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The Yellow kid was a buck- toothed boy, dressed in a long bright yellow night shirt (pictured in previous page)- he lived in the slums of the Big Apple and had a lot to say about politics, city life, and free expression. The Yellow Papers were named so, becuase the color yellow symbolized the cowardice and deceit.

This 1896 cartoon appeared in the **New York Journal** after Hearst had lured Outcault away from Pulitzer.
 * "BUCK-TOOTH BOY!" (See him leading the parade!)**