Show THE ORIGIN OF PUNCHINELLO James Melvin Lee In Cartoons Magazine Maga Maga- zine In the days when Harpers Harper's Weekly was at the tho height of its popularity and Influence it commanded the services of the foremost illustrators in Amer Amer- ica Including ica-Including including the cartoonists Every once in a while a group of these artists art art- lets would become dissatisfied with the Harper parental control and would leave to establish an independent il illustrated illustrated il- il paper Having squandered their substance in riotous printing these artists would come to themselves and return to the Harper home where was bread enough and to spare lIpare No fatted calf was killed on the return of such but Henry Mills Al Alden Alden Al- Al den the veteran editor of ot Harpers Harper's Monthly Magazine asserts that the house of Harper never held a grudge against any contributor whether art arU let 1st or writer who left to try other pastures pastures pas pas- tures Such was the origin and such was the end of Punchinello a comic cartoon weekly which first appeared in New York City on on April 2 1870 1670 In calling attention to the fact that the first number was dated the day after All Fools Fool's day Punchinello remarked re remarked remarked re- re marked This Is cheering since thus it is manifest that Punchinello I leaves all the fools and Jesters behind behind behind be be- hind and is therefore first In the race for the crown of ot comic laurel and the quiver of or satiric shafts During its short life life less less than a year year year-it it was entitled to that t honor bonor |