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Show . . i ii, in ! u i i i i I J 1 r wm i)" j " ' ..... ... . 1 ' ' t ; t , t- ' ? : i- i ' . ' - , ' ; ; ' ' ' 5 J !' L " 'l I . ' - I ; . '. - -. . . - " i; - . . '' - .". s n s ' ; - 1 I : . ' 1 . - '.. , . . , ? I w t.a-r -rrMrt i i n H1 1 n i ! """" " ' ""' Vaarion Ballou Fisk Cartoonist Lecturer Entertainer i Before Marion Ballou Fisk became be-came Chautauqua's foremost lady cartoonist and lecturer-entertainer she was engaged in settlement work in Chicago under the late Dwight L. Moody. Here she was known throughout the conglomerate warp and woof of the East Side as "The Little Mother of the Slums." As a child little Marion Ballou had shown a marvellous aptitude for art and before she was twelve years of age had illustrated nearly all of the Old Testament. She did not then dream of employing her talent other than as an accomplishment or pleasurable pleasura-ble pastime. Later however, in teaching classes in the Chicago- Slums where nine-tenths of the settlement pupils could not speak a word of English, her dexterity with the crayons proved of inestimable service. While struggling with a wriggling mass of young foreigners who could not keep quiet, Mrs. Fisk in desperation drew a picture. The effect was instantaneous. These clever pictures which spoke all languages, lan-guages, soon became a regular part of her work. Soon she was called upon to appear before large societies to illustrate her methods and in this way was drawn into Chautauqua. The subject of her lecture illustrated illus-trated with cartoons will be "Kweer Karacters I've Known." |
