Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-12

the reverse of the machine; finally,
with one last glance through, he jumps
away, and just before he pulls the Ian
yard
ATTITUDE o. K.2" queries Miss An
dersOn.
so. K. it is"
Fire away, them!
For one rigid minute every breath IN
the room was held, and the actress look
ed straight into the glass, seeking the
bubblereputatiOn at thecamera' $ mouth.
Then Mr.. Scholten had an epileptic Sci
cure, the consequence of which was the
covering of the machine, every body
drew a long breath, and Miss Mary lean
eel back i'm her temporary throne IN the
limp frame OF mind which only those
who have Just been there can know or
feel.
''Take my advice" said she, "when
you have screwed up your courage to
the sticking point, and want TO have
your picture taken, follow my plan.
make up nv mind Just how | want the
photo taken-and | have it taken that
way-look straight into the glass-dont
bat your eyes. and. above all, be In
graceful position, which You must not
change"
"But YOU couldn't be in any other
kind OF a position
Thanks. Ii you keep perfectly still
ii you're sure you're right, and then
20 ahead, YOU won't have that dismalest
Of all earthly woes to undergo-a second
sitting"
"You surely can speak from the fruit
of n bitter experience about photo
graphing. How man. times have you
sat?'
"Go count the sands, and that sort OF
thing. Ny life in the last two years has
been spent in the photograph gallery
and the theater. Sometimes l doubt
which my profession is-an artists
model or an artist. / have had photos
taken at all hours of the day and night,
bv new processes and by old processes,
i'm all sorts of positions and all sorts OF
roles. | have been smOthered in pho
tographs of all sizes, shapes and previous
conditions until have actually begun
TO assume daguerreOtype OF coun-
tenancc through unconscious celebra-
ton"
"To give me an idea, how many OF
these will YOU have taken II the negative
is goOd?'
'ABOUT THREE DOZEN.
You see one must have variety OF
them, Ithas become the only thorough
way which an actress can use Tor advcr-
Using, and it must be done in many
shapes and ways.
"Who are the most anxious for pic
tures?"
"You, a newspaper man, shouldn't
ask a question like that. The gentle
men OF the press are the most Unsuitable
harpies know. What on earth do You
do with them all? know | have given
away enough photogrdI rs in st. Lous
TO make Il dado round every newspaper
office in the town. Do you stack them
i'm q corner"
ave wear them next our hearts"
"Humph! the journalists are well
card-boarded then"
"NOw, for instance, Mr.. McCuIlagh
has six cabinet-size. Mr.. What's-His-
Name-that long gentleman-Oh, yes,
Stapleton, insisted on having three, and
the diminutive and funny dramatic Cit
ic carried off a picture as large as HIM
sell: and after all those the city editor
sent me long missive, the purpOrt OF
which was photo for himself and for
each of what he called the boys, OF
whom | saw One-Mr. Fer-Jenks, l
think they call him; rather an old boy,
| should say. Let's sec'-and here she
counted on her lingcrs-"siX and three
are nine and eight are seventeen for the
Globe Democrat alone
"And besides the boys, to whom do
they gO2"
"Everywhcre that they will serve as
an advertiSement-yOu see, many oil
them are distributed by the photograph
ers who sell them-and generally ones
pictures 10 not cost more than they
come to.
"What do they COST"
Casually nothing, and that is when
they do one any good"
Chow do you learn to pose so grace
fully?"
ait is the old story OF effort after Ell
fort. The same pose that one uses upon
the stage will not do for the gallery.
Here, YOU see, one must make up Tor a
short-djstanCc picture. There IS the
same difference as between oil and
water color.
as it true that the best pictures are
taken after long modelling OF oneself
before a mirror
wThere is a good deal i'm that. You
see an actress who knows her business
has to make up her own mind how she
will have her pictures taken. 1t won't
do 10 take the photographers dictum-
ne is used to taking one kind OF pictures
and that is strictly the kind that we do
not want"
"And when you are in costumcF
ooh, that alters everything again.
In costume one must be especially
careful To avoid the oil-paintng-at'cIose-
range effect that | was speaking about.
At this point the photographer came
i'm with the negative, which was quite a
success. II was onlya head, butt was
a head we'll taken, and the likeness was
approved 10y every one OF the party.
"Nliss Anderson, the usual journals
tic harpv demands his spoil. must have
one of these pictures when they are
finished
"Au right; I'll send you one from
Louisville. Goodbye, and be 4 good
boy