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The Beloved Carts onist

ARTIEST CONGRAliJLATIONS l T0

UNrQvr: TRIBUTE nrzrvanns, cannon or “ISf-HNGING up} F.\’l'f.'L‘lt" courc srmr

ouvoua ANNiVERSARY- 1912 -1932

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One of the most unique tributes. ever to reward work well done willl get under way within a few days when a. man and two characters? out of an inkwell become the center, of a. nationwide demonstration in; gratitude for twenty continuousl years devoted to inciting the world: to laughter.

The occasion is the twentieth anniversary of thc marriage of Jiggs and Maggie, which is to say that "Bringing Up Father." George McManus’s world fimous comic strip, is twenty years old this month. It has been two decades since Maggie set herself the heart- breaking-not to mention the china and crockery destroying-task of making a gentleman out of Jlggs.

The climax of the recognition will come when three hundred guests drawn from the leaders in every field of endeavor, will honor Mc- Manus on January 25, at a dinner in Washington, which will be broadcast over a nationwide radio hookup.

Thus, appropriately enough. Maggie and Jiggs will be feted in the capital of a, nation which has taken them to its heart as a. national hero and heroine.

'I‘hcy've gone a long way since they started, ‘Magge and Jiggs. 'I'hcy've travelled the world over; they speak in 2o laneirees in 71 countries; 100,000,000 readers in every part of the globe watch for them and count the clay incomplete uniii they learn what fortune, 800d - or bad, has been visited upon the luckless, long-suffering spouse of

You may have imagined thatcxluurzril from an expcrimr-ntulstrip mg Up Fa._h,,,.-. mo}: "n- on the Jiggkg was among the changclcss that Me IlilllS prepared While hPnuu-stop fii-rht that has gone on eternal things. Imwcvcr ancient was Slltlll Sﬁilffflllllgvitil’ ihc cl_iai'acter;,.\-,.r Smccv And m, mt. right 1S Jlggs 4 ' .\\'I1Y 110k b05011? vVll-‘ﬂll ‘"15 "lcvtfdwtoday perhaps n hit more polishcd l ‘

history Dioiea otherwise. 0n ‘theirs the ruiddlc is the iirst aciuulon the cxtpfior. my up; frame 01d. - ,

left is an early nitcmpt at Jiggs Jlggs, the one from which “llrzng-irongh dinyngnd n; i.

Stars of The Supporting Cast _ l l ~

"Bringing Up Father" is, of course, Maggie and jlggs. The two are as synonymous u corned beef and cabbage. On the other hand comm] beef and cabbage is synonymous with another clement of “Bringing Up l7allier"—a very vital element, since he is .hc reason both for hiaguie" rigid surveillance of Jiggs, and Jilgr.‘ unquenclmblr desire to get our of I the house evenings. As all good Americans know, he is none other lll'lfl

P1111)’ _M°°Y_¢- Dim? made his ﬁrst appearance in 1914 and liJS by“ increasingly important ever since.

McManus Began Rise

To Fame _At A89 0f Five

GAINED FIRST IDEA FOR JIGGS

' yaou crrsrracran HE saw '._ 0N sracn

George Melilanus, famous creator of Jlggs and hlagglc In "Bringing Up Father," is pictured smiling pleasantly over the thought that his two world-rcnow-necl comic’ characters are about to Ntlvbmle llleil‘ twentieth wedding anniversary. The cigar is always a familiar sight with

Jlgg‘s boss.

_“Bringing Up Father” Is

wane hundred mlllilm dim? news‘ my»; readers of the world must mm]; me persistent, memory and um mind qr a (guild of five years. who developed into one of the ‘mlest comic artists of all time, (m- the keen enjoyment they get

The second of the important lesser lights ls that irlsion of lov'clines< liggs‘ and Maggie's daughter, Nora. Curiously, she is one of the causes for the widespread belief in foreign countries that America it ,1 [and of superlatively beautiful women. Thousands seeing Nora in "Bringing Up Father" take it for granted that she is the embodiment of tlrr yep? cal Zﬂmerlcan girl. l

[mm Jilzgs and Mﬂgglv- 1mm” characters of “Bflngilll; UP Fmh‘ er."

The child who grew to a mun and “>o1](l-\\'l(ll‘ renown is George 1i’!!!- Maillis. It's a long t'mc between the gender age 0t‘ five to tho point at 2g where he put the idea gainod 24

“m, 13371101‘ to WOFR, bill Mei/Janus urns able to bridge the gap and win success. “liirlh" of Jiggs w ‘Remarkable as it mzry seem.

than: lsno doubt in my mind that Jugs was ‘born’ when I went to see

Herc is the popular cartoonist in romper days, pawr were something to scribble

later suggested the idea of “Bring- ing Up Father" to him.

New York Wcrlri. He drew a suc-

It

Meaning of course. before Jiggsl when pencil and

Shortly after this picture as taken he saw the drama that

masterful American as skYSW-Flwrs and Jazz nrusc, nevertheless this pair, with

true greatness, have become the embodiment of basic human ways for Chinmhustralia to Ecivdor.

-Sincc husbands and wives can b: counted upon to not like husbands and wives almost‘ anywhere, not difficult Jiggs and Maggie should have won recognition from all the world's vtriolrs peoples great everyday folk- But it was a rcvelniivn.

Maggie. M typically slumps their

universality that.

peoples from Denmark to

it, is to understand why

8S C011-

years,

A modern Robinson Crusoe, re- turning to civilization after twenty years, could very easily what had taken place in his ab- sence by referring to a newspaper file of “Bringing Up Father” comic strips. ,

All the fads. interests and enthu- slams oi’ the last two decades are embodied in the hectic existence of Jiggs and Maggie. From automo- biles that wouldn't run, up through the world war, radio, mah-jongg and the 18-day diets, our new Crusoe would not only see them as they succeeded one another through but would understand

discover

of appearances, the situations upon

dubious results. Jiggs. on the other hand, bought bonds, drilled with the home guards, suffered Maggie's

which their humor has been based is a clear reflection of their times. - When Jiggs and lvlaggic were cre- ated in i912, the automobile was the publlds new toy—and fortunately for the humorists, an unreliable toy. I-ater as reliability went into, and humor went out of motor car en- gines, the jokes shifted to the people who drove curs, and we have the ﬁrst appearances of Maggie in thc role of what has since become one of the standbys of modern humor, "the banck seat driver."

The war in Europe, the national wave oi’ patriotism, and civilian war work came next, and Maggie,

energetic food-conscrvntions, and throughout managed to provide no little humor for those trying times.

Aviation caught up with them soon; then Jiggs found a competitor for Maggie's singing in the newly popular radios, with static and “get- ting China" as the subjects of much merriment. A little later, mah- jongg became the bane of Jiggs‘ cx- istence for Maggie, along with everybody else, had been swept up in the craze for the Oriental game. Crossword puzzles added to the laughs in the strip, to be followed by Bridge, broccoli and miniature

kittenish one. lifuguie had her fling in a matronly way, while Nora. re- mained the srvect, simple ideal of pro-war girlhood.

Fashions are of course :1 predom- inating inﬂuence in the lives of Maggie and her daughter, and Jiggs has had to live through hobhle skirts, picture hats, the King Tut l period, long skirts, short skirts, and bathing suits with no skirts at all. He has not yet, along with thous- ands of other American husbands. recovered from the shock of ﬁrst seeing his wife bcrleckcd in the feathers of an Empress Eugenie hat.

What Jiggs will do during the television days if he is called upon to phone Maggie from Dint_v's is giv-

Almost l “Eternal Triangle”

George MeManus grins happily on looking back over the twenty years during which Jiggs and Maggie have been carrying on their domestic feud. For he's the cause of it all- and by the ﬂood of congratulations that has descended upon him on the occasion of their Twentieth Anni- versary ‘he knows he's done a highly satisfactory Job of it. The anni-

versary celebration will be climaxcd today, January 25, by a banquet in Washington, D. (7., which will be at- tended by 300 leaders from all ﬁelds of endeavor, and will he broadcast

Social Histo_ry_l_In Laughs a ' “l:

‘William Barry. Bulk-ﬁnd 11-3’ Irish cession of comic strps, each of mntulniilons fwfvfh 1m $553315 Medan Oi his day. act 111 "Tlw which increased 11's deftness of “m‘°““"°m°“'th°t u: r Wm no the Rising Generation" when I was much and human “nnlversaxj” a Dy

how they affected people, for while Jiggs and Maggie have remained unchanged, save for minor details

less familiar and welcome to those ivho sit in the seats of the mighty. Government officials, financial leaders, sports champions, artists. writers, actors-all Joined in a deluge of messages for McManus, thanking him for having given them two intimate friends in JiEBS and Maggie, praising him as a benefactor to humanity, expressing hqpcs that he will give them twenty more years of “Bringing Up Father." The mask! °Y 511335’ and Mnggcs appeal, it seems, is no 105s potent for the world's favored citizens than it is for its millions of unsung renders.

It is 1 far cry from the heights of his present eminence to 1912. when (‘merge McMzmus was éx- perimenting with the “Bringing Up Father" idea.

The years have shown how wisely

80"- ing him some sleepless nights. How- ever it can be fairly counted upon that no matter what the future

brings. it will turn up in its most

like every society Woman turned to u ~ various "relief" activltics with un- I“ ‘he ﬂammg Y°"""' ""- Pm-

quesuoned smceﬂty’ but Somewhat dox presented itself in that it was _. Maggie, not Nora, who became the

only five Years old," Mclvfanus re- mils. . Young George McManus might tnever have had the opportunity of scsiru Barry in his long-rememlber- ti’ Part ii’ it had not ‘been for his father. He was manager of the St. Lvuis Grand Opera. House, and one Poi the best, known fgures in the 'St. Iouis of his day. "Barry. being one of the foremost actors c-f the day, was nnturally- a jkfrat altracton. Realizing to some- dim extent iha-t I was witnessing ‘I great llerfonnanoc," lVibMamts do . dares, "I naturally sat up and took euro notice. As a. result, the plot 0i ‘The Rising Generation‘ so im- passed me that I never have for- Ioiten it. ' "53""! Dlnycd the part of a poor "PW York Irishman, who ‘struck it

In 1912, when he was 29, Mc- Manus joined the Kng Features Syndicate which made i: possible for newspaper readers throughout the country to read the some comic strips at the same time. McManus started cxpcrimcntiug with a strip bu l3, around the efforts of new- rich family to polsh up an un\vlll- lug father for entrance into soc- iety. The impression left by come- dian Barry was still in his mind... and as he "shadow boxed" for h's characters. “Bringing Up Father" evolved with Jggs and Maggie in the leading roles.

By 1925 it. was ap-pcarhg in 000 lurpcrs and today it has one hund- red million readers.

During all this time, Mc-Mbnus was still expanding his conception n? the strip. He changed Jggs and

over a national hookup. humorous aspects in “Bringing Up '_ " _ Father." ‘ ‘

Jiggs and Maggie Seen as influence ' Against iiivorce

Amid the congratulations that (lcscclidcrl upon Jiggs and Maggie for their twenty years of merrimcnt, a serious note was repeated several times. Writers pointed out that Mc- Manils‘ couple were one of the hcalt‘ t forces on the side 0f successful mar ‘age.

Senator" Jcseph T. Robinson

rich.’ l. y ’ - . _ Up Fqxlleh as: nghout Igrlinglnu Maggie from PS§9lltlllly Irish char Men/fan“; judged in following out o; Afkanillgv “Tom; ~11“, Mrs‘; l f] ’ c‘ and” Zita“ n°t°"s' and m“ ﬁlm“ mm slllmtons his idea for “Bringing: Up Father." artist's exaygcrution of the ~ l ~. . d m my mind 3'5 Jl°gs and ‘bun’ "m? “lmmsnl hum“ be- From the tremendous following they petty causes wlrcir too com-

mwe lock ‘shmpcy hiivlm"? monly disturb counubinl bliss has become a wholesome in- fluence in the suppression of

petulaucc and strife." And

have gathered in their twenty years it has been estimated that Maggie ‘nd Jiggs are the worlds greatest entertainment unit. The com-

Fathcr In Destiny's Rc-Ie. gynqqgy. N‘ 5' Jam 23-(133; the

Canadnn Press) —S_v<in cyls credit

‘fhe elder Meivnmus again stvr- with the Royal Bank of (Y-‘nada Wm, hm o, mas, “M01001, m, Congmsmnan Mom o, New um _ 10:0- W W m t° d°"°"“l“° ‘he Pm‘ “f m‘ 1mb°°Mm1°°d"““l"“lh°"m“°“‘5 ‘them daily totals a figure ‘far be- ada, said! "What a splendid araoom "n '1 the im-"W x i ' to her self app. ' .1 1.. i"

co i u a. llC\'('1‘(‘l‘lLlil'!l'll lu z" i. . nlny conic, mid furl: may

example they have been, for

M's life ten years later, George, a ‘through all the vicissitudes of

1§venr old schoolboy, had been “"811?- in the classrom crime of

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received from the bank's head office ,0“, “m, nmhvcd by any other rm‘ the 110mm“? 0f fmﬂwr chpqms‘ ‘ttrariion in their own field or in Mayor William Fitzgerald raid at 116mm“ m. mdm

Jim's twenty yw H‘? I n in clothes ~ ~ ten.

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of opinion as to whether or 11.1 kl, whether Jigzs wasn't as much cf a

a _ married life they have ucvcr needed or Imwnlz pictures during lessons. the new City Councils first mect- parted!" gCnt-olinlfns M. ,2“. “.35 a Indy M. the very Ouwct But M g0, bur. Marlene y; s on forever" . . . and she semis well ' I .l'he teacher, by way of punishment, 1m; tonight. 1m... nun";- "u. n. yr|....,.|-,._ _ m._ 1cm, .59 can an “Awe that there h.“ been ggplfihihglnajes- pleased wan the situation. ‘M, , s,

“m the evidence with a, note to —' "'***_""“' M1‘. Molwinus informing ifm of his

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hm“! 5° Pay the usual penalty in come o». OVEQ _ the woodshed. However. the father “"° W‘ W- - , U‘?! 3 aw T, l! . RIMIHAIR l '14.. i I sow: ' uo- __

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LITYLV. ‘KL ILL when he told the lad that u he Wanted to leave school he Cdllld re- m" for work in the art department ‘ of. the 5t. Innis Republic. Thoieoch ‘ ere note had served only to call Mr- MoManus attention to his son's tlalent, and having learned of it, e had taken the offending works "J "ll editor and drtalned a, job for Glam. uo"“"~" "Wml years at the stupen- w: m"? of $5 a week. George vinoegmm l0 $6- _He became con- mh e m" ho would never get m‘ i“ Wfh a pace. New Y-ark was d” ‘r 5 Felt Dingo tn make

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