Chic, page 8-9, centerfold. Color cartoon, similar to Puck and Judge. This is a new year's print with father time pushing an old 1880 away in front of a parade of figures led by a young 1881. Among the figures is the man in Mexican clothing from #4386, a man carrying an obelisk, a man carrying the Whitehouse (Garfield?), a man carrying a boat ("City of Rome, To Europe in Five Days"), and people carrying banners including Panama Canal, World's Fair, Hudson River Tunnel, St. Louis Census 600,000. In this image, the shadows are behind all the figures, not in front of them. Hansen database #4387.
Chic, page 8-9, centerfold. Color cartoon, similar to Puck and Judge. This image by Kendrick has a large bearded man straddling USA-Mexico border. He holds a string tied to a ship in the Nicaragua ship canal, and has railroad bond and mining shares in his pocket as well as "captain General pay" in his waistband. He smokes a cigar. Half his dress is a military uniform, the other half is Mexican style. This figure also appears in #4387. Hansen database #4386.
Chic (1:10), page 16, back cover. Cartoon similar to early Puck and Judge. Image shows nice women in fancy hats and narrow waisted dresses protecting Garfield, standing up on a bureau, perhaps in a boarding house. A lady (in a long housecoat?) with broom and whisk broom stands in the open door apparently to remove a group of ugly women in pants, one of whom carries a sign reading "Gen. Mary Walker's Brigade of Office Seekers. Susan Anthony Lt. Col." Printed in pink, blue, and black ink. Hansen database #4393.
Chic (1:18), page 42006, front cover, color. Very rare midwife image. "Young Democracy, Born at Cooper Institute, Tuesday, December 28, 1880. Monthly Nurse.--"Faix but yer a wake little crayture, all as wan as yer dead Mother. There's no sign av thrivin' about ye, at all, at all." In a windowless garret or basement, we see a dead donkey in bed to the left with this nurse holding the baby donkey, giving it a worried, cross-eyed look. Among the medications lying around: Develin plaster, Hancock powder, Bennett boodle, Hewitt's glue, Sun cholera mixture, Tilden Barl-y (sic) sugar. The nurse wears a checkered apron, a white bonnet or kerchief, stockings, and house slippers. Page 2 masthead is dated January 11, 1881, a day earlier than the cover date. "Published every Tuesday." No editorial on the cover, but there is a relevant 16-line verse about it, mentioning John Kelly, Irving, Tammany, and Hewitt. "Monthly nurse" was apparently a common term, often used in classified ads for women seeking positions. Seemingly this distinguished it from a children's nurse and graduate nurses were yet very uncommon. While not slovenly like Sairy Gamp, this figure carries no image of skill or professionalism. Hansen database #4397.
