Evening star., 1914-02-08

Lincoln ever made is the one taken hy
Brady early in 1864. This. showing Lin
coin seated. IS the picture the head ~
which appears on Al bank notes contain
ing Lincoln portraits. Prints made from
This H.gafIv. oNa,iass show u rathei
diiap!dated Lincoln. Fifty years OF serV.
80 have brought scratches to the plate
one ear is almost shapeless and the
clothes look moth-eater.
- ~ - negative itself. ii is the most
sr,ores;!I.g ~ Al the Brady collection o.
. arnl,s rigia-ss Morn out with much
~. I. -. .af,- ,lays 81 phutograrhy
..rint;ng Saa 4 irving time FOR the mega
- ~ Ifanay ono dag wanted to MAXI
4 .ri.., ana the negative broke IN his
,affe The loss ~ this negative woutd
- prea, and Mr Handy immediately put
into use svery d.vce which might re-
rtfst. = ~ gs.f aifess
H.- Tflar.agfd - rl.f tho two pieces 70
t4thar agasn fsrt tho ora k. running d.
rea,;. ,tfaag. tho f.eturs. would SHOW
i.I. ta4le ! ans fntur" print So NJ
Efarc~ -Fi.a tI.. experiment. 90 PAINTING
out All - TIE tnekgt0tind. ana coN"rrs
the pt!i9!,. a..th tissue paper. as a result
whll4 ~. negative laoks AS though !
war worthless. the prints made are s'A'
good.
.Tae La. picture of Lincoln is
rlfs.s.. at has h..r SCI ban.ath more
thar on. f!nroin Iaci :re- Al the present
'.fnr ,re,ifr f0r making the l.tst ph"i"
zraga ~ I.irepIu IS g.Vea I" iardreT.
washington photographed. and IL sup
posed t. show the rnartyr-d Presloen'
= 5 he wsis hut a seH days before the fatal
shooting al Ford Theater
Aside from tho interest which attaches
20 this pictur" on account of Its being
probab biy the last cvci taken of Lincoln.
Il is especially interesting when compare
with that other taken II him hut I'VE
years previous. tho standing portrait by
Brady taken in l-e-l
II seems almost lncred bic ti'at nut aNs
Gears irtervered between these two
photographs One. calm and unfurro~ee.
shows Lincoln erect and younger look
ing than his, actual years. The other
Nigh. he man of sixty-five instead o,
ffty-six. 1t is the picture of a man
weighed down by the troubles Of a ma
fiona man who has personally suffered
through the loss OF the -oo.rr men WHO
raya their lives for the Union cause
This Is the pict ire Of Lincoln as mary
people think Of him today ono OF t9e
most pathetic figures In American MIS-
tory.
All told there probably exist no NOR.
Than seventy-fve different pictures ~
Lincoln the vast Jority of which were
taken between the Yeas iNr' Eii'A t7I"
once he was mentioned for Pres4Ger'f
of the United States he could no Longer
remain unphotosrapled. although ne ma.
been in politics in Illinois FOR several
years before his first photograph was
taken. in 1SiS.
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What pictures are in existence of Lin
coin during the last twenty years OF his
life cover wide fieid. Better than ar.
printed life of Ills could they show how
great responsibility rested upon his
si1oulders-and how seriously he took Il
Embracing but twenty years in actual
time. they cover in ae life Of Lincoln that
time which intervened between his young
manhood and an old ;ice-a time When
hope ard happiness had departed from
his life and when. in his own words he
was almost ready to die. He remarked
once during the latter part Of the war.
II long ago made my mind that y
anybody wants 10 kill me ne may do il. -
In direct connection with that rernart
is another which he made TO DIR. Draper
To him he said: Il do not think 1 shalt
live to see the end of my term (his see-
oud). I trs to shake the vision. but Il
still keeps haunting me- Lincoln had
begun to receive threatening letters
These he kept in a separate pile. under
the heading. Letters on Assassination.
After his death. In going over this pack
age, was found one connected with the
successful plot to kill him.
There is yet another picture necessary
a word picture by Richard Watson
Glider. This. a poem on the Death Mask
of Lincoln. gives a vivid likeness OF the
man
This bronze doth Keep the very form and mold
or our great martyrs face. Yes. this ID be:
That brow all wisdom. all bensnity:
That human. humorous mouth: those cheeks
that hold
like some harsh Landscape all the summers
gold:
That spirit 1T for sorrow. the sea
For storms beat the lone agony
Those silent. patient lips 100 well foretcld
les this Is he who ruled world Of men
AS might sorre prophet OF the elder day
Broodng above the tempest and the frsy
With deep-eyed thought and more than mortal
ken.
power was his beyond the touch Of art,
OF armed strength-h:s pure and mighty heart