Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1894 — MADE THE WORLD LAUGH. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MADE THE WORLD LAUGH.

The Practical Founder of Comic Journalism lit America. The practical founder of comic journalism in America was Joseph Keppler, who died recently in New

York. He was born in Vienna in 1838 and his first work was in his father’s confectionery shop. In 1848 his father, who was a refugee as a revolutionist, camo to this country and soon afterward the son be-

came an actor. Then he studied art and in 1869 joined his father in St Joe, Mo. The younger Keppler then attempted medicine, but he soon turned to the stage and next to art. He founded t*wo illustrated papers in St Louis,neither of which was much of a success, and In 1862 he removed to New York. There after a time he, in conjunction with A. Schwartzmann, founded a German Puck, which after 26 numbers found a companion in the English edition which has proved a remarkable success.

JOSEPH KEPPLER.