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McCutcheon's gentlemen affect...?
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Han Donghoon
2007-05-26 05:51:37 UTC
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Hi~

Here is a sentence I coundn't figure out what it means.
Writer like to give a sarcastic twist...1910s, in a parlor of a boarding
house...
A main man was gazing at some pictures, etc...
---

And, on an easel, the sad portrait of a gentleman, undoubtedly the late
lamented Norton. His
uninteresting nose appeared to turn up at the constant odor of cookery in
which it dwelt; his hair was plastered down over his forehead in a gorgeous
abandoned curve such as some of the least sophisticated of Mr. John T.
McCutcheon's gentlemen affect.
Mr. Magee stared round...

---
I can hardly understand from "...gorgeous abandoned....gentlemen affect."

I searched the Mr. John...

John Tinney McCutcheon (May 6, 1870-June 10, 1949) was an American newspaper
political cartoonist. McCutcheon was born near South Raub, Tippecanoe
County, Indiana to Captain John Barr McCutcheon and Clara Glick McCutcheon.
He graduated from Purdue University, where he became a member of the Sigma
Chi fraternity, in 1889 with a Bachelor of Science degree. At Purdue, he
worked with typographer Bruce Rogers on the student newspaper and yearbook.
There is now a dormitory at Purdue university and McCutcheon High School, in
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, was named in his honor.

He worked at the Chicago Morning News later called the Chicago Record and
then at the Chicago Tribune from 1903 until his retirement in 1946. He was
awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Cartoons in 1932. Often called the "Dean of
American Cartoonists", McCutcheon died June 10, 1949 in Lake Forest,
Illinois. He was the younger brother of novelist George Barr McCutcheon,
writer of the once popular "Graustark" books.

--

You can see his portrait and some of his works here,

http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/exhibits/mccutcheon/

Please give me some information...

It seems last maze to me.

Very thankful to you...

-- Donghoon
Einde O'Callaghan
2007-05-26 06:17:17 UTC
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Post by Han Donghoon
Hi~
Here is a sentence I coundn't figure out what it means.
Writer like to give a sarcastic twist...1910s, in a parlor of a boarding
house...
A main man was gazing at some pictures, etc...
---
And, on an easel, the sad portrait of a gentleman, undoubtedly the late
lamented Norton. His
uninteresting nose appeared to turn up at the constant odor of cookery in
which it dwelt; his hair was plastered down over his forehead in a gorgeous
abandoned curve such as some of the least sophisticated of Mr. John T.
McCutcheon's gentlemen affect.
Mr. Magee stared round...
---
I can hardly understand from "...gorgeous abandoned....gentlemen affect."
I searched the Mr. John...
John Tinney McCutcheon (May 6, 1870-June 10, 1949) was an American newspaper
political cartoonist. McCutcheon was born near South Raub, Tippecanoe
County, Indiana to Captain John Barr McCutcheon and Clara Glick McCutcheon.
He graduated from Purdue University, where he became a member of the Sigma
Chi fraternity, in 1889 with a Bachelor of Science degree. At Purdue, he
worked with typographer Bruce Rogers on the student newspaper and yearbook.
There is now a dormitory at Purdue university and McCutcheon High School, in
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, was named in his honor.
He worked at the Chicago Morning News later called the Chicago Record and
then at the Chicago Tribune from 1903 until his retirement in 1946. He was
awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Cartoons in 1932. Often called the "Dean of
American Cartoonists", McCutcheon died June 10, 1949 in Lake Forest,
Illinois. He was the younger brother of novelist George Barr McCutcheon,
writer of the once popular "Graustark" books.
--
You can see his portrait and some of his works here,
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/exhibits/mccutcheon/
Please give me some information...
It seems last maze to me.
It just means that the man in the portrait had a hairstyle like some of
the least fashionable men in this cartoonist's cartoons. I don't think
any of the cartoons at the link you give have any examples of this
hairstyle.

Do your readres actually need to know every single detail? - even native
speakers nowadays wouldn't understand this reference.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
Han Donghoon
2007-05-26 06:30:02 UTC
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Again thanks Einde,

Some people say a translating is 2nd creating, so I want to follow that
spirit not just word but actual behavior.
Some years ago when I was translating a short novel of Washinton
Earving(forgive my spelling), I skipped a bunch of sentences due to its
difficulties...actually it was error to me. At that time I didn't have any
channel to ask about.

Your answer is sufficent to me,
I don't get use to those little strange expressions, partly from my poor
understanding english, partly from differences of lifestyles, etc.

Again thanks,

I've gone through almost.

Dong hoon
Post by Einde O'Callaghan
Post by Han Donghoon
Hi~
Here is a sentence I coundn't figure out what it means.
Writer like to give a sarcastic twist...1910s, in a parlor of a boarding
house...
A main man was gazing at some pictures, etc...
---
And, on an easel, the sad portrait of a gentleman, undoubtedly the late
lamented Norton. His
uninteresting nose appeared to turn up at the constant odor of cookery in
which it dwelt; his hair was plastered down over his forehead in a gorgeous
abandoned curve such as some of the least sophisticated of Mr. John T.
McCutcheon's gentlemen affect.
Mr. Magee stared round...
---
I can hardly understand from "...gorgeous abandoned....gentlemen affect."
I searched the Mr. John...
John Tinney McCutcheon (May 6, 1870-June 10, 1949) was an American newspaper
political cartoonist. McCutcheon was born near South Raub, Tippecanoe
County, Indiana to Captain John Barr McCutcheon and Clara Glick McCutcheon.
He graduated from Purdue University, where he became a member of the Sigma
Chi fraternity, in 1889 with a Bachelor of Science degree. At Purdue, he
worked with typographer Bruce Rogers on the student newspaper and yearbook.
There is now a dormitory at Purdue university and McCutcheon High School, in
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, was named in his honor.
He worked at the Chicago Morning News later called the Chicago Record and
then at the Chicago Tribune from 1903 until his retirement in 1946. He was
awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Cartoons in 1932. Often called the "Dean of
American Cartoonists", McCutcheon died June 10, 1949 in Lake Forest,
Illinois. He was the younger brother of novelist George Barr McCutcheon,
writer of the once popular "Graustark" books.
--
You can see his portrait and some of his works here,
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/exhibits/mccutcheon/
Please give me some information...
It seems last maze to me.
It just means that the man in the portrait had a hairstyle like some of
the least fashionable men in this cartoonist's cartoons. I don't think
any of the cartoons at the link you give have any examples of this
hairstyle.
Do your readres actually need to know every single detail? - even native
speakers nowadays wouldn't understand this reference.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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