ONE d"? in !908,»Georgo McManus was Elven a hut tip by a bootblsck he had befriended: "Bet Hamburg Belle." George ‘ hlld _$103 saved up toward getting out oi St. ’ Louis. He bet $100 on Belle’s nose. She won, I180 IO l. Within the week he left, for New York. xamblln! on getting a better job as . ‘ cartoonist. He did; in fact, several. In his Present one, as creator of "Bringing Up Father," he is one of world's highest paid '

_ h artists. His Jiggs and Maggie characters

~ are the best known Americans in the world-

‘ i _ _ in 81 years they have come to live their lives ‘ g’ in newspapers in 71 countries and speak 27 ' lllllgllﬂilcs, including Chinese and Icelandic. . No other comic strip has enjoyed top popu- i larity so widely with readers for so long.

Gsorgs was born in St. Louis. George ﬁrst showed signa o! becoming an artist when this ago New be hi! I dﬂgrﬂe-QOCIOI: o! Humane Letters, His father was a thcatcrman. and attending grammar school in St. Louis. He quit school at from ROIIHORB COHEEQ» ﬁling him l" l "dlﬂtlnkllished His mother (above) lived to 13. to work as s newspaper office boy and cartoonist at Sﬁaweek. Senﬂemii" will’ f" mllny Yell" h" held B Prilfesior-

ship of good cheer in the university of the world.”

enjoy'his success and Isms. At l7, he was drawing regular cartoons for the newspaper.

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ng a cartoon idea by reading pbilosoph.

lslucclors also declared, "His insight into the simple yet normal patterns of iaxes in his studio while wsiti

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“Irlnglng Up lather" became a feature in 700 newspapers, the subject o! s series o1- plsys, s movie, a shell o1 books. J iggs was the ﬁrst cartoon character to be the sym-' bol (above) o! s ﬁghting srm, 11th Bomb- ing Squadron, U. S. Army Air Corps.

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‘with this hand, these implements and his genius (or comic creation, McMsnus pmuscs an estimated 30,000,000 daily. Ho tried out 80 different strips before ho h" hi! m“ Kfﬂﬂt MICCQBS. “The Newlyweds," whose sayings became national by- words. The strip iniluenced George, too. Bo married Miss Florence Bergero, New Yorker. l-lo started “Bringing Up Father" in 1910. It was suggested by a popular play, “The Rising Generation," about s got-rich-quick family.

O George loaves his penthouse apartment in Sunset Towers, Hollywood, each week-day morn- ‘ing at 8 to work ﬁve hours in an office-studio in Beverly Hills.

000m McManus hobbies are collecting American glassware, o! which i ho ‘has hundreds o! rare pieces, snd hardwood walking sticks.

George mourns canes are no longer fashionsbl . When carrying one. he is sometimes asked. “What’s the matter‘! Got rheumatism?"

How Mrhianus Prepares Corned Barf and Cabbage. look the brisket in cold- water overnight, to remove sharpness of salt. and soften the meat. Size the meat in accordance with number of persons to be served. Start the corned bee! cooking in enough cold water to cover 5 it; boil slowly 2% hours.

When beef has boiled one _ hour, put in a quartered i head of cabbage, a few me- dium-sized carrots, potatoes _ " and whole onions, and sdd , one whole clove, a few bay ' ‘leaves and whole pepper‘ seeds. When done, serve hot.

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Moran. who has no children oi his own. visits boﬂlﬁllliv‘, Ofphﬂﬂlges andﬁschools om, ﬂying? Not for McManusl He's antipsthetic to exercise and speed. and expects to s; llﬂs a carbon-will’ 0i Math"! hlmliiu- ' h" bee" °ﬂ°n ""857 Well. McMsnus does disiiks

i0 FIIWPWH YOUHZBW‘! with drawings; and devotes much of his income to secret outlive all his friends (he's 59) who indulge in them. His plsasur- is relaxing beside his mwnmqon he believe; in taking things easy and people as they are; and corned bee! & cabbage is his charities. His late brother Charles was also a cartoonist; his brother Leo is an rmlio with a cigar, and llian-l-‘rimlay Ben. a Filipino. bringing in tall ones at intervals; hvoﬂm dhﬁh Q g_ g c, ﬁr“, bgcgmg nationally popular due to“Brlnging Up Father"; the Mclllanus’ art department manager. Father George Sr. wanted to be an artist himself. or Joining his cronies for an evening of not-so-serimss talk. lis averages 30 cigars sdsy. fecipg is accepted as standard at the Waldorf-Astoria and Joe's Busy Bee. it is given above

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