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Last week famed Cartoonist Rea Irvin broke into the "funnies" with a new full-page Sunday series. Other publishers had been watching to see whom and what the New York Herald Tribune would procure for itself and its syndicate to replace "Mr. & Mrs." by the late great Cartoonist Clare Briggs. Instead of replacing "Mr. & Mrs." the Herald Tribune has continued it, drawn by a "ghost" (Cartoonist Arthur Folwell). But also the Herald Tribune engaged Rea Irvin. His title is "The Smythes;" his characters, the conventional father, mother, small son & daughter, Pekinese pup; his theme, the conventional burlesque...
Like many another famed cartoonist, Rea Irvin served his apprenticeship on a San Francisco newspaper.* After intermittent work on newspapers and as an itinerant actor, he gained prominence as the illustrator of Author Wallace Irwin's "Letters of a Japanese Schoolboy" in Life. The oriental stamp of his "Hashimura Togo" sketches has reappeared from time to time in burlesque kakemono (Japanese scroll pictures) which he prepares for the New Yorker, of which he is art director. Cartoonist Irvin will continue his series of funny advertisements for Murad ("Be Nonchalant") cigarets...
Last week Bob Davis (the only name he recognizes) lay on his back in Manhattan's Polyclinic Hospital recovering from leg injuries incurred on a fishing trip with his special crony Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb. His right ankle encased in an elephantine plaster cast (which he at once began making into an autograph album). Bob Davis received callers. Among the earliest arrivals was Fannie Hurst. When she departed, she sent 25 telegrams. In 48 hours arrived a score of manuscripts from famed authors. Soon the Sun's readers found on the editorial page, "Fannie Hurst Recalls:", "Irvin S. Cobb...
Everett Dean Martin, 50, tall, loose-jointed, has poppy, kindly eyes, a mouth like Irvin Cobb's. He became associated with the People's Institute in 1916, was made Director in 1922. Other books: The Behavior of Crowds, Psychology, The Meaning of a Liberal Education, The Mystery of Religion...
Last week marked the end of a contest for a new definition of art. Sponsor: the Halton Endowment for Girls, Inc. (hospital beds for working girls) of Manhattan. Judges: Funnyman Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Editor Mary Fanton Roberts of Arts & Decoration, Artist Randall Davey. Prize: ($100). Winner: Mrs. John Sloan, plump wife of famed Painter-Teacher John Sloan of Manhattan, President of the Society of Independent Artists. Mrs. Sloan's definition was publicly pronounced during the fifth annual "Carnival of Imagination," a benefit ball and pageant for the Halton Endowment. Clad in ruffles and a Spanish mantilla, Mrs. Sloan appeared...