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Posted on 09/25/2004 11:47:36 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
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 Despite his international reputation as one of the most famous children’s authors of the twentieth century, Theodor Seuss Geisel, was known to millions of readers simply as ‘Dr Seuss’. However it is a little known fact that before he created some of his most memorable characters, such as the Cat in the Hat and the Grinch, Dr. Seuss executed a series of political cartoons during the Second World War for a short lived daily newspaper entitled ‘PM’. Short-lived, because the editor of New York based publication Ralph Ingersoll was determined that the paper have a truly independent voice and therefore did not feature advertising material of any kind. Dr. Seuss began drawing for the paper from the beginning of 1941, several months before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor (on December 7th of that year). Like Ingersoll, Dr. Seuss was concerned by the activities of the ‘America First’ movement, who entreated that America not become involved with the European conflict, in particular their high-profile spokesman, the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh. Just as Dr. Seuss employed a menagerie of animals in his picture books, so Seuss depicted the ‘America First' movement as an ostrich, burying its head in the sand. Snails carry American war-aid to Britain and Japanese alley cats attack an Uncle Sam eagle. Despite the fact that Dr. Seuss later remarked that he thought his cartoons to be “rather shoddy” art, they demonstrate his sense of fair play and his abhorrence of Fascism and bigotry, themes which he redressed in subtle ways when illustrating his famous stories published in the 1950s. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904-1991) was a life-long cartoonist: in high school in Springfield, Massachusetts; in college at Dartmouth (Class of 1925); as an adman in New York City before World War II; in his many children's books, beginning with To Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street (1937). Because of the fame of his children's books (and because we often misunderstand these books) and because his political cartoons have remained largely unknown, we do not think of Dr. Seuss as a political cartoonist. But for two years, 1941-1943, he was the chief editorial cartoonist for the New York newspaper PM (1940-1948), and for that journal he drew over 400 editorial cartoons.   The Dr. Seuss Collection in the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California, San Diego, contains the original drawings and/or newspaper clippings of all of these cartoons. This website makes these cartoons available to all internet users. The cartoons have been scanned from the original newspaper clippings in the UCSD collection.   Dr. Seuss Goes to War by historian Richard H. Minear (The New Press, 1999) reproduced some two hundred of the PM cartoons. That means that two hundred of the cartoons available here have received no airing or study since their original appearance in PM. The cartoons Dr. Seuss published in other journals are even less known; there is no mention of them in Dr. Seuss Goes to War. Dr. Seuss also drew a set of war bonds "cartoons" which appeared in many newspapers as well as in PM. They are the following:           In Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel: A Biography (Random House, 1995; p 100), Judith and Neil Morgan recount the story of how Dr. Seuss and PM joined forces in 1941: Ted [Dr. Seuss] was haunted by the war in Europe, and one evening in Manhattan he showed an editorial cartoon he had drawn to his friend Zinny Vanderlip Schoales, the brilliant, hard-drinking intellectual.... She had joined the patrician liberal Ralph Ingersoll when he launched the tabloid newspaper PM in New York with the backing of Marshall Field III. Zinny took Ted's cartoon to Ingersoll and PM published it on January 30, 1941...       |
Read: Psalm 150
Praise the Lord! —Psalm 150:1
Bible In One Year: Isaiah 1-2; Galatians 5
Psalm 150 is not only a beautiful expression of praise, it's also a lesson in praising the Lord. It tells us where to praise, why we're to praise, how we're to praise, and who should offer praise.
Where do we praise? In God's "sanctuary" and "mighty firmament" (v.1). Wherever we are in the world is a proper place to praise the One who created all things.
Why do we praise? First, because of what God does. He performs "mighty acts." Second, because of who God is. The psalmist praised Him for "His excellent greatness" (v.2). The all-powerful Creator is the Sustainer of the universe.
How should we praise? Loudly. Softly. Soothingly. Enthusiastically. Rhythmically. Boldly. Unexpectedly. Fearlessly. In other words, we can praise God in many ways and on many occasions (vv.3-5).
Who should praise? "Everything that has breath" (v.6). Young and old. Rich and poor. Weak and strong. Every living creature. God's will is for everyone to whom He gave the breath of life to use that breath to acknowledge His power and greatness.
Praise is our enthusiastic expression of gratitude to God for reigning in glory forever. —Julie Ackerman Link
On this Day In history
Birthdates which occurred on September 26:
1729 Moses Mendelssohn philosopher/critic/Bible translator
1774 John Chapman [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman
1820 Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar father of Bengali prose (Exile of Sita)
1833 James Deering Fessenden Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1839 Frances Willard founded Women's Christian Temperance Union
1840 Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton LCol (Confederate Army, Thomas Jackson's aid de camp)
1841 Georges Clemenceau France, PM (1906-09, 17-20, defended Dreyfuss)
1888 T.S. Eliot St Louis poet/dramatist/critic (Waste Land-Nobel 1948)
1889 Martin Heidegger Germany, Existentialist (Being & Time)
1895 Fay Holden Birmingham England, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films)
1897 Pope Paul VI 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78)
1898 George Gershwin [Jacob Gershvin] Bkln NY, composer (Rhapsody in Blue)
1901 William S Paley founder & chairman (CBS)
1902 Ed Sullivan TV variety show host/gossip columnist (Ed Sullivan Show)
1902 Albert Anastasia head of Murder Inc
1909 Al Capp New Haven Ct, cartoonist (Li'l Abner)
1914 Jack LaLanne exercise mogul
1925 Marty Robbins Glendale Az, singer (Devil Woman, I Walk Alone)
1926 Julie London Santa Rosa Calif, actress (Nurse McCall-Emergency)
1927 Patrick O'Neal Ocala Fla, actor (Kaz, Alvarez Kelly, King Rat)
1932 Clifton C Williams Jr Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut
1932 Joyce Jameson Chicago Ill, comedienne (Spike Jones Show)
1933 Donna Douglas [Dot Smith], Pride La, actress (Beverly Hillbillies)
1942 Kent McCord LA Calif, actor (Officer Jim Reed-Adam 12)
1945 Brian Ferry England, rocker (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together)
1948 Vladimir Remek 1st Czechoslovakian space traveler (in Soyuz 28)
1962 Melissa Sue Anderson Cal, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
1962 Tracey Thorn rocker (Everything But the Girls)
1963 Lysette Anthony London, actress (Angelique-Dark Shadows, Switch)
We're entertaing guests today. My sister and her husband and their son came down this weekend. He played in a junior tennis match yesterday.
My sister this morning talked about an experience with Windows XP SP 2. She didn't know she downloaded it but after he did, she expernienced problems with getting on web sites.
She called her ISP about the problem, after several minutes they recommended System Restore.
She tried it and it restored the system back to before XP SP 2 was installed which was the day before.
There have been some reports that people are having problems with getting to web sites after installing XP SP 2. Microsoft said they had a fix for it but apparently it hasn't been put into the AU mechinism from what I've been reading.
So that's the latest on XP SP 2.:-)
In other words, we can praise God in many ways and on many occasions.
I've always felt that when I appreciate a beautiful sunrise or sunset, enjoy observing animals in the wild, or walk down a sandy beach or mountain path and just enjoy the view, I'm praising the Lord for his work.
"El Paso" and "Big Iron" are two of my favorite Marty Robbins songs.
Thanks for the XP SP2 update. Still waiting on upgrading mine.
Thanks Feather.
That picture always tugs at my heart.
I agree Sam!
Happy to see you and snippy had a successful flight and arrived home..
Mine also.
This one's a classic. I had no idea.
Great essay today, snippy. I have so much respect for political cartoonists. I never knew this about Seuss. I think I have new-found respect for him.
We'll appreciate you just that much more when you can post them again. :^)
Your welcome HTV. I was unaware of his political cartoons too. I was researching something else for the Foxhole and came acrossed it.
We keep looking for stories we can all learn from.
It was hazy here yesterday when we got home. The first hazy day I've seen since I moved to Oregon in April.
Good morning Aeronaut.
Thanks feather. It's good to be home.
I'm back. (If you didn't notice I've been missing since Wednesday.)
Thanks for the added info on Dr. Seuss alfa6. I hadn't seen these.
While he was working with the Signal Corp in Hollywood he made films for the Army. One of them was call "Private Snafu". LOL. I'd like to see that one.
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