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cartoon. In those days cartoon
lists used little figures in their
drawings, like the cherubim and
seraphim in the Raphael paint
ings. The original Teddy Bear
cartoon is in the National Press
Club and this is how it came
about:
T. R., the exponent of the out
of-door life. who had a reputa-
ton as a big game hunter, spent
nine fruitless days in the Missis-
sippi swamps on bear hunt. He
was ready to come home, when the
shout of bear" rang through the
camp.
Grabbing his rifle, T. r. started
Tor the game on run, He came
upon a Negro with tiny bear
cub on a leash.
Il had to- draw the line" the
President said, when he got back
to Washington. IF I'd shot that
little fellow. couldn't have looked
my own boys in the face again"
Drawing the Line"
The country had been disturbed
by the race riots at Brownsville.
That accounted for the title Of
Mr.. Berryman's cartoon showing
the President, gun in hand, turn
ing away from the cute little bear.
The title was Drawing the line
in Mississippi
The bear was an immediate hit
and Mr.. Bergman placed it in
all of his cartoons on Theodore
Roosevelt. The little bear often
was in conversation with the
President to make the point Of
the cartoon. 1t became coupled
with Mr.. Berryman's signature.
He never copyrighted his crea.
ton and licensed it. He was de-
| lighted when he realized Teddy
Bears were being turned out by
the thousands by toy manufac-
turers.
ut gave the children pleasure
that's reward enough he often
said.
=. Mr.. Berryman's first cartoon in
The Star appeared on January
81, 1907. 1t was on President
Theodore Roosevelt's historic
(See BERGMAN, Page A-6.)
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Sketerof Bergman
Drown by His Son to
Mark Anniversary N :

The sketch of Clifford K.
Bergman at his drawing
board which appears on to-
days first page was drawn by
his son, James T. Bergman,
and was used as The Stars
cartoon of January 81, 1947,
to mark the anniversary Of
Mr.. Berryman's 40th year of
association with The Star.
In its original form. the
sketch appeared against a
background containing a re-
production of the first Berry
man cartoon drawn for The
Star on January 81, 1907.
which is reproduced on this
page. The sketch of Mr.. Ber-
ryman on page one today has
been lifted from its original
background.
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hold his hand is wealth surprising
all minted treasure

hold his hand Is wealth surprising
all minted treasure
"Of course, on life's pathway
one meets with many problems.
most of which we can solve-but
there are some which we cannot
answer until we arrive in an
other sphere.
For instance most of you,
I'm sure, have gone out into a
clear. cold. crisp winter night and
looked up at those little golden
specs in the cobalt beyond. They
seemed so near you felt you could
easily pick handful. But they
made you mad. too, because they
winked at you and seemed to say,
I know something and won't
tell you
80 we will have to find out in
the distant future the secrets OF
the stars and the miracle OF
birth and the mystery of sleep.
One Thing ] Know Now.
"But there is one thing I do
know now-and that is. know
the fairies danced upon the
hearth the night Cliff was born
and they brought him many
gifts. I know that hearth well
I've sat there many times and
enjoyed its warmth and its glow
That hearth was the kind you
read about in song and story. II
was in an old Colonial house
on a 1,0O0-acre farm. on the
Kentucky River.
"Cliff was No. 10 of that third
generation of Bergman babies
who had played on that hearth
The fairies had prepared a mar
velous background for Cliff-a
background of patriotic, cultured
and God-fearing forebears-ane
they chose two fine people to be
his parents.
Among the other gifts they
brought him was perfect health,
a happy disposition. the gift OF
laughter and they put into his
heart the milk of human kindness,
and they placed him in tune with
the infinite. I know you will all
acknowledge they gave him per-
sonal pulchritude. They gave him
a great talent. they made him a
genius and, to top it all, they gave
him the rare gift of lifelong
friendship, evidenced here tonight
by your presence.
"Come My Beloved"
IT love you all for. coming to
honor Cliff, and SO let us drink
another toast to him in the Ian
Iguage of Omar the Tentmaker
who said:
Come my beloved. fill the cup
that clears
Today of past regrets and future
fears.
Tomorrow? Why tomorrow we
may be
Ourselves with yesterdays 1000
years."
Mr.. Bergman was born un
April 2, 1869, in Woodford County,
KY, near Versailles. There were
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to go near the paper for a few
days after that - afraid they
would charge him advertising
rates for the space. But they
gave him SIS, only IS less than
he was making a month. That
was in 1891. It was the start of
a career.
Those were the days before
the camera was used much in
newspaper work. Mr.. Bergman
did all his sketching from life.
He had a talent for getting a
likeness-like an old-fashioned
portrait painter. He never Carl
catured. His figures were always
labeled, but most of them did not
need it. They were recognizable
at once. az -
He kept his job at.the patent
Office and worked on his cartoon.
ing after hours. Uncle Sam gave
him a $40 a month raise, and he
celebrated that by opening a
bank account and starting court
ing. The object of his affections
was Miss Kate G. Durfee, who
has been Mrs. Bergman since
1898.
Best Remembered Cartoon.
Williams Jennings Bryan made
his Cross of Gold speech and be-
came the free silver candidate OF
the Democratic Party. Maj. Will
liam Mckinley was elected, the
War with Spain was fought. Nc
Kinley was assassinated and
Theodore Roosevelt succeeded
him. Those were exciting days,
but the Bergman cartoon that is
best remembered was made in the
peaceful period that followed,
when President Theodore Roose-
velt went on a hunting trip to
Mississippi.
It was the first Teddy Bear
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conferences. Early in 1919, at the
time the Versailles treaty was in
the making. the late Theodore w.
Noyes. editor of The Star, re-
ceived a letter from A. F. Mac
Donald, editor of the London
Times. 1t read:
II think The Star is entitled to
know that it has the best word
less editorial on its front page
today that / have seen to date
the cartoon by .Berr-. He. ap.
parently could not make out the
signatureD I sent it to Lord
Northcliffe for use at the Peace
Conference"
Honors came upon Mr.. Berry
man thick and fast in his last
years-the Pulitzer Prize, a one
man show at the Corcoran Gal
lery and an exhibit and perma-
nent repository of 1900 of his
drawings in the Library of Con-
gress. Texas made available to
| the public a collection of $50 Ber-
ryman drawings of former Vice
President Garner, and Idaho did
the same with a collection of SO
drawings in which the late Sena-
tor william E. Borah figured.
Finest Tribute From Wife.
But it was given to Clifford Ber-
ryman publicly to receive from his
own wife one of the finest tributes
that ever came to any man.
He was given a birthday dinner
on April 2 of this year at the
Chevy Chase Club. Chief Justice
Vinson was the speaker of the
evening. Cabinet members. Sen
ators. Representatives, newspaper
men and intimate friends raised
their glasses to the honored guest
Mrs. Bergman was the only
woman present and it was he1
speech that outshone the others
When called on for a toast, she
said:
1.-TWO days ago Jim (their SOM
told me I might be called on to
make a few remarks at this mar
velous tribute to Cliff. So got
mentally busy trying to assemble
some of the memories of the past
which of course must be an expose
of personalities and sentiment
We Southerners don't mind show
ing our emotions-we are like
that. -
"The events of this evening will
be a cherished memory to me as
long as life lasts. And who knows
Il may remember it long after
I have vanished into the dimness
of the Great Beyond.
Sc Years Together.
For over 60 years I have
watched Cliff Bergman develop
from normal country boy into
the resourceful gentleman he is
today. For 56 years. we have
walked together along life's path
way. Ours has been a long, full
rich, eventful and congenial life
together. I'm reminded of John
Masef1eld tJim's favorite poet)
who said, Just to sit by him and
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to The Star. He became a mem.
ber Of the church in his teens
and since that day. he once said
he had never taken the Lords
name in vain.
He had unfailing good health
but he had illness in his family
that would have tested any par.
ent. His response to that was
action-and prayer. He. told in.
Inmates his response to any diff.
culties in his life and in his work
was prayer-constant prayer.
For more, than 80 years. from
the date of his first cartoon in
The Star in 1907. he drew a car
toon every day, seven days a
week. This is believed to be rec
ord unapproached among Ameri-
can cartoonists. ~.
Allowed No Substitutions.
He would allow no substitu-
tions. When he finally decided tc
take a trip to Europe with Mrs
Bergman, he drew so cartoons
ahead to take care Of his alb
sence. It was not until he hac
to go to the hospital for an op.
Grafton about Is years ago thai
he consented to another cartoon.
ist contributing to the Bergman
space-and then it was his son
James, who had been doing 6
daily sports cartoon.
Jim's style was so similar to hi
fathers that many Star sub.
scribers did not at first notice the
difference. The father signed his
work simply Bergman" while
the son used Jim Bergman.
And no compliment pleased the
father as much as the frequent
ones he got for Jim's drawings
In recent years Gibson M. Crockett
has become a third contributor o1
Star cartoons.
The Bergman cartoons, through
the several decades of his career
were an integral part of The Star
but mis- contribution to his time
went beyond that.
Reprinted Over World.
For instance: AS Britain's none.
tary crisis approached climax
this summer. it became known that
British mission headed by Sii
Stafford Cripps was coming here
for a conference. "The beggars
are coming again." said the isola-
ZIONIST press on this side, and there
were resentful responses in British
newspapers.
Mr.. Bergman drew cartoon
of Uncle Sam and John Bull
standing on either side of mar
row Atlantic. Beside each was 8
figure labeled 'U. S. Press" OF
British Press" The figures were
throwing brickbats at each other
Its a pretty good way for both
of us to. let off excess steam
john" said Uncle Sam in the Ber-
ryman cartoon.
The cartoon was reprinted in
England and all over the world
Mr.. Bergman had strengthened
the Presidents hand and helped
him in providing "a good climate
for the conference. The President
appreciated 1t. A few days later
at q news conference, Mr.. Truman
said there were no differences be-
tween the two governments. ths
only .'recriminations" were in thu
newspapers. The Star cartoon
pictured the situation perfectly
he said.
1919 Cartoon Recalled.
1t was not the first time thai
one of Mr.. Berryman's cartoons
had been used in internationa
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Made Friends Every Year.

Mr.. Bergman made new friends
every year of his long life and
lost friends only when death
took them. An amazing number
of people felt they knew him and
were eager to tell how much they
liked him. He had boyish en-
thusiasm and an unselfishness Of
spirit that was Immediately ap-
parent and that delighted each
new acquaintance. There was
nothing in the man that could do
an unworthy turn in his life or in
his work.
The subjects of cartooning dur
ing his era progressed from the
sinking PROV of the Maine to the
mushroom cloud over Hiroshima,
but Mr.. Bergman will be remem-
bered for his gift to children-the
Teddy Bear, still favorite in the
nurseries.
He drew more than $4,000 car
toons, and it is doubtful that any
of them ever hurt anybody's feel
ings. Every President from Cleve-
land to Truman. and every tor
public figure during that long Pc
riod. had reason to feel Mr.. Berry
man was his friend. They knew
the hand that Knocked them on
occasion could really have hurt
and did not. The victim" of a
Bergman cartoon was always the
first to ask for the original for
framing.
His Era of History.
His period included the Battle oil
Manila Bay, the discovery of the
North Pole, the Kitty Hawk fight,
the slayings at Sarajevo. the sink
ing of the Lusitania, the Lind
bergh flight and Pearl Harbor.
But Mr.. Berryman's visual re-
sporting stuck pretty well to tht
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Kennedy, Mrs. Joseph F. Bet
terley, Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III,
Lewis Wood, Albert w. Fox. James
Waldo Fawcett. Mr.. McKelway
and Mr.. Glover.
A group from the Association
of Oldest Inhabitants, of which
MIR. Bergman was a vice presi-
dent, also will attend the funeral.
They are John Clagett Proctor,
president; Fred A. Emery, a vice
president; Walter E. Allen, Jesse
c. Suter. Charles H. Bates, Ernest
w. Brown, William D. Searle,
A. j. Driscoll, Evan H. Tucker
Orrin j. Davy, Herbert P. Lee
man, William E., Leahy, Commis-
sioner Young and Mr.. Thorn.
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By Betty Holmes

Farrell, Pa, June 2-Our birth,
day party sure was a banged up
success. Those who were not
there missed a good time. Our
thanks go to the committee for
such splendid preparations, we
enjoyed ourselves. By the way
that orchestra was wonderful.
they played such soft music, the
best this side of the hills.
Softball
The Farrell Jrs. are ready to
play their first softball game OF
the season Sunday, June against
Lorain. The game will be played
at Farrell City Park at l 80 p. m.
sharp. Directions to the field can
be obtained at the club.
What's this | hear about Rudy
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CLEVELAND, OHIO
BRANCH 4

Dear Sisters just to inform you
that our next meeting will be
held on Sunday, June 5, at 500
p. m. The delegates will read the
report of the Convention, we also
would very much love to get new
members, young or old. Our De-
puties would gladly assist you.
We deeply express our sym.
pathy to the John Schuller Fami-
ly for the lose of our dear sister
Mary Schuller, a charter mem
Der. Also to the Haupt Family for
their dear mother our sister Mrs.
Katharine Haupt nee Ounce.
The convention will be held On
Sat, May % and Sun, May % at
Cleveland East Sachsenheim; our
sister Branch "a is Hostess, SO
please come on over, and don t
forget our meeting. Refreshments
after the meeting and Card party.
Well be looking for you.
Elizabeth Tischler, Sec'y.
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Kraft offering to treat all the
players afte, each game won?
What's up Rud y-too much mo-
ney or paying of bets?
All those THAT signed up to &c
to the Cleveland Yankee game
June 10 be at the club by sharp
We will be going up in cars.
To the T. S. ]. A. Officers
. Why not give a trophy this
year to the club with the best
craftsmanship record. Mayby
that way we would have better
sportsinanship between the differ
ent clubs and players, and also
avoid unnessessary enjury tt
players,
We were glad to see one 81
our former member back in town
for the holidays. Hope to see you
back to stay soon, Rudy and
Jane Orben.
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By Michael Linz Jr.

New Castle, Pa. June 2-We
had another meeting last Friday
and had the election of oucers.
The following were elected:
Pres, Michael Linz 'Jr.
Vice-Pres., Jack Eve
Sec, Ann Tekeser
Treas, Rose Mary Roth
Sergant-at-Arms. Lew Bender
All of us are young and don't t
know much about running a club
we feel sure the older members
will help us along until we get
used to It. We also elected three
delegates which are Ann Tekeser
William Ungar and Michael
Linz. alternate Lew Bender
We are making plans for the
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7. S. J. A. NOTICE
HEAD TAX DUE

According to Article X, Sec. 3
OF the constitution of the Tran
sylvania Saxon Junior Assocsa-
ton, each club shall be assessed
fee Of twenty-five cents (25c)
for every member in that club to
be paid as of May lst. Clubs fail
ing to do so will relinquish their
right to vote at the convention
TO date, no club has paid their
head tax or sent a list to the
Assistant Secretary, Mary Paul,
for the year l949-5O. May we
please ask the cooperation of all
clubs this year in getting their
lists of members and head tax
fees to us before the convention
In fact, it will be a great help
to us to have them by June /.
Please remember that new mem
bership cards must be filled out
only for new members and sent
to the Assistant Secretary.
Will the treasurer of the clubs
please have the checks or money
orders made out to Edith 3.
Hartfelder, T. S. J. A. Treas.
/ have sent checks returning
the forfeiture fees for basketball
to those clubs who had basketball
teams. Please cash these checks
Immediately so that a treasurer's
report will be complete. Thank
you.
Edith B. Hartfelder.
I. S. J. A. Treasurer.
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CHICAGO. ILLINOIS
Branch ~.

All members hereby informed
that Branch AZ will hold their re-
gular monthly meeting on June
II. We hope to see all of you at
the meeting again this month.
Mrs. Hartman who just re-
covered from an illness a month,
ago again is sick in the hospital
get we'll soon Mrs. Hartman we
all miss you.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Zultner .Jr.
are happy to announce the arri-
val of a son.
Eric Michael who was born
on May Fl, 1919. the little boy
weighed S lbs. and 3 OF. Mother
and baby are doing fine.
Now that summer is coming We
ali are thinking of vacation and
picnics, and speaking OF plcnlcs,
Branch AZ is having theirs on
the 4th of July as always. We
go to the grove at lOoth and
Ridgeland. Those in the. COM
mittee please cooperate with your
leaders, it is hard for just cou-
pie to do everything.
If any of the members have
moved would you please drop me
a card and give me your new adj
dress. Send it to Margaret Dick
erson, 3443 w. 74th ST., Chicago
%, III. >.
Margaret Dickerson, Sec.
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CLEVELAND OST
Branch 80.

This is to inform all members
that the next meeting of Branch
80 will be held Friday night, June
10th, at 8 p. m, at the East Side
Sachsenheim. .'
To all lodges, don't forget the
Central Verband Convention this
coming Saturday and Sunday
which will be held in "Cleveland
the best location in the nation
Come one, come all, for merry
weekend.
Sick members are as follows
John Jacob, Michael Enrich, Mar
tin May, John Helmar and Geo
Ehrman Sr. We wish all these
members speedy recovery.
Notice
According to the picnic com
mittee, this years picnic will be
bigger, better and more attrac-
tive than ever before. The com
mittee is really working hard tc
make this picnic a success, SC
everyone keep Saturday, July %
open on your calendar. The pic
mic grounds are located on 25Otl1
and Euclid Ave-. namely "Brae
Buren,. Music and entertainment
will be furnished. See everyone at
the convention.
Joe Wonnerth, Sec'y.
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MAR.LU SORORITY
DINNER

The Mar-Lu Sorority will holt
a dinner on Sunday, June5 in the
basement of the Teutsch Me,
mortal Lutheran Church. The
meal will be served following
the english service.
Reservations may be made by
calling Mrs. Dorothy Szabo. Wo
1902 anytime, or Mrs. Lillian
'Thies, Bo. 7622 after 6 p. m. W.
can only accept one hundred (lOC,
reservations, so be sure to cal
edrly. Tickets will be $1.25 fol
adults and 75c for children.
Come and enjoy a delicious
home-cooked meal!
Mrs. Lillian Thies, Sec'y.
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HOMESTEAD NEWS
By Marty

Homestead, Pa, June 2--The
regular meeting of the local Jrs.
will be held Friday evening at
g p. IN. Since t1ffs will be the
last official meeting before the
convention it would be good
thing to have large turnout SO
that Our delegates will be given
their instructions.
Those so-called faithful mem-
bers who were SO steamed up
over the club at the time OF the
bowling tournament have been
CONSPICUOUS by their absence.The
time will cove when the club
will be sponsoring other activ'-
ties and these chislers will want
to participate Well, that is the
time that we are waiting for.
They are in for All awfu! shocg
We don't WANT that type of men,
Der. If they think that they can
attend meetings and be active on
ly while there are pleasurable ac-
tivities to take part in then drop
off when things get dull, they
have a rude awakening due them.
Let's go you slackers and get
down to the affairs of the group.
If you think they are juvenile
then it is your privilege to de-
bate against them.
One of our former members is
now the proud father of a baby
daughter born last Friday morn
ing at 4 a. m. The proud parents
are Mr.. and Mrsr. w. p. Theil.
Both mother and daughter are
doing we'll. Where are the cl-
gars Pete?
Two of our best members were
united in matrinony on Thurs
day afternoon at the St. Marks
Church. The entire club wishes
to extend best wishes for all OF
the best to the newlyweds Mr.
and Mrs. Helmut Roos. Mrs
Roos will be remembered as Ade
laide 'Petey' Sterner. Good lucr
kids 49,.
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QUEsTIONS7
Answers to the Questions will
be found on page 2.

|. The ancient religion of what
people had priests called Druids?
?. For what motion picture did
Ingrid Bergman have to cut her
hair
3. Who said: Shoot, if you
must this old gray head, but spare
your country's flag
4. What was Frances capital
during the Spanish Civil War?
5. In what state is Sun Valley?
g. Who commanded the attack
on San Juan Hill in the Spanish
American War
!. Why is the "M' used as the
printers principal unit of mea-
sure:
S. What is a deciduous tree?
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Cleveland
Saxon Day
June 26 at 400 P. M.

All Saxon Juniors are hereby
informed that the United Saxons
Of Cleveland are holding their
annual Saxon Day this. year
combined with the Johannes
Honterus 400 and Stefan Ludwig
Roth 100 commemoration dav
on June 2o at 400 P. NJ. at the
West Side Sachsenhe;m, 7OOl
Denison Ave. to honor our Saxon
Reformer Honterus and Saxon
Hero Stefan L. Roth who sacri-
feed his life for our Saxon peo-
pie 100 years ago. 1t is going to
be big affair the committee is
working hard to prepare every
thing to please all who attend
this affair. Rev. John Foisel and
Prof.. r. Schuster have charge
OF the Program.
We cordially invite all our
Pennsylvania Saxons and their
children from Cleveland and the
surroundings to this great Saxon
Day combined with Commemor-
alton day at the West Side Sach--
senheim.
Michael Bretz, Chairman.
Elizabeth Tischler, Sec'y.