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"The Busy Bee"
August 1, 1919
When former President Theodore Roosevelt -- the clear favorite for the 1920 Republican Presidential nomination -- died suddenly in January 1919, the race became wide open. With such a multitude of potential candidates having the proverbial "bee in their bonnets," the GOP Presidential bee could not keep up. The bee was a common character in Berryman's cartoons representing aspirations as the "buzz" in the potential candidate's ear. |