The Washington times., 1934-07-27
WORLD MOURNS
W|NSOR NJ M'CAY,
CART TOON|ST

NEW YORK, July 27 U.N.S).
Messages Of coincidence from all
parts of the world continued pour
ing in today on Mrs. Maud Dufour
McCay, wife Of Winsor McCay,
noted newspaper artist, who died
yesterday at his Brooklyn home.
Death was caused by a cerebral
hemorrhage.
Masonic services will be held at
2 p. m. tomorrow from the McCay
residence, followed by interment
in Evergreen Cemetery.
The celebrated artist, who was
SO, had worked at his desk in the
New York American office on
Tuesday and had dined with a
friend on wednesday night, with
no complaint of illness.
At 8 q. m. yesterday he told his
wife he had q headache. Later he
collapsed, paralysis seized his right
arm-the arm with which he had
won fame-and shortly afterward
he died.
Family at Bedside
At his bedside were the widow,
Mrs. Maud DuFour McCay, his
daughter, Mrs. Marian Moniz, his
son, Robert w. McCay, and his
son-in-law, Major Ray MoniZ.
Mr.. McCay was recognized by his
fellow craftsmen as one among
them virtually without peer. His
distinction was built on unSur-
passed technique, seemingly un-
limited imagination, unSparing in
sistence on detail and inventive
genius.
His ability spread far beyond
ordinary bounds. He created
comic strips Of rare humor, drew
editorial cartoons of smashing
force, and performed with more
than creditable success in the
apparently strange role Of vaude-
vile headliner,
He was born Winsor ZeniS Nc
Cay in Spring Lake, Mich, where
his father was lumber man. The
city was little more than a lumber
camp then, and it did not hold Mr..
McCay much longer than it took
him to make trifling acquainC-
ance with multiplication and spell
ing. He worked in a sawmill for a
WHILE and then set out for the
world by way of Chicago, whence
he went to Cincinnati, and from
there came in 1902 to New York.
N. Y. Success Phenomenal
His success in New York was
phenomenal. He found work on
the old Telegram within a few
days of his arrival in the city.
Within the next few years, on
that paper and on the old
Herald, he created in rapid sue
cession such popular and we'll
remembered comic strips as
Dreams Of a Rarebit Fiend,"
Little Memo in Sunderland"
Sammy Sneeze," Hungry Hen.
rietta," "Tales of Jungle Imps"
and poor jake"
Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend"
was recognized as the most bril-
liant work in that field up to that
time. Little Memo" was perhaps
the most popular with children
so popular that later it was dram
atized. AS model for this strip
he used his son, Robert.
Joins Hearst Papers
In 1911, Mr.. McCay first Joined
the Hearst newspapers, becoming q
member of the staff of the Eve
ming Journal. He remained there
for several years, but later went
with the New York Herald -Trib-
une to associate again with the
character he liked most. Little
Memo"
From the Herald-Tribune he
went to the New York American
and the Hearst newspapers, with
which he remained until his
death. From the time of the war
on, he virtually forsook comic
strips, devoting himself to serious
editorial work with the same sin
gular success he had won in other |
fields before.
In 1891 he married MaUde Du-
four. There were two children by |
the marriage, Robert Winsor Nc
Cay and Marion McCay. They, |
and three grandchildren, survive |
him with the widow.