Humor, strenuous and wholesome, marks the work of Carl E. Schultze.
His name is literally a household word in this country by reason of
that quaint conceit, “Foxy Grandpa,” of which he is the creator. He
was born on May 25, 1866, Lexington, New York, and was educated in the
public schools of that town and at Cassel, Germany. On his return to
America he studied art under Walter Satterlee, of New York. For some
time later he seems to have been undecided as to how to apply his
gifts, but an accidental sketch submitted to a Chicago paper, resulted
in his being forthwith engaged by that publication. After remaining
in Chicago on several newspapers for some years, he took a trip to
California, doing further artistic work in San Francisco. At length
he determined to beard the metropolitan journalist lions in their
dens. After a struggle, during which he did work on Judge and other
New York publications, he became a member of the staff of the Herald,
where, thanks to an accidental inspiration, “Foxy Grandpa” came into
existence. Later he became connected with the New York American. Mr.
Schultze is a man of magnificent physique, and is held in high esteem
by those who know him. He is the author of several works of comic
drawings, and “Foxy Grandpa” has been dramatized.