iWen of Morcesiter m Caricature L. C. Phifer MEN OF WORCESTER IN CARICATURE DRAWINGS BY L ' C ' PHIFER L ' C ' PHIFER ' PUBLISHER WORCESTER ' MASSACHUSETTS NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN Copyright 1917 by L. C. Phifer Worcester, Massachusetts U. S. A. / JUL 2C 1917 ©CIA470343 OREWORD Men may not be all that they seem to themselves; they may not be what they seem to others, but to the cartoonist they are just what he pictures them in his mind's eye. Some believe, apparently, a caricature is nothing more than a reckless and exaggerated expression of one's follies or foibles, but the truth of the matter is a caricature is a real likeness of the object caricatured — a likeness that is true to the caricaturist at least. Looking into a man's face the cartoonist is able, as is no other, to see lines that are not there. In other words he sees into and through his subject and translates that which he sees into lines, character lines, light and heavy, into curves or angles, into love or life. Personalities that may be unknown to you, but which live and breathe and have their being in the imagination of the cartoonist, are shown on these pages. With pen and ink the caricaturist has transmitted from the image left upon his brain the likeness of his different subjects; men who have made their mark in the business and professional world ; some serving their country, state and city at present, others having filled these same offices of trust and honor. He has whipped into their faces and forms touches that mark their personalities, called peculiarities, and rightfully, for a peculiarity is one's own. This book of cari- catures gives to the men pictured an idea of themselves as they are to the cartoonist. Their play and pleasure earned through busy brains are shown to others. The artist has endeavored to make this work meaningful as well as amusing. He knows no hate, venom is not mixed with his ink, nor has his pen been shaped into a dagger with which to pierce the sensibilities of his subjects. ^^ /5^ HON. PEHR G. HOLMES Mayor of Worcester L06AN Swift ol bakIham oivifroN UNITED STATES ENyeLQP& CO. .^ Y/nQrg^'^ NEW ORIMDrN*WHBEI.PlAKrOF«OIITOM CO. BUILT ISL5-ia 15 ALDUS C. HIGGINS MILTON P. HIGGINS 16 INSItNlA OF THE OUPER OF THE KNiCrHTOFVASA, PHESEKJTEP TO MR,. (JOHN JEPPSON BV KIN& (rUSTftF OF SWEPEN /^^ GEORGE N. JEPPSON JOHN JEPPSON 17 CHARLES H. NORTON Chief Engineer, Norton Grinding Company 18 CARL F. DIETZ 19 ENJOYS WORKING IN HIS 6-WU>EN -^^^£U CLAYTON O. SMITH 20 .^■•■^ HOWARD W. DUNBAR 21 JOHN C. SPENCE 22 ^^£^, HENRY DUCKWORTH 23 rn/NG TO TH£ MO^/eS li ROSS C. PURDY 24 CLARENCE W. DANIELS 25 HUGO W. H. BETH 26 TT H l lll l lMUIMIimH ll ilM ll ll lll lll l in TTTTTnTTTnTniiMiiimiMiMii n^' A. B. FRITTS 27 R. SANFORD RILEY 28 EDWARD J. CROSS E. J. Cross Company, General Building Construction 29 ALBERT E. NEWTON Vice-President and General Manager Reed-Prentice Company 30 UMtL l>EIXII4( HAOHNE WILLIAM BACON Superintendent Reed-Prentice Company, Prentice Department 31 CHARLES E. HILDRETH 32 SS^SJ) i^^sj — SAMUEL B. WOODWARD, M. D. 33 LUCIUS J. KNOWLES President Crompton and Knowles Loom Works 34 JOHN F. TINSLEY General Manager Crompton & Knowles Loom Works 35 EDWARD F. GREEN Treasurer Crompton & Knowles Loom Works 36 ALBERT A. GORDON, JR. Superintendent Crompton fit Knowles Loom Works 37 ^^^ THOMAS T. BOOTH Crompton & Knowles Loom Works 38 u;^:^: C. H. HUTCHINS 39 tMMPTON t, KNOWL.es fSnCYWORSTEP LOOM GEORGE F. HUTCHINS 40 CHARLES F. HUTCHINS 41 ADVISOR. AMD ^OPPORTEB. Op /«ANt vajoBCEStEK- GEORGE T. DEWEY 42 i^ T-^-l --.^^J^^ Ir^-^ 'Z^isS^'**-^ '■ ;-w=i^' ■ A -. /=s^ HARRY W. GODDARD President Spencer Wire Co. 43 GEORGE M. THOMPSON General Manager Spencer Wire Co. 44 rJtte HuiiriN^ — m tt«|Y ^?^^Sz^ CHARLES K. HARDY, JR. Spencer Wire Co. 45 THE. CHRYSANTHEMUM li HIS FAVORITE FLOWER AND HOBBY DAVID H. FANNING 46 >^^ -^^ 'l^^ <.'a7^'^ EXPeRT ON DIAMOrs OS FRANK A. KNOWLTON 47 SAMUEL E. WINSLOW 48 Q^^^:^^:ji:i;:^'^ w/SjVA^MrhJ GEORGE M. WRIGHT President and General Manager Wright Wire Co. 49 -/^Z«ri^ HERBERT N. WRIGHT 50 HENRY A. KNIGHT 51 JACK BARRY 52 LEROY LEIGHTON 53 (JUST TM"Pl»CE to P>0 THfcT SHOPhMV! /^^ i«— -- -=-~ LUTHER C. BROWN President Denholm & McKay Co. 54 G. ERNEST NEWKIRK Vice-President Denholm & McKay Co. 55 JOHN E. BRADLEY President Osgood Bradley Car Co. 56 ^^JX WILLIAM J. McKEE General Manager Osgood Bradley Car Co. 57 thr.ee «ner.ations IN THE tARPUILDlNi INDUSTRY IN WORfESTER. OSGOOD BRADLEY HENRY O. BRADLEY JOHN E. BRADLEY 58 ^i^4^ OSGOOD BRADLEY CAR CO. 59 T. S. JOHNSON Clerk of Courts 60 JOHN E. WHITE 61 TME MftRHN^rON --.,.--_^>~; FfcRM HOUSE. "~ " Hft(UllN6T0MWAY ^^^/ lib YEllS) OVAL AOMiR^H OF THE NATIONAL PASTIME /pnesiDENT OP THE. =-/ PftESIOe^iT OF THE FRANCIS A. HARRINGTON 62 L ^VV r A -^ - uakc CHARLES A. HARRINGTON 63 .-^^2=^^ FRANK C. HARRINGTON 64 TROUT FlSHIN Ci AT WNfrEUEY L^KES or TIN ( MELVILLE F. HEATH 65 1852 FRANK M. HEATH 1914 66 AUSTIN A. HEATH 67 FRANK R. BATCHELDER 68 ^^^ THE WINTER. HOBBV /^^c^ ALBERT A. SPAULDING President John C. Maclnnes Co. 69 FREDERICK A. HAWES President Barnard, Sumner fit Putnam Co. 70 1851 — 1911 WILLIAM A. LYTLE 71 ,nSdl*'-5^-^ 7THER.E AHE SOME FINE | )(kR RltiES TO TkKE iTHRU WORCESTER. tOUWTY' HENRY C. PAGE General Manager Worcester Consolidated St. Railway Co. 72 EDWARD D. WARD 73 FRANS H. C. COPPUS President and Treasurer Coppus Engineering and Equipment Co. 74 ADRIAN VAN LEEUWEN, JR. Landscape Architect 75 GEORGE F. BOOTH 76 '*h.ey woolen mills ^HERRy VALLEY MASS > ^herrieI>J:^.. PKESIKENTUft TREi<,U1lER CHWFL MILLS fO. CHANNING SMITH 77 HARRY WORCESTER SMITH 78 J. HARVEY CURTIS 79 EDWIN C. HARRINGTON President Harrington fit Richardson Arms Co. 80 H^KJMCTOH t RICHLRPSOU GEORGE F. BROOKS Treasurer Harrington & Richardson Arms Co. 81 JOHN W. HARRINGTON Director Harrington & Richardson Arms Co. 82 R. W. ROLLINS President and General Manager Worcester Electric Light Co. 83 MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK FRANK A. DRURY President Merchants National Bank 84 f^^ fiuUui:^.:, LANij bulLtrNu MAURICE F. REIDY 85 EDMUND C. MAYO 86 GEORGE CROMPTON 87 CHARLES S. AVERILL Proprietor The Bancroft 88 ^^r:^ WILLIAM B. SCOFIELD 89 CLINTON S. MARSHALL American Steel & Wire Co. 90 JOHN B. MOSS American Steel & Wire Co. 91 J. LESTER PERRY 92 EDWARD F. BARNES 93 GOES FLY FISHING AT KENNEBAGO LAKE,,_aAINE.. ALBERT R. WEBB 94 /^^ ROBERT C. MOELLER 95 CHARLES R. PUTNAM 96 mmfm S|S^|i*e p^"! 7// V TRWELiNG 'S'a cRear //oaer of mi "VVlB f^'m^.^i 4. vf If,' Mill k ^^ ill X .^^ 1' "" '■■■«fc FLY FISHING ANo -^~—'-::^^ — ~ iS/C GAM£ KIJUTING — ' -^ -^ /V MAlfJE ^^_^^r, • ^^^^^ CHARLES M. BOOTH 97 GEORGE M. BASSETT 98 j CUUUfOF CnOlR.»T , _ /' ILL SUNTS CHUKCH \ Wl // FOIJOLYEAIIS "^^ ^^M^ CHARLES M. BENT 99 1848 JOHN E. WAKEFIELD 1910 Patentee and Sole Manufacturer of Wakefield Wrenches, Business Founded 1889 100 0O6S A LlTTuC 30WUIN8 CLARENCE E. WAKEFIELD Successor to John E. Wakefield 101 -*^y^J^i^ JAMES MONTGOMERY Treasurer and Manager Wachusett Thread Co. 102 ^^^^ WILLIAM H. GATES 103 ELBRIDGE S. CARLETON Cutting, Carleton & Cutting 104 ALEXANDER WARRELL 105 /^^ JOHN TUCK 106 FRANK H. WILLARD 107 GLOBE. [J // TOOL I itii ^^ Sharpener Q 0.5 WALKER CO WORCESTeR,^\ASS OAKLEY S. WALKER 108 WARREN S. BELLOWS General Manager Walden Worcester, Inc. 109 WORtKTER EL£I UK^HT dOMPANY POWEK STATION. WEBSrm SQUARE CHARLES R. SEED Superintendent of Power, Worcester Electric Light Co. 110 FRANK E. WILLIAMSON City Auditor 111 /§5^^ »UHJ eNTlH.ELyOF MlLHHt^ feftWITg"- HARRIE H. SHERMAN General Manager Webb Pink Granite Co. General Manager Webb Granite & Construction Co. 112 v:»j. CHARLES F. ALDRICH 113 ARTHUR H. PARKER President and Treasurer Parker Wire Goods Co. 114 /^^ LEWIS M. McCALLUM Secretary Parker Wire Goods Co. 115 n-»MU')J<'l'UllJU ">^S^ BURTON C. FISKE President Fiske-Carter Construction Co. 116 WILLIAM W. CARTER Treasurer Fiske-Carter Construction Co. 117 EDWARD S. STROUT Secretary Fiske-Carter Construction Co. 118 '■Hl^J^P ^m^ PLINY W. WOOD 119 FREDERICK H. KENDALL Warren Leather Goods Co. 120 PLANT BUIl-T M. THOMAS O'LEARY President and Treasurer Pond Machine and Foundry Co. 121 W. E. SIBLEY Lawyer 122 JOHN F. McGRATH Lawyer 123 WALTER E. BIGELOW 124 JAMES EARLY 125 CHARLES C. MILTON Attorney 126 JOHN M. THAYER Attorney 127 FRANK E. SESSIONS 128 Q U EEN S B UR>j^ M I LLS INC 'i>^^ ' FRED HODGSON General Manager 129 RICHARD H. HAMMOND 130 ALBERT H. LANGE 131 /^^£ GEORGE I. ROCKWOOD 132 •^TT/^ ~— .......... WELL KNOWM LA,t\EU vj seo FOR MA«x veaks HONOeASLE ARTlLL&R-< CO OF B0STON-I88S. OLO&iT Mli-IT'^RV OR&AN- COUMTRX— /v\e/v\BEP- ot HENRY EMERSON SMITH 133 JOSEPH R. ROGERS 134 LEO J. LAVIN 135 MARCELLUS ROPER 136 ym^ PHILIP H. DUPREY 137 ^/^^ CARL BONNEY 138 CHARLES L. NICHOLS, M. D. 139 FACTORY OF MORGAN SPRING COMPANY W0RCE5TER,MA$SA(lHU?ErT5. EVAN F. JONES 140 OLIVER B. WOOD 141 JAMES N. HEALD 142 S. C. MOORE 143 EDWARD T. ESTY 144 ..., -vS.-A v^«^ _j,^y.,. .-x i ^ I PARTRIP4E HUNTING IS \^ ONE OF HIS P<\STIMES ^^ /%^r^ JAY CLARK, JR. Attorney-at-Law 145 E. H. VAUGHAN City Solicitor 146 horSe BAdk JOHN W. MAWBEY Assistant City Solicitor 147 JASON C. STEARNS 148 ADMIRES Fine HORSES. FRANCIS E. HIGGINS 149 RICHARD C. CLEVELAND 150 LORNE R. FOWLER 151 6AUT W/\TeR BYRON M. BENNETT 152 WILLIAM F. WHIPPLE 153 DAVID A. SCOTT 154 iSw^lS^" MYRON F. CONVERSE 155 INVENTOR OFfELEBRATEP WRItiHT METAL PLAYER AaiON AND 5EIF PLAYER ORCANS- A lso a new HoSiCA L CHIWE.. ^ .= MORRIS S. WRIGHT President M. S. Wright Co. President M. S. Wright 8b Sons Co. 156 I'll - V — . .C^.%^ FISHING FOR TROUT" CURTIS R. BLANCHARD 157 G. STANLEY HALL 158 LEONARD WHEELER, M. D. 159 RAIiErf PHOOe GEORGE E. BUCK President E. A. Buck fit Co., Inc. 160 JH'S' 1 CALVIN FARNSWORTH 161 iF-rx DANIEL DENNY 162 RALPH L. MORGAN 163 WILLIAM A. UNDERWOOD 164 S. B. ROY B. S. ROY 165 '^^rU. GEORGE H. COATES Coates Clipper Mfg. Co. 166 B. AUSTIN COATES Coates Clipper Mfg. Co. 167 ■>hr-^J>^ ^es^u /mr^^ DANIEL KENT Register of Deeds 168 M. CLIFTON NELSON General Manager R. B. Philips Mfg. Co. 169 en"*-'' FRANK P. KNOWLES 170 CHARLES W. WOOD Lawyer 171 WILLIAM J. HICKEY 172 T. FRANK HICKEY 173 JOHN W. BISHOP, JR. J. W. Bishop Co., General Contractors 174 ^^m^^ JOHN P. COGHLIN President and Treasurer Coghlin Electric Co. 175 LOUIS H. ELLIOTT Manager 176 /"AOToRinO-. ARTHUR J. WALLACE 177 DAVID I. WALSH 178 CHARLES F. CAMPBELL Lawyer 179 SMIHMIM4 JAMES C. DONNELLY Lawyer 180 OAVit) 6E55NER _ IMPROVED CLOTH FINISHING MACHINERY DAVID GESSNER 181 >, X) SEHTXETt/ ^ — X J \ \ (Bump vou! ) J-i 'Aq BRIGHAM M. SCOTT 182 ALEXANDER J. HAMM, D. M. S. 183 JOHN J. LINEHAN President and Treasurer Linehan-Conover Co. 184 E. EVEREST CONOVER Vice-President and Secretary Linehan-Conover Co. 185 CHARLES W. PARKER 186 EVERETT CARLETON 187 JOHN H. BENNETT 188 HE EnJoxJ HIS BOOK.S. ^^mr^^ CONRAD R. BENNETT 189 ROBERT L. S. WHITTEMORE 190 DARIUS A. PUTNAM 191 JOHN J. APAMS l[ SON tOMPANY JOHN J. ADAMS Cutting Dies 192 JOHN J. ADAMS, JR. Machinist 193 DAVID D. McTAGGART 194 /mci,^ ARTHUR L. REMINGTON 195 ^-^ )l'Mlrl-»P I TOOK OUT ^)tH»T EXPUOSIOM ^ ' \;ljNSUR»Hf£WITH Hll.MANT<, CHARLES E. GRANT 196 /^Sc,^ WILLIAM A. KENNEY Chairman Republican City Committee 197 HERBERT MIDGLEY Howard Bros. Mfg. Co. 198 HARRY C. COLEY Howard Bros. Mfg. Co. 199 JOHN E. SNYDER 200 MILTON C. SNYDER 201 ;^SS-^-<>s.---'ik^'« ;,;-j-''i;_ "A (JUAIL HKNTINCt ^^G^ FORDYCE T. BLAKE 202 TROUT FI5H1N(, AND BIRD HUNT1N4. »RE »MONUTS J iP EP INTO ITl ( ^^Ss:^ MAURICE L. KATZ Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law 205 PETER COGHLIN 206 THE. OLD vv/^y WILLIAM M. STEELE Motor Truck Manufacturer 207 HI-LO JACK AND THE CAfi J. HOWARD JOYNES 208 ^^^^^Zl- G. W. KELLEY 209 WOOLH.H MlU-CO. JOHN LEGG The Worcester Woolen Mill Co. 210 Notary CLUB J. FRANCIS LEGG The Worcester Woolen Mill Co. 211 FRANK S. FAY The Worcester Woolen Mill Co. 212 ALBERT F. RICHARDSON Sheriff 213 JACOB REED Kinsley fit Adams, Bankers 214 %mz^ THOMAS E. BABB, JR. 215 ^LV(AtS BE^M HAS) CLO&Ei TO the: NATIONAL OAME A5" A PLAYER. AND FAM FRANCIS P. McKEON Lawyer 216 GEORGE SUMNER BARTON Rice, Barton fis Fales Mfg. Co. n? J^y^L J. CHARLES MAY President and Treasurer W. H. Blodget Co. 218 RALPH H. MANN Park Trust Company 219 JOHN B. SIMARD Bay State Coal Company 220 His HOBBY IS ^ PLAYINC wiTH.^ HIS <:HiLORert ^^ AT Ho^ve. ^^^ BARNARD PRESS 221 WILLARD C. POOLE New England Biscuit Co. 222 Ue makes MORE. PHOToonnPhS THAN ANYONE. IN NE.W ENGLAN D LOUIS FABIAN BACHRACH 223 ALEXANDER B. CAMPBELL Lawyer 224 ^m^ CHARLES H. HARRIS Assessor 225 ALBERT T. RHODES Street Commissioner 226 DAVID E. SHERIN Owner David E. Sherin Co. 227 F. H. HAMBLIN 228 6.3. A. HENRY O. TILTON Sales Agent General Electric Co. 229 -^m^ '/l l WORCESTER THEARTRE P. F. SHEA 230 ARTHUR E. NYE 231 HUGO O. PETERSON, M. D. 232 EVERETT W. DURGIN 233 '; 'I/',-,.' ■ HENRY HARMON CHAMBERLIN 234 LOUIS E. FEINGOLD Attorney -at-Law 235 1 S ^^ HARRY J. MURCH "Worcester's Livest Automobile Dealer" 238 .KANT SOME 6<» t II^URIkN(E,MK. 1 fidi RICHARD WARD GREENE 239 THOMAS E. HOLLAND 240 SAMUEL A. STEWART, JR. 241 A. E. HOWARD A. G. WESSON 242 FRED S. HOWARD 243 B.AB5IT HUNT I 'J M- C. S. HOLDEN General Manager Aetna Hosiery Co. 244 /^^c^ H. C. CRAWFORD Assistant Treasurer Aetna Hosiery Co. 245 S. M. ANSON Westinghouse Electric 246 15 A MOroi^lST DAVID L. GALLUP, M. E. 247 THOMAS F. FOLEY 248 Putting New England On The Map Is His Hobbv WILLARD E. FREELAND 249 JOHN BATH John Bath Sb Co., Inc. 250 ALBERT A. RIDYARD 251 THOMAS HORNE 252 Life on Hl5 FAR/A AT OXFORD lb THE- LI FE FOR HIAA FRANK P. BARNARD, D. M. D. 253 z^?^ F. CARLTON DOLE 254 .<->5--'