Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
A DIPLOMATS FAD
The Turkish Minister is an Expert
Amateur Photographer.
HAS TAKEN MANY Fine SNAP SHOTS
Interesting Souvenirs Of His Stay
in Washington.
PORT AIT OF MSEL f

Written for The Evening Star.
| The greatest statesmen and diplomats of
! the world have found IL necessary to get
| away from business cares at times, and
| history has been enriched with anecdotes
| of the manner in which these men have
| sought recreation and relaxation. 1t goes
without saying that the popular man to-
| day, no matter what his business, profess
| sion calling, has fad" innocuous or
not, as it dominates him, which is, in other
words, the play" that keeps him from
drying up and blowing away. That makes
him cOmDanonable.
The pocket camera has introduced an in
fictitious play fad Like all fads, 1t has
good, bad ana Indifferent devotees. A lit
tie of the work done is passable, some of
it IS frightful, while a very small proper
tion of it all is worth preserving. The ko-
dal fiend has no monopoly of nationality,
but the fad is termed American one, as
the camera has reached its highest devel-
Opment here.
The kodak is omnipresent in Washington.
1t Is the diversion of the hour in high Of
fetal circles. The wife Of a noted senator
has some fine examples Of her handiwork,
taken from the senators gallery during the
closing hours Of the extraordinary session.
In the diplomatic circles there are a good
many of the ladies who have dainty little
pocket cameras, and IT IS said that the Core
an minister takes great pleasure in snap
shotting Washington scenes, but no one
who is not a ''professional' has taken up
the kodak with much enthusiasm as his
cxcellency, Ali Ferrouh Bey, the Turkish
minister. He is the youngest foreign min
lister ever accredited to this country and
IS considered in official circles one of the
brightest. He is cultured man of high
artistic instincts, and is ambitious to serve
the sultan, to whom he is devoted, in
thoroughly statesman.ike manner, SO is at
pains to lcuQaint himself wit bn hab
and customs of our people. He likes some
times 10 throw aside the cares of official
life, however. and then he finds Sin his
camera safe and sure recreation.
Enthusiastic Photographers.
Although he has been In the United
States less than year, he speaks most ac-
curate English, and likes our people and
ways. Washington charms his artistic
senses, and some two months ago he de-
termined to photograph some of its many
beauties for the benefit of his friends in
Constantinople. The kodak he uses is no
baby affair, but one of the largest and cost
Hest kind. He has took" Washington Of
fetal and private. from every corner of the
picturesque old District. The negatives he
has made run up into the hundreds, yet
he laughingly declares that he is only an
anna tour Taking the pictures he found to
be an easy process, and he concluded that
he might as well master the whole science.
and he has. Opening off his private office
IN the legation is handsome little room
fixed up for the purpose of printing ard
developing thu negatives he takes. All the
appliances and improvements of modern
Photographic machinery are arranged III
that room, and when he wishes to forget
for nom INT that he is 'envoy eXtraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentiary of Tur-
KY in the United States" he can slip with
out notice into the little gallery among his
h.Atn a1 Noe a VOC hh i- 4
Thomas the legation chief of staff that
there is a caller for the envoy. etc" when
HI slides back into his fez, his chair of
state, and the REORGANIZATION of dignity it
self, assumes his title and is once more his
eXcellCncy, All Ferrouh Bey, the Turkish
minister" tC be advanced to ambassador
early in the new year.
The Turkish minister is an interchangeable
worker, no matter the object in hand. His
Photographic fad must consume most of