The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
as Bread Winners

been scribbling pictures and especially
was interested in drawing maps. When
he left the University of Nebraska he
started out to see the world and made
his first stopping place st. Louis. He
decided 1t was a good town. found his
way to a newspaper office and asked
for a job. This was in 1896 and he
got the job. to draw pen and ink por-
traits for the paper. At that time the
modern halftone process had not come
into general use and Briggs had
visions of n promising career. But
just one year later the process was
taken up everywhere. including st.
Louis. and young Briggs saw his
career go up in the click Of a photo
graphic camera, as 1t were. By this
time he knew there was just one thing
on earth for him to do. and that was
to draw pictures. of some kind. for
somebody. And he figured out that
cartoons Of humorous nature offered
the best and the most permanent field.
Likewise he figured OUT that New
York was the best town on the conti-
nent for an intending cartoonist who
desired an income rising above ham
and beans as a steady diet.
SO to New York he drifted, by
Chance ran into Mr.. Kinsley, whom
he dad not seen for years, from him
obtained an introduction to a news
paper editor and got a job-but as
an artist Of news pictures, not as a
cartoonist. His first assignment was
to illustrate persons figuring in n
political investigation over in City Hall.
He made two or three sketches and
was tickled half to death to find them
printed the next morning. The fol-
lowing day he again went to the trial,
made lot of sketches. took them back
to the Office and received word that
the managing editor wanted to see
him. Briggs responded with quaking
heart. But the managing editor per-
son merely remarked:
Lets see what you've brought In
to-day"
Briggs showed the sketches, at
which the managing editor looked
long and earnestly. Finally he re-
marked, with finality:
Briggs. you're not an artist"
At this Briggs had an instantaneous
picture Of himself looking for another
job at once.
NO the managing editor contin-
ued, you're not an artist. you're a
Cartoon!st-ycs. by gum, That's what
you ara cartoonIst' Now don't
waste any more time trying TO draw
illustrations. Take these sketches and
finish them up as cartoons and turn
them in
Young Briggs-he was Just % then
opened n copy OF the paper che
next morning to find his pictures, two
and three columns wide, scattered all
over an entire page. \ few months
later he went 10 Chicago. to stay
just one year. at a salary OF s35 a
week-prinCely salary TO him. For
seven years he stayed with that Chi
cago paper, now and then getting his
pay raised until it was SIS a week,
and In 1907 accepted an offer from an
other daily in Chicago at largely in
creased salary. In February, 1914, he
came back to New York under an ar
rangement whereby his daily cartoon
is syndicated all over the United
States. From this source ard from
royalties on his books of drawings
he is supposed TO receive approXi-
mately $4,000 a year, and possibly
more. \ musical comedy based on
THE Days of Real Sport" will be
put on in a Chicago theatre next
season
Briggs stays in his wes,ches,er
county home as much as possible. but
sometimes he has to come TO New
York and do a little work Usually he
arrives in town of Monday forenoon,
draws three cartoons and goes home.
He stays home on Tuesday. But
Wednesday sees him in his office
making two more pictures. Thursday
is day of. Friday more work-two
pictures completed. And then he goes
home to recuperate over Saturday and
Sunday. Like not few OF the other
successful men in his line, Mn Briggs
maintains business office in the city,
with competent secretary to handle his
correspondence. and thus is able to
avoid daily trips t. town.
Goldberg is another from out of the
West-out Of the far West, he, about
as far as he could come from: for he
was bern in San Francisco. where he
went To school. studied mining en-
cheering in the University of Cali