The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-12-13
From the Sew York Mail.l
THE TRAFFIC IN FACES.
Pictures of Popular People. and Some
Curious Faets About tlae sale ofrheII,-

I'll ASt ue SLep lhto 1AOp !Or the 6
NJ OF photographs in tiis city, and Les
by What mesns the pictures OF pro
Fl lnenl people are takel, how the 81
III etc. There is CREST demsnd fcl
picture Of A. I. Stewart, the ms
y chant prince, but ;.csa picture Off
can be hsd-,heie are none In :
market, and never have been. d
n Stewart declines to have his ia
II photographed, mounted on 8 car
ID and sold TO the public Rumor So
that John Blight once sent him
ponte request FOR bis photograp
, out he declined. There Is no Inc
} chant in the Unite't States who's
Ipicture would sell so we'll Peop
have an iII'ense desiIe TO see hin
It Why Mr.. Stewart declines 10 be poI
ulsIized is not known, but he prot
> ably does so for purposes OF sci
j protection, that he may be able to g
: to Saratoga and about the countr
E without beng annoyed by people VIII
, seek employment or ask for money.
: Mr.. Stewart Is not alone in thi
peculiaIity. His great rival, II. B
Clsfiin, is in demand, but no pictur
Of lin can be hai. Alter mucI
urging, Quincy was allowed to TAX
! a life-size porlraip vi lin, which wa
added to.the gallery nf famous New
!. York merchants and bankers. Som,
small copies of this picture were tax
en-, and offered 10 the public A.
soon as Mr.. Clsflin hesrd of the fac
he make representation TO Mr.. Cur
ney which caused thst artist to with.
draw them. So there are none o
his famous merchant to be had. The
same fsc.s are true of Jay Cooke
the veil known bsnker. A few o
his pictures came before the publ,
much in the same way as Mr. Clsflin's
and he at once stopped the sale cl
them.
| For l,rg time it was impossible
to get a single picture of Mrs. Har.
riet Beecher Stowe She always
insisted upon being taken On the
same card with her brother, Henry
Ward Beecher. Many people wanted
Mrs. Stowe by herself. Alter work
ing for months, and by the use OF a
little strategy, prominent dealer in
New Yoik succeeded iu getting her
picture. He Cffered a certsin editor
five. dollars if he would induce Mrs.
Stowe to cit for her picture, which
she finally did The portrait thus
produced was very good one. Mrs.
Stowe locks more and more like her
famous brother as she grows older.
The publication of her "True Story
of Lord Byron" damaged her popu
larity immensely, and there was q
great falling off in the demand for
her pictures which has never fully re
covered. Her picture sells very well
now.
1t is not difficult to ge. pictures of
sll prominent actors and singers.
These are public characters, and the
more they are advertised the better.
There is constant demand for the
pictures of actors and singers who
have national reputation, such as
Booth, Jo JEFF, rsop, Seebach, Rissori,
Parepa- Rosa, Nilsson etc
The sale of the pictures of actprs
always increases while thy are play.
ing, and then drops off. The call for
pictures OF local actors stops as soon
as they leave the stage.
Among actors, the sale of Edwin
Booths pictures takes the lead.
More are sold of him than of all the
other actors in the United States
He is particular favorite with the
ladies. His face is perfectly pure in
lis expression, without the least trace
of sensuslity, and is also highly in
telligent. 1t has a pensive, half sad
expression, which bewitches the Ia
dies, none of whom object to having
his picture in their album.
Amopg women, Mrs. Scott-Sid-
dons has the same expression OF face,
which is fascinating for all pure
minded men; and they purchase
largely of her picture Photograph
ers say no woman ever appeared on
the American stage who made pict-
ure of such absolute perfection Very
few people ever care for the picture
of Mrs. Scott Siddons' husband, and
the only way she could float his face
into the market was by having it
p 1t on the same card with herself. It
s q curious fact, too, that there is no
call for Mrs. Edwin Booths picture.
Other husbands who have noted
wives are just ss unfortunate as Mr..
Scott Siddons. Nobody ever calls
for Prof. Stoves picture, the hus.
band of Harriet Beecher Stowe; no.
body asks for Mr.. Stsnton's picture,
the husband of Elizabeth Cady STAN
ton, and there was no sale for Ris-
tori's husband until his picture was
displayed in the shop windows as
"RistOri's husband," when a few
took pity on him and purchased.
There are more pictures sold of
Henry Ward Beecher than of sill the
clergymen in the United Ststes put
together.
OF the editors, Horace Greeley
sells more than all the rest of the
editors in the country. Whether we
laugh, or cry, the fact is that he is
very popular with the farmers
throughout the nstion. Since his
nomination for President, he bas
been fairly worn down by photo
graphers, anxious to get him 10 sit
for them. Hundreds of different pic
lures have been taken, most Of which
are good, while some are excellent.
Tue one be likes best is q card picture,
representing his face in profile, as 1t
had been struck as a medallion. ln
less than o week after the Cincinnati
Convention be was so pursued by the
man with the camera thst he had to
go into hidingin the house of q friend,
Mr. Stcrrs, in Brooklyn. The tele-
graph had hardly announced the
nomination OF b. Graz Brown before
a New York photographer started
for St. Loui Tie same was true oil
Hon. Henry Wilson.
Authors are now photographed as
readily SIS sctors or Presidents. a
certain publishing house up town dis
plays pictures OF its book makers In
the window about which crowds OF
curious persons can be seen study ing
the shaggy face of Josh Billings, the
handsome, clean cut features of John
Hay; the pleasant, roguish eyes OF
Bret Harte, of the sober countenaDce
of Mark Twain. 1t is difficult to get
q good picture OF George William
Curtis, as be never visits photograph
ers. Whittier is another difficul
man to catch, although there are good
photographs Of HIM to he hsd. Oh
/; Lester Wsllsck's brother there are
no photographs to be had.
"WELL, Master Jacks on" said bis
minister, walking homeward after
service with an industrious laborer,
who was q constant attendant, swell,
Master jackson, Sunday must be 8
! blessed day OF rest for you, who
work so hard all the week? and ycu
make good use oil the day, for you
are always to lie seen at church y
Gay, sir" replied Jackson, ''it is in
deed blessed day. l works hard