Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-15
PHOTOGRAPHING THE CITY.
The Camera Club to Start Out to Cap
ture the Capital Tomorrow.

The members Of the Washington camera
club will meet tomorrow morning at their club
rooms in the Capital building, opposite Will
lards hotel, armed with their cameras, great
and small, innumerable dry plates and map
of the city Of Washington. Then, after ap-
portioning of among themselves good part
Of the 40 miles square on the banks of the
Potomac" that will in 1892 be the scene Of the
great worlds fair, so that every man shall have
elbow room. they will start off seeking for SUBJ
jects. They will systematically photograph
the city in all its phases-public buildings.
monuments, statues, avenues, byways, secluded
corners. crowded places. landscapes and every
part OF the town that is at all artistic, odd, in
teresting or historic.
COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE CITY.
In a worG the lenses of the cameras will be
blinked withou. cessation during the day until
a complete composite photograph Of this
beautiful city has been obtained. Then the
member will re are to the deep red obscurity
OF their dark rooms, and, like chrysales. grub
AID wash and develop amid the fumes of ecIis
and salts until the butterfly results appear on
their plates fixed AM permanent.
Thus VIII Washington be photographed by
the camera club. The actual process VI snap
ping the shutters and, in the popular sense, of
taking the pictures" will last only tomorrow.
but the work Of developing tho plates. toning
and prlntlI will take much longer. Then q.
committee will go over the products and select
q hundred or 80 of the best plates that illus
trate most fully and completely the character
;stics Of the city.
TO ILLUSTRATE LECTURE.
These, together with many photographs the
club already has on hand, will be the material
to be used to illustrate a lecture on Washing
ton," which will be delivered by some chosen
member OF the club later in the season. Ar
rangements have been made with Photographic
clubs in other cities OF this country and even
in Europe for the exchange of slides which
can easily be duplicated, so that thus sort of
syndicate of illustrated cities will be formed,
to the unlimited edifcation Of the members of
each organization, at trifiing cost.
The date Of the lecture has not been fixed, as
it depends upon the length OF time required by
the development and selection OF the photo
graphs. Last spring Mr.. Cole, member of
the club, read lecture on Boston, illustrated
by views .aken by members of the Hub associ-
alton OF shutter workers.
''The Way They Do Things in Russia"
Maud Brown alias Maud Brenaby is a famil-
lar character in police circles and at one time
figured prominently in grave-robbing cases in
this District. Many months have elapsed since
she occupied her old quarters in Castle Thun-
DER" where it was said she had an assortment
of grave clothes. She has recently resided
near 18th and streets northwest and earned a
little money by telling the fortunes for colored
people in that locality. Policeman Pearson
thought Maud was becoming public nuisance
and yesterday afternoon he arrested her and
locked her up at the ninth precinct station on
d charge of vagrancy. This morning she was
given ride in the maria" 10 the Police
Court. When arraigned she replied:
mo. sir; | am not guilty OF being a vagrant
l am not guilty. and don't see how any per-
son can say am"
Keep quiet there" said Bailiff Kendig.
Maud, however, did not keep quiet and then
the bailiff threatened to put her back if she
continued to talk.
why" said Maud. 'you are more domi-
neering than they in the Russian courts
NV brother rents house, Judge, your honor
and we live together. Why can you say that
We are vagrants?"
Keep quiet, Mrs. Brenaby" repeated the
bailiff. 'or you will have to 60 back"
Then let the officer speak out so can hear
him." continued Maud. why 90 they do
things like this? This is the way they do
things in Russia"
Maud was given 60 DAYS on the farm.
The SALE ToMoRRow.-The sale of handsome
Japanese decorations will be begun tomorrow
at Thomas Dowling's art rooms 11th and Penn
syivaniG avenue. commencing at ii o'clock. II
is a brilliant display Of japanese art in great
variety and well worthy the attention of parties
desiring handsome decorations.