Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.
MRS. BROWN-POTTER.
Age 4. From a Photo. by Levitsky, Paris.
Age 24. From a Photo. by Filk, Sydney.
Age 18. From a Photo. by Elmer & Chickering, Boston.
Present Day. From a Photo. by Warneuke, Glasgow.
ORA URQUHART POTTER was born in Louisiana, her father being Scotch and her mother partly Mexican. She was educated by her mother, and taught to act and recite from babyhood, her mother making her play on all occasions such as birthdays and Christmas. Her first appearance before friends was at the age of five years. She was married at seventeen. She never spoke English until fourteen, speaking entirely French and Spanish. She played all over the States as an amateur, and when the occasion came, and she was thrown on her own resources, she adopted the stage as a profession. She has played in every country and city where the English language is spoken. Mrs. Potter has, perhaps, the largest repertoire of any living actress.
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
Born 1841.
Age 40. From a Photo. by W. & D. Downey.
Present Day. From a Photo. by W. & D. Downey.
HE article on the home life of the Prince and Princess of Wales which we have the privilege of publishing in this number lends additional interest to the portraits of their Royal Highnesses at different ages. The accompanying portraits of the Prince represent him in his nursery; as an Oxford undergraduate; in Highland costume; in the uniform of a Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues); and finally, in an excellent likeness, at the present day.
THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
Age 17. From a Photo. by Hansen, Copenhagen.
Age 19. From a Photo. by Bingham, Paris.
UR first portrait of the Princess of Wales was taken in her native city nearly two years before her arrival in England; the second was taken at the time of her marriage; the third when her second son, the present Duke of York, was about a year old; and the fourth in her robes as Doctor of Music of the Royal University of Ireland in 1885. The difference in the fashion of the dresses in these portraits is striking, but not more so than the beauty of the Princess.
THE REV. S. BARING-GOULD, M.A. BORN 1834.
Born 1834.
HE REV. SABINE BARING-GOULD, who has of late years won world wide popularity as as the writer of "Mehalah," "John Herring," and many other novels, was born at Exeter, and is the eldest son of Mr. Edward Baring-Gould, of Lew-Trenchard, Devon, where the family has resided for nearly 300 years, and of which place he is now the Rector. He is also Justice of the Peace for the County of Devon. He had written on various subjects of historical research before he took to novel-writing.
LORD CHARLES BERESFORD.
Born 1846.
Age 14. From a Photograph.
Age 40. From a Photo. by Dickinson & Foster.
Age 20. From a Photograph.
Present Day. From a Photo. by Merlin, Athens.
ORD CHARLES BERESFORD, son of the Marquis of Waterford, entered the Royal Navy at thirteen, served on several warships, and accompanied the Prince of Wales to India, in 1875, as Naval Aide-de-Camp. At the bombardment of Alexandria he was in command of the gunboat Condor, and his gallant conduct in bearing down on the Marabout batteries and silencing guns immensely superior to his own was so conspicuous that the Admiral's ship signalled: "Well done, Condor!" In 1884 he assisted Lord Wolseley in the Nile Expedition.
JOHN ROBERTS.
Born 1847.
Age 2. From a Photograph.
Age 26. From a Photograph by Whitlock, Birmingham.
Age 16. From a Photograph.
Present Day. From a Photo. by Ahrle, Bombay.
OHN ROBERTS, the finest billiard player the world has ever seen, was born at Ardwick, Manchester. He commenced his career as a billiard player very early in life, for when only a child of eleven he assisted his father at the George Hotel, in Liverpool, his father at the time being universally considered the best in England, and, consequently, we find that he had in early life the very best model from which to study the game. Some thirty years ago, when Roberts's father was champion, a break of over 200 was a rare event, whereas now it is an everyday occurrence with third-rate players. Roberts's highest all-round break is 3,000. His superiority to those who rank next to him is unprecedented, as evinced by his recent victory over Peall, to whom he gave 9,000 in 24,000. Roberts's style is simply perfect, and it is wonderful to watch the various strokes during a long break, consisting as they do of some requiring great execution and power of cue, and others showing the utmost delicacy of touch.
OHN ROBERTS, the finest billiard player the world has ever seen, was born at Ardwick, Manchester. He commenced his career as a billiard player very early in life, for when only a child of eleven he assisted his father at the George Hotel, in Liverpool, his father at the time being universally considered the best in England, and, consequently, we find that he had in early life the very best model from which to study the game. Some thirty years ago, when Roberts's father was champion, a break of over 200 was a rare event, whereas now it is an everyday occurrence with third-rate players. Roberts's highest all-round break is 3,000. His superiority to those who rank next to him is unprecedented, as evinced by his recent victory over Peall, to whom he gave 9,000 in 24,000. Roberts's style is simply perfect, and it is wonderful to watch the various strokes during a long break, consisting as they do of some requiring great execution and power of cue, and others showing the utmost delicacy of touch.