Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-07-03

Photographic plate much quicker than a
dark one. The poor photographer has
only choice of two evils. On the one
hand, if he makes an exposure suitable
only for her face, the dress is mass OF
underlined blackness on the other, if he
studies her dress the face is spoiled. In
either case the picture is harsh, and I'M
pleasing. Now if she had put ichite lace
around her neck it would have softened
down the violent contrasts, and pleas
ing and artistic picture been the result.
Violent contrasts N dress should Arrays
be arojded. Besides, all black gives a
picture a sombre, mournful look, and
makes lady look old. The more white
and bright color used the younger a lady
looks. The great object in dress Is to
secure harmony between the complexion
and the costume or if dashing appear
ance is desired, artistic but not violent
contrasts. The best colors are those
which take of a medium or dark gray
shade, such as navy blue, purple slate,
orange, buff, crimson, scarlet slate, etc.
But pink, lilac and all the light shades
of blue take bad. White, partly covered
with black lace, makes one Of the prettiest
costumes for young lady. The best
material for a dress is wooden, velvet or
cotton, in the order mentioned. They
drape IN artistic folds, and take in har-
monious colors. Starched dresses, which
make stiff, ungainly wrinkles, and high
ly finished silk, and all goods with a
glossy surface, which reproduces itself in
ugly white spots, should not be used.
Never pile up lace around the neck so as
70 cover up all the lines of the shoulder.
II gives a round-shouldered, almost de-
formed look. Dropping shoulders can be
remedied by a small pad placed on the
shoulder-bladeS under dress. In fixing up
for picture it is best to pad out the
dress so il will set smooth over a well
rounded form.
How shall arrange my hair
Every one has noticed what differ
ence in lady's looks can be made by
slight change in the arrangement of her
hair A long, thin face can be m ade TO
appear much broader and fuller by comb
ing the hair TIA; on top Of the head and
bringing it down in bangs or waves low
on forehead. Pufs on side of head in
crease this effect.
But in most cases the best style for a
picture IS TO arrange the hair in braids
or coils upon the top of the head, the
higher the better, with waves in front.
A few white buds or flowers in black
hair add much to the picturesqueness.
If young ladies would study the arrange
ment Of the hair as seen in the pictures
of noted beauties in the illustrated papers,
they would soon get an idea of how to
increase their good looks in many cases 10
a wonderful extent.
The artists Of all time have united in
calling the following style of dressing
the head the most perfect: Cover the
head with large but becoming hat, sur
mounted by long white plume. Let
the hair fall in waving masses over the
shoulders, so as to gradually melt into
the draperies of the finished picture. A
glance into the art galleries of our cities
shows this to be the style mostly used by
our most famous artists when wishing to
represent the highest degree of female
beauty. The show windows of our best
city photographers give evidence that city
ladies have found out this great truth and
used it with most charming effect in their
pictures. 1t gives pleasing and artis-
tic finish to the picture, such as no other
style can do. By the proper arrange
ment of draperies and cunning effects in
light and shade, the skilled photographer
can transform plain, awkward girl into
a glowing beauty and still retain the nat
ural likeness.
Never use powder or paint upon the
face.
This IS cery important. The lenses
now used by frst-class photographers
are so powerful that every pore in the
skin can be seen in the negative, as plain
" as if the face was viewed under strong
microscope. 1t is plain that if part of
the skin is covered with paint it viii
produce lines and spots on the negative
difficult to remove. No matter how
rough the face is, or how badly spotted,
freckled, or pimpled, a skillful RE-
TOUGHER can take them all off, and
leave the pictured face as clear and
smooth as the face of an infant, but some
of the effects sometimes caused by pow
der upon the face cannot be entirely re-
moved. Besides, a powdered face nerer
takes so brilliant as a clean one.