The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-04
Photographic Of Oelebritiea.

How tho Pictures Of Various Noted Actors and
Actresses Sell
Noticing number of ladies gathered
before window on upper Broadway
recently, u Mail djM ErDress reporter
peered over the shoulders of the fair
danes and found that a photograph of
Mrs. Langtry was the magnet attract
ing attention, Stepping into the store,
the reporter asked:
Whose picture sells best at pres
entPn
That Of Mrs Langtry, by long Odds
replied the proprietor. "Shc Is an I'M
meGsc iayoritc, and | sell dozens of her
photographs every day. The rush was
50 great Il few weeks ago was COM
plctely sold out, and had to telegraph
to London Tor more You see | only
sell The imported pictures. | have now
ilily different styles of photographs of
the Jersey Lily ranging in price from
70 cents to $u2j.
(Which style sells besi?n
"The one in which the Lily is depict
ed in full evening dress has the most
ready sale
What classes of personages are
most in demand in the picture tradePN
The fayortes Of the. stage. There
is strange thing about the sale of pho
lographs. One day some favorite act
rcss sells well, then some new face at
tracts attention, and the former is en-
tirely forgotten and her pictures are
laid away on the shelf rs dead stock
The greatest fayorite after Lanetry is
Nine. Thco; sell Il large number Of
her pictures daily
as Patti IN dcmand?'
"OuIy to q limited extent. Neither
Patti nor Nilsson finds a ready sale at
present, although dare say they will
bc sought after when they arrive in this
country. Strange a. it may seem, AIDE
laide Nelson, picture is still called for,
ana | am compelled TO keep large
stock on hand all the time, Next TO
Patti come Lillian Russell and Mary
Anderson, and scarcely n day passes
that 10 not sell dozen Of each. Ever
since She has been on the stage Mary
Anderson has been in demand. Annie
Russell, too, sells well, and ! have, as
you see, large assortment Of her pic
lures, When Mile Feyghinc shot hcr-
sell in Paris had a perfect rush for her
pictures, As had none telcgraphed
Paris, and here she is aid the mcr-
chauLiahiug out of bis ease anumbcr Of
photographs Of the lady in question
The ladies we're wild over her face, and
the first lot went OF ''likc hot cakes
Among operate artists Belocca sells
rs well A. any Signor Del Puentc is
also Il layoric. aud have sold thou
sand, Of photographs of Campanini
The beauties OF the French stage come
IN for a share OF popular favor, and the
faces Of Judic and Croizette are eager
~ sought after
The pictures of what actor find the
most ready ,alc?"
"O,mond Torie, by long odds; why,
every day ladies come in aud purchase
his picture, Last season | had all
could do to supply the demand, and the
sale is still very good. Capoul? No; he
does not sell very rapidly; perhaps he
will after he makes his temperance,
! MAY say right here that Gcrstcr and
Hauk are salablc; the former is always
in demand
How about Modjeska?"
"Not in demand just now, although
She sold well few years ago. | think,
however, that there will soon be a good
demand, and | have prepared large
stock. The German actresses do not
sell rs well As the others. sell very
few pictures of Gallmcyer, but there is
Il slight demand for Geisinger's face"
The older fayorites of the stage are
out OF date, presumeP'
Not at all. Edwin Booths picture
is in rs great demand to-day as it ever
was. The same is true Of Barrett.
Lolita always was and is now prime
fayorite with the collectors of pictures,
Rose Coghlan, too, has steady sale.
Oh no; the old-tmc fayori,es are IA
vOritcs still
"AndO.car Wilde do yourself many
photographs of him?'
"A great number, but most of the
purchasers obtain the picture just TO
have good laugh"
a presume that the photographs of
the beauties Of the stage are purchased
mostly by young gentlemeuY
"Noi on the contrary, the majority of
buyers are ladies'; and it is comical TO
hear them 90 into raptures over the
pictures. Isn't she beautiful is q
very common expression. The gentle
men who purchase are always shy, and