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( The Advocate II.I.l'HTIt ATKD F KATI How K K SK < TION- April T h e F in e it W riter» Send T h e ir S to rie* F i r i t to t h e l llu » - treted F e a t u r e Section 1 ri. it feels to be Drawing Cartoons for the 8ig Weekly Magazines F . S u n n i . C a m p b e l l , C a r t o o n i s t , is f r o m S t. I.o u i*. H e P o u n d e d N ew Y i i r l i ’i P a v e m e n t » f o r a M o n t h ; N ow H e M a k e » C o v e r « f o r H o o e y , S a t u r d a y E v o . m ng P o tt, O p p o rtu n ity and L ife. OPPOWTUKITT I j i P i Campbell and reproduction!» of four of hin covers made for national magazines tew Job lie received a »alary i year, ap p aren tly m aking little piog- “ I h a v en ’t m ade it y e t." ha »aid.* te*a At th e end of h i* first year, he And today I received th is wire Ha was no n earer to th e realization of handed a fam iliarly yellow teleg ram h e w u g on e Ids dream th a n when he was working to th e ed itor It was an in v itatio n to By F L M F K A C A R T E R T lie first m onth In New Y ork . n Bt Louis ' re tu rn to th e T ria d Stu d ios a t a a (**ni|it>ell %|>eiit l<M»kiiig foi a job It D uring th is period th ere cam e a " t tin n ot Ukr ih r covrm on O p- | even h ig h er salary. T h e ed itor p er wan a new exp erien ce for him In Bt te m p tatio n to retu rn to th e T ria d M eanw hile In th e Inter! u he tried p o ttu n lfy , * (h r letter i«ut I mi I owl». w tirrr h r waa b o m . h r had th e offices of t h e various pu blication * Studio« in tlie form of a telegram force was silen t. W hy should ha ¿•‘tiding >«>u « cover j n your request i form er boss. ! stay ? nod I should Ukr to do twelve f a worked in th e T ria d Btudloa, one of T h e y were usually crowded with as- from h is frien d and i h r largest co m m ercial a it studio« Cam pbell, a fte r all. Is a piring a rtis ts and as a rule he. with Sau erw ein you Y ou iipfdn t |iay m e a c e n t ' I h ave decided, ' said C am p b ell, His earn in g * th e rest, was dism issed courteously very young m an T h e d ifferen ce In dreaking in on th e ed itor's th o u g h t*, u n til th e ro d of th e year mid th ru if 111 th e M iddle West were m ore th a n m»>st young m en of Ills earn in g s ill S t. Louis and New and Inform ed th a t none of hi» draw y»Hir news .’»tainl *ale* h » v r not in I have decid ed —to stick it out iu Y ork irk**d him not a little c i**» v d you owe m r n o th in g : if they tw enty one years of age even dream ing* wa» acce p tab le to th e editor N w Y ork T h e ed itor was relieved.* <.f earn in g and litn jo b was ftecure O nce m ore he cam e to th e ed itor He went on in th is way for about have th ru (my m r ! . . " I h at s w hat he wanted to say b u t Mut always he liad a p ersisten t y e a rn he did n't dare 'I h r rthtor wu.* tg k rn hack a llttlr ing to do m agarin e Illu stration s, And th en soon a fte r C am pbell m e t, I• v th r letter and IU i h i r p criticism , rov ers cart4MHis c a ric a tu re s In the rd G ra h a m O f G ra h a m , he sa y s: alth ou g h h r adm ired ih r n ote of a» v s u h r had *|»ent at C h icag o U n i 1 have n ever seen h i* like before/ aciim itv ill It. 1 ooklllg at th r draw* versity h r h>u1 been on th r s ta ff of i b lack or w hite " And one is forced lug before him h r wan h a lf way co n * th r P ho en ix, a hum orous publtca | o agree w hen one consid ers th e part* %l ll « rd t h a t t h r • If c o n f i d e n c e o f t h e tion Ed G n ah am played in Cam pbell s su b -, W i t t e r lUld ai tl n t «AA based on re a l, * r i i o m u m assiNM am W illie a student In th e C h icag o Art eq uent c aree r T h ey had been frie n d * a t » lily And y r l h r tlr f i n r cl it ad - In stitu te h e had ( mu tn ip a tr d m th e m th eir school days in C hicago, h ad t u i b l t * to a n s w e r In k in d to mee t j worked to g eth er on th e P hoen ix. t h r c h a l l e n g e w it h a n o t h e r c h a l l e n g e r tr a tio n of a sh o rt lived College C o m A n O f a y M i l i t a r y P o l i c e m a n ics. a m agazine lit which he did m any B u t G ra h a m had com e on to New Alt»! so h e Wiote W h o G ot Freah draw ings under v tr in u i (»«eudonym.s 'i ork and a fte r a struggle had b e«' - -■■« - - I know th a t you h ave regehed a He act«*d it* ert ed ito r of tlie single to m e on e of A m erica's o u tsta n d in g H t I J O N A R b M i s s t M t l K ( . t high place in th e com m ere la I art t sue of R eflexu * M agaxine And It ca rto o n ists and c a ric a tu rists A re g u - Held in Hf lam i* and 1 also know th a t was th e rolla|tM* of Ills dream s o f , Hr« *t F ra n ce, tin* scene o f th is !a r co n trib u to r to th e h um orou s you w eir aw arded th e .St Louis Post m agazine work til C h icago which fi- •dory was one of the busiest seap orts m agazines, h e knew th e ed itors an d I>n»lMt«h P rt*r fo r your excellen t i ally |Mompted hint to re tu rn to hi» in th a t coun try during th e W orld »hey knew him . C am pbell show ed b l » k ind * hit# 1 udy T h a i *1 ito W ar M any regim ents of colored s o l Inane 111 Bt laMits turn som e of h is work And w ithou t diers known a* th e 8 O 3 «Service of , (In but if you a i r a s good as you h e sita tio n , h t la id I will tak e y o g .St Louis, as fa r as th e Negro It Supply» were station ed h ere A nd, ttiin k you at«* and as I th in k you arc around. T h is stu ff is good " i concerned Is a so u th ern city. T h e m uch ra c e lireJudtee exU ted you will collie to New Y ork where tin* It is not o ften a Negro boy m eets t radii kins of th e S o u th did not a d because m any an A iiierlran ah lp e n com p etition I» ‘h ot If you can draw, « w hite boy like Ed G ra h a m But m it of a Negro co m m ercial a rtis t. tered th is port W hatever sym pathy you should be able to diaw not only a fte r all th e story o f th e Negro in And fallin g to find em ploym ent In the F ren ch girls hud for our boys they ' toi Opf*>rt unity but for L ife, Ju d g e were sw ayed in m any in sta n ce s by A m erica is largely th e story o f ex his held C am pbell sought and found »m l oth er m aga/inr» th e Ilea circu lated by soldiers and cep tion al Negroes and ex cep tio n al A m onth pavsed no reply two a j«it» (Mi a dining ca r a s a w aiter. atkM■ «»I th e o th e r i ice whites. W ith G r a h a m s gu idan ce, m onths, still no reply And t h e n .: Work «in a dining ca r Is exh au stive I.lvm g cond itions were not as good j Cam pbell was able to show h is work one aftern oon a young m an cam e i n t o 1 ft requires an even tem p er and t r e as they exp reted , yet th ey lived on o th e ed itors and to m ake h is first m endous en em y The api»arently and worked with th e greatest a s s u r th e olilee. ales O ne need n ot m inim ize th# w aiter Is a n ce th at m any of th e w hite boys who l ie was of medium h eigh t, o f un rinprrtiirbed mid sm iling fine sp irit of G ra h a m , but if C am p - blem ished blown skin with a fran k , o ften ready to drop, but he must passed throu gh th is city on th eir way | b eli'* work had not possessed a h ig h to th«* fron t would c a rry th eir h atred o | h * ii cou n ten an ce and a ill.a im in g keep »Mi going ou long as a passenger of black |k*ople to a place m ade poasi- •icgree of m erit it is d ou btfu l w h ether Mini«* Abi»ut him was an a ir of cun - rem ain s to he served A ik ! th r p a s bte by th e »hells, b u llets and gas of act and it m ade th e M P very angry even h is first sale would have been T h e n he kicked th e g irl's basket of ftdence Ite lost no tim e ” 1 »»in senger* rep resent every tv|»r of in d i th e enem y. ' made K Sim m s C am p b ell." lie said, "fro m vidual th e p a itlr u ta r . th e finicky. A unit* of i colored com bat division crftn* ” '. uu ,.v an d * * * * * Art4c,e* * n S in c e th e n and fo r th e p ast two s : Louis I decided to answ er your Hie nervous th e dow nright m ean, and arrived In th is city from th e tnterkM ’’ 1 - i S h e began to cry and he let out and a h a lf years tlie spraw ling sig leit«*i in ( h ’ iso ii H err I am In New th e fru stra ted slave driver a throw - on its wav hom e T h ey were billeted a big laugh T h is act of cow ardice n atu re E Sim m s C am pbell h as b e - lu c k to slavery O f h is exp erien ce in te n t* and b arrack s while aw aiting aroused th e m en who gave h im a good N - ! com e fa m ilia r to a vast num ber who T h e ed itor had visions of coun tless « n th e d in ers. C am pbell m erely .says. ord ers to sail Som e worked and oth beatin g He was m ade to nick up ev »'agerly read A m erica’s » r* loafed hum orous young talen ted Negroes who had I was a giNMl w aiter " F re n c h women and g ills with an ery or m ge. piece of can d y and the m agazin es Covers and c a ric a tu re s com e to New Y o rk, Just as co n fid en t. I Betw een m eals he s|ient Ills tim e eve for business circu lated am ong th e e th e r a rticle s and apologize to her. T h e girl th an ked th e boys while 1 for L ife. Ju d g e. Hooey, c a ric a tu re s jiisi as eager, nisi as ambitlou.s as Iraw m g m ilking ca rlca tu ie.s of th soldiers with oranges, ran d y and o th - for B ally h o o , th e S a tu rd a y Evening ( III .(»bell. III hud se •n them arrive passengers, th e w aiters, th e stew ard »1 a rticle s to »ell T h e g n ls in l e n th« M P slunk off nursing bruises in P ost. C ollege Humor. C h icag oan flicted by black fist* and feet •n Mima « f them depart O n h is re tu rn t ri|i* to S i Louts he ticu lar. would lie followed hy an M P n«* ' i i T h a t n ight, under a fu ll-m oon , this Hts fine b lack and w hite illu s tr a (l«*|( (le d , d »hi urtened b eaten by re - t Mik his drawitui s to til« various stu - (M ilitary P olice) <>t.»\ of course, to aine unit boarded a tran sp ort in the tion s for J a c k K ofoed s "G re a t D ram as F in a lly It * was »»hie to show see th at they were not a tta ck ed by h arb or and set sail for th e land of lent I m i < ■mi M inion and th e color dtou in S p o rts." which h ave been ru nn in g Ha l)i( urne a little u hi med Ills work to .1 P Bau»u w elii. m a n - our boys. line liberty. ‘ n» L ife, in d icate th a t C am p b ell's t a l - O n th e m orning of th e day th at Aft r nil, h f* t bought, he was In p ait .iger o i th e T riu d Attuili >s Sim ei weln (h is unit sailed. » F re n ch girl ot Id « nt is not confined to ca riciR n re s and n i OllMthll* ft it Cam jb ell'a t eclsion was linpre ».M*d ind hirt'd him And and not had to look at in spite oi her cartoon s. And h is black and . w h ite t ‘ ( III»' to N» w York unti Cam|»tM*l1 resign«* 1. Bajierw ein wooden shoes, w h s .selling h er ware.-* ( studies in O p p ortu nity a re s t r i k ^ t l y Y our |oh in Bt I an ils?" the ed itor was not only h i* bos* but Ills friend , am ong th e hoys when th ey noticed o rig in al, re a listic and au th e n tic* W ords O ften M i*u*ed B.sked W eir VOII w orkin g?" .idviditg him , tea ch in g him th e a d an o fay M P keeping close to h er I Do not s iv . W don’t h ardly ever C h ristm a s 1930 he had covers on b o th Ills n earn ess .e e n u d to annoy th e* ’ Y e*. I (put " T h e re was fin ality vertising gam e from th e Insidi* go." S ay . "W e h ardly ev er go " L ife and Ju d g e ; C h ristm as 1931 th# girl, hut sh e tric'd to stick it out un til !:» Ills voice I had Iwcn w otkiug W ords O ften Misspelled cover on Ju d g e lo r the T ria d Studios hut I decided A fter a m onth of imunding th e she had disposed of h er goods Deposit r; or. not er. N earing a group ot soldiers, th e Ju s t re ce n tly C am pbell received % i«.i vciiieuis. ( im p hd l found a Job ill 1«» l r.v New Yoi k M I* c n u ih t hold of th e g irl’s u n ii W alds O ften M Kpronouuced com m ission to draw a fu ll page o f T h e re was no need of discussion , • New Y ork adv ertising studio Com i i nd tried to kiss hoi Fot th is .she gave ! C lem ency Pronounc.» k le ir - n -sl. carto o n s every week fo r th e New Y o ig Y ou th will have its way And i tin* i .»red t » th e ioti In* li nt left In S t 1 »tini a h ard slap m th e lace T h e j His-t e as in "m e n ." second e un -tress Insig nifican t. In his m en cheered th e girl loudly fo r her ' ed. accen t first syllab le. cdttoi m erely said, It won't he e»<y i ouis It w i C on tin ued on P age 4 Hut I believe you will m ake K rB iIn lrd b< Htwelal fr rin lw la n frana h ere lire Mart li l a n r of »apaarrlanUj tl If you have th e h eart '* M agatin e I II m ake It." cam e th r reply, and Just m ir-e ig h th of what lie earned In 8 ' I a hj is Hut it was a job and he .-»tuck to It At t h r sam e tim e h r en tered th r Academ y of Design, hoping to gain tn crrasrd te ch n ica l knowledge WHEN WE WENT I N 1 O WAR ENGLISH