The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-13
FUN IN H GALLERY
THE PHOTOGRAPHER DOESN'T A.
WAYS see THE HuMoNous SIDE.

WAYS SEE THE duMO6OOS SIDE.
The Woes with Which He Il nssse ~ An
sorts and Conditions - Nsa-N Il .
Bussness where Much K~sSvlsdgs q Hu-
mas Na.srs IL Necessary.
..Oh. my goodness gracious. mkss
alivei That's horrid- Why. I wouldn't
give . picture HE that 10 one Of my
frisnds for worlds"
"But, Miss Blank. Jon forget thas
this h only . proof"
"a proof, 10 Il? And what were You
trying to prove By SAILING me- look Hike
tbat? That I am 100 .ysass old or had
been through . fever before the picture
was takenT'
..Miss Blank, / think you are . little
unreasonable. This 10 nothing but .
proof, and all Of those dark shadows and
hard lines will be toned down. I admit,
~ IL ID II doss not DO you tustics''-'
Justice? Well. / should say NOT I
ain't very sonceited about my looks, but
If I thouaht ! was . hidspns - thst
picture makes me I'd wear : mask"
This IN substance. iss Dialogue IN .
photograph gallery . few days ago. A
woman bad ''oome in to 90 hcr proofs"
and ths clerk had blandty handed the
cause Of all the commotion over the
showcase, behind which IRE had IN
trenched herself. The customer. or "sub-
ject." n the photographers term their
patron4 was mad ~ o % she saw
the proof But the diplomacy Of the
young woman behind the showcase
would have given points to apolitician-
She was thoroughly in earnest or conf.
Dental OF friendly or . little bit trou-
bled, all In one breath. il was apparent
that she had been there bsfoEs. and she
demonstrated that she Wa we'll %
quaintsd with tho premfssA And ahs
was truthful. She knsw that IL wam't
fair to judge the plate By the proof. and,
what is more, she sucossdsd In convino-
ing the subject that this was the case.
VERY we'll. Miss BlandE" she said
when the atmosphere had cleared some
what. I'VE will finish some of them,
and You come in and 80 'em, and il
You feel then a. you do low We Won't
ask you to take 'em."
A the door closed the clerk rear
ranged some photographs Of party gowns
on the showcase. looked away into
space for afew moments md murmured.
"Oh. bummie." and then wentb back and
thrust her head into the pokebonnss
contrivance where she WA making ugly
people look . little Len %. and there
was silence In the room
do You have many GASES Of that kind
to handler the photographer was asked
well, no, not many. OF oourset there
are some people who are bound to kick
anyway. But I have noticed that such
characters have more self oonceit than
they are entitled to. We have all kinds
Of people to handle" And then follow
ed q 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 ct some time near
" every subject utters - she comes in.
to the presence Of the camera cyclops il
that she had ''about AZ soon have a
tooth pulled a. to have q 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 .
good likeness than does the operator
often cause him some annoyance and q
good deal Of amusement
I'm deciding upon . pose for the
fape," coutinued'the photographer. I'VE
must exercise great care. In the few ESQ.,
ends thatw .have TO look at the subject
we must decide provided. Of courss. We
me allowed to decide) what position Of
the face WIN give the best likenesA lf
Is truem almost everybody that one side
Of theface tyquite markedly better Look
ing than the other. and for this reason
few full face or front view
'ph6tus Gre taken. But sometimes w
'have to deal with individuals who in-
G1t upon . pose Of the face that ID dis
tinctly bad. Not long ago a certain man
came to me with the Photograph of q
friend which showed the face In clear
profile. He said he wanted, . photo of
himself In exactly that position It %
happened that the model which he sub
mitted had an unusually good profile,
andfconseQuently the picture was quits
effective Rut my subjeot's profile Twaa
faulty. Indeed he had . nose as was q
nose Il was gigantic i saw right
SWAY that aprofAe Of his face would be
anything hut AattsriDg 70 the owner.
and Iftried 10 brsak II to him gently.
but, > 10 said, .you admit that this