Evening star., 1921-07-17

and women coming and going, and because ne
many face in the pencil Of the sun and the
tint Of the soul thereof which otherwise would
have been In In or fictitious
rich. He allowed the glory Of the civil war
Of Of thee the most as successful a Career in American
photography: his Central Park. lots fed his
operators in Virginia. Tennessee and Louis
lana. who were getting battle scenes. It is
for this reason. perhaps. that he is at work
now over the Pennsylvania railroad ticket
Office near the Treasury Department. and only
ily to their emphatic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
wife and daughters-as he took the Pan
American commission.
MATTHEW BRADY was an oft-met
A'A man on the streets of Washington.
in the lobbies Of the Willard, National
and Metropolitan and sometimes the
Ebbitt and st. James. Business trou-
bles. losses and competition in photog-
raphy reduced him to the status of
very poor man. In 1894 he was struck
by a vehicle at 14th street and New
York avenue and injured. so that he
walked only with the aid OF crutches.
One Of the clippings before the writer
says that he was struck by. a street
car. and another that he was struck by
a carriage. and in none OF the clippings
are any details Of the accident given.
AS Mr.. Brady grew old he found, what
many other men have learned, that a
mans achievements in one generation
count for very little or nothing in the
next unless those achievements brought
him money which he saved. In January.
1896, Mr.. Brady collapsed or fell or
was knocked down in a street in New
York city and was taken to a hospital.
where he died. In none Of the articles
on his death is it told how he came to
jas 1885, rne is the svfoRs fooxlns ssaF
N. B. Brady. the well known photographer.
figure about w.shingtopa and the news Of his
passing away will be revived with sincere sor.
| row BY hundreds who have known him during
his long and eventful career.
Mr.. Brady was native Of New York. where
| he died Thursday. having gone there to live 9
! few months. ago. A little over a year ago be
was run over one day while crossing the stree,
| at the corner Of New York avenue and 14tl
street and for many months he lay in the hos
pital lowering between life and death, When
finally he recovered he was only able to &c
about on crutches and existence was almost q
burden to him.
He began life as a photographer in New
York city far back in the days when daguer
reotypes were In vogue and soon became known
! as an excellent workman. He saw the value
OF his occupation as an adjunct to the his
| toric description Of contemporary times and
characters. To Brady is due the accurate por
traiture Of scores Of men Of great historic
prominence in the FIRST half of the century, q.
we'll as hundreds who have been active in the
affairs Of the war period and since. He made
daguerreotypes Of Webster. Clay, Calhoun
| John Quincy Adams. Sam Houston and many
other men famous in their day. Coming tc
Washington in the early Sos. Mr.. Brady soon
became q leading photographer and in q few
| years bis name was household word all over
the United States.
The illustrated jo!fnals during the war add
ed to his celebrity by reproducing many Oi
his pictures Of battienelds and his portraits Of
prominent generals Of both armies. He tool
| thousands Of important and valuable negatives
during the four years from 1851 to 1856 which
have served to illustrate that great struggle a
these were Of large size and presented graphic
scenes on battlehelds. in camp, hospital. during
| the march and in and about army headquarters