FAMOUS CARTOONIST DEAD.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1995, 28 February 1914, Page 5

FAMOUS CARTOONIST DEAD.

SIR JOHN TENNIEL .By London, Febinary 2(5. Tito death is announces! of Sir Jftiia 'iV'fuiic}. tlio aiiibt.

Sir John 'Jennie! was b'oifi in 14*0, Whilst ycyrgfi.H 7 was King. before railways were. Itf) carried iniii icjiticmp oW age mu< is <if t.lio bqaltW'ulMss of body and all tho e.l.mcrfßtn.CfS o;f spirit that !)suiy«'d him mi tlirouifh Ms frorkiiii; d.aj;-. His chief tioiilito, \vos dimn'c.sx of sVp;.b.t. f a J : .iilii;jj t lull luui nviit.li to &t> with Ms (c tiiwoi'iu lru.n "j.'rtjipa," about ten. vc..i3 Sfi». .It Was ill ib.iil., when "i'uheii W:iif unl.v iii.nii v«ir* did, -that Te'ii.niel: joined, tho staff df .tho paper Ijo.miim iviehapd Ijoylc. was ton good, an l.rish.inau and MUtejie to flCMjit .Mr. punch's ait'tudu toward what t'Me.stfiit .Kiiglaiid called Uio nSff.w:iisittu"'"-i,i!.e'au.ing this rope's appointment of Konian Catholic, bishops ujhl A i'cJitjislitps to Kng&ji kbcs. Bougks jurrold hast been .pleased w;t(i l .•.'iinici's pimmis for an edition <.t ' AObpp a lublca," ,1 cricoid pie young Loiuloiifir to Slack iotuiohi 'W# ft'Jul Cditof o{ *''I , mreh. ! * and Tell--1 , • s ' < -'i'l , Vd I'.i.io !.H;yk's place, _ ApiiWiji'int.'jly Jii-s iit'Fi: renre'Sunted Lord J'0.1.1.11 Kiisscll i ; n iiii: guise of Jack cliy Girmt. Kiilov advaufiiii; 'wj cpdibtrt C..n!iiii:l Wiseni.aii, a Papist o;;ic. ills chiii'iic al iiist was What "i'lui. !i" calls tiio '9l!i[tll jjiit I '"' in cun.tra(i.is.t:i:iu'.' tioji to the '' l>ig cut 1 " which was tiv.oll a.ii(i loi' j't'-ai'si yet jti riniio l.olm ixrech's bilsi-: Wis, Whi.!) I,«coh died jn j'sijl, 'i'enumi Ijccaniti L;h.h>t' cai'to.ofiiit, aiiti iSutiTi'iicd S'! s ' l^ r, ''' v , il v.Kalioir Oil 'the or woo, wiH::i ho gay? plnuo m timv to ivaru. Uillty SitwlMitt'iiC, who ]i. (s ' (tioj Iscloa tlii! viflw.u.i psiiiiiii; in I'JJO tiic IJpi't of Jwopu-ras chief ian-isiiiker to ike llritisji .luHiviu to Bcniai'd faririij^o. l.K'i.i) ISCI, ! iv:htii.i 'iVniviel .sncecetta'l ,iohn JA-r-eh as hwiUii;;. carl:..-;ust of ' i'lmcli," to tlw day Qi: :li:is rcUromc.iit ra 1(101, "to supplied iliiglanii's "ieadi'i;K coiiiic''' iv.ilji a (;nrU)Oit ery week,, kivo 011 ticn' ijtca. siQys.. j.ll all tiiysQ j-oar.s jast omcg <1 i ne take a JioKdny. A:id P, with tho W.'g °i iz-celi, lost Komevyhiit in- i-o.past liuniour, it unduubtciJiy gaineu ccrtai'ii ai'Vis'.ic (ie:aen!.s 'by the .icW's Mou of. 'iciiniel, ilo t.o&k his .art Fierihmi asi oyj, for draiH.itffc cllecti a.n.d irliHQ i.ll vvas ■ cap'oib'ivOt d'.rawi)!B tilings Vital Were really lar.ni, ■Especially_ w'iss n<. ,si;eci:s?iul in Ins o«rO.f n.utj IJi'Bi'ycii., While ti;ads(oiio TiiKlc.irb'.Cil.'y exlraiicif no ciijoyiiiunt frein seeing .liiiiisdf .ppr'I'.'iiyc;!, Ba ;nr old lieu viVatc'hing J'Ofcjih Uiaiiiiieijaii) las :a/li:Uck(i]Vß'"jii a ia:j-,d, tiio piibiic .'i::siireiUy J>d. ' ' ...wpli - Ji-itiiAvu. were JStamieFs piotes of l.uwis Curroi;? Alic—-tho Hulo B'ir| AyitLt the cxtri'iotiliiiarily fierious iaco Siiid th® ox'r.Hn'aiiiari!y English 'q.ita'ii.itJiess._ Delicious a.b Lowi's (~,ino:i's liun,is, }.t owes a debt of Hratiiu.io to i,cii:i!.|" v 'l as Ri'vai ijs ll'.nt 6f Dickens to Maycksbafik. J : t ,isi<m recpri}. alsii Biftt : wlioti. "Ahep in Wonderland" was lirst priiited it was not iliuslrateil, aud found |f«' waiier.s. The .pictures added in a latex edition made tlie book—tiioußh, why a" inmppivcialivii .ptibHc needed urgin h - Jnjcy suc'l'jisirß ;.un jit is hard to i-aj, Titers is the siory .wei liaro .all JicariX (says ail American . write.!'), of course, a.baiife tho iaijious dinners .of the stall' of "I'uiich," when tltpy a-!l mot isrotiail ..what, Thadcerivy called, the ".mahogany tree." nmi, wheiv tlic.y .had. cateu .and 1 ' drunkqii, ylatmod I he. next week's re'lasatioji of the llnUsix naljou. i'lio chief tii'ißg is the. "'biii cut" iinjl t.lio .lines u.nikr it which, arc. kii6w.il to Mr, I'lniclVs iot.va.nts as tiio "cackle," Thackeray gat there, .aid Du JvtaiUi'it'l' and icecl.i «iid lyeelie. And. Uis. til a dozen years ago Tor.nivl'ti plaeo was always there, Usually he left suggo.*. tic-ns lor his- cartoon to tho ctheru. " Ilia busiiiess was. to luako il.

Atter tho subject \wvs elres.cn and the "oackto" hatched, it was written down, put in an envelope, am! ha.mic.tl to Sir John, who. tucked it iii Iris pocket a ; iid walked home ta bis house in S.tahla Vale, lie devoted llj'o following Friday lu (Iran.. iljg the cartoon with traung puper m..! a very bawl poacil upon ii. wooden Ijbck curiuaiitj: cant mod ot many pieces, Ho was iiilvuiteh- fastidious -ijiout tbC:o blocks, winch, bad to liavo a surface ,vs nearly "perfect as possible. l'hotogrHphy liiis displaced. tiiat. eji met lied nowaday.-.;, even upon "I'unelu" Seme «».-y fb.it even Tciwiicl, in- his later years, drew ripen ordinary cardboard a::d relied tipiiis tiro photo-cn graver fflir tho rest oi' till□ process, but. it was in tlio old fashion that • {lie Ltivpciln cartoons were iiia.de,, ami thus? of Gladstone and Dizzy, and even the celebrated and cjnito roiatn e!.y modern cartoon which sluiwed the rash youfts (itr'Kian Hiape'ror (ho was not really veo young even then) dropping 1.1,i0. pilot Bis.iiip.rek i'l'Siii the ship of empire. Lord S-oscbcrJ' gavo tire oriKiMl Sketch. for that cartoon to liinxSelf.

Tennid's lino was very fine, 110 did liii wpr.k, iowfiv.et, with practically only' ono eye.' Tho sight of tiio other was impaired in youth' by a wound received hi ft fencing bout with his father. "It js :ii curious thing, isn't it," said Sir John, "that; twii ot the principal moa of- ' Punch,' Du Maurier and I, have only, two cy.es between us." . Tho veteran's lio'uS.e. in sf«idu. Vain, ,}Sas. in Portsmouth l?ond. 110 lived theiq fGr over forty j-oars, and his periods 01, absence. in all that time were tow ami brief. Ho described tho place himself as a "small, unpretentious abode of : th« isiiiQcci' order of architecture." . That order is 6ti.il popular in Maida Vale. At the bach, where tho Eat'den. used to W js tho studio whore liislcfy used to bd made upon wcodva blocks with n.rrd' petteils. In other days ho tised to follow tho hounds,, as a good Englishman should, and Ills alert, military l"mur< was. a familiar eight of mornings riding in. tho How. . . . . .. ._