The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-25
The Times Artist-Humorist to
Put His Famous Characters
in Motion Pictures.
NEW ANIMATED cARToo.:.
FIJI to Supplement the Series
Now Being Pr 'ished Daily
in Newspaper.

Old man Ar NJ the Alphabet has
broken into motion pictures!
Likewise tho interesting Mr.. I'm
the Guy. and the various persons
who never thought of that are to
cavort over tho screen in number
Of motion picture theaters OF Wash
ington.
The inca ming OF all this being that
"Rube" Goldberg. the humorous
artist The Washington Times
has introduced TO its readers. has
become motion picture magnate.
and on the screens OF dozens OF
Washlngton'R best picture play
houses the funny things that Gold
berg draws for The Times will be
seen to act and move.
The Pathe motion picture COM
pany Is to have charge OF the dis
tribution Of the Goldberg pictures,
one of which is 20 be seen every two
weeks. They will DC shown stimuli
taneously i'm lJO cities of the coun-
try, where the original pictures APP
pear In tho newspapers, and n
number OF the smaller towns that do
not get Goldberg In their daily
papers.
To Continue Times Cartoons.
The decision Of Goldberg to en-
ter the motion picture field in adj
dition To- Ills newspaper work-bc-
cause the appearance OF the queer
characters in motion pictures Will
not prevent the daily portion OF
Goldberg icing served through the
columns OF The Timss to satisfy its
readers positive hunger FOR real hu-
morris hssed upon tie idea that the
thousands CT people who are given
q few minutes OF genuine. whole
some laughter by see e. tho PIC
lures In the paper viii ENJOY see
In. the famous characters move.
The career Of Goldberg. from a
very poor and struggling artist I"
n position where hs commands I'm
income Almost twice. that ~ tho
Preside mt Of the United states IL a
real American romance.
Goldberg 10 O native son Of the
Golden West. Only leorle who avn
IL a curse OF blessing. He made
up his mind to be n newspaper nr-
fist early in life. RIA young MAN 8
father objected tn the sons nnb':
ton on more or less personal
knowledge Of the fact that news
paper artists seldom " ever BECAME
hank directors-or Ctcn deposltorr.
C;oldhcrg senior was a merchant of
sure substance AMI he wanted Rube
To follow in his footsteps
Drew Portraits of Sewers.
After being graduated from the
University OF California In 1909
Goldberg started in to realize his
ambition by securing job with
the city of San Francisco to draw
front elevations of sewers. While
at college he had attracted atten-
ton to himself by his drawings.
They were different from anything
the students had ever seen ana
they told real story TO anybody
who happened to glance at them.
There was nothing mystic or SYM
bolic about GoldberE's art. It
came out of the lines he made and
captured by direct frontal at
tack the most dense intellect.
After doing this sort Of thing II
can be Imagined that the lack Of
human interest in putting on paper
the general features OF a recumb-
ent sewer as II lay on the streets
OF San Francisco had little appeal
for Goldberg. And so he quit
working for the city at 500 per
month and started In as car
toonist on the sport page or san
Francisco newspaper at IS per
week.
The first paper he worked for
didn't publish the cartoons, how
ever and GOLDBERG outgoing to
another paper which agreed to
print the cartoons. but required
the cartoonist to work for less
money in consideration Of the risk
II thought IT was running.
Tries Eastern Field.
A few months of this and he de-
clded that New York was the better
field. and so went East. He talked
to three or four editors. all OF whom
he failed to interest until he went to
the Evening Mail. There he was Of
fered the chance of making pictures
daily for the sporting page. That
was nine years ago.
He started In at So per week
Three months later II became $50 a
week six months later SIS a week;
and a. the end of year he got