The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-20

In employ mCnts, equally as foreign 20 those Ia
which their friends usually see them. The con
ventiunal pillar and curtain are becoming intole-
rnblc. The conventional Smith or representative
Jones, attitcd In his habit as he lives (say the
guinea paIctot and The sixteen shilling trousers),
seldom has the opportunity OF resting his elbow
on the base OF a Huted column neither Is he often
interrupted IN the study Of his tavorite author
(une finger between the leaves Of the book,
s,a'cd in lady's bou!oir, radiant with bouquets
and toilet bottles, nor with a mass Of unneanng
| drapery mixed up with his hair, Ike the hood OF
an excited cobra.
when two or more persons are taken in ono
picture, II is no uncommon thing 20 sec them
standing without any connection whatever with
each other, as isolated and independent as the
sta uCttes ON the board Of an Italian lmagcm an;
I tr else as if desirOus Of emulating the silver
| bells and Cockle.shelis Of pervCrse Mary, Ccle-
| mattd In the nursery ballads-all IN n row.
A lady or gentleman having made up her or
/ his mind 10 he photographed, naturally considers,
In the fret place. how % be dressed so as 20 show
| OIL to the best advantage. This is by no means
| such an unImportant matter as many might i'm t-
| giuC. Let me offer few words Of advice touch
| ing dress. Orange color, for certain optical rea.
| sons, is, photORraphlcaly, black. Blue Is white
| her shades or tones of color are prOpUriOnttcly
| darker OF ghtcr, as they contain more OF less Of
| these colors. The progressive scale OF photo
| graphic color commences with the hghtcst Inc
| order stands thus-white, light. blue, violet, pink,
| mauyc, dark blue, lemon, buo-Ereen leather
| brown drab, ccrisc, magenta, ycllow-greeni dar6-
| brown, purple, red amber, morOne, orange dead
| black. Complexion has to be much considered
| in connection with dress. Blondes can wear
| much lighter coors than brunettGs; the latter
| always present better pictures in dark dresses,
| bur neither look well in positive white Violent
/ contrasts Of color should be especially guarded
| against.
| In Photography, brunettes possess a great ad-
vantage over their fairer sisters. The lovely
golden tire ses lose all their transparent brilliancv,
| and are represented black whilst the "bOnnie
blue e'e" theme Of rapture to the poet is misery
| TO the photographer; for il is put entirely out.
The simplest and most effective way Of removing
! the yellow color from the hair, is TO power il
nearly white IL is thus brought to about the sumo
Photographic tint as in nalure. The same rule,
Of course, applies to compleXOns. A freckle
quite invisible at short distance, is, on account
of its yellow color, rendered most painfully dis
tinct when photographed. The puff box must be
called in to the assistance of art. Here let me
intrude one word Of general advice Blue, as we
have seem Is the most readily affected by light,
and yellow the least; if, therefore, you would
Keep your complexion clear, and free from tan
freCkles whilst taking your delightful rambles at
the seaside, discard by all means the blue veil,
and substitute n dark green or yellow one in
its stead. Blue tulle offers no more obstruction
TO the actiniC rays Of the sun than white. Ha {
yard of yellow net, though, perhaps, not very
becoming, will be found more etiicaciOus aud
considerably cheaper than a quart of Kalydor.
The cause of frecklcs is simple enough. 1t is
nothing more than darkening Of the salts of
iron contained in the blood, ~ tne action or
light. A freckled face is, therefore, an animated
photograph.
Still another reason why phc.opranbs are not
always pleasing, either as ,,Kcnes ,rs or pictures
Is, mat the Tune occs spied in posing the sitter
Ill anu eSSuii"B 10 negative, is not sufficient to
t. .-yn thought or care to be devoted TO 1t.
- vas recorded in a Photographic Journal some
time since, as a wonderful feat and Landed ao-
COTdingly, that one operator had taken ninety
seven negatives in eight hours, Just hve minutes
apiece. Now, as no two individuals ought TO be
subjected to precisely the same treatment, that
is, placed in the same position, or in the same
lights, il is certain that fifty at least of those,
mea.ured by this modern Procrustes, would be
capable Of much Improvement. Sometimes, for
days together, when the atmosphere is toGgy,
they can do nothing; and, therefore, it behovea
them to make their hay while the sun shines.
Now for my trials :-"How frghtfully scout
you have made me-" demonstrates a lady weigh
ing, probably, about couple OF hundred
weights; al have had my portrait painted in
oil and pastele, but neither make me look so
stout as you have. declare look like some
fat, dumpy old woman. wouldn't let any one
see this for worlds You really must do an
| other" This lady is succeeded by another, of
uncertain age, who wants carte dc visite taken
of her pet dog Ut is presumed, for him to distri-
| butte amongst his acquaintances). II should
like Il taken very nicely, If you please. How do
| you think he would look best In profile, three
| quarters, or full face :" Il think in profile,
| replies the artist. "Will you please make him
| lie down on the table" "Oh dear, he won't be
| still, know, on the hard table; he must have
| cushion 20 lie on" A cushion is accordingly
/ procured, ana Beauty IS dOpOsltou tneICOu. II
| think" remarks the young lady, after he IS
| focused and light arranged, "the other is the
! pIettest side of his face. Yes turning nun
round che looks far more intelligent in this posi-
| ton" This of course, necessitates retocu5sing
| aud rearrangement of tho light. Just at the
| m ment of exposure, Beauty jumps Off the table.
| No amount of whistling or cO,Xng, no startling
| announcement OF "rats or even "cats" will induce
| him 10 keep still for one second, Half dozen
plates in succession are spoiled until he takes IL
| into his intelligent head to go to sleep, when
| good photograph is at last secured, and the lady,
| with many apologies for having given so much
| trouble, bows herefout She is succeeded by two
| young gentlemen just returned from school, who
| beyOnO making each other laugh, putting them
selves into absurdly grotesque positions while the
operator is attempting to focus, and asserting
that "it's no end of fun being photographed"
(Which the obtuse operator doesn't seem to see),
conduct themselves tOleraby well, and in a few
minutes are dismissed. The next visitor is a
young mamma with her infant. "Do you think
you can take a good likeness Of this child Z" she
inquiries; "she has just learned TO walk, and l
should like her to be taken standing"
"But if she has only just learned to walk, "
suggests the artist, II don't think she will be
| able 20 stand still"
"Oh yes, l am sure she Will, returns mamma.
"Do, please try | should so like TO have it,"
The artist cannot withstand this appeal, and,
| against his better Judgment, attempts and fails
for the sweet little Cherub is unsteady on its
pins and is much given 10 "hoppng" Mt un-
| seasouable times. Mamma is az length compelled
| plaCe--tO take the baby on her lap,
Then there is the deaf old gentleman, who
can't hear when he Is told to keep still and
the communicative young lady; and the funny
person, who wants to be taken with his hancee
and when he has moved talks about missing his
face, and facing his miss, and tells the operator
he may fire away again, he has lots of time.
81 10 is now about four O'clock and the artist
who has In the course of the day Travelled about
twenty miles, in rushing in and out Of the devel-
oping'room arranging siiters' dresses and acces-
sOries, guating the lgh, ETC., with the ther.
mometer Standing up among the niuetes has not
had an opportunity Of taking any retreshmcnt, OF
sitting down for one minute. Yet he is expected
TO be polite and conciuatOry TO ALL never TO lose
bis temper, and must attempt at least, to strike
up cheerful Conversation with each sitter, So as
to get an "eXpr ession.' rsa
Can you understand, then, that some of us who
live in glass houses do occasionally desire 10
EXPIRE our impa,icnce by some strong demon
slrutiOn al The Year Round.
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