The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-06-13
ANINrEREsrING COLLECTION.
photographs Showing the Variety of Seen
cry to Be Enjoyed by the Use of the
Bicycle.


ing his career as a cyclist dropped
into photographers supply house
the other day to have some necessary
repairs made to his camera and re-
marked to the salesman as he set
the box on the counter: ''Take good
care of that camera. During the
past six years l have made over
5000 pictures with it and have
carried it on my wheel nearly 30, 900
miles. My photographs are all
arranged in albums and so grouped
as to tell the story of the particular
tour on which they were taken, with
notes and memoranda on the oppO-
site page. Aside from the assis
lance they afford me in reaching
many delightful trips a-wheel, the
albums are interesting in showing
the great variety of scenery that can
be enjoyed by the use of a bicycle.
Rare bits of landscape, views from
the White Mountains and the Adj
rondacks, pastoral scenes from the
interior of New York State, New
Jersey and Connecticut; marine
views taken on the South and North
Shores of Long Island and on the
Jersey coast, al Nantucket, Bar
HarbOr and the Maine coast, follow
one another in interesting panorama
until | wonder at the amount of
territory / must have covered. Then
too. the opportunity afforded to
study character is shown in pictures
of old boat-men, fishermen, mis-
chievous urchins, pretty girls.
and yachting parties, village char
acters, notable men and women of
whom [ have caught snap shots at
summer hotels. To my success in
making this collection I attribute
my use of a bicycle. Without it [
never should have been able to make
many of the most valuable and
artistic pictures in my album, and I
am going to keep on adding to it SO
long I am able to ride wheel.
A Famous Newspaper Correspondent
There are few if any newspaper
men in the United States with a
more brilliant record than that
achieved by Mr.. Williams f. Curtis,
the famous Washington cores pendent
of The Chicago Record Herald.
Among newspaper men as well as
among the careful readers of news
papers, it is generally conceded that
Mr.. Curtis is the dean of the large
colony of trained journalists at the
national capital. His relation with
the eminent men in Washington are
so intimate and so personal, that
he has an immense advantage over
the ordinary correspondent. They
give to him their confidence, know
ing that he will properly discriminate
what should be said and what not.
Thenewspaper career of Mr.. Curtis
began in Chicago in 1872. Starting
as reporter, he worked his way
upward rapidly to the position of
managing editor. which he resigned
to become the Secretary of the South
American Commissioner govern
ment appointment. While in this
position, Mr. Curtis travelled ex-
tensively in Central and South
American, producing several popular
Volumes as the literary result of his
labor. Later on, in cooperation
with Secretary of State, James G..
Blaine, Mr.. Curtis organized the
work Of the Bureau of America, Re
puulics, and was placed in charge
of that organization; and at the
Worlds Columbian Exposition, he
distinguished himself by his labor as
the executive head of the Latin
American departments.
As correspondent of TIE Chicago
Record, Mr.. Curtis travels carried
him not only into all quarters of the
United States, but almost every
where abroad. His letters to The
Record from Japan and China are
published in book form; likewise his
letters from England, Germany and
France, and also those resulting
from his travels in Mexico and in
South America. A letter from Mr..
Curtis is published in every issue of
The Chicago Record Herald daily
and Sunday.
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