Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-02-21

She was thoroughly in earnest or conf.
Dental or friendly or little bit trou-
bled, all in one breath. 1t was apparent
that she had been there before, and she
demonstrated that she was we'll ac-
quainted with the premises And she
was truthful. She knew that it WASH t
fair to judge the plate by the proof. and,
what is more, she succeeded in convino.
ing the subject that this was the case.
Every we'll, Miss Blank" she said
when the atmosphere had cleared some
what. "We will finish some of them,
and you come in and see 'em, and if
you feel then as You do now we won't
ask you to take 'em."
AS the door closed the clerk rear
ranged some photographs Of party gowns
on the showcase, looked away into
space for few moments and murmured,
"Oh, bummie," and then went back and
thrust hor head into the pokebonnet
contrivance where she was making ugly
people look little less so, and there
was silence in the room.
"Do you have many cases Of that kind
to handler" the photographer was asked.
"Well, no, not many. Of course there
are some people who are bound to kick
anyway. But 1 have noticed that such
characters have more self conceit than
they are entitled to. We have all kinds
of people to handle" And then follow
ed a little dissertation which would in
terest subjects, and particularly the wo-
men, who have ever tried and intend to
try conclusions with the camera The
stock remark which at some time near
ly every subject utters as she comes in
to the presence Of the camera cyclops is
that she had "about as soon have a
tooth pulled as to have picture taken. !"
But that time honored platitude has lit
tie excuse for existence nowadays, said
the photographer, because in all of the
best galleries pictures are taken by short
exposure, which is practically instanta-
neous. The people who know more about
photography and the art of getting a
good likeness than does the operator
often cause him some annoyance and a
good deal of amusement.
In deciding upon pose for the
face" continued the photographer, "we
must exercise great care. In the few sec.
onds that we have to look at the subject
we must decide provided, of course, we
are allowed to deoide) what position of
the face will give the best likeness. 1t
is true of almost everybody that one side
of the face is quite markedly better look
ing than the other. and for this reason
comparatively few full face or front view
photos are taken. But sometimes we
have to deal with individuals who in
sist upon pose of the face that is dis
tinctly bad. Not long ago a certain man
came to me with the photograph Of o
friend which showed the face in clear
profile He said he wanted photo of
himself in exactly that position. Tt so
happened that the model which he sub
mitted had an unusually good profile,
and consequently the picture was quite
effective. But my subjects profile was
faulty. Indeed he had nose 'as was a
nose 1t was gigantic. l saw right
away that profile of his face would be
anything but fattering to the owner,
and I tried to break it to him gently.
"'But, he said, you admit that this
is a fine photo, and I know that the like
ness is excellent. Why can't you get
the same results from my face? think
am quite as good looking as he is, DOM t
your
"'That isn't the point said I, be.
cause didn't want to hurt the mani s
feelings. You know that no two faces
are alike, and I am only telling you that
profile is not your best view.'
"But he wasn't satisfied and insisted
on profile, SO rather than anger him
l took that view of his face and after
ward one which / thought was better.
The next day he came in to see his
proofs. l showed him the profile first.
There was no overlooking that nose. 1t
loomed up like Mount Tom from Smith IS
Ferry. pitied the poor chap. He look
ed up from the proof at me and said:
"'Good Lordl Do look like that?'
The camera doesn t lie about such
things l replied. at the same time
handing him the other proof. He looked
a good deal relieved when he saw the
second proof. But could see that he
was badly bored about that nose. He
looked at first one and then the other
proof for a minute Then he handed
both back to me and said in humble
tone, 'You may develop the other one
And I didn't need to be told which was
the 'other one. '"-Springfeld Repub
lican.
Ten days loss of time on account of sick
ness and doctor bill to pay, is anything
but pleasant for man of family to con
template, whether he is laborer, mechanic
merchant or publisher. Jas. o. Jones. pub
Usher of the Leader. Mexia, Texas, wss sicl
in bed for ten days with the grip during it
prevalence year or two ago. Later in tn
season he had second attack. He says
SIN the latter case used Chamberlain
Cough Remedy with considerable success,
think, only being in bed little over tw'
days. The second attack am satisfies
would have been equally as bad as the frs
but for the use of this remedy" 1t shoul'
be borne In mind that the grip is much tn
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