The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-23

Wander Weyde was asked recently to
come to Marlborough house 10 take the
princess, and he made some lovely portraits
of her, after choOsi e tue dress sac shout
wear himself from her wardrobe. She was
50 much pleased she has ordered life
sized paste from one OF them. 1t Is mar
Vicious " she confines To look you lger
than her daughters-the world wonders at
what age they will be all WED to inherit an
interest in the make up" box
l heard one stout lady of past 40 says:
"Oh, you naughty American boy, why
don't you make me look like Adelaide
Deechon or Dorothy DeneH hese are two
professional beauties that Wander Weyde
nas made famous. \ great deal is expecJed
from lin Sometimes Mos. Of his pictures
are taken by elec ric light, and by the use
Of colored & lass, which sOfteds and subdues
the lines Of the face and gives to the skin of
each woman its lOvelest natural color, he
makes some plain women look beautl-
full.
Nine-tenths of Mary Andsrson's fame has
been mai on his photographs of her and
the cole rated statue of "Galatea,n whic
isn't a sta ne at all but photograph of a
statue, ith Mary And-rson's head copying
1t. The optical de.uSlon Is so perfect tina
see us more real than the faces of marble
beside it,
My hour lengthens to two or three, then,
when all the trains have departed 1, L WAS
take to the studio, where this work of tue
real artiat IS seen-one mig 1t almost say he
is photogra her only il play, and artls5 in
earnest for wnile he ofUeL ru hes down to
pose so ne import ant psrs IN re gels back to
ais painting aS soon as he can, aud sometimes
works until ate. midnlg 1T, forgetting club
and society. He is a great social t.vOrite,
AID may of en- be seen on tue box seat
II duke or in the hunting party of an
earl
We had tea from some dainty cups of
egg SMELL porcelain. and | asked him wv he
became interested in photography. IL was
By an acct isnJ---a terrible accident.
He was a SIEVE lth regiment boy In the
war ne was captured, and was in LIBBY
prison for more t an two years. He vas
always of inventive genius, and could
not b. idle even Amld the horrors wAich
surrounded him While the, e he conceived
some inveutiJns which made HIN fOrtu o
when ne came out
TAen he spent i've years in European
travel, and visited many thea little-ex plored
countries A sudden change swept away
MS fortu q, He was in London ID won
derpg what to do; chance took him into a
photographers. lie was told he juld not
70 taken that day, 1t was too foggy. With
Ou5 thilki ne sad:
could not one be taken by artificial
ightp
Iaere would be a fortune for the man
who could invent oIe," the clerk replied.
That niglt he ent to rk His first idea
was to 10 collect the rays Of the sul in
gigantic burning glass; at great expe lse,hs
lad one constructed n nov and filled with
water. The room for experiment was il a
north lighC; had it been under the sun rays
the monster glass could have melted a mau
to a gre ,ss SpoU. One day while he " as
working there came a terrific explosion, the
glass burst, ne was knocked dJwn aud de-
.uged with water. One of the fragments
piercing his arm. pinned him to the floor
anu severed an artery, while the blood
spurted 20 the ceiling. The inmates of tne
house, hearing the noise. rushed to the
room to Il I'D him sans9less. lie was taken
t. bed and for mo tns lay in a raging fever.
lhe room was locked and when 10 was at
last allowed to wax ne opened the door and
.ound the floor scattered with frag zen of
glass and the blood stain on toe ceIling-the
Thought of his days If wasted labor was too
much. He tainted and had relapse.
Whsn he recovered he heard tnaO a new
discovery had been made-the electric
light. This was what he had been search
ing for. He hired a poor photogra pher to
work for him nights, and at lasL perfected
the Invention for which all the court beau
ties thank lin whom drawing room day is a
foggy one.
he pi lures produced by it are peculiar
ly soft and su 1gestive without changing the
likeness of the face, for they need but little
rerouching. The great advantage is that the
light Is nova lie, s. that wden q pose is
caught it can be experimental with from
every point.