MR, CHAMBERLAIN'S WEAKNESS.
Even bis most bitter opponents admit that Mr. Chamberlain is a, strong man. But (says To-day) he has ono weakness which I have not seen recorded elsewhere. This weakness takes the form of a perfectly open and unrestrained delight in hi* own photograph. Not only does •ho delight in it liinisolf, but he loves to hear his friends pass favourable comments on the latest sun-picture of his features. I. was spaalring the other day to a Birmingham man, who, in th« olden days when the Colonial Secretary was popularly known as the Republican Mayor, had be«n it member of Mr. Chamberlain's Bible class. He told me that quite recently he wax standing outside a photographer's shop, looking at the latest portrait of Birmingham's great man, when a hand was hud on his uhoulder and a' voice, full of suppressed interest and excitement, whispered in his ear, "Do you think it a good one?" Turning round, he saw with surprise Mr. Chamberlain himself, looking up into his face, with an almost child-like eagerness, and waiting with beaming expectancy for a favourable verdict.
Captain Jack Sutton, who was rmnul New Zealand several times with Fitzgerald's Circus and Wirth's Cncus, is bock in San Francisco.
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Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue LXIV, 13 September 1902, Page 5 (Supplement)
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205MR, CHAMBERLAIN'S WEAKNESS. Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue LXIV, 13 September 1902, Page 5 (Supplement)
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