The Van Dykes
A man and a woman draw cartoons of people in the audience.
Art Bowen
Cartoonist. Mr. Bowen has had a song
written which gives an idea of his drawings.
He sings while working. A quick
sketcher, with the combination of music
in black and white gives an impression of
great speed, causing it to be much liked
for the several taking qualities.
J. Rubens
Painter. He (mints two pictures, the
first being drawn upside-down on canvas,
the second a marine transparency. This
is painted on thin paper pasted over glass
and light effects behind it make a pretty
addition.
Goldberg
Gean Smith
The act was fourteen minutes long.
Gean Smith is a serious oil painter who times himself. He paints a horse head in four minutes and turns that head into a lion’s head in another three minutes. He also paints a tiger’s head and the finish of the “Salvator-Tenney” race. A small phonograph with a megaphone attachment plays Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s poem “How Salvator Won” as he paints it. His assistant then uses a telephone book to locate someone in the audience to bring one of the paintings home.
Hershfield
The act was twelve minutes long.
Hershfield is the creator of the famous “Desperate Desmond” cartoons. He begins by drawing and labeling some characters in the “Desmond” series. For his finish, he stands with his back to the audience and looks through a mirror to draw people.
The Van Dykes
The act was eleven minutes long.
A man and a woman draw cartoons of people in the audience. They are both dressed in brown trousers and negligee shirts. They finish with pictures of Lincoln and Washington.
Winsor McCay
McCay draws moving pictures in chalk.
Barnell
Barnell sketches upside down.