The International Studio Volume 56 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...comes to their assistance in almost all cases and prevents their feelings being harrowed." "A sense of humour, you seem to consider, is like the soft answer that tumeth away wrath," laughed the Critic. "Well, there is something in that. But I believe the personal vanity of the person caricatured is a much more real shield to his feelings. If he is amused rather than offended, it is not at all because he sees the funny side of the travesty of himself, but because he does not for an instant imagine that he has any of the quaint peculiarities which the caricaturist has detected and insisted upon." "That may be; but there are people who are conscious of their little abnormalities and yet can bear without rancour having fun poked at them," declared the Man with the Red Tie. "I am sure it is good for many men to be made to laugh at themselves sometimes--the caricaturist really does them a service." " I think I can speak with some authority on the subject of caricatures," broke in the Prominent Politician. " If I had been at any time so vain as to believe that I had no physical defects my artist friends would have knocked any such conceit out of me long ago. The only feeling I have left now is one of pure amazement that I should be blessed--or cursed--with such an extraordinary number of peculiarities and that I should offer such an inexhaustible mine of opportunities to the ingenious "It all depends," returned the Prominent Politician. " When the drawing is really funny, in idea and manner of treatment, when it hits off cleverly and neatly some of-my little ways, I can enjoy it as frankly as any one. But the bitter thing, that is grossly personal without being legitimatelyhum...