Show KING I KNIGHTS IG I BIG Blu G CARTOONIST I Honor for Man Plan Whose Pictorial Satires Shape Policies and Shake Nations r A MERITED RECOGNITION Won on Moio tates for far tho the Liberal Party Part PartIn In IA Election Hum Any D Other OIlier Man His Career Special Correspondence ODO Aug AUf U a Lord LONDON L once described Francis Carruthers Gould tho famous caricaturist of ot th the Westminster Gazette as U one ons of oC the most mOlt remarkable assets of ot th the liberal party HI Ills cartoons figured In thousands a on the hoarding at the gen cm oral election and there can b be no doubt doub that his hI clever cAer skits won on more mort votes for tor his party than were era gained by b the speeches II of ot the most brilliant of oC Its lu orators It was wait therefore U fitting that he be e should bould get Jet when the kings birthday honors were wera distributed Most host of the recipients of these thesa dignities It is h well fell known knoD area ara chosen n by h the prime Mime mini er Sir Henry Henr Campbell would have 00 played the Ih part put of nf a 1 rank Ingrate had he ha felled failed to include among Ms lib nom com comfor there for tor titles the genial stout white bite t hoarded little man who ho hat has done don so 0 mutt mufti to place him on the top perch among amon the MU seats of ot the tho mighty might SIR FR FRANCIS NOW OW Sir Francis as au he will be exiled called here her altar atter now no that ho has hax been knighted and mid kissed the kings hand has haa for tot years rs been acknowledged oo to be bo the most moat influential Jn of nf English h caricaturists th man mAll whose pl satire accomplishes most In the way 11 of public opinion oj He lie has hall shaped and shaken taken governments Good cart cari caricaturists men whose hoe style is I broad bind enough our for tor effective newspaper reproduction Are by h no M means so o 0 numerous nune US In England as all In America It Is le doubt doubtful doubtful ful tul If Sir Francis Fran ls would ever eer have at attained attaIn attained taIn foremost rank had his hlll work orSe been done don In the United d States It would be say jy to name oft off hand hilt half hilta halfa a I doin caricaturists engaged on bis bli dallies there thore who are far tAt better bette There are several everal era I better comic artists her beret MANLY AND MODEST To Tc T d cl do Sir Francis justice he hl Is la well en enot aware of ot his hili own limitation fine manliness and modesty he has hassaM hasHIM saM said I J do not nol profess to be a good 1 draftsman dratt man and I t am painfully con oon of and crudeness but my m leading motive 1 Is III to tn get a grip of nt the tM Idea hiM I wish to convoy and to give gt the Ute life expression ton of nt a face I cun M for tor my mr shortcoming as AI an It artist artt by the feeling ling that sometimes good academic drawings take the real mil life It out of 01 a II thing thin For it is not a mere m re matter mattor of careful artful drawing II r It Is III more a faculty of ot appreciation Thos n faculty enables s one OM to store In tb the memory the tilt lines which make up and give the Ufa Itte it expression to a face tact and nd to put before the t e public In to n II atone tone form which may be crude lid but which bears bean the tM Impression of reality Cart Carl Caricaturists are aN not DOt made mad Like Toy Topsy To y they bey grow g w and aM like some me larvae la they try eat t their ahr way r out It through the tae husks hUlk ef of 1 their A PROLIFIC rR WORKER WORK As All regards Tt nI technique Sir Frauds Francis Is III not n t to fee be mentioned In the th same breath br ath with lih Sir John T nh 1 But Dut working for Punch was never ner r required to turn out put a II a cartoon ever ef every day dar Sir Francis is ii I far tar more prolific He lie excels eral IB In the th tb ing rapidity with mUll which he b slits sizes Iu up a situation and the tho th direct directness ness nN and ADd simplicity of ot his hlA appeal Ha He makes mars Ms his point clear The object of the cartoon he has ball n written Is to show at a f glance In 11 Inthe the simplest and AM most mast concrete ff firm rm possible a critical Io ir of oC the I J I 1 1 too loo U IK the picture b tae N an I ind c t ud d OM one It a pill if lie ds 11 rather thin than M illustration The Tit TitI I IrMI t tt l that thai It should appeal p and to tn the eye r f ij to o 0 aId ld this there must h b bf e i n nn excuse neatH 1 t tor hr lIMitation I U m It the th ld id nf of the I jupi tUr ts wpM f Ii 1 the h or of the th car nr caro r rOOn OOn on o n roust must b be patient almost or halt half Us lIa It effort arct I l lost l t tI il I Jf Il THREE AND TWO Sir Francis l wa Wall burn fiZ r ago at It 41 In Devon rh h I n n I c placed his hie hl mm nam ni ra Its lis Civic I l I toll as II this the tb Ant firt of I its II f re r mm a lul ul refutation of o th the mi ni ni nl saying is that IhAl the prophet l II Ic not It bout boner lIon j nee are In 10 hit his hi own n counts Th The IOn n of ot ofin otIn ofIn in architect I of gr great at talent tal nl to 10 whom I owes vw some of Iti It 11 finest build he h 1 waa na from btu bin years YIA al alS 1 S Iia In th the Ulf midst or of Myer and aid a d p l IM ld what th they y c called ll l Ui 01 the machines machinery nf of I bowing Hut ut h he did not tale tak to ar tr arI I after aUer the example It hAS lias been Iwen said ald 14 that he hf u d to 10 make j of ot lili hb III nurse nuns aa AI h he lay lax weak In M hid but whit whits that ti Is IsI I II i qUaint U liU fi F ratton he h plead gull full ull ullI I 1 ly l to 10 o having 1 I a candidate candidA at Il ati IlI I i lOcal elation when only O lr U Ie 1 r years r ra old oil tad lend It II was AI h 41 l HAD NO aO O ART AnT f Still the Ih boys boya gifts with Id lb lid IW not make etch Kh an Impression on tin hi his r IIa as s m in l load il him to 10 give th thin the Uri in III art training That n Its he never Ir had hadon on oll before h hN o to tl draw Mints minis minister ter Ier of et slate and ind a h b be had bid b t 10 lut tut hid Mif d tn th the ton at al I M work At lt 1 II U y r of nt age lilt he tI vent sent mm Into a bank blink There he hll My says I 1 l 1 myself m by caricaturing the Ihl cue eus eu omera us me II w WIll well II as 1111 the ha different i v nt n the Ih town Ion One On sv wwW uld like Ilk to 10 s a u Isms lorn of the th covet Of af ot DIP ilia fink book books of If IhO these IIa Aa ilaw ys They tear tAr r nn no smote mGt In to that thata rage aile a of Latin grammar ft Men Thick trAy any IrA r M i in th the Roundabout Hp rn Hut I ut after ft r tour four years at a t ank trank rank I d daa ds y s of It f r In Barnstaple rim In to An nn find end nt They Thoy h hAlt had hAltIn il seen tn In yr moni lly v Th Thi town highly r th v Kanner in which h he wee v treated t tI py I y the th In artist who whose IMIG nf rot i ar are now by cibU I i let lei t Francis I to 10 lit f I him M As n II ip species elp nf of y If eak U i 1 I turned 1 him Into nf of III UI I be hi My rAy A much lo to hl his hili flU exit x lu in the tho long Inn run th Ihl the p per r touted went sot to 10 th mso mayor 1 r and an t I Oh Aid ld th Ihl the mayor mAOr h he u is I only II A oun You munt take la any notice It f It II That the wort 01 said Mid Id the He lies Hel ht been n ft a of ot foul I GLAD WHEN HK m The Tha and th the mayor too doubt tia ru rejoiced vh n young betook b to 10 London to continue hi hl hili ex cx In In n II and likewise to 10 learn the Ih art arl and of dealing In stocks There h hI he other lerlon on In f u animAl of f ill kinds as liS ho lie continues to 10 0 01 do to this lay la for tor he la le A II naturalist and especial y 10 a bird lover layer Ho Ito kIowa the field Ind md the the yoo oo and all nil ltd Its and forest 1101 all 1111 Its 1111 free Mid lId creature For ForO SO 20 yEArs yearn the AnI flue nua of the stock k exchange pas al the tho main concern of the prolific or ar arU orlist U list lest t but whilo thinking In thousand hero was waa one corner of his hl I train bent of fio So busy hUsy w was wall Hn pis II facile pen In oft off moments during hla hl period that the book hOk of or his hili sketches vai as 81 published for tor private circulation Ins HIS TRUTH SKETCHES It wa was AI I who nho save gave Sir Fran Franis If 1111 It is his hla first Introduction to the realm r illustrated journalism by b i inc hr n n merles of or his hili in the Ihs number of Truth Th The Tall rail Mall Gazette Guetle next sought ought hi his hili IW Ices Mr Stead was iva then Ihen Us its editor In those thoM tho days day h he says Mr Ir Gould tied lied to 10 come to the for e Ion on n one ante a week Editor nd staff Maff would club their brains In or er tr to suggest tM l ideas caa a to 10 Mr Ir Gould who In Ing t enl n modest man wee was ready to abandon hI he own no lions and ana adopt those of ot hie his h s 1 thief lie He was a Jen Jewel el of an arUM artist Whatever defects he might have halo had i In the technique of ot hU his drawings were no tore nore than Ihan compensated for tor In hi his hili ley III illy to tho the Ideas of or his hll chief and In ii lie lis unswerving conviction that l In poll Ucal teal cartoons the Idea li is everything Too oo many man people Mo who ho use ule pencils teem n imagine that hat their pictures Are Ife pub puh shed for tor the purpose of displaying talent In III the shop chop window f tho Iho world Mr Gould knew betterto better belter lie to II wanted his hili pencil to explain to to accentuate political ideas dear Id u He III accepted the position frankly and Inc lai III stuck to 10 It Il ever since BECOMES ma A rOWEn When Then William Waldorf Astor Ailor th Ute the theE E American multimillion lire r bought the Tall Pall Mall Gazette Garetto ind transformed It Into an a out and Ind out outi oulI Tory racy tor organ or an the tM ca cartoonist 5 declined to I lavotA his hi nimble pencil r to l the tf Ir r the aristocracy and betook took himself lo 10 o th tho Westminster Gas Ou tt bone politics coincided r l with his hla own There Thre he be a n a power r What design the new ne knight may Halm as ae II hla hll armorial hearings bearings is 18 yet et etIn Unknown known In but beyond doubt douM his hi trade nark or r perhaps one In should say hi his bla mark markla Is the race fare of Jos JM JosIph Chamberlain with his hla features ae ac to the boldest bol degree There Is k no other public character whom honl he be beu lea kas u anything like in so frequently cart Years Yur ago A O he fixed Axed d on nn n the tb member for Birmingham ik Ii 1 the central figure of English poll pall lies Iles lie He 11 has haa turned him Into Inlo a whole who k k of ef animals At the time of the Home fome Rule Rulo spilt II pi It when Jo Jot turn t f id against Sir nets wt set Die Ibe whole tows town laughing br by a draw 5 N Ing nf ot the th statesman a aa III a recalcitrant r rOt goit on a railroad platform and the questions beneath Ih It II herll did he come Corn from 7 Wheres Wh heres rel h he goin to toTo toTo To which the puzzled porter replies 1 J dunne dunno Ilea Hes swallowed hi hl his ticket t tA A FOREMOST POLITICIAN In explaining once onre why wh he hf so IO fre frt frequently portrayed Mr 11 Chamberlain ra In his hili cartoons Sir Jr Francis Uld Mid It Is la because beu he has hu ha ben been for ter years eU A ft fore tore foremost foremost most mOlt figure figurs In politics a I man mAil with lIh strong characteristics characteristic rendered pie pic pl tUr by b Protean changes Not XOI only has hail It been bt n Impossible to ignore Inor him aa as A II political type Ip but everything about him lend lends Itself to th the pen or pencil of nt the cartoonist I 1 do not mind confessing cont that If Mr sir Chamber r lains face fac were re difficult to 10 draw if his hl likeness were w re elusive I might not Mt I draw on him quite so 0 much as IN I 1 do dOA doI I f MI A AU Y but when tM the hour and nd tb the man are arem AreO m eo O constantly Ift presenting th themselves m lv the th cartoonist would be flying In to the fees fare fa of ot Providence I If h he forbore to tak take advantage tf of his hla opportunities It 1 li is I a tic tan that a cartoonist Is na naturally locally luran prone to 11 because U he hs h can tin us U It II In so se many different r nl characters ulrICH It w works in admirably for th Ih the Red RN Queen or th the Mad letter Hatter or U Fox ox It II does V for a I r red 1 Indian lan a II tiger r a r girl Irl or a s rang lady lid nf of t uncertain age g In fact there tb Is II no limit to Its II petal poul There Te Is III on character In which I occasionally depict Mr Ir Charts Charn which I 1 am told li U sometimes a objected to It It I i is II when 1 let It the tb dog dOJ u Huu H loose 1001 But Bul then t I only let It him loose very 1 occasionally o and when I do It Is II not nol my m fault When ithen the muscle Is II ort off and Ind A raging tearing excursion ls is lson ison on I J feel tell It II to be bt A n solemn political duty dUly to 10 warn arn the public pUblio so 0 that thai thi th they may mil escape wP and an avoid Iol bung bint bitten It II Is II not mal malevolence vol It U U Li merely a Ii precaution NO SO AFTERMATH BITTERNESS ESS It H Is I a I pleasant trait trail of ot political fighting n In England that there ther Is le lei sel seldom dom any In aftermath of ot bitterness On the Continent In France for tor Chamberlain and an Sir would have been heen deadly enemies and probably would have fought a duel du 1 long lour ere this Rut But when Str Francis puts up his hll original drawings for tor s sAle 4 Mr Jr Chamberlain generally buys bu those thole In which he ht Is I the conspicuous II fl ure In Mr Ir Chamberlains house houe at Highbury I V Y y l N there re Is III a 1 study plastered d with kith lIh the tM caricatures of the owner who gladly welcomes the caricaturist t to tu dinner and One On reason for the popularity of Sir Fir Francis even een among mM those with whose where rhine h he takes the created liber liberties liberties ties Is III that thAI he always fights fair He lie never hits ht below the th belt Personal Personalities Ines In political cartoon he sas a s sought ought not oot to tf be and Rn need not be bl of off pensively f personal I etch with vino Ino gar liar not n l wit II Sir Frai Frs Is tl a cartoonist with a purpose e l Is II reap real r a conviction behind be behind behind hind his hili work as 1111 well AS AI an unusually unusually ally all quirk quick perception and an ever present sense of humor He Mys atys 1 him himself himself self tolt Political caricature when taken up lip seriously and seriatim is la pleasant but hul It II U is I hard hud work and not Wt play pixy pili The Themer mere mer drawing part of a II cartoon may mil not be laborious the more difficult part put is III the knowing what to 10 draw For this the cartoonist must qualify him himself himself self MIlt and to do this he h needs political knowledge a power 1 Or of et concentration and constant application Without a 1 fair equipment of the first tion he If will often either miss or nr toes his hili points and the more Interested and tamest earnest he hI is la In the ques que questions of ot the Ih day da the more telling will willbe willbe be he the morals moral a he wants to convey ELLIS |