The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-15
How lie Looks in Poster.

Mr.. Hoppers Smash the Hun" poster
shows the figure of a muscular Ameri-
can shpbuilder. clad in the coarse gar
ments of his trade. in the act OF swing
ing great hammer over his shoulder.
The hammer head Is aimed In the direc-
ton of three blood covered German
bayonets projecting from the lower
right hand corner of the canvas. There
is a silhouette in the background of a
shipyard with smoke curling from
chimney.
Those who have viewed the poster
say It is "a poster with a punch"
When seen by a SUN man in his
studio at Washington Square yester-
day afternoon, Mr.. Hopper said:
MY attention was called to the ship
poster competition by something which
| read in THE Sun. I believe in the
power OF the poster to put over an ap-
heal I have always been interested in
ships NV work has brought me in
touch with the shipyards and shipyard
workers I wanted to do something
worth while, so ! naturally decided to
take a chance in the contest
After I hit on my idea for poster
I went to the yards of the Morse Dry
Dock and Repair Company, where all
hands were extremely kind. and they
permitted big husky fellow TO pose for
me. My. but he was fine ! also had
photographs taken of him and did my
work in my studio here. 1t was fine
fun and ! enjoyed every minute or 1t.
I'm my poster I tried to show the
real menace to this country, as sym
bolized by the bloody German bayonets.
The resistance of the worker to that
menace is evident. I think, in his pose
and the design. The way the worker
feet are spread out has a meaning TO
me Of a certain solidity and force. They
are set there for all time against this
threatened invasion. The work to which
the special appeal is directed Is typifed
by silhouette of a shipyard, smoke
stack and smoke
studio in Washington square.
The poster is in four colors. red, yell
low blue and black.
Mr.. Hopper is a commuter who spends
his nights at Nvack, Rockland county
and his days in his Washington Square
studio. He has done much work az ar
Illustrator for magazines. Mr.. Hopper
confessed that he never before tried his
hand in a competition
II was learned yesterday that when
Mr.. Hopper made his original sketches
of Pete Shea. the anglesmith, big
group of Shea's coworkers k!dded him
numerically for posing for an artist
fellow" The kidding nettled Pete a
good deal, but it only made him grir
the handle of his great hammer all the
harder and swing ii with viciousness
that made his muscles fairly bulge.
The boys took off their hats at the
news that Shea had quit his job at the
plant to enter the navy and they are now
hoping that the Shea in the prize win
ming poster will do the work cut out
for It of firing other shipyard workers
with the thought that they must speed
up with a vengeance the building OF
ships in order that ships and more ships
may carry soldiers. food, munitions and
supplies TO the other side and thus
smash the Hun
AnsIesmith Makes 1921 weekly
The anslesmith whom Mr.. Hopper
uses in typifying the worker is one OF
the heroes Of the shipyard. lie works
on the bending floor. and IS bars of steel
are taken white hot from the furnace II
is his part Of the work to bend them &c
the proper shape with blows Of his
mighty hammer. The expert angIesmitl
knows how to time his blows to the sec.
ond and regulate the weight of each SO
that the bend" may be made to this
hundredth Of an inch, His finger tips, II
is said. are as sensitive as a piano play.
ers
At the shipping Board offices they tel
the story of one anglesmith in the EN-
ploy of the Merchants Shipbuilding Com
pany in Pennsylvania who makes S33 a
day seven days in a week at his trade
and spends so day for his board and
keep. lie is putting all the rest In a
bank TO tide him over in the days fol-
lowing the war
a. r. Parkhurst, secretary OF the Ma,
tional Service Section OF the United
States Shipping Board sent yesterday a
personal letter 10 all the prize winners
in the contest notifying them OF their
success.