Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-09
FAVCRlTE PHOTOS.
Fair Women Whose Pictures Insure n
Large and Steady Sale.
Correspondence Of the Dlspatch)

Correspondence Of the Dlspatch.)
LONDON, ENG, August 29.-There is
one English custom that New York bias
failed 10 adopt.
one can go into a picture-shop In Lon
don and buy the last likeness" Of any
OF the nobility, the seasons debutante.
the writer of the last new book or the
bride of an NJ. i. There is no restriction
as to whom they shall be sold or in
what numbers.
Yesterday / visited many of the noted
shops on Fifth avenue and Broadway.
where pictures Of celebrities are on sale,
and remarked that the fac SMILES of
American society women were conspicuous
by their absence. British beauties were
fornd in plenty, and l asked the dsposer
of them which sold best.
well" she said. 'the Princess Of
Wales. always The announcement OF a
new photograph of her is the signal for
a demand. Her last one, in court COS
tune In black, has been tremendous
favcrte.
Next in favor" my informant con-
tinued. as Lady Randolph Churchill. We
sell two and three dozen of her, some
times taken In different attitudes. 10 one
person. Her last-three-quarter length
which has Just been sent over, is having
a great run"
OF course. on every hand were to be
seen pictures Of the Duchess of York and
the baby Prince. These. she said, had
been sold by the hundreds.
Lady Londonderry Is always drawing
card. The favorite one of buyers seems
to be the one where she carries her crown
lly aud Slch a nafhHtic
expression. 1t would seem a fit illustra-
ton for very old proverb. but it makes
beautiful picture.
The famously lovely Duchess Of Lei
cester is constantly asked for.
"Does Mrs. Langtry still SELF" / asked
mo indeed. We rarely have a call for
her. But" she smiled. we've made ex-
penscs from her in her day.
Here is one from Vienna that is quite
the rage now. 1t is Miss Martens, the
Viennese beauty. She with her two sis
ters. have a fad for training parrots and
give public performances IN the large
German cities"
Her style of dress is usually that Of an
Egyptian fellah woman. with much fes-
looming of sequins. The photos are all
taken in this picturesque costume, with
large parrot resting on her arm.
"Who are the popular actresses"' 1
inquired.
Mary Anderson used TO rival Mrs. Lang.
try. then Mrs. Brown Potter; but now
Emma Eames is our star There seems
10 be no end TO the call for her. When
the opera season was on We thought
Calves popularity would run her
close parallel. but the rage for the French
woman is over, while every new attitude
we handle Nine. Eames in Is SUCCESSFUL
Then Caroline Miskel-Hoyt is always on
demand.
you must sell them more on the con-
sideration Of how they look, than what
they do. them"
Il have always thought that. Faces like
Marie StudhOlme's-you know, the head
with the eyes closed. and the wreath
about it?-are as popular, If not more So
than Ellen Terry. These photos. 1 fancy.
must be bought by people making collec-
tons OF pretty women. Della Fox Is
good card: so Is Marie Tempest Mrs.
Cleveland and Lillian Russell stand about
together in their great sales.
Now, as to society women Of America"
1 asked "haVe you any of those:
Mrs. Duncan Elliott and Mrs. Burke
Roche are the only two" she answered.
TRY as we will, We can't gec others. We
have tried. but found IL impossible to get
either Vanderbilts or Astors'. Nor can
We procure pictures OF women IN oInclal
life in Washington.
"As to writers? on, Helen Hunt Jack
son, Marie Bashk.rtaeff. and Louisa Al
colt sell rapidly We have dozens of calls
for Amelie Rives-ChGnler. and Mrs. Van
Rensselaer, Cruger. but We can't get per-
mission to sell these. either. There is
particularly beautiful one OF Mrs. Chan
Ter that we are so DESTROYS of handling.
but she won't allow it."
JOSELYN DAVIES.