Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26


A'A photographer in this country upon
slowed the decoration of Officer of the
Academy. The insignia Is navy blue
bow of diminutive proportions worn as
rosette.
While. the photographers of the world
war had experiences that cast In the
shade all of those of their predecessors
in times of peace. yet Mr.. Rau has had
his full share of thrills on land and sea.
He once spent three months as pho
tographer of a scientific expedition on
Chatham Island. or islands, observing
a transit of Venus.
THE Chatham Islands are lonely
L group about $50 miles east Of New
Zealand.
The population consists of fewer than
400 souls. 400 of whom are Maoris and
the rest whites.
A small steamer from New Zealand
visits the islands once in every two or
three months. In recent years a wire
less station has been erected there by
the English Government, which gives IL
an air Of civilization.
At the time of Mr.. Rau's visit the
though this way never led to outbreaks.
lie has visited nearly all the ruined
cities in the Near East, including
Petra and as far east as the Euphrates.
His oldest experience, which he de-
scrbed the other day. was when he
undertook to photograph the sacred ves-
sells in Il monastery at the foot of Mt.
Sinai.
In the semidarkness of it's treasure
room he was compelled to use magne-
stun tape. This was before the era of
fnshlght powders and other ilumi-
nantS.
The floor of the room was padded
with priceless rugs to the depth Of
several inches. lie was compelled to
burn magnesium on a table, and after
a while discovered that bits of the in
lammable stuff were falling upon the
rugs.
Tn Ills dilemma he directed the at
l. tention of one of the cloistered in
mates to the fact, when the latter i'm
| mediatcly hurried to his assistance with
a magnifcently chased silver ever. 1t
was costly beyond computation. Mr..
Rau said, but the monk held it pa
tiently under the dripping fire until the
coveted photograph was secured.
At another time he was informed,
while prenaring for pilgrimage through
eastern Syria, that he would be com
| PEELED to carry a tent as part of his
outfit and use the old fashioned and
| cumbersome wet plate process.
lie declined to undertake the work
| The heat of the region rendered it i'm
possible, to say nothing Of the handicap
Of transporting the paraphcrnalia for
| his silver baths.
AS result the movement of the cara
van was halted until he was adequately
outtitted with dry plates. which were
then only coming into general profess
| Sional use.
The trials of photographers in out
| of the-way places Of the world are
among the most interesting experiences
Of an enthusiast in that line. At the
| time, however, they are often embar-
RAISING in the extreme, as happen to
know.
T EIGHTON c. TAYLOR, private
IL secretary to Senator Penrose, is the
custodian Of more political secrets of
national importance than any other
young man in Pennsylvania, perhaps.
Just now and for the last three
months his duties have put him in
touch with all the leading members OF
the Republican party. lie is Senator
PenrosG's alter ego, for since the for =
mer's unfortunate illness he has de-
pended largely upon Mr. Taylor in his
confidential political work
| He has been connected with the Pen =
rose entourage for sixteen years. lie
succeeded the late Colonel Wesley An.
drewS. one Of the most efficient men OF
his time, u> private secretary to the
senator.
Mr.. Taylor comes from down in the
Cumberland valley.
At the outset of his career he was un
decided as 70 whether he would become
an electrical engineer or an Office as
sistaut in some industrial concern.
lie couuoCtcd up with the Westing
house pcople at Pittsburgh, and re-
maiuNI there until the lure of Washing
ton aud the offer of a position in Sena
tor pcuroSc'S office caught him.
And there he has since remained.
TIIE late United State Senator Georg,
l. j. Shoup, the last territorial anC
the first state governor of Idaho. wai
u l"nnsylvanian.
lie was soldier. Indian fighter
merchant, banker and one Of the bill
figures in the making of the West.
senator Shoup was chosen, after hi
death, as the representative man o
Idaho whose statue was to adorn tn
Marble Room or Hall Of Fame in N
Capitol.
IIc was born in Armstrong county
where his relatives still live.
His secretary for years was Addiso
r. Smith, q young man, then not muc
Younger than Mr.. Taylor, who cam
/ from the Middle West.
( Addison Smith made the business @
senator Shoup his own personal bust
ness. lie not only served him in Wash
ington, but during the interim of con
gressional sessions accompanied him
+ Idaho. and aided him in his politics
contests.
His association with the people {
| that state led him to make it his perma
nrnt home, and after the death Of Sen
ator Shoup he became a political factc
out there.
Today and for years he has repre-
Sented Idaho in Congress and is one (
p the leading men of the state.
BILLY" Wright, afterward consl
general to Munich, was for years Sen
ator Quay's private secretary. 81
| that is another story.
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