, 1889-04-20
PHOTOGRAPHED IN BITS.
pIsmEMsERED PHOTOGRAPHY HAS
BECOME QUITE A CRAZE.

Pretty Hands Neeks, shouiders, Elbows
and Feet Copied for Friends-A Detroit
Artist Talks of the = OF His
wife's Pretty Foot
Biography, and has herself taken in
pieces" n lady remarked to another.
Taken in piecesT'
Yes, her hands. her arms-of course
they are nice and plump-and her feet,
too. Why. she has even had the back of
her mech takenF'
All this, the speaker said, was don sin
the east" But we also have our "cranks"
and our 'dismembered photography" in
the west
Yes, said a 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"
Som negatives of dismembered photo
graphs were brought out.
A r 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 how 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 belligereut ladies have had their
fists 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 d~ismembered pho
~tographs.
"a lady will come in and want n pho
tograph of this sort. She has money.
but not many classic lines that would
bear reproducing by themselves. Win
/ have my hand and arm, or only the
hand takenY' she asks. Well. we must
manage to find out what she thinks of
the member as n whole, and advise her
accordingly. She is nearly always satis-
fled with the photo, and some of them
aAo lAt-Ahh " lliNAlItf L Nth 1OuF Dul %
and So has one, and 80 must l. Is the
principle On 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, IL
she has a good hand. is to give a photo
graph of it to her flance. 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' nave their
own and their children's feet taken as
souvenirs for their husbands. Some Of
themlare plump and handsome.
DETRoIT's "KATIsHAs."
They make n pretty picture, too,
when resting OF a plush cushion. A lady
from an interior town had a very pretty
o She was in the city on n shopping
tour, and was impressed with the dis
membered photograph idea. She had
one taken for her husband, who had
often complimented her on the beauty
of her feet. She sent 1t home, with strict
orders to gaze on it as often as he was
inclined, but to show it to no one else.
"A day or two after we received IA note
ordering n dozen of the photos. The
order was filed, 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.
sES,p,A Ia1tna -aa.a l., .,fn. n-Nt1.u
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 De 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
u run" on plump hands and dainty feet.
She transfers them to canvas, and very
lifelike 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 SLIPS make q convenient size
for carrying ones hand or foot in ones
pocket.-Detroit Free Press.
RattIesnaks and Cow.