, 1886-01-13
PHOTOS or DISTINGUISHED MEN.


Public Peoples Pictures Sought by Tour
lists and stranEcrs-How They Sell
Washington Is the leading market Of
this country for Photographic of distin-
guished men An avenue dealer whose
sales mount up into tho thousands an
nually told me this morning that his only
customers were tourists and strangers.
Washington people, said he, rarely in
terest themselves in-such matters. They
meet public men at every turn. Their
faces are us familiar to them as any other
citizen Of the capital. For this reason, l
presume, there is but little local demand
for such pictures. Who sells best, Oh,
Cleveland, Of course. That Is true of all
presidents during theperiod of their in
cumbency. Clevelapds sells better thar
either Arthur. Garfaid, 9r Hayes. He
was not so well known to the country at
large rs his moro immediate predecessors,
which, | dare say,a ccohnts for it In part.
or the cabinet, Gdrland's pictures are the
most in demand. he ispersonally a very
popular man. The other members OF the
cabinet sell about event"
do you experience much difficulty in
procuring sittingsf from public meni"
Not as n rule. Such men as Edmunds
and Sherman are hard to get, but this
arises not 30 much from o reluctance to
sit as from the fact that they are busy
men and hnd it Sdificu1t to spare the
time.H
ado you find much vanity among this
class Of meni"
Every little. The most of them are
plain, business-like people, who get pho
tographed to satisfy the demands of their
friends. That is about the only interest
they show in the matter. Good looks
have little to do withSselling such pict-
ures. To tell you tho truth, the best
looking men are h least called for.
You may not know It, but handsome
men are seldom great Statesmen, with,
OF course an OCCASIONAL exception now
and then. The man'sPoGtion, his char
acter, his association with passing events
these are what sell his pictures. Gen.
Logan, for example, Is not a handsome
man, but his pictures are always in de
mand, Notwithstanding the fact that
nearly every N became familiar with
his features during the campaign. Gen.
Sheridan sells well, too. He and Gen.
Sherman are the only army officers
who's pictures we keep constantly in
stock.
"No, Blaine and Grant do not sell well
at this time. They were both in public
life so long that their photographs be-
came very common. Hendricks picture
was but little called for. I could never
understand that. He was very popular
in a certain sense, but, somehow his
pictures had no go A group picture Of
the supreme u Is selling constantly
and well. The lawyers who come here
want 1t, and dealers all over the country
send for it. Photographs Of Mrs. Logan
n Mrs. Carlisle are also in great de-
mand. They sell better than the pict-
ures of any other ladies. The Chinese
minister also goes quite freely. Lee,
Jeff Davis, and Joe Johnston are some
times called for-Davis the least of the
three. Red Clouds pictures sold well Mt
one time, and so did the pictures Of
Spotted Tail and Sitting Bull. But there
is no stability in such booms. The news
paper cuts usually satisfy public curios-
ity with regard to such people, and after
a few weeks or months they are for
gotten entirely. Wa Cor. Chi
cage News.
Boise City's Wooden Washington Statue.
Milwaukee having boosted that she
alone among cities west of New York has
an equestrian statue Of Washington, the
champion town of Idaho, Boise City,
modestly directs attention to her own
O4aNoNA Ahh SNoNaC VI Wv u AAo
Country. 1t is by n young German
sculptor, name unknown, and stand be
tween the new capitol building and and
the magnificent public schoolhouse, the
latter just finished ut a cost of S54 1000"
1t is true that it is of wood. But 1t was
the labor Of love on the part of its maker,
who carved 1t one winter while showed
up in the hills. Goddess soldiers, also,
from u neighboring camp Of the army OF
the United states, nave at times thought
it funny to wrench off a leg or so from
the horse, but the ~art-loving citizens have
rescued all the pieces and restored their
Cypriote to the rightful quantity Of limbs.
America is a great country. Where
else could a city reach the effete Injuries
of an equestrian statue, vandalism, and
@restorations' in such a handful of yearst
Talk OF art centersi Boise City is the
place for American sculptors to visit, II it
Is true that in the work Of this neglected
genius "the pose of both horse and rider
is grand and magnificent beyond express
sion by pen or pencil, and the minor de-
tails are worked out with an-artist's keen
sense Of fidelity to truth, which is but
nature in this instance.-New York
Times.