Evening star., 1939-04-02

,dly exhibits his selection of the
t dra1Dn By Clifford Bergman.
every time the bear should appearin
a Bergman cartoon, from that day
forward
Mr.. Noyes, indignant at their
attitude, apprised Mr.. Bergman of
the situation and inquired what he
proposed to do. The cartoonist
recalled his 6-year- old photograph
of Theodore Roosevelt. Mr.. Noyes
Immediately wrote to the lawyers,
described the photograph and in
formed them that The Stars repre-
sentatives would be waiting for them
on the court house steps. No word
was ever received from them,
although their client has continued
to practice his profession for the
last quarter century.
Many Valued Photographs.
Near Theodore Roosevelt's photo
graph in Mr. Berryman's collection
hangs one of his (and President
McKinley's) scholarly Secretary of
State, John Hay. The inscription
is reticent-merely ITO C. K. Ber-
ryman with regards" However, Mr..
Hay offered the cartoonist the vice
consulship in Paris. with the thought
that the post would give him op-
portunity to study art. Mr.. Berry,
man declined, with thanks.
Incf IN LOT nthor Cooro-
tary of State, William Jennings
Bryan, made him a similar offer,
to send him to the capitals of
Europe in behalf of the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition, to arrange for ex-
hibits in those countries, from South
American nations. But Mr.. Berry
man again refused.
His friendship with Bryan. how
ever, was a long and happy one
The earliest of several photographs
he has of the Great Commoner"
is inscribed ITO Mr.. c. x. Berry,
man, the Donkey's friend from
another friend, w. j. Bryan"
Mr.. Bergman has never chosen
his friends according to their poll
tics. simultaneously with his friend
ship with Mr.. Bryan, for instance,
was an equally warm one with that
rock ribbed Republican, Uncle Joe"
Cannon. They often attended base
ball games together, and frequently
the theater.
The first photograph the cartoon
ist received from Uncle joe was in
1904 1t was framed in wood from
the old Supreme Court in the Capt.
tol, and is for this reason unique in
Mr. Berryman's collection.
His collection of photographs of
prominent men includes those of
Thomas A. Edison. Andrew Car
negie, Cardinal Gibbons, 'Marse
Henry" Watterson. John T. Nc
Cutcheon, noted American cartoon
ist; James Bryce. Great Britain's S
scholarly Ambassador to this coun-
try from 1907 to 1913, and Frances s
beloved Jules Jusserand, who repre-
sented his nation here for a much
longer period. The inscription on
Viscount Bryce's photograph is
characteristic: ITO the resourceful
pictorial Commentator on Current
Events"
Was Bergman Perfectly Sane?
An amusing incident occurred in
connection with the Carnegie pho
tograph. In 1911 President Taft
decorated the financier for his ef-
forts in behalf of peace. Mr.. Berry,
man drew cartoon depicting Uncle
Sam presenting this medal. with an
appropriate sentiment. Mr.. Car
negie told his friend, John Barrett,
then director of the American
Union, that 1t was the finest likeness
of himself he had ever seen in a
newspaper cartoon. He asked Mr.
Barrett if he thought it could be
purchased. The latter told Mr.. Ber-
ryman, who forthwith sent the car
toon with his compliments" to Mr..
Carnegie. In acknowledgment, the
f1nancier sent him an autographed
photograph, and also one of his own
books, "An American Four Hand
in Britain" likewise autographed to
THE Prize Cartoonist."
A few months later, when Mr.
Bergman was at baseball game
with Uncle Joe" and several other
Congressman, Mr.. Barrett joined
them, saying:
1--WE got a good joke to tell you
on Bergman. I was lunching with
Mr.. Carnegie in New York a few
days ago, and the first thing he
asked me was, rs the Washington
Stars cartoonist Bergman all
right? I mean, is he a normal sort
of felloW?' I reassured him that I
thought so, and asked why he
doubted il. He told me about the
cartoon being sent with Berryman's
compliments and said it was the
first time in his life that he had ever
received something for nothing
In contrast to this, was Mr.. Ber-
ryman's acquisition of an auto
graphed photograph of Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge during his last
term. Senator Lodge had auto
graphed one of Mr.. Berryman's
early albums; but as his auto
graphed photograph collection grew
during the first two decades OF this
century, he coveted picture of the
Massachusetts Senator. He had
presented not few cartoons to Sen
ator Lodge, and finally intimated
that he would appreciate a photo
graph.
Il am very sorry" said Senator
Lodge courteously, but with an I'M
mistakable 'Cabots-speak- -only-to-
God air, but I never present au-
tographed photographs to any one"
Some months later, after Senator
Lodge had been reelected by an
inflnitesimal margin, Mr.. Bergman