The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-16

no RACIAL outlines that would make the
pao.osrapn look ridiculous if they were
NOT carefully Swallowed or toned down.
duncan Elliott, the young man who
' nolI tle famous beauty Sallie HargoUs, is
ICY lf.i ana broad and great athlete,
mar In the middle exercises ouite an in
T t,pt upon his counterfeit presentment.
" nereFer We see the PHOTOGRAPH of Mr..
Eiiiott you can depend upon it YOU will
gJe good view of that part. That's
WY you always get look st his full face,
John Jacob Aston is probably too
young yet TO have acquired the caITnness
-. .tat the Older society men display before
lhe camera, and that is doubtless the rea-
son why he Is somewhat difficult to suit.
~ isht every photographer that would
mo IL easy to pose this young man, for
Sheh the pose doesn't suit him he doesn't
aesItate to say so in very emphatic terms.
AT the same time. however, his nervous.
ness leads him to resent suggestions.
"hich seem to him as reflections on his
PERSONAL appearance. He is not much
gwen to photograph taking, and is con-
tent with one or two poses q year
n, now, take Ward McAliister," went on
Mr. oarony. There is type different
ron. ron. the easily taken ones l have men,
"Why?"
wen, the difference is in expression, in
Inc expression entirely. Now, If he could
oiVest himself of the Photographic feeling
II wouldn't be so hard 10 get a good pic
ture OF the society leader, but in that re-
spect he is almost like novice at the
camera. He takes a three-quarter head,
and will not depart from that style. To
GET MN To be natural 1t is necessary to in
terest him in something that will keep his
inlnd entirely Oft the fact that he is at a
photographers. If beautiful woman
dressed In the latest style should float by
within the scope of his vision he would be
SO interested in her as a possible member
of the society he is so particular to note
that he would be for the moment alb
sorbed. Then catch him.
Harry lie Grand Cannon is one of the
most particular of the Gotham swells
about his photographs. He is as much ex-
ercIsed over it as some men are over the
selection of bride. He will try half a
dozen poses before he is satisfied with one.
and then probably at the last he will take
the others and leave the very one he
thought was the climax of accuracy. He
likes to try the effect on photograph of q
change of attire. He has q very express.
I've and mobile countenance. a face whose
entire look may be radically changed by a
different style of collar. or by the peculiar
set OF a necktie, or even the presence of q
gem or stone in the neckwear may have
an effect on the ensemble that would
strike his critical eye at once. Taking his
photograph Is not matter of 8 few min.
utes. He makes up his mind to take the
best part of day when he starts out to
give a sitting
Quite different. however, is Mr.. Brock
hoist Cutting. His tall form sails into the
studio, as if it were drifting into some par
Tor where he was well known. Hat off he
says nonchalantly:
"'A few minutes to spare for me?' and
he drops into the chair with the air of a
man who feels that he is so constructed
that no matter what pose he may take he
will present a view that will be interesting
to his most fastidious friends.
Creighton Webb has little seances with
himself and a looking glass behind the
screen before he is thoroughly satisfied to
go ahead. He says: 1t isn't that 1 am
tnical. but if one is going to be registered
for all time why not do the best for pos
terity that one can? A stray lock of hair
might be a source of considerable pain to
an artistic eye centuries hence, so why