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some talk of allowing the commonwealth
Parliament to use temporarily the Victorian
Parliament houaes. but eventually mag
nificen. buildings will be erected at the new
Federal capital, the site of which is yet to
be chosen.
In order to visit Parliament we get q
card from our Consul General. take stree
car at the hotel. and within five minutes
ride are In front of a magnificent structure
Of light gray stone on hill in the bust
ness heart of Melbourne. The Parliament
buildings lcok somewhat like our Treasury
Department. but they are cleaner ami less
somber. They stand at the end of Bunker
street, walling it of jus. as the treasury
does F street in Washington.
We mount the hill passing through the
crowds of shoppers and then go up almost
as many steps TO reach the front door as
at the Capitol in Washington. We go
through a grove of stone pillars and finally
into a large ante-room finished in white.
This 10 the entrance to Parliament.
At the doors opposite where we came In
are doorkeeper policemen. who wear blue
suits with silver buttons ard helmets of
black oilcloth. We hand our notes of in
PRODUCTION to one OF them and a moment
later are admitted TO second vestibule
or lobby through which We ascend into
gallery and find ourselves in chamber
Of the house We are in a long. narrow
hall with high vaulted ceiling, on the floor
OF which sits the lower branch of the Vic
toria Congress.
The Speaker is in a pulpit at the end of
the room with the members in front ard
below on benches without desks or tables.
Many of the members keep their hats on
and when they write they write on their
hats lust as in the House of Commons in
Eneland. The Speaker wears a wig and Il
gown. the clerks wear wigs and gowns. and
all together It is the English House OF Com
mona over again.
Half way from the floor to the roof are
the galleries where we are sitting. We
arc compelled to take our hats oft, although
the members below keep theirs on, not
vfthstan6ing ladies' are present among the
spectators. The speaking is about the
came as that of one OF our State Lsgisla-
lures. and the conduct of the members
not very different. There are strong men.
however, in all parts of the country. and
the Commonwealth Parliament will probab-
ly contain some Of the best brains OF Aus
trafasia.
The new Capital Of Australia.
One of the questions before the new par
lament will be the selection of site for
the Federal capital. The jealousy between
the different cities precludes any idea that
either Melbourne or Sydney will be chosen.
and the probability IL that some interior
point between the two will be selected. At
present the indications are in favor of a
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, dustry is the great industry, and the aris-
| tocrat is the squatter.
| OF late the people have taken to dairying.
! They now have as fine creameries and
| cheese factories as any part of the world.
| They ship butter from Melbourne to the
Philippines. and they hope some time to
I supply the trade OF East Asia.
Many Rich Men,
The new Australia has many rich men.
| The big cities have many millionaires in
| proportion as cities of like size In the Uni
| ted States. There are forty big banks, with
| many branches. There are savings banks
! everywhere. There are only about 40Ol, ,t0)
people on the continent. but Leo go of them
; have money in the savings banks. their de-
| posits aggresating more than $50 900. 900.
There are as fine buildings here in Mel
bourne as in any American town of 5000
people. sydney is magnificent city, and
Adelaide and Brisbane are well laid out and
. beautifully built.
One Thousand Newspapers
The new commonwealth is an Intelligent
commonwealth. Australia has more than
1919 newspapers. II has magazines and
periodicals In every city and town. In Mel
bourne alone there are iJ0 newspapers. mag
aZifleS a:iu Jouinais. One OF these. the Mel
bourne Age. prints more than 600 papers
every morning. All OF the newspapers have
hi; Saturday editions. great blanket sheets
OF twcnty-four pages. which are mailed
throughout the State and which sell for Il
cents a copy.
All the big cities have public libraries.
There are churches of all kinds, and the
people are 80 rious on Sundays that they
won't allow the street cars to run during
church time
As to schools. I will have to make a spe-
cial letter to describe the new-fangled ideas
OF instruction. There night schools and
day schools. industrial schools and tech
rical colleges. and an Australia sian institu-
ton known as Schools of Art
Steamships and Trade.
The big steamers you see here show that
Europe appreciates the size of Australia
and the value of Australian trade. There
are dozen big companies which have lines
Of steamships from Australia to Europe
The North German Lloyd has four steam
ers of 10,50J tons each which sail from
Bremen and Southampton via the Mediter-
ranean and SIeZ Canal to Melbourne and
Sydney. The p. & o. sends big ships every
two weeks from London to Sydney. and
the Messaseries, the great steamship COM
pany of France. has a similar service.
Then there is the Orient line. the British
India line. the White Star. the Shaw and
Seville and other large companies There
are ships which come around the Cape Of
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Good Hope. sailing from Cape Town to
thence on to New Zealand. and thence to
London via the Strait of Magellan: There
is a line of new steamers from Sydney to
San Francisco and another the Canadian
Pacific. which connects the continent with
Vancouver. calling at Honolulu on the way.
The cost first-class from Sydney to San
Francisco is 500. and to London about $500.
AS to travel over the country there are
railroads connecting the principal cities Of
Eastern Australia. and in time I suppose
Adelaide and Perth will be Joined, although
the distance is SO great and the country
between is so poor. that 1t will not be soon
AT present there are about 5000 miles of
railroad in the various colonies. Each
colony has built its own roads. and each
has its own gauge. so that there IL a trans
fer Of cars on going from one to the other.
Part of the business of the new confedera-
ton will be to standardize these railroads
and to reorganize them into one harmonious
system.
The Parliament Buildings.
II you will make an imaginary visit with
me to the Victorian Parliament we shall get
some idea Of how the commonwealth Par
lament will look when It has its first Sit
ting. Each of the Australian colonies has
its own Parliament. which. until now, has
made laws Of all kinds and regulated every
thing. These Parliamerts win be continued
as State Legislatures. and the common
wealth Parliament viii devote itself to
intercolonfsl a1airs. Just now there n
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..-t,...I 'p 1'e-s
" t',n"''o' ''e i'ai"es vi w" o
.o"hS' mus sishIi!ins tnat New SOUTH
"aies and Victoria nave. entered tEto feo-
erai embrace. and their rivalries are now to
he buried
VII, =, so.o. ~. rs,
a.,
<hu 'i''s o.'hss me IN the erect tne new
Heretofore Sydney has been practically .;
free port and most of our goods have been
landed there The new government vitf
proh,b,v irnnosa , t.r,rr ~, al, ,,rn,,,, .so,.s.
ard II 10 , ,,o.,;o,r ,,ho+,,or =. -.
ay A'o.
''a'e feia,iohs WIN H'hsiahu' Az
PRESENT Insta'd p"Ss D! Iar the greater
part of what Australia produces. and tho
most of the Australian imports come from
her. These imports are enormous in value.
They amount to more than those NJ .nv
ether English colony being four ,,,,.. :.
much ,s ,bose =, C,n.da 81 .-.."S =
mncb as thoxo ~ sorth Afr,cn r.ha .S,.-.'
,n,nortsd H., ,,,o.. c.saa ao,,,a
inst as yell from tho I:n,ted s,s,., .s,S se
o,,r. mo nnf.ct,,rara sho,,d sa,5 90. Ss 5.I :.
mors the nrobabilItv 10 that tho, co,,,d ~n.s.
lin an excel,ert business Ir f,ads :. ,ars :
comparatIveIv FREQ thsre sbou,d h. . s..sx.'
ily increasing denrard Tor o,,r rn..hs.a..
hardware and cottor, '''-Ss. -
Al present o,an,It,e. NJ ,oo5, co,,,. 49,.
America IN MeIhourre ard Svdns,, 81. 80
land and ,here 4. :, .,e.d,. ircr...o q, =. .s. :
,i,nmente v,o S.n Fronc,uco A 49,.
opr large ,yricnItur,i ,,rn,s,n.,. as..Ss.," VI
b,ys ho,,sas hsr. and -, ,n,s ~
au.,rn,,ar go. "' ~ ana 'o'u mat inc
American ,nnlams,ts and sr%ats ,soIs gao M 70 @ GET
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white cloth which hung fag-liKe. ana III
primitive fashion. from a wooden frame
nailed against the ceiling.
This continued Mr.. Yerkes. "acts like
a skylight.
I'm enlarsing my originals. which do
with electric light. experience has taught
me that the best enlarged pictures are those
which are four times as large as the orgi-
nal. However. l could make a picture as
large as "A house from Il cabinet. II wanted
to and the supply men made the paper big
enough.
II 10 II all with my 5x7 camera. | set
the camera and photograph the original on
bromide paper mostly. although now and
then l use plate. All do is to reduce or
increase the focus in order to obtain the
desired enlargement. | use electric light
for doing this work.
Il never had moments instruction. nor
ever went 10 a gallery to see pho.og-
rapher work. The man from whom 1 got
the camera told me something about it.
but that was worse than nothing. because
what he told me wasn't good. All / know
and can do came to me through expert
menting. l stumbled on a lot of discov-
cries and my friends laughed AT me at first
ana SAID was CIdZN. Wuaie utluDustidttu
the thing to them.
Here is one thing. for example. never
saw photographer do and MIR. Yerkes
pointed TO a lox,2 mirror in frame which
can be raised and lowered.
Instead of telling my subjects to look
at given point when posing therl, l ad-
Just the mirror 50 that they may see them-
selves and assume an expression which
pleases them.
ITO enlarge my cabinets I made box
out of an old trunk. You see. the lens can
be easily inserted or removed; and as the
slide for the bromide paper is always
properly set to make the picture four
times as large. l save myself lot of
trouble.
Il guess the most remarkable thing l do
is to print from wet plates. The plate is
first properly fixed and washed. That takes
about ten minutes. Then l print on velox
or bromide paper. wetting my paper also.
That's the secret-use wet paper with wet
plate. Both the plate and paper being wet.
there is no sticking together and pulling
the film off the plate. My printing 1 do
right here in electric light. the ordinary
electric light of a room, just as you see il
here. 1t Is an ordinary process with me
now. I spoiled only one plate while ex-
rerimented. What 1t requires is care. Ii
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you are careless. you won't be able to set;
good results. r.
I'm my own peculiar way can turn out
a picture in twenty minutes-ive minutes
for posing and taking the picture. ten min
utes for developing and washing the plate.
and five minutes for printing. After have
put my plate into the fixing bath / have no
more use for the darkroom. but turn on the
full electric light. There Is no danger Of
spelling the plate once it is In the fixing
bath.
'.I had a couple CT amateurs here not long
ago. and after taking their pictures took
them into the darkroom with me.
'As soon as had put my plates into the
fixing bath, told them to turn on the light.
You're crazy they shouted. You'll ruin
these pictures
Turn it on persisted. and they turned
II on.
We'll. they've got their pictures hanging
on the wall now
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WHAT Mr.. TAYLOR YERKts DOES
AND HOW he DOES IT.

In taking flashlights he lets the
light through the back of the CAM
era. instead of through the lens in
front.
In enlarging original photographs.
say cabinets. he dis ,vcr.o that
size fcur times as Large as the or'Gi-
nal gives the best results.
He enlarges his flashlights in elec-
tric light. and uses III, same camera.
photosraphins the oi,sure to be cn-
larged on bromide papc-
He uses mirror IL, front OF his
subjects. In which they can see
themselves while he is photographs
ing them.
The most remarkable thing ne does
is to print from wet )ia.es. thereby
saving that tims-wast!hy process. the
drying of plates. In :Iler TO do This
he vets his paper and puts tine vet
plate against the wet ,apEr.
lie prints in electric light. the Or
dinary electric light of a room.
Mr.. Yerkes can turn ont perma-
nent photograph. one which ne guar
antees not to fade. in twenty min
utes. using FIVE minutes for the peg
ing, ten minutes for the developing
and washing of the plate. and I'VE
minutes for printing.
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South Wales. with Its sister. Wodonga, in
Victoria. on the opposite side of the Muir
ray. AT present the town has 5000 people.
1t is chiefly supported by the agricultural
and pastoral regions surrounding it. 1t is
pretty little place. with fairly good en-
vironment. and do not see why 1t would
not make as good capitaI as any place
else.
If this site Is selected the name may be
changed. for the people argue that the cap
ital of Australia should Inean something.
They say that Washington indicates our
love for the father of our country. and they
might likewise call their capital Coeksville.
in honor of Captain Cook who discovered
Australia. or Austravilie. as representing
the political center II this great Austral
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II has deserts like Sahara so dry that your
finger nails become as brittle as glass, so
dry that screws come out OF the boxes
and that the lead il loose in You. pencils.
1t is a land of big things. as well as queer
things. 1t has trees almost If not quite as
large as those of California. One was re-
Gently felicd near Melbourne which was
over 400 feet high and which at 50j feet
form the ground was feet in diameter.
Australia has lilies which grow to the
height OF a thcee-story house. 1t has trees
that grow grass and other trees that bulge
out like giant bottles
Continent OF Gold and silver.
Australia is rich continent. So rich that
no one knows how rich i; ia /, is now ore
of the great gold producers of the worll.
Ii produced more las, year than the United
States, ard the surface has not been
scratched. The greater part of the country
has never been prospected. Vast areas
have never besn explored. and new mines
are being discovered every day. Later on
l shall give letter about Mount Morgan.
in Queensland. the richest gold mine Of the
world, and. shall tell of my visit TO Balia-
rat. where nuggets of gold as big rs foot
balls were found. Here in Victoria was
the first gold excitement. and to-day S0j.050
ounces and more of gold are still annually
produced. Gold is found au over the coun
try-!n the mountains. on the farms and in
the sands of the deserts. Western Austria
liza Is SO dry that cameis have to be used
to carry the gold out. and from there come
most of the gold exports of to-day
Australia has vast quantities OF iron and
tin. 1t has stream TIM that *. tin in the
shape of sands which are so fine that You
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town called Albury. on the river Murray.
This is said to be in about the center of the
Australian population. 1t is on the main
line OF railway which runs through Bris-
bane. Sydney. Murray and Adelaide. and
in one OF the most healthful and beautiful
parts of the country. Not far from |: are
the Australian Alps, Mount kOsciuskO be-
ing only seventy miles away. 1t is on the
river Murray. which is the largest river in
Australia. Mount Kosciusko is the largest
mountain. and the friends of Albury say
that II is near the largest mountain and on
the largest river in the country. and there
fore II should he the capital.
You go through Alhury on your way from
Melbourne to Sydney 1t is one of the Gus
toms stations. being the last town in New
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direction from what IT was intended to
| do.
His Camera is a SKI Primo and with it
Mr.. ferkes does all his clever work.
First of all. he makes nothing but fash
lights. Why? Because ne is occupied with
the duties which his profession imposes. and
has only his evenings to devote to his fad
His first studio was in the cellar of Mrs
Henry's boarding house. Garrison and
Washington avenues. 1t was just the place
for fiashllght experiments for darkness
reigned supreme. In this cellar Mr.. Yerkes
began about year ago.
Il spoiled many plate, but discovered
things at which my friends first shook their
heads incredulously until | showed them
how it was done said Mr. Yerkes.
I'm taking my flashlights. l put the flash
behind the camera instead of before. as
other photographers do. Then. in order to
get an even ligh. rather than n flash. /
diffuse the latter through piece Of cheese
cloth
And Mr.. Yeres pointed to long piece OF
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Mr.. J. Taylor Yerkes, an insurance man
by profession. and an amateur photog-
grapher by inclination. is doing some Won
edrful things with his camera and his
plates. He has just opened little gallery
on the third floor Of the Union Dairy Com
pany building. Jefferson and Washington
avenues. and those who laugh at the state
ments made by him to The Sunday Re-
public. may go and be convinced by seeing
him do Just what he claims.
year ago Mr.. Ye-kes knew the mys-
teries Of photography only as they came
to him, filtered through occasional visits to
the studios of professionals. About that
time man owed him debt. which he
could not pay. Mr.. Yerkes was satisfied to
take the mans camera instead, although at
first he knew not what to do with it. Once
in possession OF the instrument. he began
to experiment He bought all sorts OF
books on the subject. Only to learn from
them some general principles. but little
more that did not lead in the. opposite
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-02
Meqv Fads and Fashions in Leather

In her choice of leather Dame Fashion
shows the same fckle mind as In her selec-
ton Of other wearning apparel. Last year
ton Of other wearing apparel Last year
cnccd for Russia leather, but this season II
appears from inquiries made at several OF
the leading shops in town that patent
leather has the call
The better grades Of patent leather shoes
arc made from patent calf No patent calf
Is made in this country. Some years ago
the tanners here spent considerable money
in trying to make patent calf that would
compare favornbly in quality with the iul
Patent leather and patent calf must NOT
be coHfounded. OF the former large quaint
tiles are made here, II being tanned from
cowhide while the latter is from calf
skin. Small calfskins of fine hbre are
selected. During the process of tanning
they are stretched, else the japan would
soon crack.
The process Of laying the japan followed
In Germany and France is secret the
American tanner has not vet learned. a
first quality patent calf If not exposed
TO sudden changes Of temperature, viii
wear quite as well as the ordinary calf
The quality may he judged from the bril-
liancy Of the jet black. If the japan has
a blush east depend upon It the quality
Is not hrst-cass, and let not the smooth
tongucd shoe salesman deceive you.
Kangaroo is another Of fashions favor
ties. 1t was first used In the manufacture
of shoes about twenty-five years ago, since
which time It has gradually grown IN
by its merits, II will doubtless retain It's
popularity for some years II has the
virtue Of being both durable and very easy
to tho foot. Its strength is so great as to
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defy the power of ordinary men to tear
Cordovan has taken the place OF Alligator
for wear In wet weather. This IL asso
largely imported from Germany. II is mas
from certain parts of the horse hide, and
Is very durable leather. II Is lmpervlou'
10 water. and has very smooth surlatt
Ii Is not imported In sides, as are mos
kinds OF leather, but comes blocked y
the shape of the vamp. Unlike calf
does not stretch In wearing, but retsl'
the shape Of the last until the shoe !
worn out. Formerly IL was very e1pss
sivc, hut recently the tanners have con
querod many of the difficulties In prert
Ing the hide, and with reduced cost y ~
now popular. .,..,a.
This season. in all the many orlglns l,. ~
signs Of tasteful footgear, ooSe eail p IN
Il conspicuous part, Its SOIL Veilev .. III E
irg and appearance no doubt commend n ia,r,
to the favor of the fair sex Is 1--WE
calf, small skins of fine fere 9eing se sss;
ed. The dyes are percolatea % yvsss
through It: hence its name, me ven a1ss,
feeling Is given to the fesh SIDE ~ ~ I,
Of sahdpaperlngs, while the grain grain s sas NJ
the skins Is slightly pehbled, ms pel !pls
OF many combinations from me SAINT .I ssis
The peculiar texture Of catSkln k am az,
of its being dyed fast color "a hs, Nv
color and shade from jet black 70 W' IN
orange or cream white Gray, INV Y
russell are most in demand ny VIZ Il
ooze calf being used in the manuiLse, W y,
shoes. but 1t is now used to quiiea , ~
tent by the makers of albums, poess.vv.Isai
hand bags. card cases, pen wlpeih ~
a thousand other novelties.
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SOME QUESTIONS
OF ETIQUETTE.

Is It correct for gentleman who mas
received great many invitations durlne
the winter from lady 10 send her some
handsome present on her birthday piece
Of jewelry or some ornament IN silver
Gratitude.
v Is neyer supposed 20 BE- correct for a
gontlman TO send a lady anything except
Ing flowers or hooks lcweiry will BE quite
out Of the question, but In ease Of a birth
day II would be allowable to send flowers
M II handsome vase tlfAt Is. " the gen,
tleman feels under miirh Obligation und
wishes to show his appreciation OF the
coutlcsies he has received.
Il a young lady Is invited IN 60 to tho
races WITH n young gGnthpmrr and he takes
.hrr mother or sister, too, ought they a. pay
his fare or ought he to pas the fare OF
the young lady and NOT Of anybody eIlse'
The gentleman VIII certainly offer to pay
the ladyS fare and that Of her chapcron as
We'll, but II would he better plan for tue
ladies to offer to pay their own fares, as
railroad tickets are supposed to be one
OF the things which lady pays for her,
gcf. But on no account Should the ladies'
insist that It IS his place TO do So. Moth
ing Is mare. foolish than friendly Wrnngle
over the payment OF carfare
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A GHOST.

twas night Within the wood. From over
head.
by moon or star not any Hight was shed
And like shadow, lighter than the night,
A trodden path turned sharply to the right.
And ono for whom my heart with hate aid
burn
Would come that way that night, and he
would turn
His back upon me, where concealed /
stood.
Beside that shadow pathway through the
wood
And he would sing, perhaps; hut that
would serve
10 steel my heart, and steady hand and
nerve
And In my mind, With that one purpose fcd,
| heard him come, aud pass, and saw
hm-dcud.
And now, whene'er we meet, by day or
/ feel NY heart grow cold, my face turn
white!
For though we smile, as passing friends
heseem,
He is ghost-the dead man in my dream.
--1ohh T. Sjomndce IN Lcslies Weekly.
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TAILoR-MADE WALKING

Observation-Disclosures
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Description of Dresses.
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The stylish mantle OF AprlcOt c0lOrcd shot 4
49, to,s, az rJs n,rr IL euttrrly
nuctaS' sh'N v" '''' re
mace up In hollow pieatS, Whleh open nv
tBe bottou. sd AK 10 riYe sufficient fuiness.
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Rbe Vppcr part Is ehF'theu ny u W'uN 'p''"r
df ecru Venice gupure; half way down Is
su,,ae hn,d ar me ss,ua fis,.rtinn nnnIi.
'f"ie' Nv ', w o','u. ~, "pi 49,.
thed an me pleals, EWING Sngn' 'uN'
Ia the form uf the mantle The sleeves are
ttf,bo s,tnc styic With wide ,vulstbnud
Htf'uF s"' t,,,,,,,,
OF closer pleals ING nhhile ~ pIhah'l''
"a with a large velvet roscttc below tho
,n,t., ava tv.o ION, ends rats garment