Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-20

but the production OF them wns carried on Q
short time ago upon q scale tie was simply
enormous. The process OF turning them out
was this: A photographer was given by o Gig
arctic manufacturer contract 10 supply 90
many million pictures Of sire aud general
description named He went into the msrket
and bought chiefly through agents, every pev
and suitable photograph he could lay his
hands upon Of actresses. ballet dancers popu-
lar celebrities -anything In short that would
suit his purpose and attract the public eve.
Thcse he mounted. m sizes matched. on huge
cards, 100 or more on each. The card thus
. photograph taken OF il on scale 10 much
smaller as might be desired In this way each
negative made would print q whole sheet Of
portraits The sheets printed from the negs-
lures were separately mounted and delivered
20 the cigarette maker, who put one OF them IN
each package he sent out
PADDING As Az ART.
ITO 60 back TO the subject OF which began
10 speak-nsmely, the female fgure-I would
say that was somewhat surprised the othes
day TO learn from q corsetiere on + street. who
presumably knew what she was talking about
how large percentage OF her customers wear
pads OF one sort or another. What this per-
centage was represented 20 be I am not going
TO tell partly because her communication Was
confidential But she sstopished me by exhib-
iting for my edihcation . wonderful variety Of
together new 10 me. To begin with. she took from
one OF . series OF big drawers hlled with such
articles OF anatomical interest pair OF curious
CUSHIONS, which she eaid we're false hipe THY
were stuffed with curled hair and intended 20
De sewn inside the lower part Of the corset
linen there were cushions OF various kinds aud
other more elaborate contrivances 20 an OUT
the bust For ESQ, the proprietress said. she
\ would make an entire suit. as one might call
II, OF padding. She described the case Of one
gri with very pretty face, but ALB
| solutely no figure whatever, who came
| TO her q while ago for treatment because she
wished 70 go on the burlesque opera stage and
was not able TO get an engagement on account
OF her structural defects Her chest was Cat
and hollow, her arms and legs were nothing
but bones, and she had no hips at ell worth
mentioning. The corsetiere took number OF
| very careful measurements for a commence.
| ment, thus setting down on paper the exact
| shape OF the subject from top "a toe. These
4 measurements were compared with a scale sup
| posed to represent the ideal Developments for q
| girl OF the subjects height and age. The diff.
ferences between these measurements and the
corresponding numbers in inches on the scale
| were carefully noted down and used as guide
| by the workmen, who put together q sort Of
| stuffed suit, the thickness Ct which at every
point was just sufficient 70 Gil out the form 10
the requisite degree. This was fitted and
| modelled upon the customer until the general
| contour OF her shoulders, bust. arms and hips
was made rs nearly perfect as possible.
"'when IL was finished said the corsetiere,
| and she had put on q dress 70 1T she had az
handsome a figure az i ever saw In my life.
She got an engagement az one OF the big New
York theaters soon after. and read in the
papers that the dudes were gong fairly Wild
over her lovely shape as she appeared in bur
| lesque opera costume"