I so envy you both.. Katharine Sergeant Angell (not Angel) was married to Ernest Angell, a lawyer and activist. She was the mother of New Yorker writer, editor, and methuselah Roger Angell, and she later married E.B. White. My wife Linda H. Davis wrote the first and only full biography of her. Ms. Angell was very serious about her work and was sometimes remembered for being stern (she was indeed a tough critic of writers and cartoonists; she chaired the weekly cartoon meetings for a long time). And she indeed had a good sense of humor. Once, in the days after WWI if I remember right, a pilot crash-landed his place in a field next to where she was living. She ran out. When she reached him, he was just coming to, and he saw this young, slender (at the time) woman scouting the situation. "Where am I?" he asked. Her reply: "Why, you're with the Angells!"
Great story. I interviewed Roger for my book, but he had no stories of the women cartoonists for me, alas. And last summer, I went to visit Katharine and E.B.'s graves in Maine. I always thought Katherine was the force that helped keep the cartoons from being misogynist in those early years.
Never thought about that myself, but it makes a lot of sense. Mr. Addams did get away with cartoons about men fantasizing the deaths of their wives, but he did it the other way around, too, so maybe she figured fair was fair.
I know! “Drop the keys” is one of my favorite drawings by Addams. I don’t think men fantasizing about the death of their wives is necessarily misogynist…. It’s about marriage:)
Thanks very much for these wonderful tidbits. I've been a reader (and subscriber for around 45 years.
I've loved books by Thurber, Kunkel and of course Jane Grant. There are probably more that I'm unaware of. This is The New Yorker's 100th year, founded in1925 (of course you know that.) Love your work, keep on going!
Thanks for the history lesson.
I so envy you both.. Katharine Sergeant Angell (not Angel) was married to Ernest Angell, a lawyer and activist. She was the mother of New Yorker writer, editor, and methuselah Roger Angell, and she later married E.B. White. My wife Linda H. Davis wrote the first and only full biography of her. Ms. Angell was very serious about her work and was sometimes remembered for being stern (she was indeed a tough critic of writers and cartoonists; she chaired the weekly cartoon meetings for a long time). And she indeed had a good sense of humor. Once, in the days after WWI if I remember right, a pilot crash-landed his place in a field next to where she was living. She ran out. When she reached him, he was just coming to, and he saw this young, slender (at the time) woman scouting the situation. "Where am I?" he asked. Her reply: "Why, you're with the Angells!"
Great story. I interviewed Roger for my book, but he had no stories of the women cartoonists for me, alas. And last summer, I went to visit Katharine and E.B.'s graves in Maine. I always thought Katherine was the force that helped keep the cartoons from being misogynist in those early years.
Never thought about that myself, but it makes a lot of sense. Mr. Addams did get away with cartoons about men fantasizing the deaths of their wives, but he did it the other way around, too, so maybe she figured fair was fair.
I know! “Drop the keys” is one of my favorite drawings by Addams. I don’t think men fantasizing about the death of their wives is necessarily misogynist…. It’s about marriage:)
So cool! “Library Fauna” 🤣. I especially love how that desk where you pick up your books still looks almost exactly the same today.
Enjoy!!!
Thanks very much for these wonderful tidbits. I've been a reader (and subscriber for around 45 years.
I've loved books by Thurber, Kunkel and of course Jane Grant. There are probably more that I'm unaware of. This is The New Yorker's 100th year, founded in1925 (of course you know that.) Love your work, keep on going!
Thank you!
Love that note to Helen Hokinson; when did we become so formal?
I envy you the Hokinson!
Have fun. Drink it all in. Be careful. It's crazy out there.
Makes sense. Has anyone made a funny cartoon about a GOOD marriage? I guess happiness just isn't very funny,
Funny is relative!