Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-05-18

Wife's Pretty Foot.
"She is a crank on dismembered pho
Biography, and has herself taken in
pieces" n lady remarked to another.
Taken in pieces!"
Yes, her hands, her arms-of course
they are nice and plump-and her feet,
too. Why, she has even had the zach of
her neck taken!"
All this, the speaker said, was done 'in
the east" Blu we also nave our "cranks"
and our "dismembered photography" in
the west.
Yes said n Woodward avenue artist,
1--WE have for some time taken hands or
feet, and even backs of necks, right here
in this gallery. 1t is a fad. popular with
symmetrically shaped ladies. 1t pays us
well and we have no fault to find"
Some negatives of dismembered photo
graphs were brought out.
NEARLY ALWAYS SATISFIED.
The background in all cases was of
dark plush, laid in heavy lustrous folds.
Against this rich curtain a handsome
hand, plump, slender, and with delicate
nails, is really an object of admiration.
No jewels are worn, as this detracts from
the beauty of the member in itself. Some
hands are laid carelessly against the
plush, some show study in the SEEM
ingly idle way in which they are held
up. a cute row of dimples add beauty
to a few of the photographs. One or
two ~belligerent ladies have had their
lists taken, ito show how formidable
they would be on the defensive racket,
suppose said the Photographer.
There were photos of hands, fists, feet,
arms, shoulders and the backs of necks
with bewitching little curls. Some anus
ing stories are told by the photographers
in connection with dismembered pho
tographs.
"A lady will come in and want a pho
tograph of this sort. She has money,
but not many classic lines that would
bear reproducing by themselves. VIII
| have my hand and arm, or only the
hand taken: she asks. Well, we must
manage to find out what she thinks of
the member as a whole. and advise her
accordingly. She is nearly always salts
fled with the photo, and some of them
are freaks OF nature, l tell you; but so
and So has one. and so must l. is the
principle OIL which society moves"
What do ladies do with such pic
tures?' was asked.
well, now, when a young lady be-
comes engaged the first thing she does, if
she has a good hand, is to give a photo
graph OF 1t 10 her tiance. Then wrists
or shoulders are taken for the oddity of
the affair. Some coquettish misses
sometimes not over young ones, either
will have the backs of their necks taken
to give to an admirer. Ladies have their
own and thsir cAillren's feet taken as
souvenirs for their husbands. Some of
them arc plump and handsome.
DErROIT'S ''KATIsHAS."
They make a pretty picture, too,
when resting on a plush cushion. A lady
from an interior town had a very pretty
foot. She was in the city on a shopping
tour, and was impressed with the dis
membered photograph idea. She had
one taken for her husband, who had
often complimcnted her on the beauty
of her feet. She sent it home, with strict
orders to gaze on ii as often as he was
inclined, but to show it TO no one else.
"A day or after we received a note
ordering a dozen Of the photos. The
order was filled, and when the lady got
home and went visiting she was invited
by her friends TO inspect the family al
buns, in each OF which that awful hus-
band had inserted n photo Of his wife's
foot. She will have no more pictures
taken for exclusive contemplation here
after.
Some ladies come in with another
person whose hand or arm is taken and
sent to the distant friends of the sup
posed owner. This is often the case with
ladies who expect to inherit property
from relatives they are never likely to
meet, and whom they wish to impress
with their good points"
katisha had a left elbow that people
had come miles to see" There are evil
IDENTIFY Katishas in Detroit who have
elbows worthy of admiration. A few
photos Of elbows-dimpled and pink
tinted-have been taken In this city. 1t
cannot be said that an elbow has any
particular beauty when transferred to a
photograph, but Everything goes" as
long as the fad" lasts.
A lady artist in the Whitney block has
a run on plump hands and dainty feet.
She transfers them to canvas, and very
lfelike they look, with some rich shade
of plush for a background. 1t is said
that this artist has an abundance of work
of this character from the best families
of the city. These paintings are not in
tended for the parlor, more's the pity,
but ornament milady's boudoir. Dis
membered photographs cost the full
price, SO to IS per dozen. Minuettes at
$3.50 and Sl.25 make a convenient size
for carrying ones hand or foot in ones
pocket.-Detroit Free Press.
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