Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-01-20

Uncle Abe or drafts for at least a year.
| Now, boys wen give you little advice:
Before you're sing consider twice
! ~-a Uncle sam wants men, and some must 80
To fill the ranks and fight the foe.
Then boys Just think this question oe'r:
Don't be scared at the thousands more;
But remember that each OF you TO a man
lsrart and parcel OF Uncle Sam.
MIsEz,lIs OF A PHOT0GEAPHIsT r.
In turning over the leaves of an album,
We frequently pass our acquaintances with
out oven nod. How is this ? The photo.
graph may be irrcproachable as work OF
art, ard it is impossible to be other than a
transcript OF what was presented 10 the cam.
era. How comes it, then, that il is not a
likeness? Simply because the original was,
at the critical moment, unlike himself
When about to be photographed, one is apt
to feel that, according to The position which
he assumes, Judgment will be passed on his
good or bad figure, awkwardncss or grace.
lie wishes to present himself on pspor to an
admirng, not to critical public. A nervous
consciousness, moreover, that perhaps dol.
lar or two is involved in the operation, tends
materially to add TO his discontinue. Trivial
as this consideration may appear, it sxerts q
b
most persons are willing TO acknowledge,
even to themselves. Placed in a position al
ways chosen by the operator (bcirg, to save
himself the trouble OF rc-arrangng acceyso
ries. precisely the same as that which the
last sitter cccupied), his head screwed into n
vice behind, he is told 10 look at an indicated
spot on the wall, and keep still Thus posed,
he regards further operations with much the
same feelings Of dstrust as he would those
OF dentist. In imagination, he hears the
sharp rattle of the ferccps, or the punch
His breathing becomes quicker as the cr;,i.
cal moment arrives, his heart beats andibly
against ms waiStcoat and hazy film falls
over his eyes. In this delightful condition
OF mind and body, he is enjoined to keep
| quite still, and put on natural expression:
rs il expressions were rs easy to put oil as
| gloves. The inevitable consequence is, that
he "grns horribly ghas,ly. smile" .he ike
OF which never passed over his features be.
fore. Yet both operator and sitter wonder
why the portrait is SO very unlike.
should like to have a landscape back
ground lor my portrait, if you please" is a
| frequent, but most Inconsistent request. -
What can be more Prcpostgrous than to see
| a lady in full evening costume, quietly seat.
cd in luxurious easy chair, in the middle
Of mountain pass, with a rearing ca;aIac,
rushing madiy down within a couple of inch.
es Of her immaculate book muslin The
rugged pinnacle to which she is supposed to
have flown (in her easy chair being careful,
| ly adapted to her shoes by brussels carpet,
from which tree is springing. An actor
wishing to be represented in some particular
| character may, with propriety, require Il
painted background TO assist in the illusion
that he is on th, stage, before his own paint.
ed scenes. Addison remarks, in the Sprcta,
tor, "a little skill in criticism would Inform
us that shadows aid realities ought not to
be mixed together in the same piece. lf one
would represent wide campaign country
filed with ilocks and herds it would be ri
diculous to draw the country only upon the
scenes, and 10 crowd several parts Of the
stage with sheep and oxen. This is joining
together Inconsistencies, and making the
decorations partly real and partly Imaginary
There is as much individuality and char
actcr in the human figure as in the human
face. Every ono has some slight pecularity
Of gesture aud carriage Of body, as he has
idiosnycracy Of mind. Assuming this TO be
so, with how much more character is por
trait in some accustomed position endowed
than II represented in ono to which he Was
unacustomed. right reverend prel,te, en-.
gagged in the manipulation of three little
thimbles and a small pea, or blind man
looking through a stercscope, would scarcely
be in harmony and yet photographs arc
frequently pcrpetra.cd in which ladies' and
gentlemen are represented in positions, and
engaged in cmployments, equally as foreign
n in, n nh tt,ai, a.. a.. ll,y
them. The conventional pillar and curtain
are becoming intolerable. The conventional
Smith or representative Jones, attired in his
habit as he lives, seldom has the oppor'uni,
ty Of resting his elbow on the base OF
fluted column, neither is he often interrupt.
ed in the study Of his favorite author Zone
finger between the leaves Of the book), seat
ed in a lady's boudoir, radiant with boquets
and toilet bottles, nor with a mass of un
meaning drapcry mixed up with his hair,
IKE the hood Of an excited cobra.
Now for my trials: " How frightrully
stout you have made me-" demonstrates
lady weighing probably couple Of hundred
weight; T" ] have had my portrait painted in
ell and pasteils, but neither make me look
so stout as you have. declare look like
some fat, dunpy old woman. wouldn't
let any one see this for worlds. You really
must DO another" This lady is succeeded
by another, Of uncertain age, who wants a
carte do visite taken Of her pct dog-it is to
be presumed for him TO distribute among his
acquaintanccs. ~ should like it taken very
nicely, If you please, How do you think he
would look best? In profile, three quarters
or full face % "I think in profile replies
the artist VIII yon please to make hin,
lie down on the table ?" "Oh dear, he won't
be still, know, on the hard table; he mus,
have cushion to lie ON A cushion is &C.
cordingly procured, and Beauty is deposited
thereon. II think remarks tiA young Ia
dy, after he is focused AID the light a-eng
cd, 'thc other is the pre!tiest side Of his
face. Yes" turning him around, "he looks
far more intelligent in this position" This
Of course, nscessitates re focusing and re
arrangement. of the light. just at the mo.
nent Of exposure Beauty jumps off the IA
bic No amount Of whistIing or coaxing, no
startling announcement OF rats" or even
"cats." win induce him 70 keep still for one
second. Half dozen plates in succession
are spoiled, until he takes it into his intelli
gent head to 60 TO sleep, when a good pho
tograph is at last secured, and the lady, with
many apologies for having given so much
trouble, bows herself cut. She is succeeded
by two young gentlemen Just retarned from
school. who beyond making each other laugh
and putting themselves into absardly gro.
tcsque positions, while the operator is at
tempting to focus, and asserting that "it's
DO end Of fun being photographed (Which
the ob.use operator doesn't seem TO see),
conduct themselves tolerably well. and in a
few minutes are dismissed. The next visit
or is young mamma with her infant. " Do
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