... THE MILLION AIR MAN HIS WINNING WAYS. SEEKING TO MOVE ROUND THE WORLD IN A MILLION WAYS MAX DUFFEK IN LONDON, I. WALKING ALONG THE EMBANKMENT PARAPET ON HIS HANDS. 2. RIDING A HOBBY -HORSE, NEAR LEICESTER SQUARE. 3. DRIVING A GROWLER WHILE IN CONTORTIONS/' IN LEICESTER SQUARE. 4. ROLLING ALONG THE ROAD IN PICCADILLY. 5. WALKING WHILE PLAYING A FLUTE. 6. BEING CARRIED BY SCAVENGER BOYS. 7. ...

... itp .;,p Ta7(?£ BRUMMELL ^WiKSMBI. INlP^ C^V TO/Y 'Changes Well! No longer an island, eh? Well, there it is. No good talkin' about it. We must make up our minds about it, revolu tionise our popular songs, sell Dreadnoughts for scrap-iron, make a handsome present of the Admiralty to the Plymouth Brethren, pension off the Jolly Jack, find a new job for Mr. Haldane, let the new War Office as an ...

... PAINTER OF BOTH FORM AND CHARACTER: MR. JOHN SINGER SARGENT, R.A. Photograph by Pundy. Mr. John Singer Sargent, R.A., the inoiern Velasquez, who seizes not only the form but also the character of his sitter, is an American, born at Florence some fifty years ago. Lord Leighton's encouragement led him to study under Carolus Duran. He has painted wonderlul portraits of the Duchess of Portland, ...

... The Emperor Joseph's Birthday. To-day (Wednesday) is the birthday of the Emperor of Austria, and the whole world will very heartily wish the doyen of European sovereigns many happy returns of the day. That our King did not stop at Ischl this year on his way to Marienbad to inter view the Austrian Emperor may be due to half-a-dozen causes, the great age of the Emperor being one, but it cer ...

... NATURE AS LIFE -GUARD: VERY LIKE THEIR SURROUNDINGS. THE ANIMATE RESEMBLING THE INANIMATE IN REMARKABLE FASHION. I. SMALL DEEP WATER CRABS AMONG PEBBLES, SHOWING HOW GREATLY THE ANIMATE OBJECTS RESEMBLE THE INANIMATE. 2. A COMMON EDIBLE CRAB AMONG STONES. TO ILLUSTRATE THE RE MARKABLE MANNER IN WHICH THE FORMER RESEMBLES THE LATTER. 3. CRAES HIDING IN THE SAND, AND ALMOST INVISIBLE TO THE ...

... THE JUDGMENT OF FOLKESTONE THREE OF THE BEAUTIES WHO OPPOSED CONTINENTAL QUEENS IN THE INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY COMPETITION, AND A QUEEN. 1. MISS CARPENTER, WHO SECURED MOST VOTES IN THE PRELIMINARY COMPETITION. 2. MISS LOUIE ELLIS. 3. MISS MAY WATTS. 4. THE QUEEN OF NORMANDY. -\Photographs Nos. 2, and J by Burgess No. 4 by Battlon.] At the competition at which six British beauties were ...

... wr W^fc y iWik llld* B HbI Bj LORD RALPH KERR, who has just entered on his seventy-third year, carries his age lightly, with no bending of the upright figure that used to look so fine in the uniform of a Colonel of Hussars, and still does huge credit to homespuns. Lord Ralph is the heir-presumptive of his nephew, the Marquess of Lothian, who is five- and- thirty and a bachelor. Lord Ralph ...

... THE STREET ACCIDENT OF THE FUTURE A BALLOON COLLISION. JUMPING FROM A BALLOON ON TO A BALLOON: THE COSMOS ON THE BUSLEY, SHOWING ONE OF THE AERONAUTS ABOUT TO CLIMB DOWN THE NETTING. This remarkable accident, typical, perhaps, of the dangers that will await us in the streets of the air in the near future, occurred recently. The balloon Cosmos, released before the order to start had ...

... BRUMMELL 1^ JBy Co&AfOjfcfM/wo/Y jj^ j'.'yi* i Paris. Ah I said I would, and I have. What? And if that is not in itself a feat, find one. Generally, when I say I will i don't, as I very much hate puttin' myself into the position of bein' able to buck over the poor devil commonly known as man. What I mean is that I'm in Paris-- but not alone. Gently, gently! How the mind runs on. Why should it ...

... . THE REAL TUBE FROCK: SKIRTS CRINOLINED BY THE DRAUGHT FROM AIR-SHAFTS OF THE BERLIN UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. Photographs by Sport and General. It is evident that the air-shafts of the Berlin Underground Railway are not altogether a boon and a blessing to women. Indeed, those who know the embarrassing moments that may follow the crossing of one of the gratings of the German capital's ''tube ...

... BASE BALL BY SEARCHLIGHT WHY NOT CRICKET? i. Playing Base-ball at Night at the National League Base-ball Park at Cincinnati the Ground Illuminated by Powerful Lamps. 2. A Hundred-foot Steel Tower fitted with a Pair of Great Arc Lamps for the Illumination of the Base-ball Ground. 3. A Tower fixed on the Roof of the Grand Stand and fitted with Powerful Lamps for the Illumination of the Ground. 4 ...

... THE Princess of Wales, who is due with her children at Abergeldie Castle, has hern paying a short visit to Lord and Lady Brownlow at Ashridge Park. Lord Brownlow is now very much of an in valid, but there is no merrier circle than his when Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cust are among his guests. Mr. Harry Cust is heir to. the barony of Brownlow, and he should be persuaded to publish a volume of his ...