The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-21
BEAUTY POSES ON A COUCH.
PRETTY GIRLS HAVE GRACEFUL
PICTURES TAKEN LYING ON
A DIVAN.


For n Big-Eyed, Pensive Brunette
an Open Window and a Dreamy
Gaze Are Ordered-WOmen Who
Take CLONE Photographic"
There Travelled from Egypt to America
last winter some photographs that set
the people who saw them crazy with de-
light. The photos were pictures of the
Americans in Cairo, taken after the
oriental fashion-lying down. From civ
ilization to Egypt the camera had trav-
eled and had come back enriched by as
sociating with the world. Such lovely
life-like pictures were never seen before.
Everybody, according to the photogra,
piers reasoning, that went with the pic
lures, looks better lying down. There is
a comfort, an absolute relaxation that
makes the features soft and graceful.
Even hard faces take on a certain soft
ness from a pillow, and the most awk-
ward body breaks into curves when resi-
ing What lovelier, then, than, really
handsome people, pretty women and fine
looking men. taken, in that best of all
atutudes-the lying down one!
The manipulation of the camera was a
man who spoke English. The American
COLONY thought him a yankee born with
little English grated upon his tongue
He said "cawnt" and "eyether." but
there was twinkle of the eye that be,
spoke New England blood. And a smart
ness, too!
The way of taking pictures was man.
aged most beautifully. little house
thrown up In vacant spot bore the sign
American Photographer" and below it
were words of invitation and advantage.
AS you approached you saw frames of
pretty photographs; and as you came to
the door you were greeted by the photog-
rapher himself, who ushered you in
room and invited you to be seated upon
couch. Many cushions upon hat
couch invite reclining attitude; and the
minute you had fallen into a position of
ease snap, snap" went the little slides,
ana you were taken" The pictures were
so novel they never failed to sell.
rms Photographic fad for having pic-
lures taken lying down has spread rapid
~ since first seen. The boudoir picture
Is as common now as the street one and
eommoner than the carriage one. The lit
tie camera is part of the furniture of the
boudoir, and is found set upon shelf
draped with scarfs. or poised upon
table ready to be snapped off when the
photographer is ready to work.
Tbs best rule for taking these pictures
recline comfortably. Then when the
camera has been placed the operator
looks through it to see if all is well. Or
ten loot or arm is misplaced If the
camera is of the snapshot kind. which
WIZ not admit a glance, you stand off and
get critical survey
a. Much h the h same rules apply as in every
Jay photography. Any part extending
tvwarus the camera comes out large il
me me picture. The reclining subject must
~ tIoA out Ihat the feet are just trifie in
BACKGROUND bp
forward. or the picture will be an anna
teurlsh failure. The elbow, too, may pro,
tect.e " the gown lie out too far in cen,
Ter tolds that give the picture awkward
ness. standing off at distance with the
eyes partly closed is a good test; for if
any one OBJECT is prominent that is the
fed. "i'ei anu inoui-
The next advantage of the Photographic
lylns-down fad is that a new face is Civ
en- 10 the picture as well as a new att,-
tude Read and you will see how that
can De, Part of the photography fad
- tnaS lne person lying down should have
a perfectly natural expression. and thai
Is done by giving her something 10 do
II man, something to interest him.
10 Illustrate: One of the most success.
ful OF these couch pictures was taks3
last week of a young woman who in iifa
IN ordinary wearing apparel, is none too
beautiful She is a pretty girl. buf she
Isp zoe pump pna Io for the ideal form. She
tleaL Sne Is one of your happy "good
Fellow girls, whom men fall in love with
out can never call the ideal Venus Jnst
pretty girls-but they do not take ideal
pictures iUeal
one OF these girls wanted a picture IN
Sehd 10 a man who had fallen in love win
her ana she with hfm-her fiance In vain
she mad tried photographer Then some
one suggested, why not try a couch nic
ture Here, lie down upon that couch ana
let me take one of you. You have your
camera mere ready for the summer The
plates are in it, 0
1t was at a girls farewell luncheon Of
the most informal sort. Laughing. the
young woman threw herself upon the
couch; Here, take Jacks picture IN
your hand, said one of the girls. Now
look at 1t as though you were longing to
Laughing, the girl took the picture and
glanced at her friends. "Will this do?1
she asked. ~
"Capitally." replied the camera artist
accentlng her words with a snap. And
you can explain to Jack how it came to
be taken" -4S ~
With her characteristic merry Iool,
her hgure reclining gracefully upon her
own couch, in her own coy corner tba
young woman was taken in most n1eas
ing ana natural fashion.
another favorite way is to give a girl
a picture 10 look at a scene to gaze I'm
on. rms Is for brunettes with long brown
eyes and dropping lashes. Lying on siIk-
en- CUSHIONS, with eyes afar upon the
tAhuscape' there comes into the photo