New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
THE TRIBUNE CARTOONS
A Cordial and Critical Tribute to
Boardman RobinSon'S Work.
the Editor Of The Tribune.

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do not know except through his work. Is
before me as I write-large and small about
a hundred-which have appeared since De-
ccmber Is.
In that group Of illustrations he has at
tempted many things-political caricature'
a glance at the manners and customs OF
! the day. n shy at the stage in good natureu
portrature an echo here and there Of for
eign affairs-a various criticism OF ne
some day to he If value to the historian
who would catch a glimpse of us as we
actually are. As one turns over the files
ne IS struck by the various types which the
artist has seized upon and Illuminated. IL
/ is a shame to refer to these without repro
duclng the pictures themseves-they are
much better than anything that shan say
about them but some Of these scenes
doubtless iinger in the memory OF more
/ than enc reader of your paper. In por-
I trature, as set forth by him, there is no
insignificant gallery, to begin with Murphy
many times presented with and without
! the tiger. then Sheehan. Gaynor dhe Sec
ond I'm the series and the first winch saw
was of him. little sloppy, but Uncle
Gaynor all righD, Hyde. Dix Zone of the
last especially good. Lttleton, Barnes Gin
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a crocodile), Cram Taft. Cannon in Scan
dalous Dons' "a portrait worthy OF
GavarnD. Wise. Sulzer "a good one)
Bennett. Lodge. Howard Kyle. Carnegie
Morgan. Diaz. Kitchener Washington. the
Duke OF ConnaUsh: with the British Hon
and cubs. the Emperor OF Germany
Uncle Sam "a very good one as good
as the Cannon. called A Study in Express
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/ Knickerbocker." THE Fortune Teller"
Santa Claus" Mexico. The French In
stitute." our Entertainers" "a group of
fatuous matinee gods the BLACK Handler"
the "Insurgent Senator" and a series OF
several actresses on larger scale, but. it
seems TO the writer. perhaps not of equal
merit with some Of the others
II goes without saying that a man must
! have imagination to DO this sort Of work
well. but the following may be particularly |
mentioned as possessing this quality: That
on the death of Grace, the aviator. where !
the insatate sea exults in its prey, and /
the portrait Of Lincoln. published on his ,
birthday face full of sadness, "a man Of
sorrows and acquainted with grief; per-
haps the artist has seen with the eye of
the spirit Among these pictures are sew
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generally as etchngs-e. T., The Walking I.
Solution of the Transit Problem, Back |
7 Home" one representing Taft in his auto
mobile up against the nlibuster fence, and
a scene in Florida called "Hyde-ins."
in his compositions he is successful, and .
this also requires imagnation-for instance, /
I'm that scene az a subway station. called /
In the Mean Time" the series of New .
f,,, ,f
very eood-e. E., The Dry sweeper" The .
MudhoIe in the Street" The coal Chute, |
then. the .'Connoisseurs," Now Lent Be- ,
gins" Two Types Of Woman Suffrage" /
I (what. for want of a better word. may be /
called the Pasteurized female and the
charmerJ One Of the best, worthy OF
/ Daumier, Back TO the Good Old Times"
where the three rascdls. Thief, Bride Taker :
and Judge, grin at one another with as /
sorted emotious-reluctance 10 part with .
money. on the one hand. and ccmplacent .
security. on the other, differentiated in the .
/ two types.
/ He has a good eye also for beauty pure |
and simple, as in the two cartoons on the |
I Canadian situation, called Reciprocity !
and "Jealous'-here the girl representing |
the Dominion is pretJy-and in several OF
the New York Nuisances' series-e. &, /
The Girl with Plenty of Time in The =
Matinee Gigglers' and others-he has ,
shown that he knows a good looking girl /
when he sees her.
In a brief letter like the present one can /
only glance at traits deserving more care /
ful study When these plates are brought .
/ together one realizes that man IS IN our .
midst who sees with a discerning eye and .
: Who has the genius 10 express. in black .
: and white, traits that lie deeper than the .
surface. and which chardCteriz- the type F..
rather than the individual. That the artist f.
has not the absolute control of technique .
that Daumier had VINO was a master cf +
several Things besides TYPOGRAPHY, cannot .
deprive MIN OF his deserved need Of praise.
II one would realize how altogether ad- .
rnirabie the drawings by Daumier are he =
has but to consult the comparatively snort
series of reproductions, Often the Limo
graphs, in Miss Elizabeth Cary's bic sraphy (
Of that artist. with its admirable ioduc-
/ tion--or. perhaps better suil, refer TO the
rich portfolios Of DaumierS Illustrations,
preserved from the pages Of La Garcia
turc" and "Chariyari. IN the print room
OF the LcnOX Library. These pictures b.
Alr. I.obiuson VIII some day be priced by
connoisscurs ana also by collectors, Mise /
ana Otherwise.
Now. i'm reference 10 tie French draw
ings referred 10. there is cer,d,n portion .
Of our daily press which is base enough,
heaven nnOWs in It's disregard OF reucence
and in its violation OF private rights but .
i'm the field OF pictorial representation. OF .
an alleged humorous nature. We have not
+ begun to reach tie degradation Of the
/ French CONT papers Of to-day. one has .
but 10 turn over the pages OF La Vie .
Parsicunc.' lie journal Amlsant' Cha /
riyari'' and lie Kire' 10 convince himself .
of that. and believe there are even deeper
depths. somewhat Sinner sun. than these.
whatever the Intellectual equipment OF the
men VINO edit those papers, tEcre Is one
rule that they rarely tail TO respectfully .
seldom violate the canons OF improperly.
/ Da,.mter was not of this sort. ana It Is
! about all that We have had ia common with .
artists Of the daily press TIL Alr. Robinson
/ same along. Illustrating la comedie hui
maine as IT appears IN Gotham-a sane
/ demonstration both Of al Observing eye .
and OF surewd criticism.
ALDEN SAMPSON.
| New York March 8. 1911
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