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A collection of one hundred newspaper cartoons that mix gentle political caricature with scenes of everyday American life, including a recurring boy-in-seasons series, social and sporting events, presidential and diplomatic sketches, and topical satire. The drawings favor considerate depictions of public figures, shift from hard-edged partisan attack to humanizing humor, and chronicle seasonal pastimes, fairs, hunting, and civic pageantry. Arranged as short vignette-like cartoons, the volume balances observational comedy with visual storytelling and reflects early-20th-century urban social life through concise, expressive illustration.

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Title: Cartoons by McCutcheon

Author: John T. McCutcheon

Author of introduction, etc.: George Ade

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CARTOONS BY MCCUTCHEON ***

CARTOONS
BY
McCUTCHEON


 

 

CARTOONS
B Y
McCUTCHEON

A Selection of One Hundred Drawings

By   JOHN T. McCUTCHEON

INCLUDING THE FAMOUS “BOY IN SPRINGTIME” SERIES, ETC.



CHICAGO

A. C. McCLURG & CO

1904

 

Copyright
By A. C. McClurg & Co.
1903
——
Published May 2, 1903
Second Edition, May 20, 1903
Third Edition, June 20, 1903
Fourth Edition, July 15, 1903
Fifth Edition, January 1, 1904



    The cartoons in this volume originally appeared in “The Chicago
Record-Herald,” and they are now reprinted through the courtesy
of the publisher of that paper, Mr. Frank B. Noyes.


UNIVERSITY PRESS · JOHN WILSON
AND SON · CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

CONCERNING
MR. McCUTCHEON’S CARTOONS

THOSE who have studied and admired Mr. McCutcheon’s cartoons in the daily press doubtless have been favorably impressed by the two eminent characteristics of his intent. First, he cartoons public men without grossly insulting them. Second, he recognizes the very large and important fact that political events do not fill the entire horizon of the American people. It has not been very many years since the newspaper cartoon was a savage caricature of some public man who had been guilty of entertaining tariff opinions that did not agree with the tariff opinions of the man who controlled the newspaper. It was supposed to supplement the efforts of the editorial in which the leaders of the opposition were termed “reptiles.”

The first-class, modern newspaper seems to have awakened to the fact that our mundane existence is not entirely wrapped up in politics. Also, that a man may disagree with us and still have some of the attributes of humanity.

In Mr. McCutcheon’s cartoons we admire the clever execution, and the gentle humor which diffuses all of his work, but I dare say that more than all we admire him for his considerate treatment of public men and his blessed wisdom in getting away from the hackneyed political subjects and giving us a few pictures of that every-day life which is our real interest.

George Ade

Chicago, March 1, 1903.

A BOY IN SPRINGTIME

“Dog gone it! I wish they hadn’t found her till after the baseball season.”

A BOY IN SPRINGTIME

“Aw, that’s easy. I can do lots harder ones than that.”

A BOY IN SPRINGTIME

“Sunday Clothes”

A BOY IN SPRINGTIME

“Dog gone the luck, anyway.”

A BOY IN SPRINGTIME

The Last Day of School

THE FRENCH EMISSARY STUDIES OUR INDUSTRIAL METHODS

Up-to-Date Architecture

THE FRENCH EMISSARY STUDIES OUR INDUSTRIAL METHODS

The Enterprising Daily Paper

THE FRENCH EMISSARY STUDIES OUR INDUSTRIAL METHODS

The Stock Yards

THE FRENCH EMISSARY STUDIES OUR INDUSTRIAL METHODS

The Board of Trade

THE COLISEUM HORSE SHOW

AT LAST WE ARE TO HAVE FOX HUNTING NEAR CHICAGO

A SUNDAY TROLLEY TRIP ALONG THE NORTH SHORE

SUNDAY IN LINCOLN PARK

DERBY DAY

THE LAKE FOREST HORSE SHOW

THE WOMEN’S GOLF TOURNAMENT

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

The Pirate Chieftain—“We’re Surrounded by perils. Behind Us is a Herd of Wild Buffaloes, on One Side Is an Unfriendly Shore Swarming with Hostile Natives, and in Front of Us Are Breakers and Deadly Reptiles.”

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

“See, I ain’t afraid.”

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

The Blowing-up of Penelope

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

“For the land’s sake, child, where do you put all the stuff you eat? This is the fourth piece you’ve had since breakfast.”

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

“Come and look at your new sister, Johnny.”

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

“I wonder if she likes him better than she does me.”

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

“The Voice of the Tempter”

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

“Suddently Attackted” by Serious Illness on the First Morning of School

THE VACATION SEASON

READING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

CIRCUS DAY

THE DINNER-HORN AT HARVEST-TIME

THE COUNTY FAIR

THE OPENING DAY OF THE COLLEGES

THE COLLEGES ARE NOW IN FULL BLAST

THE FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

“’Cept Spring and Summer, I like Fall the best of all.”

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

“Recess”

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

“Little Brother visits the School”

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

“Poor little fellow, I’m afraid he’s a pretty sick little dog.”

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

The Burial of Kafoozalum

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

“Go ahead, Bill, you’re braver than I am. We’ll just pertend we’re pirates and the crulls is a ship filled with gold and joolry.”

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

Three Days before Thanksgiving—“I believe I’ll just pertend it’s Thanksgiving already.”

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

A Little Exhibition of Democratic Simplicity at a New York Luncheon

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

Ten Minutes in St. Louis

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

Puzzle—“Whom are they expecting?”

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

A Costume Event at the Auditorium, illustrating Life in the Wild West

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

Milwaukee

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

Niagara Falls

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

Boston

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

Boston

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

An Afternoon Tea in New York

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

“Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for a very Pleasant Visit”

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS RESTING AT OYSTER BAY

First he chops down a few trees.

 

Then takes a cross-country canter.

Then takes a cross-country canter.

 

After which he gives the children a wheel-barrow ride.

He then rests for a moment.

 

By which time he is ready for breakfast.

OUR PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS SOME OF HIS FRIENDS AT OYSTER BAY

He first entertains an old fellow tennis-player.

 

And then shows a few fellow rough riders around town.

After which he is visited by some fellow LL.D.’s.

 

And then a couple of old hunter friends.

A few fellow politicians then call to discuss the situation.

 

And finally he has a pleasant chat with some fellow authors and historians.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT VISITS MR. CLEVELAND AT PRINCETON

“Ah! Welcome to Princeton, Mr. Roosevelt.”

“Would you like to look at my photograph albums?”

“That one weighed eight pounds, Theodore.”

BEAR HUNTING IN MIASMA, MISSISSIPPI

“Now, you jest be patient, Mr. President, and ye’ll soon have a nice mess o’ bar.”

(Four hours later.) “I wonder where the bears are to-day. This is unbearable.”

(Eight hours later.) “Strange there wa’n’t none o’ them bar around. Reckon you all wa’n’t patient enough, Mr. President.”

CAMPAIGNING WITH BATHHOUSE JOHN

The Poet Candidate Gives an Author’s Reading before Literary Circles in the Lodging-House District

CAMPAIGNING WITH BATHHOUSE JOHN

Courier from the Front—“They’ve routed the ‘Old Guard,’ General!”

OUR CHICAGO ALDERMEN IN NEW YORK

“Ah, gents, permit us to show you our beautiful city.”

“Now, gents, step right up and try to pick out the little joker.”

“Great Scott, Shorty, who wass them guys, anyway?”

OUR CHICAGO ALDERMEN IN BOSTON

“Ah, gentlemen, you are interested in literature, are you not?”

“Why, sure.”

“How is the literary movement in the West, gentlemen?”

“Fine. Moving right along in great shape.”

“I suppose you enjoy Emerson, gentlemen?”

“Why, yes, I suppose so. What paper’s he on now?”

“And do you not love Holmes, the dear old Autocrat of the Breakfast Table?”

“You bet! There’s nobody like Sherlock for a good, rattling detective story.”

A BOY IN WINTER-TIME

“Look, Ma! See how much wood we carried in, and you didn’t haf to ask us to, either. And we watered the plants, too.”

A BOY IN WINTER-TIME

A Letter to Santy

A BOY IN WINTER-TIME

“Well, how lovely for you to come over to visit your Aunt Mary! And you’re just in time for dinner, too. Isn’t that nice? Did you tell your mother that you were going visiting?”

A BOY IN WINTER-TIME

“Come on! Hurry up, fellers! The hounds have found the trail!”

A BOY IN WINTER-TIME

The Fairy Story—“Once upon a time there was a very beautiful little fairy princess—”

A BOY IN WINTER-TIME

“I bet yer glad to be out again, haint you, Johnny?”

MR. MORGAN VISITS KING EDWARD

KING EDWARD MEETS MR. MORGAN

“Good-evening, Your Majesty.”

“Good-evening, Mr. Morgan.”

 

“You look well in your knickers, Morgan.”

“I came on my bike, King Edward.”

“Your crown becomes you very much, King.”

“I’m afraid it needs pressing, Pierpont.”

 

“Have a fresh cigar, Pierp.”

“Thanks, Edward. It looks like a good one.”

“Let me reciprocate, Ed. Have a bunch of stocks on me.”

“Thanks. Don’t care if I do.”

 

And then Pierpont settled down to business.

MR. MORGAN MEETS THE KAISER

“I hope you like my original painting, Mr. Morgan?”

“Very clever, Your Majesty.”

“I hope you enjoy my original musical composition, Mr. Morgan?”

“It’s very clever.”

“My original poetry interests you, I trust?”

“What’s that about ‘trust’? Ah, now you interest me, Your Majesty.”

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DELIVERS AN ADDRESS TO THE TRUST MAGNATES

President Roosevelt—“We must regulate the bad trusts, and—

“Perhaps revise the tariff on articles that are sold cheaper abroad than at home.”

THE SPEAKER THAT SPOKE AT THE WRONG TIME

“Sh! Do not speak, or else you’ll wake the tariff.”

And just then Speaker Henderson came along.

SOCIAL HAPPENINGS AT BIRD CENTER, ILLINOIS

A Reception in the K. of P. Hall in Honor of the Hon. Ephraim Pumphrey, Congressman-Elect