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is still running. Rudolph Block
 got the idea from child-pictures of
 the European ratist, Wilhelm Busch
 Four different artists have drawn
 the strip during its 50-year history
 The Yellow Kid, first colored comic, which begot the phrase, "Yel-
 low Journalism" was drawn for a
 while by George Luks, celebrated
 American painter whose works hang in many galleries Art by Percy
 CSkippy) Crosby, Walt Disney and Jimmy (Rocky Mason) Swinnerton also hangs in famous galleries :. The late King George V Is said to have got laughs from Otto Soglow's The Little King cartoons The first comic strips ran Sunday only, then two or three times a week, First national daily strip was The Fam ny Upstairs by Geo. Hartman :. The forerunner of Flash Gordon, Brick Bradford, Prince Valiant, Bar ney Baxter and all the other adven- ture strips was Hairbreath Harry, by O, w. Kahles The historic slogan, "Reember the Maine" orig mated in a syndicated cartoon by O. K. Berryman Capt. James Laurence didn't say, Don't give up the ship" It was invented by a newspaper reporter.
 The first popular serial writers were Horatio Alger, Jr., and Mary Jane Holmes, developed by the N. Y. Sun. And, believe it or not, the 60-year old Lena Rivers" by Miss Holmes, last year topped sales of Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls" and Roberts oliver Wis., well" The longest novel in his- tory is Adele Garrison's (real name, Mrs Martin White) story of one couples married life, called "Pit- falls of Love-" It has appeared in newspapers every weekday since l9l5-more than 5,750,000 words of !;
 and a lot of pitfalls Synci- cated fashion columns began with Jenny June's" in 1857. It was written by a man Contrary to legend, @ woman originated and has always written the laid to the lovelorn," column. Beatrice Fair faX's. The originator, still writing 1t is Mrs. Marie M. Gasch of Wash ington, D. O., who was given the idea by Brisbane.
 Carl Anderson, creator of Henry" scored his success as comic strip artist when past 70 Newspapers have published more pictures of the Dionne Quintuplets than of any other children ever born Billy DeBeck's Barney Google strip has provided Tin Pan Alley with themes for five popular songs Origin. ally editors hesitated to put wo- men characters in comic strips, fear ing women readers would take off, fense. cliff Sterrett's Polly and Her Pals introduced the first pretty girl character in a daily cartoon !. Most widely read Illustrated feature Of all time is Ripley's Be- lieve It or Not, with a daily cir culation of l9,7l2,000. Tn p years, no newspaper has cancelled 1t Another feature newspapers never cancel Is crossword puzzles, which Arthur Wynne invented for the New York World. They are now pub- Ished in every country in the world.
 The most popular newspaper serial ever published was Chickie. It appeared first in the San Fran cisco Call-Bulletin with Eleanore Meherin writing each chapter the day before 1t was published. She didn't know how 1t would end un- til she reached the last chapter Ten years after 1t was syndicated, 1t was revived by many newspapers and gained more circulation the sec- ond time than the first How do you lose an anvil2 The first paid ad in an American newspaper, the Boston Newsletter, was about two lost anvilsl When Benjamin Harris launched the first U. s. newspaper, Public Occurrences, in Boston, he announced 1t would be furnished once a month Cor If any Gut of Occurrences happen, oft-