The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-24
The Daily Bulletin.
QUEENS OF THE CAMERA.

Independent to have anything TO do with
the stage have mainly gone to the wall,
while those who have catered to tho
stage have invariably made fortunes.
Among these are SarOny, Mora, Ander-
son and Dana, The latter has been
comparatively recently established, and
he has done well by stage portratures.
Sarony is, however, the most eminent
and the best known man in his line in
New York. TO the merely mechanical
part of photography he unites high
artistic ideal, and his work in water
color oil and charcoal is Of a high de-
gree.
The average man has little idea to
what an enormous extent the photo
graph business is carried. For some
years American photographs have been
ahead of any others. This is due in
great part to the iineness Of our at
mosphere, and it is why foreign actress
ses who come here usually adopt their
photographs taken here in preference
TO al others,
Years ago, when Quincy and Freder-
icks were the crack photographers OF
New York, ladies and gentlemen Of the
stage used TO pay for their photographs
at what is known as professional
rates" But that is all changed now.
In some unusual cases the photographer
pays in place of being paid, and in spite
Of stiff prices at times, he often makes
large sums OF money by this class of
custom.
When Patti arrived here two seasons
ago there was an excited competition
among the principal photographers to
get her to sit. Sarony made the largest
Bids. 000-for two sittings of an hour
each. He paid the money down to her
agent, NJ Franchi, and Patti sat, being
taken in some twenty or twenty-five
positions. OF all the negatives taken
only one suited the prima donna Sa-
rony desired TO use several Of tho others
which he considered good, but she was
obdurate. The fact is, said Sarony,
that Patti is no longer as young as she
was, but she wants to look as well in
her pictures. In painting or engrayings
it is quite possible to make ideal pic
lures, but photographers will reproduce
life as it is. " The result was, at any
rate, that Patti strictly confined him to
the one negative. 1t is the side face
with the black bonnet, now quite ia
miliar in programmes and engrayings.
He endeavored to get her to sit again,
but she always alleged previous engage
ments and the single photograph have
named cost Sarony the 5000. This
speculation did not pay him, and the
most remarkable part Of it was the de-
maud was greater for Nicolin'S photo
graphs than for PATHS and it is the
most difficult thing in the world to get
the tenor to sit. He prefers to rest on
his pictures of twenty years ago and APP
pear forever young.
The photographers must take the
good with the bad, like any other trades
man. Sarony also over-bid the rest Of
his confreres for the Langtry. She ma
turally was q great prize. Everybody
was anxious TO see a faithful portrait
Of this much-talked-of lady. The price
paid her was 5000, and she was taken
in some twenty positions, all of which
Sulltu utIs ClN NJ Opl'NAIpu W
any Of them, Thousands upon thous-
ands were turned out of the work-rooms
of the lucky photographer, and it is not
too much to say that the sale represent
ed the net profit of $4,000 over and
above all expenses They are still sell
ing rapidly, and have probably found
a place in hundreds of private collec-
tons.
There is one woman, who, for time
at least outsold even Langtry-an in
Misunderstanding woman enough, with
no talent to speak Of and a marvellous
aptitude OF looking well pictured in any
position. This was the great photo
graph actress, Maude Branscombe. -
Hundreds Of thousands have seen her
photographs who barely heard of her
and never witnessed her acting. 1t is
estimated that the enormous number OF
10000 Of her pictures have been sold
in The past six wears. While photo
graphers everywhere were making for
tunes out of her singularly attractive
Photographic beauty, she was, it is said,
poor, and at times next door to actual
want. Then the idea struck her hus-
band, Mr., Eyerard Stuart to turn her
popularity to account, and since then
he has received regular royalty on the
sale of her pictures, She is now in Eng
land, and has been for some time, but
her portraits continue to sell about as
well as ever,
Mrs. Alice Dunniug Lingard is q
handsome woman whose photograph nj
ways commanded ready sale. Her
Photographic tavors seem to have been
confined to San Francisco principally,
She poses very beautifully and the cam
era llaiters her. There are some Ia
dies of the stage, on the other hand who,
though good-looking, never appear to
be done justice TO in their photographs
OF all the pictures the willowy Sara
Jewett has had taken and she is fond
of photograph galleries only one ever
did her justice, 1t WAS side face and
makes her look womany and intelloc-
tual--a rare combination. Miss Cogh-
Ian is taken no longer but she used to
be the favorito of the photographers. --
Mrs Agnes Booth thinks fair woman
does not make very good picture,
while Miss Emil Leslie, a recent ucoui.
sition to the Madison Square Theatre,
takes very well. Miss Alta Norman