The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-17
HER THREE VICTIMS.
A Thrice-Married Woman Photographed
with Her Three Husbands.
Omaha Republican.

Omaha Republican.
A woman accompanied by three men entered
downtown photograph gallery yesterday and
gave an order for picture of the group. Every
movement that she made showed that she was
the commander of the detachment and that she
was fully conscious of that fact. Taking a seat
before the camera, the woman called the
smallest man of the party to take position at
her back, with his hands on her shoulders. The
other two we're stationed on either side, and in
that position the quartette was perpetuated in
tin-type picture, copy ofllwhich was secured by
each of the group
THAT is the queerest woman / ever saw"
said the tin-type taker 70 Republican reporter
when the woman had paid her bill and departed.
1.-THE picture just taken represents her as bride
for the third time, ami the men who accompanied
her have all been her husbands The small man
at her back is the third ana last. Three or four
years ago she married the one on her left. |
took picture of the couple. Here it is" And
he fshed out old picture which exhibited the
woman on her first bridal tour. 1T was not
long till she figured in the divorce courts, and
separation resulted. In few weeks she came
in again with new sband. The old one
companied the couple, and took picture of
the three. Three months ago she got another
divorce. Now you have seen her with her third
husband. If the patience of the judges is
not exhausted | fully believe she'll get an
other divorce and another husband within year
or So"
DO all bridal couples have their photographs
taken2'
81 suppose they do, but not together Fashion
able society brides do not have their pictures
taken with their husbands. OF course they have
pictures taken in bridal costumes, but always
alone. These pictures are usually taken some
time after the event, when the newness Of the
thing has off, and for that reason the
fashionable bride usually makes good subject
for few women can have good pictures take Just
before or just after marriage. | suppose the
excitement and mental strain prevents proper
composure. The thrice married woman you saw
is about the only bride | ever took who had
full control of herself in the gallery just after
the wedding ceremony"
What class of bridal couples have pictures
taken together?"
MOSTLY foreigners of the middle classes, and
a few Americans, Germans, Swedes and Scandi-
navians always Go. The. German bride stands
up with her husband and the couple hold hands
when the picture is taken. That is the general
rule. but sometimes we get them to take other
positions. Among the Scandinauians the hus-
band usually sits down and the bride stands with
her hand on his shoulder. Occasionally we get
them to reverse the position. but not often.
Bridal couples about all alike but vet there
is something different in all of them The
women, as rule, are nervous and iilcomposed,
while the men are dIStressingly unnatural in
trying to appear natural. Most all brides fuss
with their toilets until nearly exhausted or until
so flushed with eXertiOn that their pictures look
so little like them as to be almost unrecognlZa-
ple. DuJ the WORST SUBJECT IS the Drlue VINO
falntS. She can demOralize photograph
gallery more completely than cyclone. She
comes in and nervously witches at her costume
for half an hour Finally, when she has worked
herself up until beads of perspiration roll down
a face flushed the color of Il beet. she calls her
husband to her aid. Her nervousness and
eX element Immediately extend to him and no
power on earth could calm the troubled couple.
When they get before the camera both become
frightened. and the bride caps it all by falling
into dead faint. At such q time groom is
about useful as a young colt He does not
know whether he is on his heels or his head, and
everything he does but adds to the demoraliza-
ton his falnting bride has produced. At such
time half dozen assistants are required to pre-
vent the distracted couple from breaking up
everything in reach. Whenever a bride faints
on my hands now [ run the husband into the
next room until she RECEIVERS. No experienced
photographer is now found without remedies for
fainting spells.
women are queer creatures continued the
picture taker. las rule they prefer to have
their costumes we'll taken to a good picture of
the face. If there is fancy ribbon or bit of
lace anywhere on the dress nine women out of
ten Will insist taking position that will show
It, The face becomes a secondary consideration.
Positions are often taken that are entirely I'M
natural for no other purpose than to show the
favor1te portion of the costume. The face Is
sacrificed for the dress. More pictures are re
jected on account of some dsarrangement of the
toilet ten times over than because the face is not
we'll taken. Some men will reject pictures for
similar reasons. but the number is small. The
chief trouble with men is that they do not know
what to do with their hands. They frequently
push them forward and make them the most
important feature of the picture. Some people
demand that the picture be made better looking
than they are, and get very angry if it does not
Children are the best subjects. They always
natural. The attempt to appear natural is what
ncuallV admit