New-York tribune., 1910-06-19

artists not only in his own coulls
m. r. The many foreign lands which ne
bax visited that 81 has been an easy mat
,e- <o- Raymond G-os 20 group four nun
dred OF them IN q book. Just issued anu
called IT P II Cartoon" The Saafaela
publishing Company, OF Akron, ONO has
r,rfure6 Il and copyrighted e, and by It's
! De-raission q Few OF the best OF tne P4o'-
s,-es are REPRODUCED here to-day.
..t-7-toorx" SAYS NJ. G-os. IN introduc-
,7 ing he subject. are the salt of the public
r-eer The car+oonist gives SAVIOR 70 the
5aslv rewspaper or the weekly review al
the world over, and caricatUre, In spite o.
its buffoonerv ezaegeration, satire and
eve. occasional violence, remains the best
account OF an epoch and the truest pl-
ogrsphy OF a public man
ssEpochs fn American history are counted
~ Presidents, and Of ali the men who
hz-a attained 20 that honor none has been
go much the fzvorfte subject Of the world
carfoo-tgts es Theodore Roosevelt; GER
-ai1ly 10 nan after retiring from the office
has been kept 50 frequently in the PUBIC
eve By their clever at The reasons 1or
.hss are best sought IN the man. perhaps
he has .u his own words given the key;
II : an soEnevf1st popular. he once SAID
-rhfIe he was President. Il IS because nv
r,lete specimen or the national type I was
q civil rnagfsrrate; became a soldier when
Il was necessary. and to-day I am again
civil magistrate. I have six children
In es5srv way am good American, and
al ny countryrnen know it
TN 6epicting Theodore Roosevelt the
cartoonts-s have three preferred poses-the
famous feroc5ously energetic delighted
pose, TIE preaching pose, with almost
violent gestures. and the pig stick att-
tide, hut always in all countries and by
all csrto0nists- the accommodating teeth
(Which fl either e laugh or z scowl).
American artists. who are subject 70 no
censor save their editors, have seidorn
stopped 70 V5lgarity OF hate in depicting
5Ir Roosevelt. not even those whose pub
lications gre politically opposed 70 him
ard his famous policies.
Possibly because OF the fact that Air.
Roosevelt has always enjoyed the cartoon
ssts' at and has laughed st the delinea-
9ious of himself WITH as much glee as the
pgblic. he mas ever been proof against
ridicule- Foreign ca-toonists, who are SO
often i-reverent, abusive and even vulgar
n tteir treatment of European ulonaTchs.
have seemed 70 have e particular pencil
for Colonel Roosevelt They have pricked
him, Il IS true. but seldom vtciously-
The foreign cartoonists frequently rep
resent him rs Uncle Sam, or, q least.
dress him out n striped trousers and
gtar-v coat and almost Invariably sketch
The flag into the picture somewhere II
S. diflcult for the European cartoonist 20
min q tab On ? nan who, although q ruler
and comaaander-tn-caief Of army and navy,
never wears q uniform, but always ap-
pears IN the conventional garb OF his coun-
.,
hour Of the day. In Europe, where rulers
gre decorated and hold actual and honor
arv commissions IN many armies, IL IS
easy 10 portray the individual by means
Of decoration and uniform The American
csrtoonist gets around this difficulty easily
f,v making liberal use Of the cowboy at
lire and rough rider uniform, and the
European artist is commencing to do the
same
The love Of Roosevelt for hunting and
his amusing experiences during a carefully
prepared Southern bear hunt from which
he returned empty handed, much 20 the de-
light Of the cartoonists and the arnuse-
nlent Of the public, followed by the intro
duction Of that amusing toy. the Teddy
bear. inspired a considerable number OF
cartoonists with the idea OF introducing
di1ninutive bruin IN their daily cartoons.
ring Russia and Japan President Roose-
zelt furnished a most lucky windfaH 10 the
cartoonists especially 10 the foreign ones.
The big stick and the dove Of peace for
tine suggested cartoons of incompatible
drollery. This period was followed by the
anti-Japanese riots in California The
Presidents Intervention furnished fresh
material for the lively pencils Of the car
1oonists oH the world, and through al
these stirring times he continued TO pour
forth messages 10 Congress. TO the I'M
naense delight OF the cartoonists.
''Other men after retirement from the
Presidency have dropped completely from
public view so far as the cartoonists were
concerned. Not so with Theodore Roose-
VsIt. The clevereSt and drollest things the
csrtooaists have INDUCED in have had 10
60 with his hunting expedition TO Africa
i was 2 great and unworked field. The
opportunities TO make the wild animals
parties 10 the fun were without limit. and
the caricaturists have had a wanton reveI
for more than z, year, TO the continuous
delight Of all the world and the children
81 &
'sThe return from Africa, and the signs
OF the welding Of the big stick in Etypt
and Europe have only served 10 give the
cartoonists further occupation, until one
wonders what VIII he the effect of II all
on q people susceptible 70 the preachments
OF the pictorial art as Americans are. But
whatever the effect and however riotously
the caTtoonists give themselves over TO
their subject, Il IS certain Theodore Roose-
velt viii go on unperturbed by ridicule or
praise, appearing when and where he
chooses n his favor1te poses-'delightcd. .
preaching and the big stick