The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-25

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N''ui"d. With tho grcnt d1'' rev papers BE-
m every vav oonplo'" llF" INC u"wspHrct.
o. t'cords MI the great rhetorical events II 'hr
d1'. and u IL marvellous TO thina ~ what ,
record " our present world lf" II WI hand
down to coming generations. VIII HIl 'ho-
details ~ dro's and manner. md incidents
winch written history. however graphic. can
not supply Had thcro been h%iogrnphs IN
former DAYS Va might now see all the great
characters and scenes " history A. living pres
'nC"s before Us the signing 81 m" l"Cl7rd-
ton ~ Independence, the advance ~ tho Brt-
i'm lines NJ Breeds lIill to nghi 'he battle of
Banker Tiill. the evacuation of New York 10y
-" British. Washington taking leave 81 his
officers down in Fraunces Tavern I'm Broad
street. Washington in his daily home lfe ~
Mount Vernon all these things we might have
in living. moving Reproduction before us. iust
as generations 10 come will have the stirring
scenes Of the Spanish. Philippine and South
African wars, which the biograph has faith
fully recorded
Several Governments. notably the English
and the German. have appreciated tn" impor-
tance Of the hiograph, not only a. a record ~
. historical events, but as a valuable aid to grasp
ing and UNDERSTANDING in clearer detail i'dngS
and events which hear upon matters Of to-dav.
They have made elaborate arrangements for
acquiring. lring and preserving Geographic
photograph. and do all that they can 'o AFFORD
facilities 'or the tskins Of geographic pictures
that NAV he o; interes, or use. or both, to present
and future generation Secretary Root ~
tho War Department has also adopted the
bioeraph and organized a library Of mut"-
scopic reels Of pictures Of all naval and mill
,ary events. both at home and abroad. aud these
will form a part of the national records.
or all the monarchs Of Europe none Is NOR"
Interested in the bioErdph than Emperor VII
liam Of MANY The Kaiser always has
had n weakness for photographs. and par
,iculnrly for photographs of himself. and for
the biograph he has developed something like
m infatuation. There IA no reques, for rrivi-
leges 10 take pictures which The biugraph COM
panv has asked that he has refused lie even
goes further. He is constantly sending word
to the biograph headquarters Of military and
other events that are about to take plac" and
offering the privilege ~ making biocraph
photographs. Al the request of the GEOGRAPHIC
COMPANY and n an expense 10 the German
Government Of thousands ~ dollar he ordered
the powerful bnttlc,hip Odin to steam at fun
speed at the same time firing all her big guns,
In order that the biograph people might photo
graph her ne she would appear in action He
also gave orders that the hioSraph operator
In China should receive from Gen. Waldersee
all possible facilities for his work.
In ENGLAND the latest Use to which the bio
graph has been applied is the photographers
Of groups Of children ut play In this way
people are acquiring and preserving pictures
of their little ones ne they themselves see them
every day in all the buovancy Of child life and
activity. Stuiips for photographs of this kind
are fitted up in London. where scenes are ar
ranged TO represent domestic interiors. Here
the children are turned loose. and when the
novelty OF the surroundings has worn on and
the little ones begin 10 move about and play
naturally then the whirring biograph is started
and their every movement and expression
faithfully recorded To show these or other
pictures in the homo circle Il small picture pro-
iecting apparatus has been arranged, which
NAV either give a little parlor entertainment
or might restore 70 bereaved families the living
moving presences Of loved ones gone from them
forever. In a short time studios of this kind
will be- established in New York In England
from the royal family down. people Of all
classes have adopted this method Of getting
pictures Of members of their family circles.
One Of the best pictures OF this kind taken is
that Of the children Of the Duke Of York, the
little Prince Edward, who may one day be King
of ENGLAND. and his younger brother and sister
The photographs were taken in a garden scene
after the children had forgot to be unnatural
and had settled down 10 play in real earnest
There is also a fine bioyraph picture II Queen
Victoria taken In Phoenix Park. Dublin, on the
occasion of her recent visit to Ireland and just
at the moment when a little cir! was handing
no TO her In her ~carriHre n large bunch Of
flowers The Queen her,elf was much pleased
with this picture and said Of II that II was the
only one ever taken Of her out of doors when
a sunshade was not held over her head.
As may be imagined, the securing OF some Of
these Geographic pictures involves not only Il
very great expense but also diplomatic skill
supplemented by strong influence Notably
WIS this the case when the photographs 81 the
rope, taken in tho Vatican gardens. were OBJ
tanned The representative OF The Dlosraph
company took up his abode in Rome and lived
there for months before. through Marquis
reccl. the Pope's nephew. the privilege was
obtained. Even then his Holiness IMPOSED
rigid conditions "a 10 the manner the pictures
were 10 be exhibited. that they must not be
produced az a part Of any dramatic enter
tainment. or. generally. in any way that would
tend 10 vulgarize what 10 50 many millions
Of people is sacred. With the crowned heads
the difficulties particularly Of late have been
much minimized. and even from the pune
tilious and very formal court OF the Ncrhcr-
lands there was no strenuous objection
made to making Geographic pictures Of the
coronation Of Queen Wiihelmina II Is be-
licved that the privilege Of making pictures
Of her wedding will he obtained with equal ease
The cost Of making the pictures is y much
larger item than Is generally supposed For
instance it was said al the headquarters Of the
bioCraph company In this city that II cost over
s5,OD TO Photograph the Jefrics-Sharkcy
pril"Asht Four Geographic cameras were
in us" upon this occasion, one taking up tho
progress Of events when the other was reaching
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