New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-26
PHOTOGRAPHIC Exec SSES.

Verify was Dsguerres great invention-one for
which we fear the pbysoguomies of the Nineteeoth
Century have never been sufficiently grateful TO that
immortal Freedman.
All the world dOas upon having is portrait taken
tie crave Mr. Ledger no LEES nan thu lang aid Les
be loves TO be engaged for sitting TO Sgnor Re-
.upee Il s.tes both in accordance with their ndi rid
ual idios orasies. Mr. Ledger is responsibility incar
nate; MOI ey, acquired from Of unq1estoned
eeitimscy is written in every wrinkle of bis forehead
every knucke OF his long graspiag fngers, In
tie tight cencbipg of his boodless lips in the cold
calculation Of hs keen eyes the instructive image Of
20 much integrity must Lot be lost to posterity-hs
picture must be taken as duty he owes TO himself
bis family the CONNIE cal community. So, when Mr.
Ldger sajs to you with solemn Importance, "Sir
come at twelve; ] have en- appointment. q! ten with
81. nor Refugee at bis studio, he wishes you to un
desand at once that grave duty is being discharged
and calculates accordingly upon your admiration.
"Cbere Lesbie" las her mamma delights to call
her en- the contrary droops her perfamed ring lets
aid ss she permits you her dmpled fingers bidding
You good morning from her caniage window declares
complsceDay her errand, and ra tell you th,ugh she
bess II may go DO further, that FitzN-, the poet,
was 80 struck with her resemblance the Countess
Guiceioli (B,ron's friend, she sipperDsly expains
that he had prevailed upon mamms to accept her
daughters portrait from him after he had procured
engraving vheewith to illustrate his sweet poem to
that unfo tupate lady. Lesba relies upon your homer,
ard you say some hing stupid enough, about the
tbsIks which are due to the inspired Fitz " as
the instrument of perpetuatng the unsquaed beauties
before You. The lacy bushes delightedly, you bow
and pass on, TO laugh with the next ferd at this gro
tsque csicsture on the Italian O. untess and her in.
sipid SELF compacency. Mr.. Ledger is "gcoa' in
Wal .trce,; the fair Lesbias paterns parent hos
bread lands and stately mansions and teemng Offers;
it is clear that upon neither of these did Dagueues
comparatively inexpensive sun-msgic descend with its
peculiar blessipg bat TO that numerous class Of
youths and naidens and partial parens Of hungry van
iiy and hungrier purses.
To appreciate the length and b'esdth Of the great
want, and the esgerpess with which The relief was
seized upon, 1t is only necessary 70 vi it one OF the
many galleries OF this famous art in every city, town
or village of our busy country. The who has
not sat for his diguereotypel might By dill
gent research be found-so mi ht that fab llous ndi
yisusl who smokes in an omnbus-so might he OF the
carpetbsg; but the who has not Undergone
that operation once, thrice-nsy, dozen times-you
may rest assured is dead. One who, from principle
or Indifference had abs.eioed from ofsripg herself
willing s,orice to this popular rage would be either
heroine or phenomenon, well worth, as q natural
curiosity, the time aid trouble necessary to pro.
duce" her. To abs ain from principle be remarked
en- PEASANT, would be scarcely successful nowadays,
since pott-mortem Fittings have become so common;
and to have ore's corpse give the lie to whole life
tine Of sudioas adherence u pes ri gnance would
seem most notifying thing 70 comet tue kno Wedge
OF The ost mbodied
II s curious to observe that class OF womfn whose
e1istences far public contac. is concerned, are
bounded by the diner siObs Of daguereotype saloon
Assuredly the Hydra could not have rcoced in more
heads than any Of these, or Proteus have pos
sessed go mary shspes. Classic brAds, and ringets
Of Medusa-Iike profusion-edornmens of regal su'
psrfluity, aid simplicity alsmingly pri nitive-in
with the herp of thousand strings which she has
twareed as many times for specimens )-shils on
the BoweIy she is Transformed into pstro'ic Lie,
fraped in the stars and stripes, Yankee Doodle the
only 'mind or music breathing in her face" Writer'S
Of verses for smsl mag azGes, To ODe Who VIII In
derstand ihem," may be found in the picturesque
Iess Of attitude expressing 81 absolute en 'enent oil
the muse ard With the invariable literary eccomps'
nneats of eacoid rpgles, downfall Of black" hair,
aud loose bodice. Arstes Of every kind and degree
from the imperious prma donna Of Maretzek TO
the most ptul OF bis chorls-hom the bloodiest lady
Naet eth to the most harmless lking-lady" who
does the detected silence at the Bower from the
most voluptuous Soto to the thinnes. of the ballet
coYps-sIeet you OIL every eide in ali imaginable
roles AM p0ses
Children OF all ages, in pastures forciby recalling
the stories one has reao about The ccueies pactcsd
by Hndoo beegars their offspring to qualify them
for their profession. by manning limb, or rendering
it by forced inactivity utterly useess-the only dler-
ei CO beir ,hs in the case the coupulson lasted
lust two mir by the watch IN the other for years.
ci1ls in groups Of the most uncomfortable freod-
ship, ertwined in dislocatiDg embraces AMI smulog
gIiu J, in contempt of the momeDtary torture
TIep tee ere patient martyrs who gladly 60
through touching serials Of popular intres-'uch a.
the - Lore 8 Prayer" Ny Mo'ter'S Arm chair, &C.
the pous sentiment of which is necessarily impaired
by ones constantly meeting the subjects in the
loudest compa iOpshp thoioughtares, ano oo=erv-
ing their material propensities asserted 10 toor Ire
qnent visits 20 Taylo.'s We are never surprised a.
ally eccentric NOV emeut on the part OF these photo
gtapbi, sccomm, dston, and are qoite prepared to
meet IL Il 0 4" Paul and vrgiIi," of oadway gal
lery the "Vilkins and bis Dinah OF BoTeiy
establishment.
Byaewsy, Bsrnun, having consigned the babies
TO an oblivion Of cradles and nueres, hatetui siter
their brief glimpse of the gay wo'lo is about to pro-
vide THE dsgueneoty pe-lovins public with novelty
ss original audsc.OGs We really c,noot determine
witHer our women sborld be more PROVOKED win
tat great Ar eric reflector for In the inst place
pay ing such oquivoca compliments to their lady'iike
sepse Of ies iarcties b. proposing these peculiar
sch, NE involving their immediate coo eret'on o. iF
fssy setmi TO prove by bis ssccesse' the correct
lees OF bis appreciation of shessme. Wesay SEEMING
fei be IL too sensible man to propose such things TO
American ladies, and the public TOO ssgscous 10 be-
love tia be owes TO them ih &c su,cesssi AL tne