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the footlights, and lle quit the stage to de-
velop into one of the foremost lawyers of
Georgia. When the democratic triumph
of the closing days of Harrison's admin
istration brought the democrats into con-
troll of the House, Mr.. Crisp was made
Speaker, and he presided over two stormy
sessions, figuring prominently in debates
with Thomas b. Reed, who minority
leader was constantly twitting the de-
mocracy for adopting the rules which they
had SO bitterly disputed at the time Mr..
Reed as Speaker promulgated them.
Several times when Mr.. Reed was get
found necessary for Mr.. Crisp to quit the
chair in order to reply from the floor to
the great debater from Maine.
Mr.. Crisp's family remained loyal to
the stage. and during the time he was
Speaker his brother Edward continued q
popular actor.
After a Stage Career.
julius Kahn. who represents the city
of San Francisco in the lower body, has
been a member for several sessions and
is deservedly popular both at home and
with the members. At first treated with
some raillery because he had been on
the stage for ten years, Mr.. Kahn has
grown in the esteem of his fellows, and is
today rated as one of the ablest men in
the body.
They say in this city that something of
the actors strut still sticks to Julius, and
that he will never completely get over 1t.
julius was born at kuppenheim. Ger
many. but was only five years old when
his parents removed to California.
Curly-headed Julius went to the public
schools of San Francisco. and always had
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jUUIUSKHl4N

= TNDISMAYED by the hoodoo that
seems to attend the efforts of
theatrical fox to get into Con-
~ gress. E. d. Stair of Detroit,
Mich. is making a gallant bat
tie for the seat in the Senate SO long oc-
cupied by Julius c. Burrows, and his
chances of success are excellent.
If he succeeds. another name will have
been added to a list so limited that its
members could almost be told off on the
fingers of a mans hands.
Congress draws its members from al
most every walk of life. Lawyers and
business men by no means form mo-
nopoly of those who are chosen to make
the nations laws.
Physicians, telegraph operators, labor
leaders. miners, farmers. boatmen. and
even pugilist have all managed to go to
Washington with commissions to represe mt
their distrits. but for some reason the
way has always been hard for men con-
nected with the dramatic profession
though the gift of speech and of impress
i've appearance is so much part of the
actors stock in trade that on the face of
il he would seem equipped to be ideal con-
gressional material.
Perhaps the most notable of the con-
gressmen of the past VINO graduated from
the stage to the House was former Speak
er Charles Crisp.
Mr. Crisp was born of an American
family of actors in Sheffield, England
while his parents were visiting that city.
In his younger years he acted, and dis
played ability of no mean order. but the
law held out a greater lure to him than
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OLOR photography is still in its In
fancy-in fact it has just sprung
- into life; but it promises to over
turn many theories and completely revolu-
, tionize the world of art. Some extraordi-
narily interesting and successful expert
ments have been made in it within the
last fortnight by'Miss Frances Benjamin
Johnston of this city which demonstrate
its possibilities and almost magical pow
ers. The first of these We're interior
views of her own studio, which. on ac-
count of it's decorations and furnishings.
offered a particularly fertile field for ex-
pertinent in color. One included the
mantel of the large studio. with a wood
fire burning on the hearth, and the other
the fireplace of the reception room with
mantel. over which hung a painting by
Mr.. Max Weyl Both were eminently sue
cessful-not only being faithful reproduc-
tons in regard to detail. but color. and
at the same time pictorial and atmos-
pheric. They We're not in any respect like
colored photographs, but had depth and
quality of tone. They were veracious,
but they were more-beautiful interpreta-
tions
After these were made and proved sue
cessful Miss Johnston next tried por-
traiture, and with even better result. On
plates about four by five inches in di-
mensions she registered a series of like
nesses as beautiful as any miniature and
as artistic as the work of master
painter. One is of her mother wearing
a black gown trimmed with white lace.
with lavendar scarf thrown over her
shoulders The background is conven-
tionally figured tapestry. dark in tone.
which throws the head in relief and yet
holds the shadows in reserve. The color
in this is quiet and subdued and yet has
inherent brilliancy. 1t is simple-eXceed-
ngly simple-and yet nothing is blurred
or indefinite. Apparently the great mas
ters secret was not SO much a matter OF
art as of truth-they did not interpret
things as they should be. but painted
them as they were. If color photography
proves anything it is that flesh is not al
ways flesh color-that shadows are not
always black. 1t goes to show indeed
that there is no such thing as fixed color;
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a gift of defamation that suggested the
stage as a natural field for his activities
He started in melodrama, but he had
the intelligence for better things. and
finally graduated to the support of such
stars as Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson,
Tamaso Salvini, Mr.. and Mrs. William J.
Florence, Clara Morris and other stars of
the same rank
All these names of might in the theat-
rical calling Mr. Kahn has carried with
him into the Congressional Record, for
in his brief autobiography written for
that volume he mentions with pardonable
pride the fact that he was in their sup
port.
AS in the case of Mr.. Crisp. it was the
attraction of the law that took him from
the greenroom. Two terms in the state
legislature was the first intimation of a
desire for political career. Then he set
his mind on Congress, making his first
appearance in Washington in the Fifty
sixth Congress, and being reelected.
without interruption, right down to the
present.
Interest in the Senate.
United States senators have been to
an extent identified with theatrical in
terests. H. A. w. Tabor built the 4apor
it big money maker before he came to
Washington.
Mark Hanna, United States senator
from Ohio, used to say laughingly that
the opera house he owned in Cleveland
qualIned him as a member of the profess
sion and gave him right to all dead
head privileges.
William III. English of Indiana was
owner and active manager of theater.
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men. opposite in temperament, supposed
rivals and yet knight-errants both and
friends, and Aunt Pat-theSe are the In
gradients for very ingenious and enter
tanning story. If the situations are some
what more involved than ordinary daily
life as a rule affords, and if certain of the
situations demand rather capacious
''swally." no one who enjoys the mixture
of Arabian Nights with very modern
American will cavil Helen and Rosalind
and yet they are different" And the
novelist deserves credit for discovering
way to get out of the apparent lovers
deadlock, when two fine fellows insist
on adoring the same girl
MYSTERY ISLAND. BY Edward II.
Hurst With a frontispiece in color
by Griswold Tying. Boston: L. c.
Page & Co. Washington: Brentano.
The Florida Everglades furnish the the
ater for an exciting story. A trouble
worn wanderer is cast by chance, upon
hidden camp. There he is received with
kindness and introduced into an appar-
emily peaceful companionship with three
others, a man, his wife and young girl.
But the shadow of crime is over part OF
the oddly assorted community. AS the
story develops the two men live together
in a state of armed hostility, unable,
either of them. to put an end to the situa-
ton since the trail from the camp Is
known only to an absent member of the
expedition. He-it is not known to all
is never to return. The manner in which
the mystery is solved and the further for
tunes Of the man and woman SO strangely
met is divulged at the proper time to
make a good story.
THE LADY OF THE BLUE MOTOR.
BY Sidney Paternoster. author of
''The Motor Pirate etc. With a
frontispiece in color by John C.
Frohn. Boston: l.. c. Page & Co.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
The romantic resources of the motor
car are yet to be fully developed. A
gallant gentleman in a cara charming
nconnue in blue motor-an appeal for
help which must yet be blindly given
and behold! the reader is en- route for
breathless adventure. There are flights
in motor cars and motor boats: there is
properly persistent villain: there is a
fascinating heroine who is by way of
appearing an adventuress there Is a
lover who only doubts when sanity de-
pends upon it, and there is happiness at
the end for all who really deserve it.
The action motors from Versailles to
Havre and then motor-boats across the
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peasants-their songs. dances and folk
lore: the lives of the coral fishers and
macaroni makers; the historical and lit
erary associations of the quaint old cities.
Tho itinerary includes: The Vesuvian
shore and Monte SAINT Angelo, La Citta
Morta. Vesuvius. the Corniche Road
Amalfi and the Festival of st. Andrew.
Ravello and the Rufoli. Salerno. Paestum
and the Glory That Was Greece. Sorrento
and It's Poet, Capri and Tiberius the Ty-
rant. Ischia and the Lady of the Rock.
Puteoli and the Grandeur That Was
Rome. The chapter on Pompeii and the
significance of the excavations there made
is suggestive. The writer has managed
to impress his own personality upon his
book so that the reader feels as If he had
been lingering over these scenes with a
wise and stimulating companion.
THE FLIGHT TO EDEN: A Florida
Romance BY Harrison Rhodes.
New York: Henry Holt & Co. WASH
ington: Ballantyne.
With the exile of the hero from the
scenes of his early life because he feels
that he is destined to bring sorrow to
any woman he loves, Mr.. Harrison
Rhodes new romance has an unusual
starting point. The life in ''Eden"-which
proves to be situated at a remote spot on
the little-known eastern coast of Florida
continues the impression of a strangeness
begun with the first page. Yet the life
in the new world is real enough-even the
abnormal figure of the other exile. Har-
riman, is thoroughly convincing. The
truth seems to be that the author has dis
covered that much-desired thing, a novel
plot. The beauty and sympathy of MIR.
Rhodes descriptions of the Florida scenes
particularly of the idyllic spot in the
Everglades where Basil Forester ulti-
mately fixes his Eden-proves his love
for the state where his mother has her
home The story is avowedly romantic:
but it has the additional advantage of
being well written and full of sympathy
for some unhackneyed phases of nature.
The Hartman family group-the fierce.
half-mad old man, the doWn-trodden
Cracker" wife and the two daughters.
so lovely. but so ill-assorted-is one that
refuses to leave the memory of the read
err And the author has shown skill in the
saving hold on realism which prevents the
situation from slipping into mere fan
tasy.
ROSALIND At RED GATE. BY Mere
dith Nicholson. With illustrations
by Arthur /. Keller. Indiana polls:
The Bobbs Merrill Company.
Two brothers with crime between
them two cousins so wonderfully alike
their very lovers are deceived; two young
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that atmosphere and light modify and
limit the range of every color. changing
it innumerable times in a small area. IL
also demonstrates that these same rae
tors harmonic great color schemes ana
bring the various tints into very simple
broad relationship one with another IN
short. it tells so many things and sug-
gests so much that it is quite beWlldeflng
and confusing.
Turning again to achieved results. Miss
Johnston followed her portait of her
mother by one of Mrs. Mclaughlin. which
brought in no less felicitious return. This
is indeed wonderfully pleasing. and as
measure of possibilities-a test of the re-
sources of the process-most noteworthy.
different background and Gamers S
hair shawl with it's merging of many col
ors are the special factors in experiment
tation on this plate, and both have
answered well to the requirements AS
a work of art this must be highly re-
gSrded-the lighting, the modelling. the
color are exquisite and might we'll be
supposed to have been handled by mas
ter painter. This result is. OF course,
achieved through the acme OF Skill Ior
color photography requires not only
knowledge of composition and apprecia-
tion of the value of light and shades. but
also, in addition to technical faclilty, a
keen sense of color.
At the present time. of course, it is inn
possible to do more than make the pic
ture on the glass. There is no way OF
duplicating or transferring it. The plate
to be seen to advantage must be held up
against a white light and can only serve
as q transparency or lantern slide-but
this is only the beginning.
Four years ago Miss Johnston was a
member of the international Photographic
Y tsen a
also NJ Antoine Lumiere. the inventor OF
the process of color photography. At that
time he confided to her that he and his
sons were working on this invention and
that it already promised success. Whis-
pers to this same effect came across the
ocean from time to time for the next two
years. and when in the summer of 1906
Miss Johnston was abroad she visited the
Lumieres at their earnest invitation and
was told that the fact was accomplished
At that time she was shown some of the
trial plates and saw the factory which
was then being erected for their manu-
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BOOK REVIEWS.
THE PEARL: Its story. It's Cha

THE PEARL: Its Story, It's Charm
and Its Value. By w. r. Cattelle.
author of Precious Stones" With
sixteen illustrations. Philadelphia !:
j. b. Lippincott Company.
Everything that the connoisseur could
desire to know concerning the history,
esthetic and market value of the sea gem
is>tc be found in these pages. The story
of the pearl is told from its birth and
growth under tropic seas, through the
search for it by dark-skinned divers
of the orient and its journeyings by
the hands of men who traffic in precious
things. until it finally becomes the
cherished familiar of the great. The
pearl is distinctly the jewel of the
aristocrat. Its beauty is more readily
appreciated by the man or refined
taste. and it is a decoration for those
who may have at any time the choice of
jewels, since it's comparative fragility un-
fits 1t for constant wear The writer has
gathered together historical and tradi-
tional allusions, the sentiment and super
stitions and to them has added the more
prosaic facts which a merchants expe-
rience suggests, to enable lovers of the
pearl to discriminate. The qualities which
make some pearls of great value and the
imperfections which render others less
valuable are described in detail that own
ers and buyers may appreciate at their
true value the gems they have or would
purchase. The market price of all kinds
is given, well as means for the detec-
ton of limitations. The book is enriched
with photographs of Queen Alexandra
the Marchioness of Londonderry, Countess
Torby and Princess LaZareff, taken with
their famous necklaces of pearls as well
as with other pictures Illustrating the va
rious phases of the pearl fishery.
THE NAPLES RIVIERA. By Herbert
NJ. Vaughan, B.A. (OXon), author of
The Last of the Royal Stuarts."
With twenty-five illustrations in
color by Maurice Greiffenhagen.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes
Company.
Very different from the conventional
book of travels is this group of pictures
from one of the most beautiful of Italian
localities. The author proceeds in leis-
urely fashion along route. of his own
choosing, dwelling upon those points most
interesting to him. The many places of
beauty and of interest lying upon the Bay
of Naples and Salerno are described, as
we'll as the Islands of Ischia and Capri.
In connection with their natural setting
the writer gives interesting details con-
cerning the habits and manners of the
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channel in discomfort and danger. Lon
don and rural England have the advan-
tage of furnishing gasoline for blue
motor and pursuing white as Well as for
the racing car of Mr.. Geoffrey Hardinge
on the race for the amateur cup on the
Isle of Man.
BROKEN OFF. BY Mrs Baiilie Rey-
nolds. author Of "a Dull Girls Des-
tiny" etc. New York: Brentanos-
A long contest of personalities be-
tweeE a wealthy parvanu and the daugh-
ter of Saxon house furnishes the mo-
tive power for a very interesting ro-
NANCE Thorold Strong, Devonshire
farmer. has inherited fortune large
enough to make almost any caree: posi-
BILE.
He elects to fall in love with Osmunda
Challis. the neglected daughter of Ell
dersmain. Pushed into a promise by her
family, the girls pride soon revolts, and
the result is the apparent destruction
Of all that was good in the man. The
course o: events that brings them to-
gether again, the tragic circumstance
that serves to clear away misunder-
standings. make q strongly human story
The girl is appealing and the man is in
dividual. The setting is of conventional
English county life. An element of mys-
ticism is brought in with the part played
in the story by the old legend of the
Grail. One of Osmunda's ancestors. ac-
cording to legend. took part in the quest
for a vision of the sacred chalice. and
the jeweled insignia becomes link be-
tween the girl and he- suitor. The per-
sonalities of the two main actors in the
romance are well defined and tue story
is an absorbing one.
THE BROKEN ROAD. BY A. E. w.
Mason, author of Running Water"
etc. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons. Washington: Woodward &
Lothrop.
In the road which symbolizes English
dominion in India the destinies of all
the personages in this unusual romance
are involved. The Linforths belonged to
the road. for forty years they had served
it. and. in the case of young Dick Lin
forth's father, had died for it. The call
of the east and the manner in which
destiny has interviewer the lives of Shera
Ali. the son of the Khan of Chilistan.
with that of the English Dick Linforth
make the center of interest in the ro-
nance. There is some serious reflection
on the English policy in India. The
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Revival of Street Cries
by London Mi!kmen
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

LONDON. January IL, 1905
T HERE is a real live movement on
foot for the revival of the cd Eng
- lish street cries. BY the time the
Americans begin coming over here things
will be in full swing and one may conf
dently look forward to being awakened in
the small hours of the morning by sere-
made that will make the Metropolitan
Opera House brand of throat exercise
sound like an amateur effort at harmony.
We over here had thought that we had
put most Of the old London street cries
behind us along with many other nul-
sances. But it seems that four suburban
milkmer " no take their calling very seri-
ously have discovered what everybody
else knew (and thanked God for) namely,
that the ancient melodies of their cra-I
were dying out, and have StraightWay
made plans for infusing new lfeeinto the
favorites of days gone by. This quartet
of musical miikmen have formed MIX
Carriers Musical Association, and already
sixty of the craft have gone down into
their jeans for the 10 cents membership
fee. The public house knows them no
more OF nights. Instead they may be dis
covered running the musical scales under
volunteer instruction, preparing for the
day when they are TO be let loose in the
streets of London.
Along with the other hawkers of the
London streets, the milk carriers now
have distinctive cry. | won't attempt to
describe it in musical terms, but it spells
out like this: ''Milluk-oo!' Only those
who have been awakened by it from a
belated but sound sleep after an evening
at the Covent Garden Ball-the only thing
in London open after m.dnight-can fully
appreciate this call. An attempt is made
to sing it, but it is to be hoped that most
of the carriers are better judges of pure
milk than they are of harmony.
According to the most enthusiastic men,
bers of the new milkmens quartet, the
only proper cry for members of the trade
is ,ong-dra wn-much too long-mus.cal
"Ooh-ee." 1t is cross between the Aus
tralian bush-call ..Coo-ee'' and tomcat's
topnote. The cry was originally "Cow-ee."
to show that the milk sod was fresh from
the COW. There is no record to show just
how those milkmen who received such
splendid support from the pump called
their wares. Ii the old call is revived
there is danger of many milkmen being
arrested for selling goods under false pre-
tences. "Ooh-ee' is shorter and softer
than "Milluk-oo.'
But the trouble is that once started the
melodious milkmen do not know where
10 SlOp. olS IileIuDcI COUpOstu d
milk song which he calls refreshing .
to be sung by the carriers as they push
their carts through the London streets.
The chorus runs like tlifs:
DAISY. Daisy. buy my new milk. do
I'll bring it reg'lar every day to you
And if youl only try it
I'm sure you'll always buy it.
1t is so sweet; quite treat:
At fourpense a quart to YOU
Here is a grand opportunity for Oscar
Hammerstein to retrench With Mary
Garden sick. Melba unable to fulfill her
engagements and Nordica quarreing how
about, engaging the Manhattan Musical
Milkmen's Quartet?
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Loggats.
From the Springfield Republican

From the Springfield Republican.
A club has been formed in western
Canada to play the .old English game of
loggats which has long fallen into disuse
in the old country. The pastime is alluded
to by Shakespeare. The game consists in
throwing a pin called a loggat at a stake
driven into the ground. The player who
gets his loggat nearest the mark wins
This is essentially our French game of
quoits (Which every one in America pro-
nounces "quates'D. The difference is that
we use heavy disk, or in many regions
horseshoe. instead of pin. OF loggats
Stevens, the Shakespearean commenta-
tor. who died in 1900 says: Il have seen
it played in different counties at their
sheep-shearing feasts. where the winner
was entitled to Il black fleece. which he
afterward presented to the farmers maid
to spin for the purpose of making a petit
coat on condition that she kneel down on
the fleece TO be kissed by all the rustics
present"
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autho- evidently feels that the custom of
giving an English education to the sons
of native princes will inevitably breed
trouble in the future The degrees by
which Shere Ali. who. when his recall
from England is sounded. goes back to
India feeling that there he is in exile, and
relapses into the customs of his ancestors,
make an interesting study in native and
acquired characteristics. And that the in
pelling touch is given by a fair English
woman heightens the intensity of the plot
The B-oken Road" is a clever use of
conditions in India as the background for
a good story