The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-05
ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM
EVERYBODY Is SAID TO BE DOU-
BLE-FACEO.

rhisisin IN, steal aud Not In Moral
>eu.c-r Photography ~ a Scientific Art
Novelties In Apparel -Twccdie Dee and
rvcedlc Dunn in styles.
NEW YORK. January 4.-lSpccial Cor.
rcspondonce -lu an interview Napo.
ieon Sarony said. Perhaps you are not
ooare ol the fact, but, unless you are
.nfirclv different from the rest Of hu.
a,anitv. one side of your face is unlike
tbo other. Doubtless. nine persons
..f of ten would no. notice the differ
once. bat % is there. and If you make a
careful study Of the profiles Of your
fi.als faces you Will ind u ina more
or less marked degree ia every in
stance.
.Ihis popularity Of nature was
called f0 my attention when / entered
-oe practice Of photography Previous
r, his time l nad been an artist and
ffh.euphcr. aud, naturally. had been
l.s DOB study the human figure with
.r. .r lees care. ] had discovered
.h.. trcoucrmty of nature. II Il mag be
....II,d. tut Do was not until ! began
.....n. models before the camera and
i.frtare line of the face emphasized
.... th.s idiosvncacv become More
.rt.rDnt Go me. and / set TO work 90
I'-.vrr Che cause. for. Of coCrse. there
isac8usc for everything, the human
......lrled.
-fIr uist discovery was that the DIFF
Damn in outline lay almos, invariably
-,,b.tWo opposite sides of the nose.
,i.lf side. for instance, might be
..,.e ,,uiline. and Tire left show a de-
.if.d inward cufying line. This differ
...t found in mauy instances had
f..a causel bv accidents. such as had
I.on received iu wrestling, falling.
I.ur struck by bail. or other mis-
fortunes which youth is heir 10.
-nrt accident Is NOT the pfitcipai
eiu.a of fhos, facial difference m hu-
ms1.ty. Nat by O great deal. Il traces
urv Back t0 the cradle Mothers mud
that .lor infants wii, remain quieter
when lhev are sucking their thumbs.
ulur peace DOB iHe household tney very
unll I8N fle foundation Tor what De-.
r0mcsa leiormi'y iu after life.
tI.f m. cite You an Instance. not
I.....r.n ..rIl-kuOwn society lady Of
... t..,snf her two n turhters.
t,...... .@4 .i,fean wears respec.
i. 49, bars fhfr PORTRAITS taken.
O.enf fhem had almost fautless fea-
,..r.. while the other. although her
.... u.re as beautiful as her sister S.
h.far... fhat was depressed on one
..I. .rs hos Ibat protruded so much
t..ff0ae showed the teeth. guessed
... ..r... but determined ID satisfy
mr..Il No was "a somewhat delicate
tt DID, question tine Young ladv's
r,.ft.r. l,f dfI and She confessed Ia
..a fiaf lrr dauehtor had been I'M tine
habit .I sucking her thumbs until she
.r.s more Cham tbree wears old.
BIN posing for photographs another
fe. ihat bias been impressed upon my
"A. .rtsii0n is fhat which is known as
.h. rarf aila az rho head-.he sd. ON
I'I.ob.f, ~ ,.srfe5 -,. oi,,ost in-
..tl,' k.,l o.. go ,h,,,t si~.oer
...,. 200 visifod C1mbr.3ge and
'... .i.. ,-,s.,t ,.ost T',ngfeilo,, .at
~, ,.,,,e ~. ,oso hin, 7 at
..., f..,rd fbaf iike tbe mai,rito Of
...-.,. fsare Was n 1iffereDcS i'm The
-.,-..- ..les.r his muse and fhe mart side
~ bis bead was not so striking az the
other. bug. as we had Co get the part in
somehow. I1ngfellOW 0blgiDgly chang
.cdHt0Ihe other side.
~Wh.n Z showed the proofs to the
rfaud odd uoef he could hardly credit
fhat .ncn b difference could exist. and
B. remember that before L Left Cam
bridge Doe Told number Of bis friends,
ard 0u.tea little discussion arose over
f.e .nhi.ef the photographs. however.
..-a.arf.rg an .rrument SO irrefutable
thaffew Attempted 10 combat it.
J During nav career have found that
tho three. quarter view is generally the
most livc-slUavs. OF course. being
certain fo seeue the GOOD side Of the
face. Tor. if vou get the wrong side.
rntn no camera ever invented could
olrn0u "a portrait that would satisfy the
-uer. who. while be could not define
ile reason. would know that the like.
POS nv $50 t"'. d. ~ 9' 49,. 49,
how v,o,. - he shown who GOES fo a
rh.-oo,.,,l,ar
zone of the most remarkable in
.tsnce- of Che difference in the sides Of
fhe face was General Hancock. have
seen photographs of him taken from OPP
pls,te sides. and they were so totally
li..imilar tlaf It seemed almost impOs-
..hle to believe they were portraits of
.re ana Inc same nafs1p.
ID have ciled those cases of Hancock
ana Torrfellowl,ecluse the men have
orcuried .o LARGE "A space in the public
mind. They are only TWO out of mil
lions. Ia fact. the number Of double
faced people H. something remarkable.
Nos doublo.a.ed people in the usual
acceptance of the word. but people with
real. b0ua-hde double faces. which TO the
photographer represents not necessarily
.he good and bah sides of humanity,
but. moss assufedly, The good and bad
sides ,f "a Likeness. Aud the Uity OF 1t
lll ls that much Of this dOublfsideduess
m.gbt he 0bviaied II Infants thumbs
were kent ont Of their mouths.
TIE NoNtL IAhlAN'Oi'NN7'
The iast and brightest novelty IS the
tartan cloak, aud DC is always amusing
.0sea SIS bat an amount OF attention one