T The Project Gutenberg EBook of Sketches and Cartoons, by Charles Dana Gibson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license Title: Sketches and Cartoons Author: Charles Dana Gibson Release Date: August 13, 2020 [EBook #62920] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SKETCHES AND CARTOONS *** Produced by Chuck Greif (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) [Image unavailable.] SKETCHES AND CARTOONS BY CHARLES DANA GIBSON NEW YORK: R. H. RUSSELL 1900 HIS is the third book in the regular series of Mr. Gibson’s published drawings, the first one being entitled “Drawings by C. D. Gibson,” the second, “Pictures of People.” Each book contains eighty-four of Mr. Gibson’s best cartoons, and all are uniform in size, shape and binding. Thanks are due to Messrs. Mitchell & Miller, Charles Scribner’s Sons, The S. S. McClure Co. and Harper & Bros., for their kind permission to reproduce a number of the drawings included in this collection. Copyright by Mitchell & Miller. Copyright by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Copyright by The S. S. McClure Co. Copyright by Harper & Bros. COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL. The book is published in Great Britain by the courteous permission of Mr. James Henderson, the proprietor of the English copyright of some of the drawings. Printed in the United States of America. [Image unavailable] [Image unavailable] IS A CADDIE ALWAYS NECESSARY? [Image unavailable] THEY ARE ONLY COLLECTING THE USUAL FANS AND GLOVES. [Image unavailable] ONE OF THE EMBARRASSMENTS. HAVING YOUR HOST’S VALET UNPACK YOUR VALISE. [Image unavailable] HIS CURE NIGHTMARE OF A YOUNG MAN WHO CONTEMPLATED MARRYING FOR MONEY. THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. “YOU WANT TO MARRY MY DAUGHTER? WHICH ONE OF THE TEN? MAUD, EH?” (TO CONFIDENTIAL CLERK) “IS MAUD ENGAGED YET, JOHN?” Clerk (consulting book): NOT AT PRESENT, SIR. “THEN PUT THE BARON THROUGH THE USUAL COURSE OF QUESTIONS, AND, IF SATISFACTORY, PUT HIM ON MAUD’S ELIGIBLE LIST. (TO SUITOR) AS SOON AS WE CAN ARRANGE THE DESIRABILITY OF THE VARIOUS APPLICANTS WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THE RESULT. GOOD-DAY, SIR.” [Image unavailable] THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND HIM. IT TAKES MORE COURAGE TO STAY AT HOME THAN TO RUN AWAY AND FIGHT. LASTING IMPRESSIONS. Dick Heavystepper (sweetly): “I SHALL REMEMBER THIS DANCE FOR MANY A LONG DAY.” “SO SHALL I.” [Image unavailable] A LOVE SONG. [Image unavailable] ONE OF THE HAZARDS OF GOLF. [Image unavailable] A GOOD GAME FOR TWO. “LONG LIVE THE KING.” —Richard Harding Davis’ “The King’s Jackal.” [Image unavailable] A CHRISTMAS FANTASY. [Image unavailable] [Image unavailable] “THE FELLOW’S STORY WAS RUDELY TOLD.” —Anthony Hope’s “Prisoner of Zenda.” [Image unavailable] RUDOLPH RASSENDYLL. —Anthony Hope’s “Prisoner of Zenda.” [Image unavailable] RUPERT OF HENTZAU. —Anthony Hope’s “Prisoner of Zenda.” [Image unavailable] A HINT TO FATHERS THIS IS THE THOUGHTFUL PARENT WHO INTRUSTS TO THE LATE-STAYING SUITOR AN IMPORTANT LETTER THAT SHOULD BE MAILED BEFORE ELEVEN P.M. [Image unavailable] MR. DOTY’S LITTLE SCHEME FOR RETAINING HIS DAUGHTER. “HOW CAN YOU WANT TO MARRY MY DAUGHTER IF YOU HAVE NEVER MET HER, AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HER?” “BUT I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU, SIR.” [Image unavailable] “COME, LET US FORGIVE AND FORGET.” [Image unavailable] MUTUAL. Amateur Actor: “I AM AFRAID, OLD MAN, I SHALL HAVE TO KISS YOUR WIFE IN THE THIRD ACT. YOU WON’T MIND IT, WILL YOU?” His Intimate Friend: “NOT IF YOU DON’T.” [Image unavailable] THESE FOREIGN RELATIONS. “DO I WANT TO GO IN WITH THAT CROWD?” [Image unavailable] A MISCONCEPTION. “I JUST OVERHEARD YOU SAY, MR. GRAY, THAT MY DAUGHTER’S FACE WOULD MAKE A MAN CLIMB A FENCE.” “I MEANT IF HE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.” [Image unavailable] THE LUCKY RICH. [Image unavailable] PREPARING FOR THE FANCY DRESS BALL. [Image unavailable] MAROONED. [Image unavailable] HIS EXPERIENCE. She: “IT MUST BE A TERRIBLE THING TO BE PARALYZED.” “IT IS. YOU FEEL SO MEAN THE NEXT MORNING.” [Image unavailable] WHEN YOU’RE BORED. [Image unavailable] A CONSULTATION. “DON’T THE DOCTORS AGREE ABOUT YOUR CASE?” “NO. THEY HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE EACH OTHER ALONE UNTIL NOW.” [Image unavailable] THE WONDERS OF PALMISTRY. IN WHICH HE IS TOLD HE WILL MARRY A BLONDE WHO LOVES HIM, BUT HE WILL HAVE TO SPEAK QUICK. [Image unavailable] JAMES. COLONEL SAPT. —Anthony Hope’s “Rupert of Hentzau.” [Image unavailable] RUDOLPH RASSENDYLL. PRINCESS FLAVIA. COLONEL SAPT. LIEUTENANT BERNENSTEIN. —Anthony Hope’s “Rupert of Hentzau.” [Image unavailable] THE LASS THAT LOVED A SAILOR. [Image unavailable] “THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW ‘TOMMY ATKINS.’” —Richard Harding Davis’ “Soldiers of Fortune.” [Image unavailable] THE NIGHT BEFORE HER WEDDING. [Image unavailable] AS THE DAYS GET SHORTER. His Horse: “DO YOU THINK IT’S A GO?” Her Horse: “WE’VE BEEN HERE EVERY DAY FOR A MONTH, BUT THEN YOU NEVER CAN TELL.” [Image unavailable] [Image unavailable] THE AMERICAN BODY-GUARD. THE INAUGURATION BALL AT WASHINGTON. [Image unavailable] THE DECISION OF HEAVEN. —Anthony Hope’s “Rupert of Hentzau.” [Image unavailable] THE WRETCHED HEATHEN. [Image unavailable] IN THE ORIENT. [Image unavailable] A SPECIAL EXHIBIT. “ARE YOU EXHIBITING AT THE HORSE SHOW THIS YEAR?” “YES, I AM SENDING MY DAUGHTER.” [Image unavailable] WILD ENTHUSIASM AT THE HORSE SHOW. DURING A CRITICAL EVENT IN THE RING. [Image unavailable] A NEW ADDITION. “OWING TO THE RECENT INCREASE IN MY FAMILY I HAVE HAD TO TAKE A LARGER HOUSE.” “BOY OR GIRL?” “SON-IN-LAW.” [Image unavailable] THE LATEST NOBLEMAN. “GIRLS, GIRLS, DON’T PRESS HIS GRACE! HE CAN ONLY TAKE ONE OF YOU, AND WITH HIM IT IS PURELY A MATTER OF BUSINESS.” [Image unavailable] HALLOWE’EN FANCIES. [Image unavailable] MATES. [Image unavailable] A GRUESOME VISION. He: “DO YOU KNOW, WHEN I CAME NEAR BEING DROWNED LAST SUMMER, I SAW ALL MY PAST LIFE IN AN INSTANT.” She: “OH, HOW AWFUL!” [Image unavailable] “THE ONLY PEBBLE ON THE BEACH” [Image unavailable] [Image unavailable] IN GERMANY [Image unavailable] [Image unavailable] A GAME OF CHECKERS IN MUNICH. [Image unavailable] GENEROUS. “GIVE ME A BITE OF YOUR CANDY, PLEASE, FLOSSIE?” “NO, BUT YOU MAY KISS ME WHILE MY MOUF IS STICKY.” [Image unavailable] “LET NOT THE SUN GO DOWN UPON YOUR WRATH.” [Image unavailable] THE STREETS OF NEW YORK. [Image unavailable] “IT’S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY ANY GOOD.” AFTER THE WAR. “WELCOME HOME! ARE YOU ONE OF OUR HEROIC 71ST?” “NO, I AIN’T NO HERO. I’M A REGULAR.” [Image unavailable] THE OVERWORKED AMERICAN FATHER. HIS DAY OFF IN AUGUST. [Image unavailable] A HINT TO FATHERS. DON’T DESTROY A ROMANCE BY MEETING HIM MORE THAN HALF WAY. [Image unavailable] THE TRIUMPH OF GENIUS. [Image unavailable] A STUDY. [Image unavailable] A HIGHWAYMAN HELD UP.