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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
THE RIGI1r 70 RECOGNIZE.

The contention of Secretary Olney,
that the President is alone empowered
to recognize the independence of n
new country, continues to be discussed
in all sections Of the Union. and after
the holidays Congress may possibly
have something to say on the subject,
which may bring about solution of the
trouble. The Washington Star, in
referring to the attitude OF the admin
istration regarding the resolution of
Senator Cameron to recognize the in
dependence of the Republic of Cuba. has
the following to say:
The administration fears that
recognition of Cuba independence Is
at this juncture equivalent to Il de-
claration of war against Spain. The
administration contends that such
recognition IS purely an executive
function. To declare war; the nj
legged equivalent of Cuban rccogni-
ton, is made by the Constitution an
exclusive function of Congress Is
II wise or safe. waivnE for the
moment the question of legality, for
a president to attempt to shut out
the legislative body from participa-
ton In decision which in effect
may amount to the exercise OF
function granted by the Constitution
exclusively TO Congress?"
| The Nirsinian. without ventur!ng an
| opinion in the matter as To who is the
| proper constituted authority to declar,
the independence of Il new country. will
say this, that ir the authority Is ulnnt
vested in the President 10 declare in
| dependence, which is not mfrcqueutly
! followed by war, some OF these days
the country may be plunged into war be
| fore it is prepared for it, by The in
discretion Of some indiscrct man VIII,
! may happen to be President then III,
country wi, wish that the one ma.
| hadn't so mich power
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
THE BETTER WAY.

The Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette sug-
posts, that as there will be no campaign
on hand for some time. 1t Will be a
good idea for us all to get down to work
ana improve The opportunity thus Of
fered in this off year. In other words.
let us stop talking hard times, go to
work and andeavor to make tlmes,bets
ter. a grain of practice in this regard
Is worth q mountain Of theory.
No man ever made anything by con-
tmually preaching hard times. and he
that INDUCES in such past time Is gene
rally the looser.
IL times are really hard what Is the
use of proclaiming 1t from the house
tops? II does no good and oftentimes is
fruitful Of harm. More harm has been
done the general business of the country
by this constant complaining on the
part of people of dull times than can be
estimated. In fact. the custom seems
to be catching until 1t has assumed an
epidemic form, and 1t should be stopped.
There is an old saying that nothing
succeeds like success. If the world be-
iievcs you prosperous II wants to make
you still more so. while. OH the other
hand. when man is hard up nobody
wants to have anything to do with
him. This is demonstrated in every day
life. The country, as wei as the lndivid-
ual is suffering from the continual cry
of hard times. Stop 1t.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
CHRISTMAS DAY.

Ring loud the bells. Ills the merry
Christmas time. the happiest day in all
the dear old year--a season of low aud
gladness. To the young il is filled v.,h
bright expectations and the realization
of hope: TO the old it recalls rIad-
some DAYS that are passed and .ronc
but around which bright memories
cluster Memory rolls back tho curtain
Of the past. and the weary traveller
Nauses in the midst of his journey. that
he may rcvel in the perfume Of III.
flowers which bedeck it's walls i'm beauty
Surely for the old. as to the Young.
there il something indescribahlv swee,
in the Christmas season. 1t is seq
son when wa should strive :, ,,,l.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

the Wise Men TO Bethlehem. how the
people of that ancient city celebra ted
the day. and the following, from an
exchange, furnishes that information:
"At Christmas everyone visits the
Fieid OF the Shepherds. mile away
from the church. which Is reputed
TO be the place where the shepherds
tended their fiocks. At the big
church procession OF bishops,
priest and people form in the square
before the edifice, each man dressed
IN ms most gorgeous robes. Tur-
kish soldiers line both sides of the
streets to clear the way for the
procession. The Latin patriarch of
Jerusalem arrives. is met by the
procession carrying banners and
immense candles, and all go into
the Latin chapel through the main
entrance. The entrance is so small
mat but one man can enter at Il
time and he must stoop to do so.
The reason for this is that the Mo-
hnmmedanS at one time did so much
to annoy the Christians, even riding
into the church on horseback, and
the entrance was made smaller to
keep them out. Inside the structure
Is very ancient, some of ii dating
from the time of Constantine. In
the Latin chapel of st. Catherine
services are held all night. and at
midnight the patriarch of Jerusalem
says mass. The chapel is filled with
people sitting on the floor. Then
the procession repairs To the Grotto
OF the Nativity, under the church.
Originally this was simply natu-
raj cave in limestone rock-of course
the original Manager was not pre-
served. Now marble slabs cover the
walls and floors, and the ten-fo
ceiling carries thirty,two brass
lamps. Many religious pictures OF
poor execution hang on the walls,
and in the east end of the cave is
small recess. hung about with fifteen
lamps. On the floor of the recess q
bright silver star is set in. and 1t is
almost worn away from the constant
kissing is receives. Most of the wor-
shippers remain in the church all
night"
The season Is observed in religious
ceremony and the 5000 inhabitants,
,oung and old almost to man on
Christmas day is n church-goer There
S no frlvality; no merrymaking, but
he entire population is given to pub
ic worship.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
CIRIsTMAsIN TIsE ANCIENT CITY

Everything pertaining to the Christ
mas tide is of interest to-day, and es-
pecially is it interesting to know how
the season is observed in the ancien;
city of Bethlehem, where nineteen hun.
dred years ago the Savior Of mankind
first saw the light OF day. The birth o,
Jesus at Bethlehem has been the theme
alike of song and sermon since tina,
eventful day. and everywhere the story
of Jesus has been told there the Christ
mas time is season of rejoicing.
1t is interesting then to know how.
throughout all these years. since the
star OF the East pointed the way OF
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
sTAftOF THE NATIVITY.
lRy w. G.. Roise1

(lSy W. Ii. BolSe)
Soon the year with all its prestige,
All its dreams and hopes sublime,
Will be as a ship dismantled.
Stranded on the sands of Time.
Let its evening be more radcnt
Than the glory of its morn
With n certain wondrOus beacon
Kindiing joy In hearts forlorn
To the sun in noontidc glory
No such homage would We pay.
Nor unto n constellation
AS TO this one star away
Nearer now than olden Bethlehem
Hangs that natal token bright.
For the manger there is empty
Where was born the Prince of Light.
over humblest cot and cradle
Where sweet babes securely lie.
Though without the bleak December,
1t keeps virgil from the sky.
Over those like the blest Mary
Hallowed by maternity
Beams that star as smile from heaven.
Harbinger Of joys TO be.
And. methinks. close watch It keepeth
over graves that holly hide,
Where mother and her baby
Sleep the long sleep side by side.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
$500.

MEMS OVERCOATS. MADE FROM
VERY FiNE lMPQRTED BEAVERS.
MELTONS MD CiiINCiiILLAS. WITH
hiNINGS. Y.NLORED RY EXrERT
NWoIk!KMt% ,,AND E3uAL, ~, POINT
COATS THAT ARE PRODUCED
READY To WEAR. THESE ARE
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LAR VALUE. AND NO NAN THAT IS
INTENSIFIED IN THE ECONOMIC
PURCHASE OF 4 VERY FINE OVER
COAT AT y MONEY SAVING PRICE
CAN AFFoED TO MAKE 4 PllE-
IY INVESTIGATED THE: SPECIAL
VALUES NOW BEING QUOTED FROM
THE OVERCOAT DEPARTMENT IL
MADE OVEDTrI ATS
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

An English publisher writes to the
London Times. asking: Are we in the
midst of an epidemic of bad spelling?"
He says that the number of people who
write mis-spelled letters and offer for
publication mis-spelled works of fiction
seems to be steadily on the increase.
General Buckner wants the Democra-
tic party to get together An organiza-
ton that can poll over 100000 votes
IN hot Presidential campaign with all
the business of the country arrayed
against it seems to be in a rather
healthy condition, remarks the Wash
.tngton Post.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
SI2.5O,

MEMS SUITS OF HIGH GRADE FAB
TRAININGS IN THE REST POSSIBLE
M;SNNEE; WARRANTED IN EVERY
Def All. OF EoNSTkICTfON FOR AR
SCPEkl0R IN EVERY RESPECT no
THE AVERAGE CLASS OF READY
MADE GARMENTS HUNDREDS OF
PARTICULAR DRESSt,RS THAT
HAVE HITHERTO NEVER KNOWN
WHAT H IT WNs 70 NEAR Kt:ADY..
THIS STATEMENT WHEN WE.
CLAIM THAT III IS ABSOl.I1TELY M
WEAR GARMENTS THAT iEiT RET
TER. Al ANY COST. KEEP THE
FACT WELL IN MEND THAT MOTH
ING LEAVES THE PREMISES I'M
LESS THE FIT is ACCURATE AND
THE TAILOR SHOP IN THE ANNEX
ED BUILDING is Al YOUR SERVICE
FOR Any AND ALL ALTERATIONS
OR CHANGES WITHOUT a PENNY
OF EXTRA COST
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
SI2l.00.

MMN's, oyNnCoATs ~ FULr. BOX
AID llAl;E BQ% lACKS, REGul.AE
ltEEt VELVET COLLARS. MADE
mkuM STANDARD ONERCOATlNtiS
THAT BARRIER IN TIDE SEASON
MoELD COMMAND NOT LESS THAN
IMtNII DOLLARS. THESE NRT
STRICTLY Al GARMENTS IN EVERY
SENSE OF TIE TERN, yRIAiMED
WITH FlHST-CLASS BODY Innings
AND HEAVY SATIN SLEEVE LIN
NO ONERCpATS ON TIE MARKET
THAT CAN EXCEL IN FIT AND CEN
E Ell; ,AfPEARANcE, AND FEW CAN
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

The world will shudder again at the
revolving news from Santiago that a
Spanish brute named Velez. at the head
of 200 troops. captured Cuban hospi-
tai at Tarahueca on December 6 and
killed all the sick, numbering twenty.
says the Brooklyn Eagle. All honor
TO the heroic garrison guarding this
hospital, who fought in defense of the
hslpiess until the last man fell.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
s / 600.

MEMS OvERCoATS IN CHOICE
EAh&iCS; MADE WITH MORE f.LAE-
okATE TRIMMINGS FROM WE'LL
WEAii Nc. STYLISH, UP-TO-DA
MATERIALS. THIS LINE EMHODIilS
MEnitM AND HEAVY WHGHT
oNEiSCOATS THAT HANt! BEEN RE-
OF CED tROM THE REGULAR SIX
TEEN FIFTY AND EIGHTEEN Dot
i-Al; GRADES. AND POSITIVELY
REPRESENT ALL OF THE MONEY
VAIL Z FROM EVERY POINT on
cONSiDEeATION THAT IT Is EVER
CIAL PRICE NOW NAMED FOR Such
SUPERIOR DVERCoNTS-
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

The business men of New York are
pressing Mr.. Choate, the distinguished
lawyer, for Senator. against Tom Plat.
5nst as the business men of Pennsylva-
MIA are pushing Mr. Wannamaker. the
4 distinguished tailor, against the candi-
date of the Quay machine, observes the
Pittsburg Post.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

1t Is reported from Havana that
General Weyler was ordered by the
Madrid government to take the field
again. That Is about all he will take.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

Any man who sings "Oh. Promise Me"
In front of Captain McWilliams' resi-
dence while Mckinley is there will be
run in by the police, says the Chicago
Chronicle.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 25. 1896.
EIGHT PAGES.

Senators Sherman and Morgan have
gotten together on the Cuban question
and an exchange thinks that the rest OF
the country ought to be unanimous.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

With Senator Quay: Declaring war on
trusts and sentTar Cameron making
trouble with Spain, the PENNSYLVANIA
State Senate and House of Representa-
tives should pass a joint resolution of
MISREPRESENTATION, says the Washing
ton Times.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

We'll, I tolt you" observed Herr pink-
elspiel, most of us would pc gust dick
led to deaf nit the hresents vat We
got uf dey vos in keeping nit our own
idea Of vot We desert amt it?"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

A Washington correspondent declares
there are three genuine millonaires
in the Senate-Cameron, mcmillan and
Wetmore. If this is so. several State
Legislatures have been imposed OH. as
serts the Chicago Tribune.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

Resolutions requesting the Kentucky
delegation in Congress to support the
Cameron resolution We're adopted by a
Frankfort mass-meeting few nights
ago.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

The Baltimore Board of Trade has
adopted resolutions opposing The Came
ron Cuban resolution ana urging it's
defeat by Congress. The St. Louis
Cotton Exchange has taken similar &C
tion.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
81 co..

MEMS SUITS or FANCY pTiID
CnENIoT&. MADE IN TiiE Ilf,iiitlT
OF STYLE AND JUST Si;Cli %t..rS
TliAT MEAN \ CLEAR SAVING. ~
Nor LESS TiiAE N>N FROM 'Yjii.
Gt.NEit.NL SCALE OF fEttt.S
IN E:i Y y iii:itH. AND EVEN AT ~ -
III. 81 IT'S Niii: NEITHER AiAIiL. ~:
fiNl"!tlt! MOB: Hii ANYTHING ilf:t,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
90.

MEMS oNERCOATS IN KERsEYs.
SSii,iIoNS, CpNl!RrS AND BEAVERS.
~ ADJ FROM RELIABLE lNAERICS
IN ROTH LIGHT AND DARK -ET
tECTS; AiEDiEM AND EXTRA LONG.
- WELL AS SHORT BON SACKS
Ijtn!tE Is NOT \ GARMENT IN THE
,ENIi NE TEN DOLLAR LINE BUT
" is AN ENTRAoRptNARY
ltNlh. AIN VALUE. POSITIVELY NOT
\ STYLE: ON THE NEW FASHION
rEAHH MOI, REPUIcSESTED IN THIS
VAST AGt:REGATlON OF TEN DOL
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

The papers are discussing problems
for the next administration" and the
Washington Star says that one of the
greatest problems that will confront the
next administration will he what 10 do
with Mark Hanna, who will want to
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

II Princeton wants to keep ex-Preii-
dent Cleveland, says the Inter-ocean
the authorities will at once make al
appropriation TO plant wild celery End
SOW wild rice in all the lakes a,i
Il arshes WITHIN fifty miles of The plece.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
Mems Dvarc0aIs,

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HEAVY NAVY Blue hEMTSERRs W.iifT'mm
plpihGP EELN!I.T COLLARS. SURSTNN-
biitIsHJ y M IA AND TRIMMED: ME-
LoCkING; DRESSY OVERCOArS
IIHAT WILL RENDER GOOD SER
n!CE AND BEYOND QUESTION ARE
EiihMGi UP ONERcCATS FOR Tile
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
$500.

-, MEMS oNERCoATs. MADE FROM
WN,21,i ~ - NAVY Bl;uE TR!Cor,
t.ASt!ioN.hPLE. SLIGHTLY. DHESSY
H;Nb ST.: iCENBLE OVEGCON'r
ptA!tA NOE or THE AVEi,HisE
I1lNL"-.Guhw rMAT UsUALLv SELLS
E -. MS,H,t'E THAN TWENTY FiVI:
fHiCE THAT IS NOW CIfNRGED-
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
81 90.

MEMS STORM ULSTERS OF EXTRA
HEAVY tl;.A;A,Ff NGYRiA CHINCfIILI.A. MADE;
NTH WIDE COLLARS AND STORM
futiEEfS. GULL FlFTY-FOUR IN
TCt,ES LONG. y REGULAR STORM
1n,itni&!; AND'A GREAT PROrECTlON
~, ,.it NAN WHO is EXPOSED TO
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
S5.97.

MEMS SUITS OF ETNRA HEAVY
Al. WOOL CIlEVIOTS ~ PLAIN AND
NEAT CHECKED PATTERNS MNlt,
~ THE REST POSSIBLE MANNER.
SS EAR AS WARKMANSiiIP is CON
THE FAMOUS WHITE. l.NEt,i ~
TIE UNITED GARMENT WORIlF n;
0E AMERICA. \ TIP TOP SUIT 'rI:
WEAR AND y BANG IN oI7T!otf rod
NEATNE.SS AND TIDINESS
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

c. nm Boys Knee Pants Suits OF an
E.UUWN1S:9sl, ,t SSheyiiot wen made, and
improvements. Neat patterns and In
every sense extremely durable and sight.
lars. W N'i
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

q HS Boys Knee Pants Suits Of
D "a neat Erownish Heavy Winter
y Suiiing. made in nicely braid
~ ~ ti.GiSi9rS from age to s, ana Plain
bargain Values for One 'rwenty-rhrce.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25
Matchless Bargain Values
Mems Suits.

MEMS SUITS OF HEAVY BLACK
TTEMRsi iAisD b WyILEST Fl WaiGHT MAJ
TRIMMED: AN EXTEh6 ri Al ~ :
BIG VALUE AND A Good NEARER.
tIID WOULD BE CONSIDEiiED
GnEAP NJ MOST OF THE STORES
Al, an ADVANCE OF FULLY TWO no
III IL .tEH; DOLLARS MORE THAN TILE
Ti iS olohES BIG BARGAIN QUOTA
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

MEMS SUITS, MADE OF SERVICE.
HBIE CHENlOTS IN STAPLE, coon
EEiAsIBRLSS: WARRANTED FOR SOiiu
LCTELS SHAPELY, SENSONNHI.E
AND STYLISH AND ENTRNORDi.
NARY CREATIONS OF CHEApNESS
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-25

Ct E7ECYS' KNEE pANTS SUITS
D r. OF, Navy ElGE CHEV!oT,
EKS IN SMALL SIZES. AND REt;i--
XXX JACKETS IN TIE LARt: Err
IN II ANTS MADE WITH REIN
Ecmt, I'D SEATS, DOUBLE KNEE
pATtNT HANDS AND RUTTONS AND
IpAI,En SEAMS. \ NEW LINE lust
SEVEN. '
Evening star., 1896-11-14
MAKING "SCOPE" PICTURES
Interesting Process Of Photographing Nov
ing Street Crowd.
flow the Long Film Filled With u
Succession of Images is De-
veloped and Utilized.

A few days ago an unpretentious-loolSing
vehicle was standing near the curb on
Pennsylvania avenue near the 7th street
transfer station. In the wagon was a large
pine box, and upon this a smaller box of
cherry. This smaller box proved. upon in
Quiry, to be a camera for making the long
bands of pictures used in the phantcscope,
cinemetograph, vitascope and all the vari-
Gus members of the constantly-growing
family of scopes and graphs" devices
for exhibiting series of rapidly-shifting
Photographic transparencies, arranged sue
cessively. so that one blends into the other
uninterruptedly, giving the impression of
objects in motion. a photograph of the
moving crowds at the transfer was being
made by Mr.. c. Francis Jenkins, who told
q Star reporter about the methods and
mechanism employed in the process.
In company with MIR. Jenkins. who car
ried the box in his hand, the reporter visit
ed the laboratory, which was a dark room,
where the strip containing the pictures
was removed from the box. And dark the
room is. too. after being out in the bright
sunlight, the only light visible being a red
globe swinging from the ceiling
Upon entering the room tick, tick tick
not unlike the sound of clock, is noticed,
and as soon as the eyes become accus-
toned to the semi-darkness of the subdued
Illumination, 1t Is found to proceed from
the far side of the room, where little
square holes along the edge of the tape, or
film" as 1t Is called. These little holes are
punched along the edges of the film to in
sure perfect register, as was explained.
The punching must be done with extreme
accuracy. but so skillfully is the mechan-
Evening star., 1896-11-14
INDULGENCE DEMANDED.
The Triumph That Shattered Phil
osopher's Sclf-Restraint.


The elderly Washington gentleman whose
years do not lessen a genial interest in the
affairs of life had an unfamiliar swacger
in his gait as he came into the house. His
wife observed it Immediately. There was
something I'm his manner when he merely
served the butter at dinner which suggested
the pompous.
Richard his wife said 81 hone YOU
have not forgotten that pride gocth before
a fall"
MY dear" was the reply, "I am perfect
ly familiar with that admonition. And ]
have reason TO fear that in my case il ap-
plies in literal as well as I'm a iigurative
sense. But i can't help it"
You are not usually this way"
Il know it. When L was graduated at tho
head of my class i'm college ] was as meek
and modest the last man on the lisi
When i was elected to Office aud ran away
ahead OF my ticket, l could have dcicG
anybody to accuse me OF showing the least
elauon. When i won my first big law sui
l. endeavored to bear success with ths
same philosophy which / should have fcl'
was proper in defeat When / got my pic
ture in the paper leading citizen in my
community 1 could have defied any of m,
old-ume friends 10 detect the slightest dij-
terence in my behavior But this case T.
diflerent. hope you'll bear with me. bu:
L We just ridden my bicycle three tim,
around The block without falling off. and
just can't help putting on airs
Evening star., 1896-11-14

ism designed and SO delicately made that
1t can be trusted to care for itself, running
all night. when occasion requires with
out attention, punching out it's myriads of
little squares of celluloid. which for all the
WGrld resemble in miniature the niles Of
sawdust in the mills. The pictures are Xxx
inches. and are laid on, in the camera, at
the rate of 1900 a minute and up
After the photographs are made the
film Is developed and dried, and autcmati-
caily fed, in contact with like strip of
sensitive film, beneath powerful mean
descent lamp and "positives" printed there
from, very much as a cylinder press prints
the long strips of newspaper. This exposed
film is taken into another dark room, where
it Is spirally laid onto a large cylinder
rotated by an electric motor This cylinder
Is supported in half moon shaped bearings
at the ends of large trough resembling
the great wooden sugar troughs, In which
our Srandfathers used to catch the sap of
the naples.
The developer" dark-colored fluid. is
poured on from a pitcher, the film con-
tlnu1nS to rotate therein until fully de-
veloped The end of the finn first laid on
is then fastened to another cylinder which
quickly rolls 1t OF the first and passes 1t
through another bath until it Is fixed"
whatever that may mean. Then the film
Is given thorough washing under a long
tube pierced with dozens of little holes
from which the water is projected in tiny
streams against the passing film. The
washing is continued for half an hour.
when the film is reeled off onto a drying
rack and hung up, where under the force
ful action of electric fans. it is soon con-
verted Into hard-surfaced, flexible
band, fifty feet long, containing 800 pic
lures, but which is rolled up until it is
scarcely larger than double spool of cot
ton.
Aside from the extreme simplicity of the
apparatus, its automatic character Is a
most fascinating feature. The chemist in
charge stated that he would rather de-
velop 100 feet of this film than two dry
plates. And them said he, you take
pardonable pride in knowing that your pic
lures are going all over the world" An
American who is so unfortunate as to be
elsewhere than In Washington, either at
home or abroad, on the 4th of next March,
may, shortly thereafter, step into a con-
venient theater and see the triumphant
march Of the inaugural party along the
avenue, with the Capitol Of his country
art Of photography is still said to be in
its babyEood."