Evening star., 1939-04-02

days Mr.. Gardiner returned with q
handsome photograph Of Lodge, in
scribed to the cartoonist "in remem-
brance of much pleasure which he
has given, this unimaginative pro-
duction of the Sum-"
An Acknowledgement From Foch.
With other autographed notes
is that of Marshal Foch, who
visited Washington In 1921. Mr..
Bergman made a testimonial car
toon, showing Uncle Sam welcoming
the former commander in chief of
the allied forces, and subsequently
sent it to the French Ambassador
to present to Marshal Foch if he
cared to do SO. Mr.. Bergman re-
ceived note from Foch himself,
in his own language, expressing
thanks for the cartoon.
The stirring events of the war
and its aftermath provided political
cartoonists with unsurpassed copy"
OF the many appreciations he re-
ceived he feels that the most ar
resting (because it was from for
eigner who did not even know his
name) was the letter on the sta
tionery OF a Washington hotel, sent
to Mr.. Theodore w. Noyes on Feb
ruary II, 1919, by an English news
paperman:
my dear Mr.. Noyes:
II think The Star is entitled to
the best 'wordless editorial on its
first page today have seen to date
(the cartoon by Berr-). Please
believe me, sincerely. A. F. Mac
Donald Nondon Tines. I sent it
to Lord Northcliffe for use at the
peace parley."
Woodrow Wilson, the most scholar
ly Executive in the past half-cen-
tury, is, curiously enough, the only
person whose photograph in Mr..
Berryman's collection has scratched
word. He wrote, ITO my good friend,
c. K. Bergman, the most genial and
one of the most genial of cartoon
ists.' He crossed out the second
genial" and wrote humorous
above it.
All of the Presidents of the United
States, beginning with Mckinley
and including Franklin D. Roose-
welt, are represented in Mr.. Berry,
mans hall of fame" Of some of
the Presidents he has several pho
tographs. President Harding wrote,
With the difference of a printer to
| tho ort oY,d i,oicivopoee of - ~roo =
cartoonist"
Mr.. Bergman has four different
autograph collections, two albums,
photographs, letters and books. The
letters number thousands. And
some of them are from the fathers
and grandfathers of men now
prominent in the Capital-Robert
A. Taft, Henry Cabot Lodge, jr.;
Henry A. Wallace. Morris Shepherd,
Robert M. La Toilette, jr.; Bennett
Clark, James Wadsworth. jr.; the
Bankheads, Frederick Hale, Joseph
Byrns, as we'll as the gifted and
charming daughter of the Great
Commoner," Ruth Bryan Owen
Rohde.
About quarter century ago Senator
John Hollis Bankhead, father of the
Speaker, uncle of Senator Bankhead,
then leading a fight for good roads,
requested Mr.. Bergman to make a
cartoon illustrating the contrast be-
tween good and bad roads. The
Senator slipped the cartoon into the
Congressional Record and it created
a furore So far as Mr.. Bergman
knows, this is the only cartoon ever
made expressly for the Congress
sional Record and printed in the
Record.
Demand for Bergman Originals.
Mr.. Bergman is generous with
his originals and there is constant
demand for them from those whose
likenesses appear. Once, when the
President had just left Washington
for vacation, some of the New
Deal members of Congress evidenced
an unexpected streak of indepen-
dence and prepared legislation ap-
parently in violation of admins
tration wishes. Berrymans car
toon, based on the thought that
while the cats away the mice will
play, pictured half a dozen Sem
ators, their faces adorning the bodies
of mice. There was some fear eX-
pressed in the Office lest Berry,
mans freedom in mixing species
might be unduly offensive to the
Senators. The answer, a few days
later, was the independent request,
from each of the Senators, for the
original. Berryman's usual rule is
first come. first served.
The Vice President Is leading
collector of Bergman cartoons, and
whenever one appears with Mr..
Garner's picture a request for the
original is in The Star Office short
ly after the Blue Streak edition
hits the street. Other men in public
life have shown equal fondness for
the originals and on Capitol Hill
today, as well as in offices and
homes throughout the Nation. there
are framed collections of Berry,
man originals attesting the enjoy
ment that public men find in
ridicule which may be pointed but
is never harsh.
Never Too Busy for a Favor.
He has generously shared his gift,
as Washingtonians know. He has
given hundreds of chalk talks"
for churches, schools, various Or
ganizations, asking no recompense
for himself but helping in the task
of raising funds for whatever the
worthy cause might be. His method
in making "chalk talks" is to sketch
his pictures on large paper, accom-
panying his drawing with a running
talk of the character or incident to
be pictured. After that is completed,
he tears the sheet from the easel
and discards it on the floor. After
the talk is over, there is always a
concerted rush from the audience
fo sporo one of tho mixtures