Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-30

the Coming Tower" but they're not
the kind any lady poet would go into
ecstasies over. and he has other
marks Of being very human-his blue
eyes twinkle, his hair has an express
sion Il don't care whether l ever get
combed--as long as am human.
Hrig&s, in short, is a specialist in be
Ing EuMun. all humarity-lnd espe-
Ciril tia: III AmeriCa--lOVes him be-
cause Re loves humanity. This diaC-
nCsls is absolutely correct, but if all
oae doesn't belize it, let him listen
to Bri&@&
Say Briggs: Whenever you make
people Iaugu you've cot something hui
man-tEeru IS something human in
anything that makes people laugh.
Try listening in a thcater. y
He gees on in Very short space he
tells young CaTtNOnists-and all other
creatOrs--a message that for some rea-
son the schools never teach: II wish I
cCHld tell every young CartooniSt," he
says. not to so all over the Landscape
looking for new ateriaI. You have to
begin at home with yourself and the
man next to- you. Kin}iHG was right
when he said that the best story ever
written is that Of your next door neigh
bOr, if you knew it. It's the homely
tvpica' human things that peoI lie wan
everywhere, and especially in Amer,
lea. Don't hitcn Your wagon to a star
Mitch it to the human being
briggs does not say sO--he is very
modest-but it is no paradox at a time
Whcm There are h;ngS still on earth to
say that Americans as a nation love
humanity PERHAPS a little more than
the IeOple ct many other nations do.
We Ike to THINK Of the words hui
manly" and "Ameri2a" standing for
very much the same thing And there
are other characteristics common to
the great mass OF Americans that in
dictate ;ha; America cheers for any
thinC that tOuCHrS the big universal
chord that PRICES touches so skillfulIy
This l. is characteristic Of us that We
are lovers Of sport and play. In fact
II the /. s. \. ever took out trade
mar It w0aId Probably show Uncle
Sam at b2t on crowded baseball
diamond CE d vacant lot in a side
street of a small town. And that
wu3.d be a YER GOOD sign. For play
stands fer equality. No nation that
loves Play as America loves it is a ma.
ton to De feared. Clean play stands
for clean. healthlul hearts every time
And ET!ggs staMLS peculiarly for PLAY.
He is, in fact. the man that led wOplen
10 the sporting RACES Of American
newspapers. IiS Days Of Real Sport"
are read ly women almost as much -
his Kelly Pool pictures are read by
men Md Br~&s ,:CcNs why: he
wants Younger c1TtoonjstS to unde!,
stand why. Tie reason is that he Is
h"man-he wo~h> as every great
creator works, IN literature and in a.
mCst any art. from character. What
the individuals in his funny pictures
say isn't half so interesting as what
they are. He captains:
Il always Try to draw at least one
really good cartoon a week" he says.
IL had a pretty human cartoon under
to "A @tion If nv series. when Fee
Ter Ns.1< FRIEND, lev weehs ago,
It ought TO reach any man. You've set
tied In Your biz char AFTER supper for
4 good evenings raaCo--eVeCY man
has-aat then the telephone has rUng
and you've heard your wife say, o,
come right Over, John will love to-
have you to talk to.
you don't really have to think