The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-22
COMES TO RICHMOND
TO MAKE PORTRAITS
Of PROMINENT MEN
Has Won Distinction In New York
and Other Large Cities Through
Characteristic Drawings.
KINDLY HUMOR PF.RVADF>S
EVERY LINZ. OF HIS WORK
Josephus Daniels Says He Is All
Right, and the Secretary of the
Navy Has known Him From
Boyhood.

/ Step right up. gentlemen, and nnsst
our good friend. Adolph Goodwin
genial cartoonist. the most recent ad-
dition 10 The Virginian's stan.
I Want to know about Adolph? He's
ALL right. Modest chap, and all that.
but with way about him that gets
friends quickly--and keeps them. And
his work Just speaks for itself III
has brought him fame with the com
mon run of folks, hike you and me.
and il has won for him commenoa-
ton from a lot OF big men some OF
them live in North Carolina, where
! Adolph grew up before he went TO
New Y ork and made name foF-haF
self In the daily newspaper field by
his clever but always kindly cartoons
It's pretty fine when a fellow 3 own
home folks speak we'll OF him. III
( fine when he makes "A hit with strang-
ers It's best Of all when he makes a
ten str ike every time with hont FOLKS
aud strangers axe Ihats Adolfh
{an over the place,
Well. Mr.. Goodwin '(to become for
mai and pull little highbrow stuff
/ bout what he's up to- is coming
with The Nirginian. We said that up
I in the first paragraph. but it won't DO
any harm to say 1t again. We mad
to skirmish around with him quite a
STYLE and we persuaded him to let
New York worry alons for a few
months and come and DO something
we wanted done.
/ You see, Mr.. Goodwin. in his work
In New York and in several other big
towns. has developed a talent for por-
trait cartoons on top OF his SKIN as
political earteeHist--a rather I'M
usual talent, in fact for IL combines
b fsarsx ear o.
nesses with a kindly. gentle. graphic
hurlor that never leaves a sting. Word
went around that Goodwin was evolv-
ing a distinctive form OF newspaper
art. We Investigated and found that
this was true. Then we tackled
Adolph himself (Mr. Goodwin) and
got him,
This, then. is what Mr. Goodwin is
TO do for The Nirginian; He Is &c
DRAW CHARACTER PORTRAITS
OF THE BUILDERS OF VIR-
GINA" that will be more than mere
portraits of distinguished living mer
and more than cartoons, but rea
portraits depicted with individuality
and character in Goodwtn's own in
iinitabie way.
=, The Virginian has selected list o
Virginia men, wha. by their char
acter and ability have become leaders
I'm business, industrial and profession
nj life Goodwin is to make character
likeness OF these BUILDERS OF
VIRGINIA" in the way that has made
him friends everywhere, a 500-wore
biography of each is to be prepared
and portrait sketch and biograph,
are to be printed in The Virginian
one each day. the first to appear yer,
soon Later, after the list is complet
ed. all the pictures and biographies
will be assem- bled and published in 6
de luxe volume, which will be a valu
: able source OF reference for all flu
ture time.
Goodwin has done just this thins
before. Last year when he went from
New York down to Raleigh, n. c.. or
his vacation. he originated the idea o
publishing in the Times and later IL
a volume sketches of 100 prominen
men OF that city. The volume. en-
. titled Who's Who in Raleigh" is {
) masterpiece of the combined arts o
the portrait the engrave
and the printer, 1t attained instan
> and great popularity and was asked
for by several reference libraries aft
err the edition was exhausted. All tn
; Raleigh papers. without exception
: commended highly the completed
, work.
1t was the book that finally mad
! us determine to do business will
GOODWIN we wanted 10 make on
, like it, only better and several time
) as big. The virginian circulates fl
3 every corner of the state, and we de
sire to make of this feature, in tn
columns OF The Virgfnian. somethin
which will attract the friendly inter
est of every person in the Old Do
minion. We havne't doubt in tn
world that we shall see all OF that &C
, mplished--in fact we are enthusiasts
4 tic as newspaper staff can be owe
3 the prospect, and that's going some
! We feel just like It might be in tn
. ninth inning. with the score ever
: bases fun and no outs. when the hom
r batsman swats tho ball clear over tn
l centerneld fence.
Still. that's not telling about Good
win. So we'll talk about him n littl
more. He began making picture
when still in school. capturing a hat
Q full of medals and such. He though
his fortune was made when he sol
his frst picture for $40 in actua
! money. Later on. he got job on
lpaper in Huntington. w. Va. went t
!. Detroit, Chicago. the far West bacl
D to Detroit again, to Buffalo and thei
Ito New York. He has been busy a
l a terrier pup every day of his life
: and has tickled the funny bones o
! Thousands with his series of carica
. lures entitled Little Worries of Ev
! eryday Life"
J But maybe you would like to hea