The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-27
ows and rows of IEenesses

rows and rows OF likenesses
are OF absorbing interest
Apart from It's queenly interest il
forms an excellent object lesson in the
changing of fashions in dress for thirty
years. Meanwhile Mr.. Downey keeps up a
plains were taken al Balmoral, Aber-
geldie, Frogmore, Windsor Castle, Os-
borne and buckingham Palace. Here you
may see every member Of the royal fam
lily, from her majesty down to little Prince
Edward OF York There" pointing 10 a
quaint, faded print; that Is perhaps, the
most successful portrait / ever took Of
her majesty IL owed IFS success to the
queens favorlte collie, Sharp Her ma
testy wished TO be taken with him, but
Sharp who was no respecter even Of roy
al persons, refused to keep stll. After
several Intellectual attempts to take the
photograph on my part, her majesty
would have relinquished the idea Of being
taken with Sharp had not John Brown,
who was In attendance, given the dog a
good shaking, and remarked IN broad
Scotch: But he maun sit still. your ma
Jestyv' This made the queen smile, and,
the dog keeping quiet, the negative showed
the queen smiling That was how that
photo was taken. You may remember 1t
had an enormous sale"
Slowly the leaves Of this fascinating
book are turned over. and we behold 9TH
er pictures, almost as interesting as that
whose success was due to the royal col
lie. Here, for instance. is a photograph
taken 81 the queen In the dress which she
wore on the occasion OF the Prince OF
Wales thanksgiving at St. Pauls. Here
IL another depicting the queen ON horse
back; John Brown Is also In this picture
This is No. 81 in the album Of her maj
estys private photographers. No. 6S rep
resents her majesty on her ivory throne:
n =.
nond Of worldwide 6elobrity; In No. "
she Is with = group Of children, among
them the late Duke of Clarence: Nos. $50
represent the queer II her spinning wheel,
while no. ~ 70 4S are photographs of her
majesty at nor writing table
1T may interest you TO know" says Mr..
Downty. putting the great album under
lock and key again. that N the Commem-
crn.ion photograph The queen Is holding
a very interesting fan. Her majesty ask
ed for a dght fan WI en- she was posing
'or me. so her ATTENDANTS brought her a
light-coloTed one. IL was however. \ fan
light in weight that the queen required
20 then this was brought TO her. Her
majesty was good enough TO explain ~ at
Il was one which was often used by Queen
Charlotte. l may ada that 1t now forms
one Of the four fans which the queen has
lent TO the Exhibition OF Fans. which IL
being held at the Imperial Institute A
remark Of ours regarding the possibilities
OF bad weather on June 2 drew another
piece OF information from The famous old
photographer. THE queen win 60" he
said, whatever the weather may be-
Nothing will deter her from carrying out
a programme once she has determined to
go through with Il. ] photographed her
majesty once In pelting rain. That was
when she unveiled the Albert memorial az
Balmoral She was Ia an open carriage,
and an umbrella was her sole protection
from the inclemency OF tho weather. but
she stepped out Of the carriage and un-
yelled the memorial without any fuss"