St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-09


work or by the beauty of some famous
! actress, for, as a great many women
visit the theateT, not SO much TO see the
play as to study the dresses, SO a large
| portion of this crowd study the chang
! ing variety of these pictured faces to
! get some new idea as TO how they snail
! have their pictures taken when the
! craze for immortality SEXES them, says
the New \ ork Recorder.
We are 4 very vain sex, and we do
| like to have our pictures taken to give
! 10 our friends, our Sweethearts and our
| families, and sometimes, when we are q
little depressed, to look at ourselves.
| We don't want them to look too much
| like us; we are not so anxious for the
! ruth as we are for little wholesome
| hattery. and any suggestion that Will
tend to make us look, not as we are, but
as we would like to be, is very welcome.
\ graceful pose, certain arrange
ment of the laceS about the neck, 4 tilt
OF the head, will indiYidualiZe Il picture
and make it pleasing and satisfactory to
the sitter.
Don't depend too much CT the pho
tOgrapheT. While he knows his art and
you do not, yet lie cannot become ac-
Quainted With your personal character
iSt;cS at a curSOry glance. AS the we'll
dressed woman uses her mOdlste'S
knowledge to supplement her own
ideas. 50 a woman who wishes unique
picture VIII insist on the artists listen
ing to and, if possible, acting on her
suggestions.
1t you have peculiar way of holding
your head, certain lift of the eyebrows
or any little facial manneriSm-and who
has not?-have it brought out 50 that
your friends, on looking at the photo
graph, will be Immediately struck by
this.
There are certain pitfalls which should
be avoided. but they are SO common
that it is almost as USELESS to combat
them as it would be for me to ask
wateT-cOlOrist not to give view of. the
Grand canal at Venice or an etcher his
faYorite windmill. But the attempt
can be made. and, If you are half OF a
newly married couple, don't let your
husband sit while you stand. A man
might let his wife stand after decade
of welded bliss, but surely not in the
first days of matrimOny, and cOnSe-
Quently the picture looks in bad taste.
Sacrifice either your husband or the
wedding tinery.
If you have a neZ retrousse, don't
have your picture taken in profile be-
cause your friend. whose is pure Greek,
made a success of it. And don't put on
your best dresS-that is, il there is any
thing fusSy about it. The palmer the
dress the more satisfactory it VIII take.
One of the prettiest photographs
ever saw was that of 4 mother holding
her child. The mother stood with her
back to the possible spectators, holding
her child so he looked over her Shout
der. The pose was graceful and natural,
ana the child look like a real child, not
like one of the rigid, staring likenesses
that aIe usually seen. szssa
Don't try to ''smile or look pleasant"
In repOse. us in sleep, your face as
sumes its natural expression, and if you
look artificial it will surely be brought
cut By tie truthful sum- tits not neces-
sary that your picture should look as if
you were. about TO laugh outright: the
penSive look suits many faces best.
Above all things. don't be beguiled into
having ''cheap" picture taken. Moth
ing but finely executed work will prove
satisfactory. Cheap work rapidly loses
its tone" and you will be sure to spend
your money and time and he disappoint-
ed in the end. Better not sit so often,
and when you do, get picture that can
be kept any number of years and refrain
its freshness of workmanship.