expresses more
strongly the true situation In the south
than columns in the newspapers. The
south has no race problem to solve and
the Outside interference" as the north
ern attitude is called, is concerning itself
with a question" that has long become
threadbare to even the northern press.
Mr.. Blackmans cartoon on this sub
ject is destined to become historical
A cartoon that attracted national at
tention was printed in the Age-H Herald
at the time of the Indianola postoffice
case the details of which are too fresh
in the public mind to need repetition.
Mr.. Blackman pictured a White
House Possibility" in which he repre-
scented President Roosevelt at an official
reception introducing a negro woman In
evening dress to an ambassador.
1t was but a few weeks later that the
social equality" sentiment was empha-
sized on the part of the president in his
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stepping stone to the presidency, so they
would like to try the chances next au-
tumn.
The man who would make the best
mayoralty candidate ON the Tammany
ticket. the one who would be certain of
election, is unfortunately one who would
not take the nomination. l refer to RAN
dolph Guggenheimer who, as president of
the city council, was acting mayor of
Greater New York during the regime of
Iceman Van Wyck. He ran several thou
sand votes ahead of his ticket Mr.. Gug-
genheimer has an enormous following
among the parents of school children, who
are keenly alive to the great benefits pub
lie education received from his untrng
energy and zeal and among the indie
pendent German voters who know he in
troduced the language of their fatherlanJ
in the schools. As president of the city
council and as acting mayor he made
friends among all classes, who found In
him a fair honorable, courteous city Off
cia1. 1t has been said that neither a
Catholic nor q Hebrew could be elected
mayor Of New York. Those who say this
talk rank nonsense. In the first place 1t
H. disproVed by the elections Of Grant and
Gilroy, both Catholics, to the mayoralty;
and by the plurality received by Hebrews
elected to the Supreme court Few men
possess Mr.. Guggenheimer's qualihca-
tions, and If he were nominated, the He
brews would appreciate the compliment
and elect him. Born, as he was of Amer
lean parents in Virginia, he is an Ameri-
can, and creed should "cut no ice"
among the American people.
President Nixon Of the United States
Shipbulding company is very much
pleased with the performance of the
monitor Florida" recently built at the
Crescent yards. At her speed trails the
FLORIDA" developed full knot more
than the requirements called for
Lawyers are discussing the great fee to
which William Nelson Cromwell will be
entitled as compensation for services In
connection with the Panama canal The
general belief is that he will be entitled
to s2.OO00O0. an equivalent of per cent
on the purchase price $40. 0O0 Co., Mr..
Cromwell is the junior member of the
law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, In this
city. He Is accustomed to large fees. In
1893, he organized the National Tube COM
pany, with capital Of $50, 900 900. and he
is counsel for. and director in, numerous
large corporations.
Good Mayor Low hears that liquor deal
ers raise among themselves 100000 an
nually He hears 1t Is passed along to the
Man Higher-Up. It IS a tidy sum and the
mayor would like to know if he Is
stuffed or whether It be true. He Is
told it Is a donation 10 the Elan Higher
Up to keep saloons open on sunday. II
this be true he wants to know all about
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given in honor of the jubilee of the IA
nous cartoonist, "Sir John has been keep
ing a school for statesmen-a school of
morals, virtues manners, discipline, pol
itics and principle. He has enabled every
great man of England, after he had
achieved his task-perhaps it was a
great speech, a great battle, perhaps a
great blunder-to take up Punch and see
himself exactly as others saw him. He
has taught the great men of England in
the last half century that there is but
one step from the sublime to the ridicu-
lous."
The present political cartoonist of
Punch is Mr.. Linley Sambourne. The
work of the late George Du Maurier.
who was leading contributor to Punch
from 1860 to his death in 1896
The work of the late Thomas Mast will
always give him a distinctive place
among American cartoonists. At the
time that his cartoons first appeared
comparatively few of the newspapers
printed cartoons of any description The
number of cartoonists now employed on
the large dailies, forty years since Nast's
work first attracted attention, shows
what an important part the cartoonist
plays In the worlds affairs.
The cartoon that made Mast famous
in the north was published in 1854 He
expressed the peace at any price" sem
tment then sweeping over the north
His peace" cartoon pictured the Amer
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invitations to several negroes to attend
one of the receptions at the White
House Mr.. Blackman's cartoon was re-
produced without comment, and 1t is said
that 1t was this cartoon, scathing in its
sentiment, that was the cause of greater
worry to the President than the denun-
ciatory leaders in the southern press.
Mr. Blackman, like his contemporaries,
is a creator of politics. His cartoons
bearing upon the recent municipal cam
pagn lent an element of interest that
otherwise would have been lacking. In
the maporalty series Mayor Drennen was
represented as the 'third-termer," but
the cartoons, while entirely free from the
usual singing criticism characteristic of
cartoonists, were delicate in humor and
galvanized into life a somewhat monoto-
nous campaign.
The text of Mr.. Blackman's cartoons
is full of a brilliant humor and reveal
a versatility that goes hand in hand
with his skill as a draughtsman. The
wit of Sambourne the great London
cartoonist, Is regarded as complicated,
and 1t has been truly said that it re-
quires a guide book for Interpretation.
With Mr.. Blackmans cartoons 1t may
be said that their popularity is due to a
great extent to their clearness. While
he delights in detail and in delicately
concealed sarcasms, his cartoons are
clear-cut, intelligent and comprehensive
In their expression on passing events,
and convincing In their sentiment. They
cannot fail to appeal to every observer
of current events.
The most effective work done by Mr.
Blackman a few years ago was the car
toons representing Ex-Governor Johnston
In his race for United States senator to
succeed Senator John T. Morgan. They
were widely copied ana were comment
ed upon In the leading southern papers
While Mr.. Blackman Is essentially a
political cartoonist his work as a gem
eral sketch artist is so original that he
could easily win distinction by his por-
srayal Of street life-studies of the
world-weary and blase gamin that made
Jonn Leecn famous, and specimens of
which distinguish Phil Mays work.
A recent sketch by Mr.. Backman rep
resented two street urchins discussing
the defeat of the book trust
Mr.. BlaclSman has published very few
of his sketches of street life but those
that he draws for his own pleasure re-
veal thorough appreciation of the
characteristics of the street urchin the
blending of the pathos with the humor.
Mr.. Blackman's sketches Of public men
in characteristic attitudes" that have
appeared from time to time in the Age
Herald, have made their "mannerisms''
familiar to every one and have placed
him in the front rank of the younger
draughtsmen of the day
Mr.. Blackman works rapidly. He is
naturally a close and appreciative oh
server of passing events, and he knows
the difference between satire and hui
NOR.
Some of the illustrations accompanying
this article are produced for the first
time and were not originally drawn for
publication.
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lean flag flying upside down, in the CEN
ter of which was a Union soldiers grave
The kneeling figure of Columbia, weeping
at it's head a crippled, unarmed Union
soldier, his head bowed in shame and
his extended hand held by victorious
Confederate, with his right foot resting
upon the grave between wrung the
heart of the north as millions of copies
of the cartoon were distributed 1t il
said that President Lincoln declared that
the Peace cartoon was 1.-The greatest
recruiting agency in the country. Moth
ing like Nast's political cartoons were
ever seen before. He originated the Tam
many tiger. the elephant of the repub-
lican party and the donkey of the dem
ocracy.
The entire country was familiar with
his crushing attacks against the Tweed
ring in New York city. 1t is related of
Tweed that he often said, II don't care
what they print about me, but those
pictures hurt" 1t was by one of Nasts
caricatures, after Tweed had escaped to
Cuba, that he was arrested.
The cartoonists on the humorous jour-
nails of America include as brilliant
staff as any of those who made the Fleet
street commentary famous.
Keppler draws the weekly cartoon in
Puck and Gillian for Judge, while the
society satrists include draughtsmen like
ONeill, Gordon II. Grant, Stanlaus and
a staff of artists who excel in caricature
and satire on national and international
events.
Mr. Homer Davenport is the best known
cartoonist on any of the metropolitan
dailies. He 1t was who originated the
famous 90 Mark Hanna cartoons.
OF the younger cartoonists Mr. Wal
ter w. Blackman, of the Age-He
stan, has probably met with more in
slant success than any of his contempo-
raries.
The cartoons that have made him ia
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-29
BY JOHN MARTHOL.

ominous sound. He is out for the scalp
lock of Pierpont Morgan. That great
captain of industry said things of John,
and John, like his companion picture,
William S. Devery. Is now decorated with
war paint, and beginning to "holler." 1t
will be a pretty war. Almost as pic
turesque as the descent of the great Dew
cry on the Tammany wigwam.
Apropos of Mr.. Morgan, l am reminded
of his European collection of art treas
ures. He possesses objects of art In Eu-
rope which have cost between three and
four millions of dollars. These he desires
to bring to this country and our federal
laws exclude them without payment Of
duties ranging from one and a half to
two and a half millions Mr.. Morgan
does not believe in the tax, the secretary
of the treasury cannot remit the duty,
and these treasures remain abroad. This
is nice example Of a protective tariff.
Mr. Morgan is a man of honor, a man of
character, hence he scorns the sugges-
ton that he make declaration that they
are maintained as a collection in a perma-
nent gallery. But all said and done, the
collection which would in the process of
time ultimately become an addition to the
art wealth of the United States, remains
in Europe. This tariff was imposed for
three reasons: So much came into the
country under the head of art that man.
ufacturers complained, much money was
sent abroad which 1t was desirable to
keep at home, and to increase the reve-
nue. A certain importer of pig lead
caused it to be run into the moulds from
which it came out as statuary and 1t was
invoiced as art. Autographs came as art.
But it does seem that officials could be
appointed Of sufficient honesty and dis
elimination to divide the art of commerce
from the sought for objects of art which
add to the wealth of the private and pub
lie collector. Mr.. Morgans position Is
well taken; he is fighting the battle of
every private collector. Few men of his
wealth would show the principle that
Mr.. Morgan battles for. 1t is not the
duty; 1t is the principle.
Congressman Francis Burton Harrison
has gone to the Pacific. On his return |
am told he proposes to enter into the po-
ltical field as an active worker. He.
doubtless, got a taste of the smoke of
bloodless battles In waging his fight for
congress. He carried a staunch repub-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-29
Seyenty-Fiye Street
Hats on Special
Sale Monday

Hats that we have been
working on since opening
for this special sale. After
the opening we found the
styles that we're most ap-
proved and since then our
designers, trimmers and
makers have been busy
making these seventy
five hats.
Hats that are tailored
and specially made for the
street-allstyles exclusive
to us.
Twenty-Five Hats at SIS.
Fifty Hats at from So
to $3.50.
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It, Commissioner Greene. on his first ard
second Sunday as commissioner. ran all
over town In a red bodied automobile
with a stenographer, taking notes and an
inspector beside him as aide-de camp.
What does the commissioner general say
about Sunday saloons? Why doesn't he
tell Mayor Low. The yirtuous saloon
keeper Is outraged. Such a question: And
Just because Mayor Low said he would
not talk with them without knowing
where the three millions go, they say they
will show him how 1t goes In November
1t is hard to be a smiling SNUG faced
ma yor of this spotless town.
c. b. orcutt, president of the Newport
News Shlpbuilding and Dry Dock COM
pany, informs me that the navy depart.
ment has fixed April IS as the date for this
launching of the west Virginia" and
that Miss Kathdine White, a daughter
of Governor White of West Virginia. has
been invited to name the new 1000 ton
cruiser, and that her sister ship, this
Maryland, will be launched a few day.
later.
Sentiment ran riot when it placed all
brute creation outside of zoo under the
pTolectiOn OF the society Tor the ffeFen-
ton of Cruelty to Animals. Every win
ter Mr.. Malnes. its president, haunts tho
Hobbies at Albany seeking and securing
power. The result Is that the homeless
cur, ill-favored, unkempt, unclean, roves
at will. swapping and snarling Policemen
fear the vengeance VI the society should
the cur they shoot down prove at the au-
topsy not to have had hydrophobia They
say we must know the dog is mad be-
fore we shoot him" Fathers seeking to
defend their children are liable to arrest
If they kill a dog. In the suburban dis
tricts Of Greater New York, ours dash
about in droves to the terror of parents.
These ours menace the little ones and
yet the society is inactive and the police
apparently powerless. 1t is a curious
condition Of affairs. Persons owning col
larless dogs are required to pay a license
fee of 81 or fine of $50; but dogs that
have no owners dash about feeding al
the swill pals and chasing the children
in the streets 1t is estimated that 20
600 ownerless dogs live charmed life I'M
der the protection Of Mr.. Haines
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RETROSPECTIVE glance at the
influence of tn emost successful
cartoonists of the last fifty years

~ RETROSPECTIVE glance at the
PA influence of tn emost successful
eartoonists of the last fifty years
reveals the fact that the caricaturists Of
the present day. in their analysis of cur
rent events, are assepted as seriously as
were those a half century ago. It re-
veals also that the candor, the keenness,
the humor, the power of rejecting the
opinions of the times that made the
work Of the cartoonlst of the past a
truthful commentator upon the events OF
his time are characteristics of the car
toonist who reflects public opinion on
passing events of today.
No one will deny that the eartoonst
has played a prominent part in English
and American history. and 1t is interest
ing to trace the development OF a class
of work, so distinctive, so original IN its
Interpretation of human events, a work
so closely associated with the careers or
many of our best known draughtsmen.
Sir John Tenniel was the cartoonist for
Punch for fifty years, and it remained
for Mr.. Choate, our ambassador to Lon
DON to express the interest the public
has always taken in Punch. Forty fifty
years." said Mr.. Choate at the dinner
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lcan district by fifteen hundred votes.
He is democrat. 1t is always interesting
to find a man entering upon a career, with
an aim to be somebody in his country's
history. Mr.. Harrison comes rightly by
it. His ancestors have always been prom
inent In Virginia His father. Mr.. Burton
Harrison, is well known throughout the
south, and the clever and charming nov
els and short stories of his mother are
known throughout the nation. Congress-
man Harrison can be said to inherit
love for public life, high sense of honor,
persistency, courage and ability | ven
ture to say that Mr.. Harrison Is a coming
man in national politics.
I have been making a tour of the great
tunnels. One fact strongly impresses the
lay mind That is there seem to be few
shafts to afford ventilation. The engin-
GERS claim that the air In the tunnel will
be continuously fresh and pure. | can
readily see it will be kept in motion, but
] cannot understand how the bad air that
has been pumped through so many lungs
and is not forced out of the tunnel will be
purified. do not hesitate to say that the
tunnels will require an elaborate set of
ventilators and air pumps before the
trains have been running thirty days.
The confidence of Seth Low Is a beaud-
full thing to see; It is a harder thing to
understand. 1t is Offset by the confidence
Of Tammany. Only one cloud hangs over
the Red Brick temple in Fourteenth
street. In 1t can be seen the figure of
Croker. IL Croker comes home the dem
ocratic candidate Will be carrying weights
TO the wire and yet with chance of win
ming by a neck If Croker remains in
Vantage the candidate will romp home
Seth intends to make the fight. lie
smiles not on Plat. but basks in the smile
of Odell, Notwithstanding the dock grab.
Voting as he did against James G.
Blaine he has struggled hard to find
hole In the republican fence to climb
through. He sees II now and he IS max
ing for It. AS a sign Of gratitude on his
part he has bent every energy to equip
the police so that 1t Will be In line with
the republican organization on election
day He is making himself a valuable
Man Friday to the Albany Robinson
Crusoe.
George b. Mcclellan, who has been an
inconspicuous congressman for several
years. has hopes of being mayor That
he will be docile and deliver the goods'
If elected. there is no doubt. but his ca
pacity for lodging issues which might
have placed him on record impairs his
popularity. He comes next to that great
master of artful dodgers. one p. NJ Shep-
ard Of Brooklyn, who, like Bird Coler,
wants to be elected to something. If IT is
only boss Of a dog pound These two
ought to be pensioned and artistically en-
balmed. They regard the mayoralty a
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New York March 2S.-Since New York
has become the financial center of the
commercial world, events of more than
common Importance in Wall street he
come matters of interest on both sides OF
the Atlantic. The latest sensation has
been headed by the veteran filibusterer,
James r. Keene. His sensational attack
on the management of the Southern Pa
ciac railway has caused no surprise, as
the "street" fully discounts" all his SEN
timents. announcements and proclama-
tions. 1t is somewhat amusing to those
who know to see how quickly Keene has
turned in his own tracks. On his arrival
from Europe he announced with the air
of a man who was in touch with all that
the future had in store for the nation,
and western railroads in particular, that
the sun of prosperity would shine with
unparalleled vigor on the Southern Pa
cihc Two days later, son-in-law Taylor
issued a handsomely bound and printed
volume showing the financial condition
of that great property, its contemplated
improvements in equipment, roadbed, etc
A great pool was made up In Keene's SON
in-law's office, and the tip was given
out that the cost of these great improve
ments would be provided for by an issue
of bonds, and that dividends would be
paid on the stock This, of course, would
boom the stock.
1t would appear that the management
of the Southern Pacific railway, which is
vested In Mr. Edward II. Hartman, by
reason of the majority of the S. p. stock
being held by the Union Pacific, did not
see the question of financing the road
from Mr.. Keene's standpoint. 1t had been
having all the vast improvements out OF
the net earnings; it had been decreasing
the rate of hauling freight and carrying
passengers, thereby increasing mileage
profits. without assuming greater fixed
charges In the form Of interest. This add
ed permanent value to the stock and not
speculative value.
Another gladiator who promises to
make Rome howl" Is doughty John W.
Gates. He has sharpened his knife from
palm Reach IN ChicaQo and from Chit
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90. The Opening Decided.
Where to Buy.=

And that the opening days feel and know that
decided have the pretiest styles prices
say Concet, that prices
styles lead all" That is what openings give
opportunity
to aveOpenngs the
giving better comparisons
values splendid values for this shopping
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White Goods
Underpriced for Monday

Check Nainsook, Toe quality, &c
Check and Stripe India Dimity,
25c quality, 19c
Dotted Swiss, extra sheer, 35c
quality, Csc
Wash Chiffon, 40-inch, 45c quail
ity. 35c
Swiss Muslin, 32-inch, 35c quail
ity, zoe
French Lawn, 4S-inch, Csc quail
ity, SOC
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Cotton Goods,
Special PriCings,
New Styles.

Dress Lawns, 23-ineh, light
grounds, 7I2o
Ginghams. 27-lnch, pretty styles.
12Iao
Madras, all colors, neat effects.
30-inch, 15c
Canvas Cloth, white grounds, col
ored figures, 19c
Embroidered Swiss, all colorings,
$50
White Flaked Examines, all color
ings. ESQ
French Organizes, pretty floral de-
signs, 39c
All Linen Canvas, Madras or Eta.
mine, all colors, for shirt waist
suits, 400
Knickerboeker Suitings, linen
shades, striped, sec
Grenadine, white ground, silk
stripe, very sheer, all colors, 69c
Canvas, white or linen shades,
with fancy borders, 89c
Swiss Embroidered Swiss. beauti-
full designs, sc to As inches, I
yard, $3.50 to $3.50
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Provenl

From Tit-Bits.
Mother-The whipping you had yester-
day does not seem to have improved
you. Your behavior has been even worse
today.
Willie-Thats what l wanted to prove.
you said | was as bad as I possibly could
De yesterday. l knew you were wrong.
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is great spring medicine; 1t forces from
the system the poisonous ferments that
have secreted themselves in the organs,
causing disease and death. Last year
treated 8,756.OO0 cases of Rheumatism
Constipation, Catarrh, Nervousness, Kid
ney and Liver troubles, Malaria and dis
eases of the Blood 80 per cent of which
were cured. All druggists.