The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-02-27
FoolInc THE CAMERA.
SkiHfuIly Painted Faces.sIay Decisive the
Lenses of the Photographers

Some of our girls are learning hsw
TO be photographed beautifully and
trickily. Have you observed and
wondered. !" said one of the most cele-
brated of the camera men. how well
the actresses manage to look when the
eve of the camera IS focused on them?
Well. can tell ron how to do IS we'll
as they do. First, choose an artistic
photographer No matter how much
You know about what you want and
what to wear. there are matters Of
view, and light and shade. for which
you must depend absolutely upon him.
BGt he will not be able to advise ron
how to make up your face and will
probably object sweepingly to any such
device. That is where he is mistaken.
IL he were wise he would know how to
pose a girl. and then with a bit CT
white and bit of black chalk make
her lovely for that view Several OF
the New York photographers do this
now. The stock pose. into which
photographers. on general principles.
put victims over whom they don't in-
tend to bother, is three-quarters, which
is an abomination to most faces. Theirs
is small chance for expression; the ere
gets no show at all. and the contour Of
the cheek. which is seldom beautiful
except in children. is betrayed. You
win find they have a rooted objection
to full-face positions. / have never
been able to discover why. There is q
tendency to raise one eyebrow higher
than the other, or look cross-eyed; but
it is his business to look out for that,
and stop you if your features begin to
wander around your face.
Now, in painting a face for pho-
Biography the eyes can safely be made
up great deal. Put black under the
eye. only don't let it be just one heavy
black line. Shadow it out softly.
Blacken the lashes as much as they
will stand, only don't let them be
lumpy. Increase the apparent length
and sweep of the upper lid. by which
the size of the eye is judged, with q
line continuing the line of the lashes,
and a parallel one continuing the line
of the crease that shows just above
when the eye is open. Draw these
only as long as can be done without
their showing as lines An actress OBJ
tanned a clever picture. in which the
effect of very long lashes is given By
lines, presumably shadows thrown by
said lashes. painted above the eye. Just
under the eyebrows. Use red very
carefully. 1Our lips pT0D8oiy nee0
painting into an improvement upon
their own shape Do it softly. and
with very faint red. Red takes black.
Look carefully and you will trace O
hard line about the lips of many
actresses photographs. Sometimes
you don't need to look carefully. IL
you want dimple to show specially,
you can heighten its light and shade
little; but unless your photographer
poses you so that the device does not
betray itself the effect viii be q fall
ure. Having thus accentuated your
face, don't disturb its arrangement by
smile, or smirk. or any other grimaca
of expression when the lens is opened
on you. Otherwise. art and nature
will make hopeless mess of your
features. But if you have planned an
expression in harmony with the make
up. save it till the last moment. The
operator is bound to grip the back OF
your neck with his monkey wrench.
and if you hang on to your joyful
smile all through that ordeal you viii
get something demoniac and wil6
send to your friends IN 7. Ss<zA