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.

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.

Barnell

Barnell sketches upside down.