A Cartoonist Depicts "The Cuban Melodrama"
This political cartoon, published in Puck in June, 1896, depicts the U.S. as a handsome male hero saving a greatful female "Cuba" from the villainous male figure of "Spain."
THE NOBLE HERO (to the Heavy Villain): "Stand back, there, gold darn ye!-- If you force this thing to a fifth act, remember that's where I git in my work!"THE NOBLE HERO (to the Heavy Villain): "Stand back, there, gold darn ye!-- If you force this thing to a fifth act, remember that's where I git in my work!"
