Photo of Puck,The Carol of the Waits,1885,Keppler,McLean,Pulitzer,Dorsheimer
Title: The carol of the 'waits' / J. Keppler.
Creator(s): Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1885 December 23.
Summary: Illustration shows a group of office seekers labeled 'McLean, Pulitzer, Dorsheimer, Blackburn, McLaughlin, Hill, [and] Dana' singing Christmas carols outside the 'White House' where President Cleveland is visible through a window. Their carol goes: 'God rest you, merry gentlemen, / May nothing you dismay; / Remember us poor spoilsmen left / This blessed Christmas Day. / Since Christmas comes but once a year, / Oh, let us share your Christmas cheer, / And chuck one little office here / On Christmas Day in the A.M.'
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 18, no. 459, (1885 December 23), centerfold.
Copyright 1885 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Cleveland, Grover,--1837-1908.
McLean, John R.--(John Roll),--1848-1916.
Pulitzer, Joseph,--1847-1911.
Dorsheimer, William,--1832-1888.
Blackburn, Joseph C. S.--(Joseph Clay Stiles),--1838-1918.
McLaughlin, Hugh,--1827-1904.
Hill, David B.--(David Bennett),--1843-1910.
Dana, Charles A.--(Charles Anderson),--1819-1897.
Christmas--1880-1890.
Caroling--1880-1890.
Christmas carols--1880-1890.
Political patronage--1880-1890.
Civil service reform--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
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