W6 Class _iJl_21_L ::^ Book, Copyright N^.. COPyRIGHT DEPOSfT ^ a<€> 6061 XX ^0l^ 0/ this Edition jive hundred copies only are printed, all jor private distribution. £ 6»ant )VIa99 of (i 1 iij .^\ii;-'| g 5' o ■ '^^:=J\ V/ WV) CQ o >,»jMM® !lp 0) 3 ^^mf% CP ^ -SK'-S r^ ^ — - P lliil?''j^^^ 1 rt H VVOEHELEY CVETJS '76 JOHJvI TYL&E WWEEUWEJGMT '76 A.D J a 7 6 ^ AETHVE MVEEAV SHEEWOOD '77 EDVAED SANDPOED MAETJN '77 LAMPY'S EARLY DAYS BY AN OLD LAMPOONER bout the middle of Jan- uary, 1876, ''The Har- vard Lampoon" was founded by Ralph Cur- tis, of the then Senior Class. This journal was es- tablished to insure the publication of a **dig" at Mr. Norton's attempt to develop the Harvard Art Club into a ''Society of The Dilettantii," that should undertake arch- aeological excavations at the ' ' seats of ancient culture." The Art Club was a feeble organization in which there were a few lovers of art, and not a few members somewhat conspicuously endowed with other than aesthetic tastes. This organiza- tion was certainly a fair subject for satire, but this skit, which was the joint production of Ralph Curtis and Jack Wheelwright, in the form of a 1 report of one J. Diddler. the Club's agent, had been rejected by The Harvard Advocate, much to Curtis's annoyance, — he being an editor of that then abnormally solemn and self-satisfied journal. The joint authors of this article, with Sam Sher- wood, — all of "76. — and Sherwood's brother Arthur and Billv Otis, both of '78. were the oris^inal Lampoon conspirators. RrSH TO T\ HITOX'S FOR THE "L.^MPOOn" The plot was kept a close secret. Before their bomb was exploded Dan Martin. '77. another Ad- vocate editor, was admitted to the band. Most of these youths were in the last term of their Senior year, and it was not seriously intended, or even supposed possible, that more than one number of the paper would be published. One morning the trees in the Yard were found covered with posters announcing the appearance that day of *'The Harvard Lampoon,, or Cam- bridge Charivari." The Art Club skit, the original cause of the publication, was embellished with an initial letter by Curtis, a reproduction of which heads this paper. With numerous other illustra- tions and witty reading matter full of local hits the paper was so well received, that the editors deter- mined to carry it through that term as a fort- nightly. Ned Wheelwright, having produced an illustration for Martin's verses on "The Sweet Hour of Prayer," became an editor; and the Board as then made up remained unchanged until the end of that college year. In the third number appeared a sketch by Frank Attwood, the first of his series of "Ye Manners & Customs of Ye Harvard Studente," after the manner of Doyle. Without them Lampv's life would indeed have been short. For three volumes of the paper at least one of these cartoons ar: r: :-? 1 in every issue. Curtis created Snodkins. zi^e typical Freshman. Martin and Curtis were, as I have said, editors of The Advocate, and now the allegiance of Fred St:r::^:r. ?..7.i Barrett Wendell to The Crimson was sha^ci:. :-na they began to contribute to The Lampoon. Martin's parody of Tennyson in ''Broke. Broke. Broke." foimd immediate ap- plause ani::.^ :: 'rr.rads who were nearing the end 01 a Cvi'iic^c ycai. Martin also wrote many- edit orials, full of the kindly philosophy and orrace- ful himior i :■_::.;: : . - lay in his work in L::r ::.::i H:r::er"s Wee.^ iy Jack Wheelwright, too, contrib- uiea editori:,-- .".- well as verses; *'A Defiance," especially app.:--.:ied in this *'*' mutual admiration society." ended thus: — ■'The:: let them keep their vfle degree, I shall not sob or pine: Like Clarence, I shall drown my care In one huge butt of wine." Arthur Sherwood wrote "Xevr Words" to sev- eral "'Old Songs" that need his voice to do them justice. Curtis was as ready with his pen as with his pencil. He was especially good in pithy para- graphs and in the review of college papers. The College was aghast at Lampy's hardihood in deal- ing with the Med. Fac., then generally supposed to be the arbiter of the social destinies of the undergrads. M»»NE^3 AUK CvsTOMs or je Harvard Stvbemts. A I'stospoCTX or ys 3oate-Hov3c. The Advocate published a series of articles holding up to scorn the gilded youth of the College. And when the writer of these priggish produc- tions accused the somewhat frivolous, but not often vicious, young men of *' having fine clothes and a cigarette on the outside, but a mass of loath- some corruption within," he was speedily laughed out of court. The Art Club and the concerted attempt to make knickerbockers fashionable furnished ma- terial for merriment. Our Jester did not deny himself some veiled *'gags" on individuals, but r'lliilfi !M iffif Ml I iiiilw these were in the spirit of the Pudding Programmes rather than of the Mock Parts then happily abolished. Lampy achieved astonishing financial success, so great, indeed, that he was embarrassed by un- accustomed riches until he adopted the policy — in a manner justified by the precedent of Punch — of laying aside from his capital a sum sufficient for the production of one issue of '*The Sheet," and then spending the remainder on good dinners. !,# t i t, f ^ j ^kS |[N^^ ,^ ^ -^3"-^t^ ^^I^^Vgj '*« -^^^EiHrsu^E At the first of these feasts there were no guests. But for the excellence of the repast and its jolhty, it is notable only for the first production of Arthur Sherwood's song. — "The Lampoon Meets To- night." — of which Lanipy's Shingle, by Ned TVheelwright. may be considered an illustration. At the next dinner I\Ir. Xorton who had shown particularly kindly interest in the paper, and did not take the Art Club satire so seriously as had The Advocate' was the sole guest. He gave the Lampooners all the encouragement they needed, without stimulating their conceit. At the third, and last, dinner of the original Board ]\Lr. Norton, amono; other o;uests. was the truest of honor. These youths were greatly flattered and encouraged to have a friend of poets^and sages join so generously in their merrymaking; the serious turn he finally _ gave the feast was long remembered by that company. Mr. Norton's kindly offer, that night, of counsel, hinted rather than expressed, was ac- cepted in after life by more than one of that dinner- party. Jack DuFais contributed to the Class Day num- ber a vivid impression of a recent ^^sit of Dom Pedro to the College. The crowning glories of the first volume were Attwood's Class Day cartoons, then notable, but now also historically valuable. In the procession may be recognized miniature portraits of Ned Hall, the Chief Marshal of '76, President Eliot marching with Teddy Williams, the Orator, ''Dr. Peabo " with Dickinson, the Poet, followed by the throng of the class clad in full dress in the morning, but yet in a traditional cos- tume, not in affected feminine toggery, borrowed Dom Pedro as he Appeared to the Students in Recognition of THEIR Frantic Cheers 10 r :-oai '^ . / '\ /^>/ ~^l'? ^ 11 ^ ^ ^ z i\ A^ j^- 3^ ^ \,-> ^:t- fe.^t; (^ 12 from England, and now voluntarily worn by seniors during their last self-conscious days in college. The second cartoon is probably the only repre- sentation of the picturesque, jolly Rush about the Rebellion Tree recalling to all old Lampooners happy memories of good fellows and pretty girls. Exchanges 13 N the second Board were: Att- wood, Martin, Wendell, Arthur Sherwood, Jack DuFais, Frank Ware, Coolidge, and Josh Stet- son, who brought system into the conduct of Lampy's affairs, while Sig Butler assisted Billy Otis in charming advertisers, but all the graduate Lampoon- ers sent contributions. Ned Wheelwright, in- spired by the teachings of Professor Moore, and aided by one of Diirer's woodcuts, made a design for the cover which is essentially that used to- day. With a mixture of classical and mediae- val sentiment it shows Lampy, another St. George, mounted on an armored Pegasus ready to contend with the mon- sters of college life. j^hn Louis Dufais, '77 * * Taken some years after his college days and the only one available for this publication. 15 16 Curtis sent from a Parisian atelier a sketch of Hollis Holworthy, the typical swell Senior, — a character previously conceived by Wendell as the hero of a college farce, but then appearing in *'The Sheet" for the first time. Holworthy was destined to become almost historic. Templeman Coolidge gave prophetic suggestion of the dress for a catcher, prepared to stand up against the terrific pitching then recently invented by Harold Ernst. The same pencil depicted Draw- ing Implements found in the possession of the Art Club. Frank Sturgis showed some objects in the bric-a-brac collection of that club. 17 DkAWIXG biPLEMEXTs IN THE Possession of The HL\et.\iid Art Clttb ^ ^^fc^©^-^ The Doric axd Ionic Gentlqiex 18 Bric-a-Brac Exhibition of the h. a. c. Waddy Longfellow strated a reference in Norton's lectures to *' Doric and Ionic Gentlemen. " Prob- ably to propitiate the Classical Editor, Attwood gave an illus- tration of the iEneid. He also continued his "Manners & Customs Ye Harvard Studente." A Recitation" the artist depicts himself. 19 \ ^^p^^"^. AJ^.v-'i-^-^^-. ^^•-^.^-* i^ so A kindly notice of ''The Sheet" in The Nation was suitably acknowl- edged by an Att- wood sketch, Lampy was still more honored when Henry Wads- worth Longfellow sent him a special con- ^^F tribution, which is here reproduced from the original manuscript. Cta^ ^^ ^1' -6^] ><^AA4r-^^ 21 ^5 And again Ibe poet ccHifiibiEled fbls KfMgram "^If yaa hax^ a. fEktsd io drae, Alwa^ g^*e Imhw jmo* besl 'wsie'; It secxmd TiJiiiiie Lanqij's \ ££:eiicli of Pre^dcnt l^ioL —as c^ntmned by Co(£d^ Tlie D^odo- dfflie FaiHi, : ziniTZtaQv associated wiili Mad C ^ Mr. Norton appears as he sat on the platform :^^ of Sanders Thea- tre. The sketch has as its legend a fitting quotation from Chaucer's Prologue Canterbury Tales : — nevre yit no vileiyne ne sayde his lyf unto no maner wight, verray perf ykt gentil knight. ' ' As there were murmurs the Faculty at m Lampy's boldness, Sam ^ Sherwood called upon the ^ — ^ subject of the Portrait ^ he contributed, and, showing it him, asked per- mission to publish; he replied that he *'had no objection, except that the De Gustibus Non Disputandum Goody Advocate. " There are certain things that even the Lam- poon should not caricature, and one of these is the faculty (!!!)." 24 handkerchief was sticking out of his pocket; but he was consoled in that he was allowed to wear plaid trousers in spite of Mrs. Lowell's objection." On the production of the portrait of Dean Gurney and his *' dorg," this excellent source of inspiration was dried up. Lampy was then noti- fied that caricatures of the Faculty must cease. It is believed, however, that the College Censor did not so much object to this portrait as to that of Dr. Peabody, but had not been prompt in his admonition. 2.5 Jack WTieelwrigiit's '"Palace of Truth'" made hit. It reads in part: — 11 the ancient Silurian ages. Ere Truth had retired to her well, When mortals, with candor refreshing, Their innermost thoughts used to teh, '• Dick, bored by the wearisome waltzes. "Mid the swallow-tailed group at the ball, Stood, quite the limp caiy-atid, Supporting his part of the wall. '•'Remarked to him Jones. — "You're an ass. sir, Ill-bred as ill-looking, I own. But I "11 'knock you down" to my sister, Who's been sitting for hours alone.* '■' "Dear me. so you're dragged up at last, sir; Xot much to your credit I've heard That you dance like a camel with spavin. That your pretence to birth is absurd." " 'That your evening-suit reeks of tobacco; That your manners and speech are uncouth I ' 'Would you wish, old man. to inhabit This glaring old "Palace of Truth.''*)" '2i5 Tpiird Board of Editors he Editors of the fourth volume were no longer wholly undergraduates ; Attwood, McLellan, Cool- idge, Harry Jackson and Johnny Bo wen, the two last being Business Edi- tors, were in college; but Stimson, Wendell, and Jack Wheelwright re- joined the Board; Bob Grant, '73, was made an editor, — all four being in the Law School. It was planned to deal more with the world at large, the intent being to establish shortly a full-fledged American satirical journal out- side of the College. Political cartoons were attempted. Attwood began a series of "Manners & >^ (^j:,. Customs of Ye Bostonians." ^^^D ^, A Visiting Statesman 28 Bob Grant gave, as a serial, his parody on Howells' ''Chance Acquaintance," entitled **An Accidental Pick-up." His contribution of society verses met with great applause, — "The Wall- Flowers"; *'The Chaperones"; and *'The Little Tin Gods on Wheels," the latter ending thus: Chorus of Little Tin Gods on Wheels. Dear little, sweet little, nice little damosels, We, the magnificent cream of society Bid you good-night, and we trust you feel gratitude. For the sweet smiles we have scattered among you. We have been bored, but we gladly put up with it. Nothing is sweeter than disinterestedness." ^ aftft- .-c--.;-*^ .fs^ ;-:^ . :p^,^ y- Chor ' J: J Buds and Raving Bz2.,.t\ See thesr -T:r5::\0-e. time-serring hypocrites. Prj-:a^::v ■ ;':;.5:i::^ :hat we are m Ijve ~itli them. Pi:!:.:! :rc^:u:cs, :hey think tha: :-:rv -a:ter us By their ^'Timaoes. that look like orang-outangs. TVhe:-. "'e ..T^seir/ole ^ : sew for the indig'ent. Trds: :^ : :> ::::^-^cr :::e Liiile tin monsters." "The Little Tin Gijds on TMieels" was later published in pamphlet foiTQ. illustrated bv Attwood. One of these illustrations is here reproduced. In these verses, which followed the model oi the Greek 'irama. Hollis Holworthy was the "first wah-ci::^' ^ent." Scoring a success as they did. Holwortliy's name became widely known. He became an accepted t^ije. 30 Many good verses came from Stimson, — some inspired by Kant and Schopenhauer, too deep for full appreciation by his associates, except possibly Wendell; other of his poetical productions were more within the comprehension of the less learned, — his parodies of Heine, for instance : — "On my little sweetheart's eyes so bright I make the finest canzonets ; On my little sweetheart's teeth so white I make the sweetest terzinets; On my little sweetheart's hair so light I make the noblest rondelets; And if she'd only a heart, upon it I'd write a charming little sonnet." Wendell, then as now much interested in social analyses, conceived other types than Holworthys, but these did not "catch on." Wendell could always be relied on to justify a drawing the joke of which had been lost, or which had none, or to fill with satire the voids in the printer's forms. He also introduced into the Sanctum the Classical, the Sporting, and the Religious Editors, whose con- tributions added much merriment to the Sheet, while the talks of Lampy with various personages, especially that with The Great Man, might well have been pondered seriously, by those then and since responsible for the welfare of the College. Lawrence Lowell contributed several punning 31 paragraphs. His brother Percival had not yet developed his Uranian theories, and nothing from him appeared in the Sheet. THE HARVARD LAMPOON, Templeman CooUdge's Decoration of the Index of Vol. IV is good in itself, and has added interest in that the now President of the college was the willing model for the daring boatman. No likeness was here attempted or given. 32 Jack Wheelwright put in a bit of local color in "The Poetical Cox": — "Lightly as cockles dance upon the ocean, Wafted by zephyrs on a summer sea, Skim we along, the poetry of motion. "You're digging up the bottom, and 'meeting' No. 3 !" " 'T is joy to see the boat obey the rudder As minds the falling stone old Newton's laws; Looms near the Bridge where Freshman bow oars shudder. Crash ! Crash ! 'Ye Gods, there go the starboard oars !' " 33 Dan Marnn's verses, sen: :r:i:i >.r~ lor wLere ne T«'as trying Ms hand in iht t : : of The Stih. dealt main!- -rrr^ -r ^.: :.— seK-STipport : — M7 : . . : \- -. Upon the c(^. ecdd worii I r:i ^:^^^-^ T : i^ake my living. - : - : :_ "oii: b-ef r Bii i zi - - r Y _: - "on ate? TVl _ ::u ::-et5, Silvrr ::iT5. and foits and spoons t TVtTt :1^:t coins in the pockets Q: ~: -IT i^dhood's i>anialoons? 34 Ere you dissipate a quarter Do you scrutinize it twice ? Have you ceased to look on water Drinking as a nauseous vice ? Do you wear your brother's breeches Though the buttons scarcely meet ? Does the vanity of riches Form no part of your conceit ? *' I am with you, fellow-pauper ! Let us share our scanty crust; Burst the bonds of fiscal torpor; Go where beer is sold on trust. Let us, freed from res angustae, Seek some fair Utopean mead. Where the throat is never dusty, Where tobacco grows — a weed." 35 Portchuckus to Portchuck. ' ' Her was a great deal taller than him wj and they was the vulgarest couple you ever did see." (a fact) In Ned Wheelwright's ''Sun- day Afternoon in the Yard" we have a reminder of the ''Port- chuck's" costume of that day. Templeman CooHdge exempH- fies the quaUty of the service at Memorial Hall. In the Class Day number ap- peared Attwood's "Procession of the Unemployed," one of his cleverest hits. Charley Coolidge, a newly chosen Freshman editor, gives the tailpiece to the volume, which serves the same function in this paper. 36 37 were ino;. UT Lampy had long needed a pet to take the place occupied by Punch's Toby. Stimson recog- nized this need early in the fifth volume and, following the sug- gestion of "in medio tutissimus ibis," caught the bird that has since been our Jester's devoted companion, but his highest power - of speech and mental acuteness developed mainly by Wendell's careful train- Naturally, at this time Lampy began to pay more heed to **the eternal feminine." Stimson's verses, entitled '^Tobacco & Turtles," end with these lines : — Let me see, — she was given to flirting, Extremely extravagant too — And a way most unpleasant of blurting Out what was unpleasantly true — She had wit; and her talk was diverting, TVTien the wit was not pointed at you. On the whole, 't is as well perhaps, Harry, (In confidence strict, this I say,) That the girl I once meant to marry Was married vesterdav." 38 Many of Martin's verses were affected by the same influence, as in his '*Epithalamium" : — "We rode together miles and miles; My pupil, she, and I, her Chiron. At home I revelled in her smiles, And read her extracts out of Byron. We roamed by moonlight, chose our stars (I thought it most authentic billing). Explored the woods, climbed over bars. Smoked cigarettes, and broke a shilling. An infinitely blissful week Went by in this Arcadian fashion. I hesitated long to speak. But ultimately breathed my passion. She said her heart was not her own ; She said she'd love me like a sister; She cried a little (not alone) ; I told her not to fret, and — kissed her. I saw her in her bridal dress Stand pure and lovely at the altar. I heard her firm response — that * Yes,' Without a quiver or a falter; And here I sit, and drink to her Long life and happiness ; God bless her ! Now fill again ! — No heeltaps, sir ! Here's to — ' Success to her successor! '" 39 40 **Ye Manners & Customs of Ye Bostonians" still furnished subjects for Att wood's pencil. In the "Bicycle Meet" we have again a drawing of some historic or, at least, antiquarian interest. A QUIET GAME OF CARDS AT PRINCETON Politics absorbed but little of Lampy's attention ; for the most part he treated of college and local matters. A sketch by Wheelwright was suggested by a shooting affray among Princeton students. Curtis sent an illustration of Suckling's lines : ''Beauties that from Worth arise, Are like the grace of deities." 41 42 c he next Board was composed of the same men except Wendell, and Arthur ICffiP^^ Ware, '73, and Frank Sturgis, 75, came on. After the mid-years Ed- ward Hale, '79, and Arthur Hale, '80, became Editors, and Sam Ham- mond, '81, a Business Editor. Grant parodied Black in a /'serial entitled ''O'Toole of "^ Kildare," illustrated by Att- wood, who vividly depicts the thrilling wreck of the yacht. As the Butler campaign was hot, Lampy's interest in politics revived. One of the best of the political carica- tures, happily sug- gestive of an event of the Civil War and an Arabian Nights tale, Ben Butler emerging from a bottle, was by Ned Willson, '75. Wad Longfellow gave the initial on this page. 43 U^MPOONERS CPTHErJ]25T>5EraES R cl:p5Ton 5Tvrg:s '&i HENRY JAO<&ON 'S-O ^iJ2THVJ2 1-LA^L-t ''&0 .RXHVK LOVEU1-. WAEE •> J-;. } EDW.A£D .hLAUE; '79 NOT nL5EV/HERE SAMVEU -H>VMK10>ir5 'S) PBAMas s>iAw s-rvEGJs ■ 75 Some small sketches illustra- tive of a college Primer ^ appeared, which gave promise of the style that Lampy's most tal- ented disciple later devel- oped ; but, on the whole, Att- wood's draughtsmanship and that of the other Lam- pooners, while less crude than formerly, had be- come cramped and somewhat more self- conscious than in the earlier days. Lampy was losing spontaneity, and had crystallized a bit. He showed the same symp- toms of premature old age in the next volume. This impression is the stronger because Attwood, head and shoulders above all other " Lampoon artists," was try ing different methods of ^ ^^ rendering, and had not yet ''found himself." In the Class Day number it is interesting to note the first appearance of Attwood's arrangement of several small sketches on one page. 45 He afterwards developed this arrangement most successfullv in "Events of the Month" in Life. 46 and only force with than concluded, during long vacation, that is complete education quired a longer com- )ined undergraduate ^ and post-graduate course before he tried his fortune in the great world. Wendell, Sturgis, and Wheelwright re- mained as editors of the volumes. Kent, '82, Clip Sturgis, '81, a Business Editor, were the undergrads added to the The Sheet dealt more college and local affairs it had during|the preceding year. Frank Sturgis suggested the enrichment of the Col- lege curriculum by the foundation of other pro- fessorships similar to ,^ that in Chinese, then recently established. 47 THE HARVARD LAMPOON. LAMPY TO JOHN BULL. TOOT, toot the fish-horn ! bang the gun ! And let your Lion loud proclainv Britannia's latest feat at arms And glorj' of the British name ! He comes ! King Cetawayo comes ! Ve Cockneys, raise a joyful cheer Because your needle-guns prevailed Against the savage bow and spear. He comes ! But what shall be his fate ? Place through his nose an iron rifig', And up and down the world's expanse, Before the nations, lead the king. Then will the people quake with fear With this example in their eyes Of how the Lion conquers when The other fellow 's not his size ! Or give him Dizzy's old dress Ye are but types ; — the undergraduate lives, And, as successive classes fade away, Can see in Lampy's record what he apes, How Holworthy the tone to his set gives. And little Snodkins pla^s the ass for aye. wx n. 55 n the summer of 1880 many of the old ^^ Lampooners were so engrossed in their professional work that Lampy's dream of founding; an American Punch grew less clear, although he had held quite faithfully to Punch's custom of a feast, either a lunch or dinner, preceding each issue of the paper. Lampy neyer attempted to appear as '*a hard-yisaged Jester amid the stern affairs of the outer world," as he threat- ened he might in his farewell editorial, although his career led to the founding of the first illustrated American satirical journal ; two or three years later, encouraged by the success of the Lampoon, Mr. John Mitchell determined to carry out this project which he had long had in mind, and he induced Martin, who had abandoned journalism and was then learning to manufacture paper, to be the first editor of Life. Attwood was engaged as a regular contributor, and that journal was started on its successful career, the first number appearing in January, 1883. In the earliest volumes of this paper may be found the efforts of many past editors and contributors of its predecessor. Of these Attwood was easily foremost. His work steadily improved 56 until he became the most serious, yet the most humorous, and one of the most skilful American caricaturists. Indeed, his place is high among the English-speaking masters of his art. In 1880, after Lampy's retirement from the world, J. T. Wheelwright published in pamphlet form '*A New Chance Acquaintance," which was cleverly illustrated by Attwood. '*The South End" at this time was the designa- tion of a distinct social group in Boston, differing in its traditions from "Beacon Hill." Mr. How- ells, on his arrival from the West, looked upon this stratification as a novel dis- covery, and worked it as "rich diggings" for his social studies. Lampy had found no little amusement in the novelist's earnestness on this subject. In this skit Tom Chestnut, "a swell in Boston town ... a doubling '-Wlrv of the Horn," discovers a Patagonian maid, and forth- /V.^ V ^ with madly woos her. 57 g^^-^-.>:S:^^ - ,-x, .».' '''T is strange a nose-ring to tke face ^iizii 'iignity should lend. I 1 1've lier madlT. though she 's from Tlie S<3Uthesi kind of End. — The Verv Sriuthem End.'"' Chestnut, like the hero in "The Lady of the Aroo- stook," basely deserts the maiden on the unex- pected arrival of ladies of his acquaintance from his native tovm. O^ '■zJU^'^^^y^, This caricature of himself, in costume for the Artists' Festival of 1887, was Attwood's signature in a note concerning that function, in which he had appeared as the Drummer of the Night Watch group. The Lampoon medal was designed by his mas- ter hand. 59 Attwood's illustration of ^Yheelwright's Pud- ding Centennial Poem is a good example of one of his manners. *' Ireland a la Ruskin," a cartoon in Life illus- trating the critic's assertion that "the Irish were ever an artistic people," is in the style developed by Attwood from his early Doylesque manner, which he had at this time made quite his own. In Life x\ttwood's most notable work was his series of sketches, the "Events of the Month," beginning in January, 1887. 60 ^J,,^. y ( 61 3 -^¥lft ?fl S ^ iff /^-^^^==^^t r?-*^A --' ^-T^/ In April, 1898, he gave, "War" and "Loot" with a legend quoted from the New Englander, with whose satire his own is most comparable, — 62 **Wut did God make us Raytional Creeturs fer But Glory an' Gunpowder, Plunder an' Blood?" He showed Uncle Sam bargaining with the 63 Spanish Signor. The fateful Iloilo Proclamation commands his attention, and he shows The Signor, with his $20,000.00, exclaiming, ''Would I might sell a few more bargains to the sapient Don McKinley!" 64 Attwood's last drawing in Life depicted the events of the month of November, 1899. He com- -M AKCHITECTUI ExPEfq- —--ACUHVALDO . IHe. ELLUfiVE: ments on the report of the Phihppine Commission, deftly sketches the ** illusive Aguinaldo, " and gives one of the best political cartoons of his century 65 in his generalization of the end of "The First Act" of the Boer War. ShordT after the publication of this sketch Attwood fdl ill. Hi iii : Lr fcdLoidng Apiil- "^Fiancis GillMei- A::" : ^i^t to his woik a liberal education, gieat modesbr and indusbnr, and a just and thou^tfuL mind. Added to these chaiac- teiistics was the gift of a keen and rapid apprecia- tion, quite without malice, of f'h'r "^T^ciful and wittv dements of human nature . T_ ^ t ilities he used with singulailT happv accuracv in his review of the events of our daily Kfe. His dear estimate of li^t and wrong he applied with equal justness to his heroes and to his viclims- It is lefre^iino: to note tL: :". Lt ~as so Ktde of a partisan as to be aMe to attach Mr. Qevdand and Mr. Harrison, and to sf rither Mr. McEnley nor Mr. Biyan. His TT i: . :re no resemblance to that exaggerated caricature so prevalent in America, but was always restrained and dean. *• We fed in Attwood's drawings what we knew in him — a wit that was keen yet kindly, and severe only in scoring humbug and oppre^on, and a healthy love for whatever was sound and Aeery and tender. Ddicacy, courage, and modesty were the essentials of his character. Evervthins he did was as wdl done as he could do it; every draw- ing nvas finished with instinctive c^nsdentiousness. 66 often at the expense of immense labor. It is pleas- ant to realize that his greatest delight lay in the production of children and fairies, wrought in fan- 67 ciful schemes of delicate and involved composition. "The retiring man. who spent his life in a house situated in a secluded part of Jamaica Plain, would have been the last one to realize that he had been an influence in the life of his country ; but we can- not here fail to appreciate his power for good in these twenty years of industrious and fanciful creation." Thus writes Templeman Coolidge in the Cata- Ic^Tie of the Memorial Exhibition of Attwijod's works given at the Bc'Stji. AI'.ise'.:rQ o: Fine Arts two vears after his deaih. Good By! 68 TH£ RE5V3C1TATOI25 CVETJ& GV]UD JK- St CAEUETOK &PKAGVE, ^SJ *s CHAEUES AULEETOW COOUDGE '61 WJLUIAM RO&COE THAr^E '&I V/IUUIAM V. J M'! fJt-Cf i-lfiNT ^S2 A. D- J S6 1 MORTON STIMSON CREHORE "©2- LEWJS JESSE DRJDOMAN 'SJ 69 Yet Lampy was destined to come out from his hermitage: There remained in College two of the former editors of the Sheet. Coolidge. '81. and Kent. 'S"-2,who decided to revive the paper. These two finally gained somewhat grudging consent from the old Lampooners, and having taken onto 1 [■ ;- -;.-.:• a^:: :i " '" !1 -= — ^ \ LAiiPY's >.ZTV House the Statf Billv Thaver. Brido^man. Curtis Guild. and Carl Sprague of '*81, and Morton Crehore, ''St?, as Business Editor, in INIarch. 18S1. published the first number of the Second Series. Lampy 's retirement from the world was but a little longer than a college term. Many clever writers and draughtsmen haA'e since served in the Jester's Sanctum. He still lives, and so confident is he of a lone career that he is about 70 to build himself a house on **The Gold Coast," where he can gather about him his Penates, and provide suitable quarters for the Ibis. The old Lampooners hope that those who are to follow them may have as happy memories as theirs of the days and nights spent in Lampy's services, and they rest content with the thought that a columba- rium may be provided in the Jester's House. ?fiOPY. DPt.TO CAT. OfV ^OV 11 11909 iiySifii?^! O^ CONGRESS (0029934 692 4 \