Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-11-23

feelin's so, though we've never found
so good preacher as he was, and
never will"
And this was Miss Melissa's story.
SELLING FACES.
A Thriving Trade I'm the Portraits of
Beautiful Women--Popular Faces in
New York--The Varying Demand.
The sale OF Photographic likenesses
Of noted men and women has within
few years grown into a large busi-
ness. Several stores in the city are
wholly devoted to it. AMI an assort-
ment Of such pictures are kept in
nearly every book. art, and fancy
goods establishment. The manufac-
ture is profitable adjunct to the
trade OF the leading photographers,
for there are dealers in all OF the cities
throughout the country. These pho
tographs are made in the best man.
ner, being superior In finish, as well
as in the attitude OF the figures, to
those th at can be obtained by per.
sons in general Of themselves.
The sale OF the photographs depends
mainly on the beauty of the subjects.
Portraits OF authors, rifle teams, row.
ing crews, and men otherwise famous,
sell numerously; but the bulk OF the
trade Is In the faces OF beautiful wo-
men. The general alteration OF such
actors as Rignold. Booth, Montague,
Thorn and others, attributed to
school girls, Is not evinced in the
purchase OF their pictures to any
astonishing extent. The purchasers
are mostly women and girls. it is true,
but In the main they buy the faces Of
their own sex. A dealer OF whom the
writer enquired said that probably
more pictures Of Maud Granger, for
merly OF the Union Square Theater,
now in Philadelphia. has been sold
than OF anybody else. Her features
stand the test Of any position, and, in
thirteen different attitudes, she is in
the stock of all dealers. Adelaide
Nelson is close rival, selling rapid
ly in a greater variety OF poses and
costumes. Her prominence in her
profession plainly does not cause the
demand. for Charlotte Cushman Is
seldom called for, while Emily Rigl.
OF the Fifth Avenue, Is displayed In
long rows OF cards. each different
from the other, and all In brisk de-
mand. Mrs. Rigl Is highly esteemed
by the dealers, who rate her third in
selling quality. Other leading favor
ties, judged by this test, are Fanny
Davenport, who is in demand In Lady
Teazle's costume: Eliza Weathersby,
now at Niblo's; Lydia Thompson, the
introducer OF modern burlesque to
this city. and Pauline Markham Of
her company; Alice Dunning Lin
gard, the wife of tho concert-hall
singer; Mrs. tt-Siddons, whose
dainty features have for years held
their place In the window displays;
Ada Wray, who used to play a banjo
In variety shows, and afterward mar
ried John Wild, the negro minstrel: !:
Jeffreys Lewis. OF the Fifth Avenue; !;
Bartoietti. the dancer at Booths; and
the impish Lolita. About two hum
dred women are comprised In the
largest assortments; but nearly half
Of them are foreign actresses, singers
and dancers. The wife OF the Mar
quis OF Butte lies alongside an equally
handsome ballet girl In one OF the
stores visited by the writer.
The effect OF an actress success In
a play, however, starts a demand for
her likeness, il in addition she be
good looking. During the original
run OF "The Two Orphans, thou
sands Of photographs OF Kate Clax-
ton and Kitty Blanchard were sold;
and the same was true OF the opera
bouffe singers OF Ten years ago, and
OF the beauties OF the Black Crook
aud subsequent spectacles. Clara
Morris, whenever she appears In a
new piece, is in moderate demand
the Vokes sisters, although popular
are not handsome enough to sell well
the late Kate Newton, wife OF Charley
Backus, had q run in picture stores al
the time OF her acting In "Formosa'
at Niblo's; Minnie Conway's expert.
ence was similar while she was at the
Academy OF Music in Across the
Continent" about the period OF hel
marriage to Levy, the cornet player
Alice Harrison's face was In the win
dows before her sojourn in California
as was that Of Nina Varian, th'
daughter OF Mrs. yarian- Howman, a
the commencement other brief caree
on the stage.
Husbands often object to having
their wives faces exposed for sale
No picture OF Agnes Ethel can b
bought since her marriage to MI
Tracy, or of Lulu Prior since her mar
riage to Mr.. DeNyse, or Of the thre'
Kiralfy sisters since their retiremen
to welded life. Inquiries will b
made in vain for the portraits Of stag
beauties OF years ago. such as Made
line Henriques, Mrs. Hoey, and tn
{ women of their day. Adah Isaacs !
kept In stock but the picture Is from
an old negative that lacks the flnis
. OF present work. An equally old
! fashioned picture is the only one tha
can be had of Rose Eytinge. In tn
( midst OF her success in LED Astray,
: she gave sittings to a leading photog
E rapher. and six different negative
< were made. A large quantity OF pic
r lures were prepared for the marke
{ but their sale was absolutely forbid
l dep by her husband. George Fl. But
ler, and, consequently, they wer
Q destroyed. In several instances
. I;ka daatruct;op haa haan orderad n