Gimpel Beynish the Matchmaker
(Gimpl Beynish der Shadkhn)
Yiddish Comics of the early 20th century

This strip must have run after the Warheit printed something about the engagement of Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor.

I like Zagat's caricature of President Wilson but shiver with horror at his depiction of the African American doorman. This is probably part of why the early 20th century is so unpopular with historians: it was so brazenly politically incorrect. (Click cartoon for a larger view.)

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March 15, 1914: Obviously he doesn't succeed, but then, he is not acknowledged everywhere

1. What's this? The president's daughter is engaged, and they didn't even call on me to arrange the match?
   
2. I'm going to Washington to have a chat with the President. He has another daughter, I'll take care of her.
   
3. Say, here's my card, tell the President I must talk to him. It's very urgent business.
   
4. Mister President, it says in the Warheit that you have another daughter. Let me provide a husband for her.
   
5. They told you to throw me, Gimpel Beynish, out? And I even voted for him. This is a world without justice.

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Here's Woodrow Wilson. I see in Wikipedia that Eleanor Randolph Wilson, his daughter, married William Gibbs McAdoo at the White House on May 7, 1914.

Here's Eleanor Randolph Wilson McAdoo.

The other daughter was Margaret Woodrow Wilson (below). It appears that, because she wore glasses, she never married. Check this out: She sang and made several recordings around 1918. She lived in the ashram of Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry, French India where she was known as 'Nistha'.

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