The St. Johns herald., 1886-11-11
TIE EoCENFRIC IN PHOTOGRAPHS.

THE ECCENfRlO IN PHUTOGREPHS. Horn Iy Women Who Haze Parts 0f Their
 Fac aken ls aias Devise CnmpenSa-
 lion for the Lack Of Physic l Faseins-
 lions.
 However" said the photoc rapher. "I aried out to speak of the recent waking up of tl Q plain women of the world to the value of the eccentric in posing before the ca!nerI.
 II speak Of factreSSeS because they have the most original ideas, and carry them out fea lesSly. Here is the proof of 0 picture of hopelessly inferior-looking woman who is starring In the West with her own company (Ind making great deal of money.
 "she fully appreciates the value of a photograph as an advertising medium, and as her own face-pure, simple, and unadorned-win never craze the popu- lace, she has hit upon the cheme of showing only part of 1t at time.
 Here are three of her designs"
 Tbe LrSt represented roguish and grinning face with a mass of tangled hair, two rows of white teeth, and a barely per-eptible dimple. The face looked out from between two curtains which were drawn down on eth, side Of
 
 There was something so frolicsome and gay about the whole expression that one smiled involun;ari.y on looking at it. The effect was further heightened by tue contrast of the faces oa curtains on either side.
 Two faces were woven into tho cur tains, and both of t.em were as solemn ana gruesome in expression a5 it is pos siDle to imagine. They were not very distinct, aud they scryel admirably to give emphasis to the jolly fac3 that looked out lrUm between them.
 The second photograph represented Q section of q toard fence.
 Roughly tainted on two blanks were inc words. "Ah. thcre| and through a big crack between the boards could be seel one eye. an eyebrow, and & part of the nose O! tho actress.
 There was something extremely wide awake and artfui about the eye. and the nose was wIinkiel so that it had de- cidedly tough expression.
 Altogether the oddity of the picture would cause people to look at 1t twice before turning away.
 The lh4rl and last of the series of pict- ures was by all odds the best of the three.
 It represented the head and neck Of the actress rising out of the sea.
 One might Dc excused for thinking that she had just swallowed lot oi salt water, for tho lace fairly spluttered with excitement. The mouth was drawn down, the eyes opened to the fullest ex- tent, and the lol.g and stringy hair hung over the wet iHce.
 Everything Was dripping wet, and the whole appearance o. the face prepared one for the blood-curdling shriek which women bathers Of more boisterous sort usually give vent to after they have been torcibiy douscd under the waves at Coney Island.
 "These three pictures" said the photographer. handling them carefully, 'wIll advertise the original from one end of Am rica to the other.
 The photograph us an advertising medium is, comparatively speaking, a recent idea. but it IS, nevertheless, euor- mousiy effective, and iL groMs more im- portant every year.
 Now that pIa women have got Jed in this line, there is no telling ~ where thei, Ingenuity will stop, for they see the importance of catching the pub lie eye, and, as l said before. it is the unloyely ones of carth's womankind who pos es5 the greatest amount of original- ity and brains. - N. Y. Sun.