| Show Work Wor of o Selecting Se Campaign C igl Gimcracks c S Toys Tos But Bui tons and Political Shrewd in Every Evol Presidential Now Scheme in Mm tho Portrait Line Lino That Gave A Man llIn a II Foil Thc Political Song Sn Rectory Factory selection el of ot campaign Rim Ilm TUB Till I craela find and the Iho economical e pur ot ut the 1110 wm lAme l Is Important tf work for tor somo ono OliO on an the executive com committee of ot every over In hi ov over aver ry that campaign la II meant tho lly ily 11 the stickpins and and amt badges badge nail nit Ill the 1110 other by J of ot keep the tho name which It I Is t sought to the tho constantly before your candidate te voter Shrewd old oil campaigner says tays ys till full well the tho ho I City Star know well thit u i 1 wall conceded oon political III toy may do a lot or of to the 1110 party It and the Iho lucky who could invent such su t 1 u thing and avI III spring It successfully on ck a o 1 pio ho committee at lit the Iho moment In the tho opening might light male make a campaign ISIS ds da 8 II of ot a u fortune out of It U It would have hlO to bo a thoroughly convincing toy though for the tho same shrewd old ohl political cal are nrc al also wo wolf aware thai that no n living man loan can tun toll tell In advance how nl y political wilt will lake tole with the voters voter and ate arc particularly cautious about expending good party In III that direction On the tho whole portraits ot or the tho anti vice presidential 11 candidates are 1110 considered the lilt safest gimcracks In III which an executive committee can cane Invent Judging from the l great groat r preponderance P r e I oit derance of the Ihn portrait expenditures expenditure over nil all other committee out nutt outputs puts during the tho lUHt Last few IIII Homo Home years yearn Y literally millions of ot portraits por traits of ot nil all sizes size from Unit that ot ut u a I 10 cent piece to tho he nude Hide of ot n a 1 burn barn Oro 1110 bought houghl by tho the committees for or distribution ion tion In Iii every olry state elate u of ot the tho Union tinfoil Dur Due DueIng InK Ing ono one not so 10 o very long age 1100 priming life Info candidates on heavy plato plate WIIO for tor Culo 12 13 roll ran and u a full tull Hedged 11 r hipping department laB it as open and ami Bending out Olt tho the pictures by hy lh the ton tOil tilt iho Ih whale time lime There Chore worn certain contributor contributors to the he party funds that thaI year will who objected to 11 the Ille expense nt ut the tho porn portrait nit contends lint hilt nobody hall had tho hardihood Ii to tl put pilI on the flue broken It wan lynx In that hut settle Maine year nr that lust the two committees put let out met n II large larne number of ot n portraits portrait of ar size Ize any so 8 feet foet by lIy 10 Ioto to hang liang III In big holla halls inn far above the Iho heads bend of nf the tho audience on the Mill 1011 hack bark of ot the speaker these were In neutral browns brown and grays that thai made them look Kite photographs when viewed from rent R a and n nd they Ibey were 1 good goad sc far superior to 10 tho ho I portraits seen on the ex IX ll et ruet gunners which been HO so prominent In III all ale recent cam camM I M 1111 who saint naf these theio portraits was wan struck with their excellence sail anil anila saila a 1 whole lot of lit people Importuned their maker mailer t to Rive give up the tbt we secret ret ot nt their manufacture He lie parried all lea skillfully however oven declining to tell where s send they hey were made but nt of the tho end Ine ot of tho the campaign his hili schema camo out omit HOW JIB 1111 MA UK t l 1110 PIC IC First of ot nil all he ho got lItot two IWO s Mir big 1 lantern lanterns nail hail had Drat that class Chili uncles meteR mido of or the two providential presidential Nohl and two vice presidential candidates Then ho Ito found n big Jh vacant building In an obscure bs New NIli N w 1 village lie rented thin this structure end and hoarded up III nil the windows window and doors no so that no sunlight could enter the place pl o Then when hen ho his had nn an order for a pair lisle of ot portraits por traits he put the In Isle magic InAc lantern stretched d tho the on of which the tho pictures pictured were to be he painted pain the proper from the lantern lanterns mid turned on the light Of course come tv tb t result waa WR a It perfect Image of ot portrait on un the he III canvas end and all the he man I Who viO wielded led the th blush hi lIh had to 10 do was Willi r to slap hlll on the tho paint to conform with the lines line stud and 1 coloring thus thua unerringly I f 1 Indicated It 11 Is b popularly supposed that political I pull li Is required to 10 sell ell campaign gun to an executive committee and l this title IN us true In III sums nom 11 tI hue but this f mans mann work OIk both loth rn ro mightily that they fell tell over each other to 0 got get lila hale hi rel In III a short abort shortt t time Ump after lib hll first nt picture pictures were Well shown fl j 1 i 1 1 t to rn put pal In hole half a 11 do dOSen n magic latticing lanterns find and employ a n 1 regular staff of ot portrait makers hail Had the hI active cam crun campaign lasted JAil led a year Instead of ot a few weeks he tie would hase cleared up UI ix a 1 bf big fortune AH As 11 It he made enough enough to 10 give jIo him a n good lood sub start In III Inn Inn n II line humus of ot political cartoons should not lIot be 11 b ns as campaign nt lit nil ell events lh the hI committee lint selects nud buys buyo time the budges and buttons and amid portraits gen gon orally takes lakes charge churgo of or the cartoons cartoon il no so noAt At 1 the tho beginning of ot a 1 recent cam mm cams a n 1 cartoonist who hud hind once dues co heels been beena n a great ment power In tho the laud by II of ot his hl graphic portrayal of ot time tho age of ot one are of ot this the political parties ladles but had lout lost lila his grip decided lod to wok seek ru re by Uy h doing campaign cartoons Not finding n it 1 lie He pInel itI c ho he to olio or ii other ether ot or the tho hl committees He lie had hlll late his political In III the tho was wua doubtful which party to apply to but bat finally decided In iii favor nf ot the lIC patty Ilal ty of ot hiss his first love loe lib His indication to III tho the executive com can committee that lie he would bo be glad I lIu I to 10 help elect their candidate fur for n II loll by h nn king for Cor thorn cartoons which they should furnish to the Iho news newspaper paper flea ft tl co O of ot charge caused u it great groat flutter in that political body bOI It was decided to employ him at nt once Two Taro obstacles arose however Theme Theio wn sas 1111 ono one Important article III In the creed that hot he would not lot support anti he h had exulted exalted notions UH UM to 0 the Iho amount of ot money 1110 II e ho hI should receive It took a ft long time to get et over those things thing The artists arU ls to 10 thin tho tuna overcome with comparative ease Jilt but the noY I w won ns dif dlf different ferent For n II while neither artist t nor 1101 committee commItte could be got Rot to name figures nt lit nil sill When the artist sifter after many long powwows fixed OOOO n OK as about the proper tiling there wn was consternation tion tho They the Iho rest with him hike for tor two days rind 1514 n a tentative compromise was wall reached on This go 10 with the tho committees though unit no ns u II laet III At resort rc olt n committee cm emit ploys lloyo lio Iho had some practical know knowledge ledge I rd g a n as ilK e t to 0 how ho t u ca cartoons nn stood l l In iii i tho the market ket was naked asked to 10 Ix tho time mutter up He Ile and tho lie hail had boon bees cartoon let lut had hind several Fomo some of ot them stormy and the upshot was Willi lint hissing basing his bin On pt on tho the largest lan eHl number of or cartoons that could coed COli II lily bly hl he bo used the tho artist wits to 10 receIve Unload Instead of ot or Just one outs tenth as nit much OH as time Iho l uro mentioned in III the hI compromise o Volt FOH rim Ho far tor nil all was teas satisfactory The rue ex cx executive who hail had recommended mended the taking on an ot of the lie who cut tho rho down tenths congratulated The em employ emIllo ploy Illo thanked heaven that ho was 1111 pleating the committee and ancl had visions I of ot H It fat tilt and permanent Job jo sitter lifter the clone clos of ut the campaign 1111 providing his Ids party won The Tho cartoonist was tuna happy because beel 11 10 while 87 0 was Willi by no means mean 3 I OO It wits was WI the rho same YantO as Its a 1 week for tor ten weeks or a n cartoon sinco IllIe only 30 20 cartoons werl nestled nut Hut there theto was sire moto trouble coming coining It was plumed planned that tho time committees editorial board bourd or whatever It was a called should vase pais on seek each cartoon be bt before tore fore It was scot lIt out mini the committee already mentioned wen 1011 to servo us UI the medium through which the nr or lets leas Ideas be presented to 10 tho time board llad 1111 i It been Possible for tor him hlll to 0 get board tl and nt cm together occa occasionally there might have havu been no tie trio fric friction ton tion but hut It turned out Impossible to lo do this thin or 01 In iii tact fact even to g Get t the tile car cartoons pasted Passed on an at al all at lit least lenet half hAlt the Iho time tints The Till result was Willi n a 1 ten tn weeks spoil spell of ot heart disease for tOl m the h committee em Not being heln able often to get ehul sanction for the till cartoons he lime hud had to put pul th hens in out on Ol his own judgment only to 10 n hut find after aUer they tho were out OUI In tinny mimy Instance instances sonic some members of ot the theco committee co II tee objected to the subject chos chosen en or IU its treatment In III tart tact there was wo woh hardly h one olle of nt the cartoons that some uno eno condemn us as sure stirs to 0 lur hardle the So Ho o serious did dl 1 the flit situation become before election day dRY that tie unfortunate Imd lied visions III In his hili dreams every night of ot po political cat cartoons toon that either missed the point or nr were positively pOI It I detrimental to the tho cause and ot of nn an l executive commute committee wrecking wr vengeance upon him for letting hitting the tho objectionable draw drawing ing go 10 foi ti to this the 11 paper mailers It la is not right to classify campaign songs us its political either cither but hut this hits particular committee employ who 1011 l nd to 10 listen to hundreds of lit them that campaign would woul t put them thern In III that category ct cI Before the Iho active campaign was ivies u IL fortnight old It seemed to 0 him hint that lint every evory man mall mid and child In tho time country hud haul written or m was about to write or nt ot least felt able to 10 write e a campaign song lIong Apparently every member of ot the tho committee mid amid every slate slide committee chairman chollman chah mun from the tho Atlantic A 1111 11 to 0 tho the lend had hosts of ot friends Any Anyway An wily way they nil sent songs to the tho tee leo by every snail mall and this particular unfortunate had to try II the most of ot them out At amt when he hI took look a 1 bundle of ot manuscript songs Bongs and music lo home hosie lit fit night and nuked naked ids his wife to play this the elm Ih on un tho rho piano and lima hit iii daughter to sing Sim the tho words they welo quite do lighted with wl h the iho novelty of ot It II Hut when wilen on ono one Sunday morning he asked both of them to 10 stay at lit home from rain church and shug struggle gle glo with 87 81 different pieces of or v doggerel nod M 87 r new hew pieces of oC cores n fl ore they re IC revolted revolted gently to he lie sure a but hut with a 1 degree of or firmness that left left no room for tor argument They both hoth declared they thoy lad hall sung line Iho praises of the presidential candidate he ho was wall wot king or until they were here completely lied out over oer under the Iho strain of trying Iho tho they Imd hlll lost sympathy with the party hn hI represented and loin that time limo on mt tilt till election tiny day do they devoted ll a II Rood good dent deal of ot attention to 10 arguing with him In hi favor of ot the tho opposition party pm ty tutu UK its It II candidates Not mill all the songs cause to executive headquarters by hy null mall Many of ot them were wOre fraught brought by the Ihl authors and com eom composers posers cud and somo stonio ot or people Insist insisted ed cd on ne singing their production 1 to the tho to III whom whore most mORt of ot the lie III comm 1011 gimcracks were referred for tor or In II Investigation Long before the close clow of hit tho campaign ho he watt wall ne lIa sick of ot cam campaign songs as his family had peen been ail even enn now no ho he sometimes dreams of ot cam campaign songs and their diabolical tare tors Till l KIND IN J It 11 may be said sattl of ot tho the American earn clun song that hal they thoy generally io themselves m to I else of ot tu Ir worst o own candidates or nt sit worst to mild regarding nJ their opponents Itlie It Jt ItU U lie not so eo o In England 11 II whore tho lie cam cant campaign SOURS songs mire uro nothing iese than savage Here Is ors ono was put forth whine while Gladstone was vas stun alive when the Grand Old bran goes goos OOS to his lila doom Ho lie will trill rIde In a n fiery chariot charlot And lIt alt III In state RIlo On n R plate pInta twIxt Satan and Judas Juda Savu H the thi Devil My Iy quite 1110 full tuII us you YOl tee see fist But Ill try Iry anti and do all nil that hat I can con conSo Ho So Ill let sod and Judas go free trec Anti And take talle In III the Grand Old lid atan Dot the Devil soon loon found the whole thing timing a II sell lell For old corrupted nil all people In Un Hell Of OC campaign proper an 1111 aft mot most rosette Infinite variety Ift III offered 11 to every overy executive o small In III tine tile furor form to Im of ot medallions buttons and on badges lending ot or course When suns WIH the candidate plumes Illumes and pompons from front his hll sobriquet The Knight wore put 1111 forward In III many forms III In 1800 tho Iho McKinley lJ makers scored a n hit Idt with gigantic lead leach leaden Ipa l len en eft beetles beetled was hod In tn bronzo paint point w which were sold as nil gold Lugs bugs Little vest r t pocket arlet handbooks giving n a well veil olt so se 8 hurled lot of oe economic facts fact panted with political nee are almost always YB sent rent out by the Iho million One year an nn executive committee or ordered ordered dered derell of ot little cardboard page Ilaga printed In live colors on the lie verse reverse of or ofu u which itch a 1 vast amount amount of ot pound found nd political doctrine ns that hint committee political crowded Into a u little space Political puzzles loo too are oro often of ot though not often orum and little no end nd of ot wrinkles In fact and It would be n a shrewd tire tin committee which could get It along AIn wOlling mine ensue thousands upon badly bully designed de campaign cracks crack Often Otten the thus gimcrack makers do not ask osk the executive emm committee to buy their gentle but only Oil to Indorse them thorn depend depending m ing III it for tor their sales upon the state elate and minor local I I committees committee and sometimes preferring to go to 0 the public direct Hut Iut this m is If only when the lima In hand li II especially novel and taking |
