Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-12

links. Stately blanche Walsh, whom her
fellow professionals calls mfr. Walsh. De-
cause OF the masculine dress she ahsog
OF the stage, has cold face, ana sne
most beautiful Photograph OF nor reys
ssnts her plcturesquely but scantiy ciani
feeding the doves. with her facs iewe.v1
so that the shadow robs II OF It's siignsiy
hard look. The picture Is a rare ona put
without doubt one OF the most beautifui
ever taken. Rose Coghlan, whose years
are beginning to take her BY the throat,
so to speak, and ruin the contour or ner
neck. knows that her figure Is hsr oess
point, and II Is photographed In every at
tlt(ide that can bring out its hns INES.
Rosina Vokes, whom we are 80 soon 70
lose from the stage. is another wnose
figure Is her fortune. Evangeiine lrvinS,
OF her company. has Julia Marlowe's tsuit
OF a short nose, and is almost Invariably
photographed with sllghtly-beut head.
Lillian Russelrs pictures. except an un-
fortunate few In profile are always beau
tlful, for the fair Lillian never smiles In q
picture. She knows that her mouth u
not pretty In smile. and her teeth are
far from beautiful. Amy Busoy. on the
contrary, who has lately sued young Au-
brey Boucicault for divorce. was never so
fetching as In the photograph which rep
resents her lying back In great chair,
laughing heartily. Lillian Lawrence, oil
last summers stock company. has some
beautiful photographs displayed on Penn.
sylyania avenue, which show her face al
iust the angle from which It looks classic.
little Mary Sanders, who has had the
bad taste to sign her pictures Mrs. Percy
Winter. affects the lolling attitude In a
large chair, which Is becoming only e
tall and willowy women.
"Rut when one comes to think or H.
the sensible woman, not being an actress
doesn't care to look like one. She wants
, her pictures to be like hsrself-a charac
teristic likeness. Consequently sh'
chooses the gown she likes best, does W
| her hair as she usually wears IL, puts OF
| the expression her friends love best, ant
not forgetting to moisten her lips Just De
| fore the shutter is snapped vs. successfully
taken" To be photographed satisfacto
| rily one must take II easily. The reason
why tintypes are often better llkenesse
| than photographs Is that nobody pose
for a tintype, but has 1t taken just as
! lark. Don't think It's an ordeal. Don
! be unnatural Just sit down In front 0
the camera easily and comfortably. Ther
will be no straining of the eyes. N
rIgidity of the neck. The clever photo
| srapher will take the picture when yo'
are not expecting II, II he wants you
natural expression. Be natural, and tn
result will be pleasing"
The average man has his mind hxed o.
a certain style of picture when he soe
10 sit for one. and he wants 1t just ina
way. The average woman doesn't car
how II is taken. only she does want II I
look nice and-doesn't this side OF ne
hair look better than the other' an
wouldn't IL be better with her hat or
and won't a fuil-length picture make be
look lanky. and won't this color tax
badly. and wouldn't a full face make he
mouth too large. and three quarters shoN
her cheek-bones too much, and aren
dark pictures more fiattering than ligh
ones. and-and yet the photographer II
sists that women are less trouble 10 phe
toEraph than men. DO you believe ny
don't RUTH KIMBALL.