The Washington critic., 1886-02-13
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

This is the season, says Austin of the
Times Star, when the photographer in
Washington is busy. The new Mem
Der of Congress and the new Depart
ment official is to be photographed,
and all his family with him. There is
scramble among the artists here when
new Congress comes in to catch the
Members and get their negatives "for
preservation There is always more
or less demand for the photographs of.
these people. Some of the pho
tographers make iule Of sending out
invitations to all Members, new or old,
TO sit for their pictures, free of charge
In this way they capture a good many
of them. There are some who are
hard to catch, though the difficulty in
most cases is the pressure, rather than
any other objection. The most promi.
nent men in Congress are usually the
most difficult to get. Mr.. Randall, for
instance, is very much opposed to pos
ing for picture, and it is only by dint
of the greatest effort that he can be
caught. His personal appearance
Is usually about the last thing
he thinks of. OF the Father
of the House" Judge Kelley of
Pennsylvania, you seldom sec photo
graphs. Mr.. Morrison does not like
the feeling of the Photographer chair.
Mr.. Bland, the silver advocate, has not
been inveigled into a photographer
establishment in Washington since the
days of Brady, long time ago.
Brady's son-in-law still clings to
Brady's negative, and occasionally gets
an order for n copy from it. Callisle's
picture Is to be seen everywhere. He
does not care to be photographed, but
submits to it as an incident Of his pres
ent elevated position. The Army peo
pie rather enjoy being photographed.
You see pictures everywhere Of the
prominent officers There is probably
greater demand for Senator Logans
picture than for that of any other mem.
her of Congress. There has been some
call for Senator Beck's since hi silver
speech. Mrs Logan's picture is prob
ably more in demand than that Of her
husband. The photographs of the
Senators are generally pretty good sale
while those of the average member of
the House finds few purchasers until
the subject happens TO jump into no.
toriciy in somcway.
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81 like the First Assistant Postmas.
tcr.General better than any man met
in the departments, said Republican
to the Boston Journals correspondent.
"This is his way While friend was
calling upon him Il man also called who
asked to have a postmaster removed
and another appointed in his stead.
The man pulled out papers TO show
that the incumbent was an offensive
partisan. i don't care for that sort of
thing, said the First Assistant; tell me
if the man in office is Republican and
the one you wish to put in Is a Demo-.
crat. That's. enough The First As.
sistant is a plain Democrat of the old
brand"
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"The biggest war sensation of the
year." says carp" of the Cleveland
Leader, has just appeared in the form
Of an anonymous novel, which from all
| indications, comes from the pen of
| pVhNiui ooiii a. i>OSuh' lC DOOh
has not gotten as yet upon the book
counters, and when il does come Logan
will probably try to keep the authorship
a secret, but his ear marks are upon Its
every page and tits known that he mas
been sending copies TO several Of the
public men about Washington. IL Is
largely photographed and much OF
General Logan's life is told in connec
ton with the hero. A great deal OF
the unwritten history of the war Is
found within its pages, and battles and
men are dealt with under the thinnes
possible disguise of fictitious names
which any one acquainted with the wal
can interpret as he reads. This move
is entitled uncle Daniels Story Of
Tom Anderson and Twenty Great Bat
ties by an Officer of the Union Army.
II Is dedicated to the Union soldier
1 and their children, and the inscription
dated January /, 1856, states that 1t Il
a truthfulpicture in story based upoi
] the events Of the late war. The bool