DRAWINGS AND POEMS
Sir,-Exactly what purpose is served by the illustration of the story "Mum’s the Word" in a recent issue of The Listener? In my opinion, this drawing carries distortion to excess by picturing a woman with a cretin’s head, a chinless profile, and tiny claw-like hands, pressed over an enormous bosom. To me, these drawings are decadent. I know of other readers who hold the same views, readers who buy The Listener to read its contents and not merely as an aid to listening. Sometimes the artist concerned is happy in his sketches, as when he drew the illustra-
tions of Maoris in the District Nurse stoty of some months back. Some of us would like to see the standard of the cartoons and the contributed verse raised considerably. Occasionally the verse is really delightful (Alan Mulgan’s latest, for instance), but much of it is obscure. Surely we can ask for clarity even if the other rules are ignored.
B.
OSBORNE
(Hamilton).
(The work of our illustrator is discussed this week in an article on page 8.-Ed.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 790, 10 September 1954, Page 5
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179DRAWINGS AND POEMS New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 790, 10 September 1954, Page 5
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