The Stolen Hour
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By ETHEL BARRINGTON
8. past fow years lias witnessed tho do-
velopment of a unlquo activity, the pur-c
poso of which Is to satisfy public curios
ity regarding men and women who aro
prominent In ono or another of tho con
spicuous walks of lite. This particularly
up-to-dato vocation might bo denominat
ed t.,e "snap-shotting" of colebrltloa, which means
the matting of Instantaneous photographs of tho
peoplo who nro temporarily or permanently In tho
public rye and whoso personal nppcaranco Is conBO
quontly a matter of Interest to tho peoplo of all parts
of tho country,
Tow newspaper readers who talto delight In the
moss of plctmcs spread nowadays over ovcry print
ed page, ever stop to reflect what a comparatively
short time ago it was that first saw such embellish
ment of tho chrorilclo of tho day's happenings. Most
of our readers can doubtless remember distinctly
tho time when pictures were unknown In their favor
ite newspaper, and oven after crude cutB bogan to
make their appearance In tho advertising columns of
tho weekllos, and later In tho dallies, It wan a long
lapse ero tho pictures were to bo found In tho read
ing columns and a yet. longer tlmo bororo tho reader
came to expect not mere scenic subjects but graphic
pictures of the current happenings of tho busy world.
The vocation of snap-shotting celobrltles has
boen tho outgrowth tho very latest outgrowth, it
might be termed of tho practlso of recording In pic
ture as well ns In story tho doings of all tho world.
When the newBpaper-readlng public camo to expect
tho quick reflection In plcturo form of great happen-
Copyright, 1JI0, by
cMPMAJr AMBASSADOR
AMD DAROrEoo UCHUA
trntcd many n tlmo during tho
colonel's trip through tho
west. Sovcral professional
photographers accompanied
him, and n number of tho
press correspondents also car
ried cameras, nnd often It was
u wild raco for them to keep
up with Mr, Hoosovclt and bo
on liuml nt tho tlmo when tho
good "human Interest" pic
turos wcro to bo had.
Whonovor Colonel Kooso
volt nppcarod, unless tho po
llco nrrnngomontB provontod,
ho was at onco surrounded by
a cheering crowd, every man,
woman and child of which was
Tho Jewvlml clock chimed flvo. Mil
llcont Truo touched tho boll. I lor de
cision was final. Thoro romatnod
only tho task of handing tho mlsslvo
to tho servant, who would deliver It
to Lord Wlndmoro. Erom that mo-,
ment sho would bocomo tho alliance!
wlfo of tho English noblomau. Hear
ing stops, MUlloont, without turning,
hold out tho letter.
"Seo that It goes nt oncol"
"Is It so very Important?"
At tho voice, so entirely dlfforont
,from tho ono oho oxpoctod, tho girl
sprang up. "Oh, Adam, I'm glad
but first I must dispatch my note."
About to restore tho letter so oddly
thrust upon him, liowo's oyo foil upon
tho address. "Lot us talk first," ho
suggested, coolly; "thoro's plenty of
yOy L.MSYE7? PJTCWAfQ Tif trying to got closo onough to
J3All JfTO Trt 7SID fVR A 60CTy BAIL grasp his hand or at least to
say "Hollo, Teddy." At such
times a snap-shot usually
yielded only a mass of heads
and backs surrounding a set of
gleaming teeth, It Mr. Roose
velt was carefully guarded by
pollco or soldiers, an waa tho
caso In Boino cities, tho task
of tho photographer was al
most aB difficult, for tho "cop
pers" and doputy sheriffs of
siv?r7X?Y or jswnr ayox, ba?oy
VGflA7lU? J2A5rC 'HOWES Am
JQHf BAPRETT.
lngs all pver tho world It Bpecdlly progressed from
Interest In places and things to curiosity regarding
tho actual appoaranco of tho peoplo regarding whose
doings the papera had miicli to sny. It was not
enough that tho nowspapors should print as a coun
terfeit presentment of this or that public mnu a
carefully posed bust portrait, touched up to show tho
subject as he wanted to appear rathor tnan as
ho actually did appear. Newspapor readers with
a thirst for accurate Information camo to demand
pictures that would show tho subjects as thoy
actually appeared. Moreover, they wanted not a
commonplace bust photo, but a full-length pic
turo that would ropresent its object as ho would
appear to ono who met him on tho street and
with a hint na to his distinctive characteristics
as to dress, etc. From this demand waa born tho
personal "snap shot.'
Nowadays tho snap-shot Is to a largo extent
displacing tho Btoreotypod vlanRO In tho public
prints. Almost -everybody who nchloves famo
or notoriety must must needs fall victims to tho
sharpshooters of the camera. Tho snap-shottor Is
no respecter of porsons or callings so long ns "hu
man Interest" Is presont, and everybody, from
preachers to pugilists and from statesmen to
BUffraglsts, Is tho quarry of tho camera Bcout at
ono tlmo or another. Some of tho pooplo who aro
snap-shotted manifestly rollsb It; a great number
accept It as a matter of course and a minority
wriggle and squirm and oven fight at sight of
a camera. ConspIcuouB nmong tho latter are
Harry Lehr, tho Nowport society pot of monkoy
dinner famo, and J. Plorpont Morgan, tho finan
cier. It must bo admitted that tho father of
trusts does not make a pretty plcturo when taken
unawnros and he evldontly realizes this, for he Is
usually guarded by sovoral prlvato detoctlves
when ho appears In public and carries a cane
which be Is quick to se on any offending camera
that he can reach.
Public officials, hoadod by tho president ot tho
United States, are usually the most satisfactory
subjects for Bnap-shots because, whatever may
bo their natural Inclination In the matter, they
quickly learn to Bubmtt gracefully to this sort
of attention. A leading statesman or army or
navy official who realties that at public functions
ho Is liable to be continually In tho camora eye
Is likely to Instinctively avoid thoso awkward
attitudes and facial grimaces that sometimes spoil
things In the caso of a celebrity who Is new to
tho gamo and self-conscious In consequence. From
tho standpoint ot the snnp-Bhottera perhaps tho
most satisfactory subjects in this country aro tho
diplomats at Washington that Is, tho alien ofTl
olalB who are stationed at our Boat of government
as tho ambassadors or ministers of foreign pow-
For ono thing, thoso tltlod foreigners aro
to dodge tho glass eyo pointed toward him. In
any ovent quick action Is necessary at tho crit
ical moment If tho subject sought la to bo caught
ero ho movos away, turns his head or otherwise
Bpolls the plcturo. Indeod tho snap-shottor who
would "catch on tho wing" such restless spirits
as Colonel Roosevolt must develop a sort ot sixth
senso that will enable him to anticipate with rea
sonable certainty tho futuro moves of his subject
No other Amorican of tho day is so much pho
tographed us Is Colonol Roosevolt, nnd yet ho
la by no means an easy Bubject for good pictures.
It is not that ho objects to tho operntlon; Indeed,
he soems to uttorly Ignore tho cameras that are
pointed nt him a dozen times a day. Dut tho
colonel is one of tho most active 'and suddon of
men, and tho snap-shottor must bo on tho alert
ovcry mlnuto of tho tlmo or ho loses tho goldon
opportunity to catch tho ox-president nt tho "psy
chological moment." This was admirably lllus-
ENTERTAINING THE BLIND.
"In these days of specialists you can't Just
step out and holp your fellow humans In haphaz
ard fashion," said tho matron on an Institution
for tho blind. "You havo to tako a course of
training beforo you can oven do good In the world.
In this position tho task that requires most di
plomacy Is declining tho services ot peoplo who
offer to entortaln the blind. All sorts ot lncorn
petonts volunteer. Their Intentions are good, but
their achievements are deplorable Poor roadors
are moBt numerous and are hardest to manage.
They havo had no practise In reading aloud slnco
they loft the lower grades In tho grammar school,
yet when tho flros of bcnovolenco break out that
Is the first thing thoy want to do.
"The blind aro particularly sensitive to the.
quality of a voice. A harsh, high pitched volco
that rambloB on without rhymo or reason gota
on their nerves, and It Is our duty to shut out
all such readers. They havo to bo handled with
care because their hearts nro in tho right place,
and with tact their good Intentions may bo de
flected Into somo UBOful channel."
ers.
possessed of gorgeous uniforms that show up
woll In unconventional pictures, and then again
they aro accustomed to being constantly on dress
parade.
The snap-shottor must "quick on tho trigger"
nnd he cultivates ability In this direction almost
as earnestly aH tho gun fighter of tho west did
in tho old days. Tho nowspapor snap-shots aro
mado by means of special cameras mado specially
for tho purpoBo, and costing as much as $250
apleco, Only a fraction of a second Is roqulrod,
of course, to mnko a snap-shot, onco tho lens Is
focused upon a colebrlty In a desired position, but
tho uncertainty lies in tho fact that tho colobrlty
is seldom actually posing for his plcturo. Moro
than HUHy ho may not roallzo that 'ho Is bolng
caught L 'ho camera or mayhap may bo trying
KING'S DEARD MODEL FOR ENGLISHMEN.
Boards are at present tho order of tho day
among London's fashlonnblo "mon-about-town."
In remarking about tho provalenco of facial hir
sute adornments, a prominent hairdresser said:
"Ono would not havo thought that tho coming
of King Gcoriro to tho throno would havo mado
much difference to tho fashion ot curront hair
dressing, in vlow ot tho fact that his father wore
a beard for so many years, but I can assure you
it has, and a very great dlfferonco nt that.
"In nil probability tho present fashion of tho
point beard is duo In a great measure to so young
a man affecting ono. I havo boen told that thero
waB a great rage for beards among men-about-town
when King Edward first grow a board many
years ago.
"in my opinion tho average Englishman Is
tremendously imitative. Tho stylo of board
King Qeorgo wears Is appropriately named tho
'torpodo' In tho navy, and slnco tho king's ac
cession many ot tho younger men In tho sorvlco
hnvo started to grow them."
SfAPSWrOf TMf Bmtt AMBASSADOR
AYD JAMrj B?YCr
tho western towns scorned to have much moro solf
Importance thnn common sense. In Denver two
of tho camora mon woro loft behind whon tho
colonol and his party wont to tho auditorium and
arrived to find that building packed to tho doors
and Burrounded by a ring of mounted pollco. To
ono of theso thoy appealed In vain. "Dut wo nro
supposed to bo with Mr. Roosovolfs party," said
one of them finally. "Woll," was tho chilly ro
sponso, "if you are supposed to bo with thorn, why
nron't you?" And thq officer's horao scornfully
Bwltchod his tall In their faces.
It was In Denver, too, that ono of tho most
amusing scenes ot tho trip was witnessed, Tho
Press club gavo a "chuck-wagon" luncheon to tho
colonel In a park. "Horo," said tho camera men,
"Is our chnnuo tor somo good stuff." So they put
In fresh films or plates and hustled out thero by
tho dozen. Tho colonel, In tho midst of a throng
ot self-invited Colorado doputy sheriffs, stood at
tho rough board tablo and ovory tlmo ho reached
for a bit of meat or put a morsol of food Into his
mouth thero was a perfect fustllado of clicks from
tho camoras that surrounded him. Tho photog
raphers wero rangod In a triple ring about tho
chuck wagon, thoso with Uttlo camoras In front,
stooping low; next, tho men with tho lnrger hand
cameras, and in tho rear tho local artists, who
had big machines on high tripods. It was in truth
a comical sight, but tho colonel did not Boom to
mind It a bit, and went on eating and talking with
tho utmost enthusiasm.
The visit to Choyonnc, ot course, gave tho anap
shotters their bost chances for picturesque vlowu,
for there the colonel could bo caught almost any
tlmo shaking hands with tho cowboys, cowgirls and
gaudily painted Indians, or applauding the work
of tho broncho-busters.
Thoro Is a Chicago nowspapor man who once
had tho unlquo experience of being tho only person
with a camera presont nt tho coronation of a king.
Tho monarch In question wns Mataafa, who had
boon elected king of Samoa by n majority of tho
Inhabitants of thoso dcloctablo Islands In 1808. His
rolgn, to bo sure, lasted but a fow months, for after
a gallant atrugglo ho was most unjustly doposod
by tho Americans and British, who thoroupon parti
tioned tho lalnnds with Germany. Tho perform
ance took place in tho opon, but tho king nnd
tho chiefs who nnolntod him wero not to bo ap
proached within eomo fifty yards. So rigid Ih 8a
moan etiquette that tho ono man with tho camera
did not daro to broak through tho surrounding ring
ot natives, and had perforco to be content with
such views as could bo had from a distance.
tlmo
"Rarely Bufltctont; It's already
,flvo. Ills lordship romalns at his club
;tlll six, whon, should thoro be no mos
sage, ho starts on his deforrcd trip
to California. Why doesn't JamoB
como?"
"Allow mo," Rowo leisurely crossed
to tho mantolploco, his gnzo lingering
,on tho girl, tidying papers In her
desk. Suddenly bending above tho
.clock, his broad shouldors masking I
ifrom vlow, ho romarkod, "Flvo, you
said? Your clock sayn four."
"I can't bo mlstnkon " In tho
act of consulting tior watch Bho was
arrested by an exclamation from her
.guost, whoso sloevo had brushod
roughly agalnsta a statuotto, prompt
ness nlono on his part saving It from
destruction. Mllllcont shuddorod In
mock rollet.
"Today Is my lucky day," ho aB
surod her. "I foot capablo of miracles
' ovon of convincing you to my way
of thinking. Como." Halt Jocularly
ho pushod a chnlr botoro tho hearth,
then sot another for himself. Hands
thrust doop In hla pookotB, ho nodded
townrd tho clock. "For ono hour wo
will talk,"
"And tho subject?"
"Everything ttiat concerns you
or me."
She studied him from tho cornor ot
her oyea, contrasting tho fine pro
portions of his musuclnr framo with
that ot Lord Wlndmoro, to tho lat
tor's disadvantage "I nm n head
taUcr," Bho thought, experiencing a
quick senso ot repulsion.
Rowo smiled oulzzicnlly. "You
upprovo of mo physically? Good!'
"I wau not thinking ot you."
"So? I whs about you. Who
woula have dreamed thnt such a
scrawny kid could dovolop Into; tho
beauty you aro now. No offonso
looks being your second blggost as
set In tho gnmo you'ro playing."
"You are coarse; I won't bo talked
to BOl"
"After today, mnybo, I shan't care
f talk to you at all."
Tho girl's faco sottoned. "Oh, yeB,
you will. Tho spice of things has
been in our discussion ot them nftor
ward. Your polut of view Is dlrocL
It's tho reward ot kooplng nt BUfll
dent dlstnnco to pormtt ot a porspoc
tlvo. With mo', rotative values ofton
grow confused."
"You romombor tho crock whoro wo
ttsliod na youngsters?" tho man do
mantled, Irrolovantly. "And tho day
you Insisted on crossing uio siippory
log alono, nnd tumbled In?"
Mlillcont laughed softly. "I can
soo you now, with your torn cap,
your 'knickers' rolled up and your
home-made rod. I thought you aw
fully brave whon you pullod mo out
two foot ot water, wasn't It?"
' "Rut think ot tho reward you
promised.
"Children mnko plo-cruat prom-
Iseal"
"Just so you remember, that's all."
Adam atrotchod his long legs to tho
blnzo and his companion, conscious
of his slightest movement, felt, a half
frightened resentment nt tho povor
of her old playmato to crowd out all
other personalities from nor thoughts
"I'm thinking of tno night you
told mo of your father's first big sua
cossful spoculutlon. It was raining;
wo wero in tho best room, abomina
ble stuffy bocauso rarely opened.
Your llfo was changed by that deal
Just ns tho mountain stream la
dhungod when It falls Into tho river.
It becamo merely a question of tlmo
boforo you would reach tho city to
bo ongulfed."
"You thought It would mako a dlf
ferenco In our friendship, but" at
moso wistfully sho touchou tho arm
of Rowe's chair 't hasn't!"
"It has." Tho man's tono struck
back harshly. "Had wo stayed out
there in tho foothills you would never
havo known about socloty, or the
magic of a tltlo dangling llko a scalp
at tho bolt ot your wealth. Llfo
might havo meant work, but It would
havo moant froedom. Think ot gal
loping ovor tho rolling plains, tho
soft grass flying from tho horses'
hoots, tho wind In our nostrils the
wldtti ot tho sky abovo Just wo
two."
"Stop! Somotime8 tho longing
makes mo mad It Boema aa If I
must run nwny back to It all! It's
tho plainsman's horltngo." Tho words
tumbled ovor each othor ns It tho
spoakor had no cholco but to glvo
thorn uttoranco. "All day rvo neon
flchtlng. It haB been thnt craving
ntralnst mv ambition nd nnd I had
strangled It, or thought so, till you
Aitoclatcd Literary I'rcs.
camo with your talk of" freedom.' Her
volco broko, but she hold her head
proudly. Lator Bho must yield to
tho flood ot emotion, now held la
chock; It was tho bitter price thai;
sho must pay tor victory, tangible In
nor letter to Wludmere, but not until
she waB alone,
"Suppobo tho man you marry can't
understand that sort of hunger haa
novcr tolt It? You might blow your
brnlnB out somo day when tho fover'a
on I"
Thrustlnn her chnlr abruptly back.
Mllllcont stood a little behind him.
whoro ho could no longor watch hr
faco. Who sho spoko it was with
an effort, her tono showed strain.
"I never should havo allowed you
to rako up tlio pasl today' Bbe
dropped her chin upon nor arms,
crossed on fiio high back of his chair;
sho stared, dry-eyed, Into tho glowing
coals, "Mother was always ambi
tious, cvon whon wo tlvod fn a cabin
and sho did tho family wash. Sho'a
tho samo today, only lnatond ot
money she craves position nnd power.
Got so much for herself aa tor mo,
nnd within cortntn limits Bho haa
mado mo llko herself. She dragged
me nt tho heels ot society until sho
compelled recognition. In return sho'
asks only thnt I marry woll. That
letter would have paid my debt to
her " Sho broko Into an almost;
hysterical laugh. "Mother failed la
hor gonoralshlp whon Bbe admitted
you today, for with you here,, sum
moning up pictures of the past I
can't do It!"
"You don't object It I amoko?"
RlBlng abruptly, Adam solootcd a
cigar, nnd tho hand that held the
match was unsteady. Tho girl, hav
ing risen, nlso watohod tho flickering
Ilamo, hnuds clasped beforo hor.
"You, with n thousand moods a day,
how do you know that this will last?"
Tho brutality . ot tho question
whipped tho girl to fury. Catching
up tho lottor Bho toro It, ehred to
shrod, "Dy this nnd UiIb " sho
cried pnsatonntoly, flinging the frag
ments Into tho Ilamo. Then, empty
hands spread wldo, Bho turnod from
him, suddenly wonry of controversy.
'Now go, I shall not marry Lord
Wlndmoro."
Tho hands of tho clock hnvlng conn
plotcd tho ctrclo, Its stlvory gong
struck flvo. Within' tho hour Howe
hnd mado good his boaat, but some
thing in tho girl's attltudo spoiled the
flavor ot Bucceus."
"Until you put thnt lotter into my
hand I had no ftctlon the fellow's
claim was bo pressing," he said
tersely. "You soo, tho girl we've been
talking ot could glvo hersolf for noth
ing loss than love. And I had como
hero, froo, for tho first tlmo, to spoalc
plainly. Your attltudo seemed t say
that tlmo for discussion waa paat, so
I mado tlmo I Btolo an hour Bet
your clock bnckl Dut if you regret
your decision, It's not too lato, Send
yon lottor to tho train, It will catch
Wlndmoro all right"
"Ploaao go," repeated tho girl wear
ily. "I'm tired and mothor will
havo to bo 'told."
"I said wo should discuss matters
concerning us both. I can t go till
I'vo said my any. Luck has stood by
mo, thought It's boon touch and go
with most of us on tho stroot thoso
Inst fow months. But I'm out ot tho
woods now, nnd I'm going to tako a
long vacation."
Tho girl's lasbvp flickered; .other
wise sho did not &t.
"I'm going back to our hills nud
plains; I wnnt to tako you with me."
At last, when sho waa off guard,
th only vital issue between thorn had
taken form. Always, forming tho
background ot hor llfo, sho bad dis
cerned Adam's love. Yet with a
woman's weapons ,sho had avoided
recognition pf It botwoon them, .since,
onco acknowledged, It could only bo
a struggle to tho doath between It
and hor ambition. Yot, now that ho
had brokon dpwn her barriers, vaiue
seemed dlfforont llfo less complex. A
now world opened one In which her
foot would trace familiar patua tnat
might load to poace.
You don't guesH how far I've
grown from our old llfo "
"Nor da I care, girl girl l It's
yeara since tho child gavo her prom
ise to tho boy; need the man wan
longer for his wlfo?"
Slowly hor wavering eyes were
drawn back by his, nnea wun in
urtkjulato lovo and worship, and tho
blood leaped In her veins as sho sur
rendered horself to his arms, as
thoy cloaed hungrily around hor It
soomod aB If alio had boon waiting
for this moment always, though sho
had not known.
A New Ireland.
Thero Is now a now Ireland an Ire
land which 1b practically unknown ta
tho vaBt majority of tho Irish raco In!
America. This now Ireland has boon;
crontod mainly by tho recent Innd
acts, although thoro aro other causes
-social, economlo, as won as logiaia-
tlvo which aro ellently but suroly nt
work In tho roncgcratlon of tho un
happy Erin of old. Intolllgont and
fair-minded Irlsh-Amorlcnns who havo
within tho last flvo or six years visited
tho "old country" after a long Inter
vnl, soo this wonderful ohango for tho
hottor, and frcoly acknowledge It,
James Boylo In tho Forum.
