To many people, the art of the comic-strip may seem a bit too close to the odor of the breakfast table to be worth serious consideration. The reader who finds a vicarious thrill in pouncing upon "Terry and the Pirates" each morning is apt to overlook the genuine skill of the artist, Milt Caniff, in favor of a few well-turned curves on the body of the Dragon Lady. Each section of Canift's daily feature contains a carefully planned composition, both in regard to figure placement and value rendition. His work is characterized by the decisive manner in which he manipulates lights and darks and by his method of utilizing every variation in value to accentuate form.

Another example of the newspaper artist at a high peak of excellence is Clifford McBride, creator of "Napoleon and Uncle Elby." His ability to express real with by men as of the drawings themselves, together with his subtle control over line in order to bring out character, can be equaled by no other artist in this particular field. It is not my intention to establish these men as great artists; they are, however, worth special notice because they are craftsmen who can be placed in a category well above that of the simple illustrator. It is well to remember, too, that Daumier, one of the most powerful figures of nineteenth century art, was a newspaper cartoonist.

Curios: Gauguin once said that for a room to be properly decorated, there must be an obscene picture opposite the door. In this way, he said, it is possible to scare away all respectable people . . . The young idealist who walked out of the Louvre with Watteau's "L'indifferente" under his coat was recently sentenced to two years imprisonment. He claimed that the painting had been badly retouched and that he had intended to improve its condition . . . The Percy Haughton monument at Soldiers Field was done by Dr. Mackenzie, a truly great sculptor. Ironic as it may seem, the figures done in relief on the monument are actual representations of members of the last Penn football team to play Harvard. Players of the 1928 squad posed for the sculptor.