Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17
HAPCOOD AND GIBSON HERE
Collier Editor and Artist Visit Omaha
Flying West
LATTER LOOKING FOR NEW TYPES
HapEOOd il Picking Up Points on
the situation ""Out West'--
Editor Locks More Like
the Artist.

Norman Hapgood, editor of Golfers and
c. Dana Gibson were in Omaha Monday
for the double purpose of seeing the city
and enlivening the tedium of a trip in the
Pacific coast by a day on terra firma. Mr.
Gibson is hunting new types and Hapgood
combining a pleasure trip with the acqui-
sition of knowledge Of political conditions
One who has never seen pictures of the
two men might easily mistake one for the
other. Mr.. Hapgood looks much more ike
a man afflicted with -he artistic tempera-
ment thar his fellow traveller who is a
tall, well set-up mar entirely devoid OF
the mannerisms Of dress or gesture sup
| posed to be peculiar to men of the atelier
and studio. His hands are those OF an
artist, however. They are large, but not
dlsproportionately so, and the fingers are
flexible and tapering.
Mr.. Hapgood does not, however, suggest
| the young students of the Beaux Arts or a
! flowing-haire musician, although he Is
more of an esthete in appearance than
Gibson. In a faint way, he reminds one
of the drawings of DuMaurier Of the ex-
| cessively esthetic fsddists who flourished
in the early sos. This suggestion is, of
course, highly libelous, for there are few
men who combine so much common sense
with genuine culture as does ne
Doubtful as 10 Frisco.
Mr.. Hdpgood is not so optimistic as many
over the situation with regard to the prose-
cution Of the ~grafters and particularly with
reference to the shooting of Francis j.
Heney. On this point he said:
81 should like to believe that the assault
of Heney will arouse public opinion in
California and result in good, but / am
not really able to believe it. The enthus-
lasm for political and business moral i'm
| provement in San Francisco and through
out Califoria seems to have spent itself
and the little group of men headed by
Heney and Spreckles have had to fight
recently almost alone. Therefore, for
Heney to he -incapacitated, is likely to result
in favor OF the forces who wish to return
to the old system. With Hearst bought
up by Hartman and various other news
paper owners taken into camp by the street
railway crowd in the city, or the Southern
Pacific crowd in the state, the outlook Is
none too good"
Discussing the presidential election, Mr.,
Hapgood said he thought the defeat Of
Bryan in New York as elsewhere, was to
be explained because the majority of the
American people do not think that Bryan
measures up to the job
The editor plainly felt well over Gov
ernor Hughes victory and declared that he
thought he would have beaten Chanler even
If the presidential contest had not been a
factor.
Gibson Is looking for'new types and will
scour the west for them. lie wished to
know II there were any Indians whom he
could sketch in this vicinity and was as
sured that there were ouite a number. hut
not of the copper-colored variety.
Gibson Talks of His Work.
Speaking Of his work IN the future, MT,
Gibson said:
Il plan to work in two directions equally
intere sting 10 me; or, perhaps, l might say
In three directions, as my color work Will
have two branches. Some Of II will be
done for reproduction and Will appear in
Golfers. Then 1 shall go right ahead with
my painting Of portraits and shall give,