The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-31
HUMORIST AND PHILOSOPHER
Creator of ABE Martin" Won Tribute from James
WhitcOmb Riley.

The Washington Herald has secured
for daily publication the well-known
Abe Martin" series OF humor and phil
osophy.
Abe Martin is the creation Of a genius
on the Indianapolis News, 3Ir. Kin Hub
bard. where he started. several years ago.
10 draw pictures, but Quickly developed
into a hUmOrist, and IS now rapidly &C
curing a national reputation The world
knows little OF Kin Hubbard, the man,
and probably viii continue 10 remain in
ignorance. FOR he IS a modest genius and
WIZ not talk about himself. II IS known,
though, thar he got his early training
as a printers devil in the service Of his
father, who ran a small weekly paper
IN CoshoctOn. Ohio Tradition has II
that Kin left home with a circus. play
ing either the snare drum or the slide
trombone. and. after certain vicissitudes
which. however. aided him greatly IN
the better understanding 81 human ma
ture-he landed on the indianapolis News.
That was twenty years ago.
Abe Martin was hardly born before he
received the unqualified approval Of
him IN the following verse.
TO KIN HUBBARD
The father q his o9rsutgyrnau, Abe Martini.
Abe Nlartin-dld-burn HIS old picture!
P'teuds he's Brown County azture-
kind u ooni-al mixture
OF bos-sen-e and 10 sense az ALI
His mouth. Ike Dis pi1c. s alius sc.n.
And his thoughts Ike ms whiszsrs. is aogin'-
hrHv VIA Ha
Prom Genesis clean % baseball,
The artss; Kin Hubbard. 5 80 Leer!ess
lie draws Abe 'mCs- ,yeless and oarle8:
But he's never ylt pictured him cherries
Er with fun at De tries 20 o1nclaI-
Whuthr onto he fzuce Sr clean over
rootin' vp nsvee5 CT clover,
Skccrt sti@ az some Rambler OF ''RoTCT'
r rev-faaslcl ag;orucbseL
It's purity steep climate old PrJwn's II;
And the ruins here his ducks nearly browns IN
The Old man hiss0f vadcs bis rounds IN
As cam and serene. mighty nigh.
As the old haudsaw hawg. Ct the m1tuod
Mich COW. eg the old rooster waited
Like the mumus had him most 50 vel thr5ttled
That 60 wuz pleasure TO die.
But best Of 'em ais the fo0l-b-raks at
Abe don't see at slI and yit makes. AT
Both me and you LAYS back and shakes at
His comic. mirarllJ-s cracks.
Which makes Liul-e'tau back oi the power
OF genius tssef In its flower
This Notable Man Of the Hour.
Abe Martin. the Joker en- Facts
Meredith Nicholson. the well-known
Indiana novelist, has this 20 say:
Persons who have tined all known patent medicines
without relief viii DO Well 70 ry Abe Martins
dandecn and sasfas cocktails before turning their
faces 20 the wall Ale IS now an established inst
tuition. and supper table is complete without him
The clods are softer under tho weary hoos and the
pl5w handles easier 90 manage after a moments
communion with Abe. He IS Plato on a cracker
barrel OF radiant So-ates after Xa1trpe5 departure
10 visit Der own folks In Tc-mseh township.
a cartoon and two sentences are sufzcent for M
H1bbard's purposes. and no one since a Ward
has shown the same genius Tor mirth-rTyyoking sU-
gram. Abcs friends are as classic as Ahe's whsker1
and those o. Us who have STAYED al right al the
grand hotel" Of some budding town that hcpss TO