The morning times., 1896-06-21
Pretty Girls Have Graceful Pic.
lures Taken Lying on a
Divan. Oriental Fashion.
Open Window and
Dreamy Gaze.

ideal form. She laughs too much She Is
too jolly to he ideal. She is one of your
happy '.good fellow" girls, whom men fall
in love with but can never call the ideal
Venus. Just pretty girls-but they do nos
take ideal pictures.
One of these girls wanted a picture to
send to man who had fallen in love
with her, and she with him-her fiauoe.
In vain she had tried a photographer.
Then some one suggested. why not try
couch picture. Here, lie down ulon
that couch and let me take one OF you.
You have your camera here ready fof
the summer. The plates are in it,
II was at girls farewell luncheon OF
the most informal sort. Laughing. the
young woman threw herself upon tie
couch Here. take Jacks picture in
your hend,' said one of the girls, Now,
look at IL as though you were longing to
see him.
Laughing, the girl took the picture and
glanced at Der friends .'WiIi this do.''
she asked.
..Capitally,'' replied the camera artist,
accenting her words with a snap. And
you can explain to Jack how it came to be
taken:'~
With her Characteristic merry look, her
figure reclining gracefully upon her couch,
in her own cozy corner. the young. woman
vas taken in most pleasing and natural
fashion.
Another favorite way Is to give a girl
picture TO look at, a scene to gaze
upon. This is for brunettes With long
brown eyes and dropping lasbes. Lying
on silken cushions. with eyes afar UPON
the landscape, there comes into the pEo.o-
af,lt ri~f,
ing could never bring out. 1t is a
natural photograph
HAMMOCK PICTURES.
Hammock pictures are liked also. They
are reclining pictures, but they are harder
in the pose. The camera artist must
know about raising the camera to take
the face and arms, instead OF the under
part OF the hammock. As high as possible
some of the cameras are lifted and wien
you look at the picture, you see pretty
girl snugly tucked in cushions, as trs-n-
gull as baby in its cradle.
The hand and foot are brought out by
the couch pictures The hand can always
be spread out in a becoming way, and one
pretty girl who had couch picture. pur-
posely Covered her eyes with Ier pretty
arm, letting the hand fall forward little
TO get the perfect shape of the lovely hand.
There are little tricks to couch photographs
that are not possible other ways.
The sweetest couch photograph was
taken OF a row of heads. The girls
snuggied themselves together. girl fash
ion. upon one of the long wicker couches
that come for summer rooms. ooverlid
OF shaded Dresden silk was thrown over
them carelessly. and in every fold OF tie
coyerlid was a pretty face. Below it
extended a bewilderiDg assortment ef
French heels, curved insteps and delicate
ankles. Laughing, as if getting ptoto-
graph taken was the funniest thing in
life, the girls piled themselves up to-
getber. reached for a coverlid, and gave
the word to take the picture.
One curly head was nestled against L
plump cheek. Lovely brown eyes were
yelled in the matted curls of the blonde
head below. A golden head lay nestled
an the back of a neck where the black
est OF braids lay in long lengths-and so
the picture was taken without thought
or care, but it was the greatest success
OF the season. The camera was pointed
at it in two ways, once from above.
when the faces looked up laugiiingiy,
and once from way back, where eyes
and a tangle of hair we're the only
glimpse one caught of the fair posers, but
perfectly recognizable
Photographs asleep are good, If they are
successful. But few know how Ia pose
them. II taken asleep young woman
should be surrounded by the gayest OF
things. Her couch should be a mass OF
cushions of blue and red-ole takes white
and the other black, and there SHOULD be
checked materials. a striped cover and Il
fan. The calm, peaceful look OF girl
asleep is not liked in photograph. Its
quiet suggestion is depressing to all who
see it. But with loosened hair. her pill
lows siuag around her. her parted lips
showing the breath upon them, and her
eyelids lightly. closed. nothing is prettier.
The couch photograph fad is practiced
as an actual living with the girls who
GO around taking home photographs One
woman has such q picture taken, 1n
others must copy it, or have pTettierH
done for them. And so il goes on =
tasraphiag the bare foot is very comt.
piacecamplrei with the couch photogrt
for one at best is merely fad. while -
other is an addition Co photographs art
HELEN WARD.