Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-01-14
NOVEL PHOTOGRAPHS.
Some Fresh Wonders Performed
by tho Camera.
Extraordinary Combinations Produced by
An Ingenious Arrangement of
Mirror--Some Curious
Examples.

A French photographer has pleased
Paris. always charmed with a novelty.
bv producing extraordinary photo
graphic combinations through an in
penious arrangement of mirrors. The
results he attains are novel, surprising
and sometimes sensational. as. for in
stance. his bona fide photograph of a
well-known Partisan being ridden in
the street by his horse. Grotesque COM
b%inationS such as this are. of course,
familiar to US all. for photographers
have long been able 10 produce very
curious effects by e~mbohying figures
from several negatives in one print.
The beauty of this last photographic
novelty *. however. that the prints do
not give away" The process. as the old
fashioned built up photographs inyari-
ably 10 by the stiltrd pastures and in
congruous discords of the composition,
hut appear to he single. instantaneous
plimpses of real scenes If an altogether
impossible nature. They are clever
enough TO deceive an expert, OF to max"
a superstitious person almost believe IN
miracles.
MI Paris is enthusiastic over one OF
MS IltllTtS III DdTllfllldI. ~ - d Dllp-
to"raph of a gentleman in evening
dress. with the face Of his fianccr
d%aintily poised an his immaculate shirt
front. The girls face seems TO lac aS
much "a part of the mans figure as is hi,
head, and not merely "A picture stamped
on the white linen bosom.
This feat * ACCOMPLISHED by posing
the figures in such IA way that they are
reflected from the maze of mirrors di-
rectly int" the eve of the amer Some
times the wnman'S face * reproduced
ia n smaller form. and in the sh"pr of q
heart. and = So arranged as to take tho
place. of the organ in which the god OF
love is popularity supposed To dwell.
Photographs taken by the mirror
process show people in every conc w.
able position. For instance. two broth
rrs ar" photographed to appear rs one
balanced upside down on the others
head. As both are in evening dress,
from patent leather pumps to crush
hats. il is difficult to decide when one
has the picture right side up. Pictures
of animals in all conceivable positions
are a fad of this photographer. whose
art often takes a humorous turn. \
NtTN SI1all snake IN me act OF swallow
ing an unusually large elephant is IA ia.
Vorite with those who have a sense al
the ridiculous. Other pictures. how
ever. lean TO tragic rather than the
comic.
\ pyramid of babies. to the number of
a score, is another picture which N
tracts a great deal of interest. for
though the tots are still in the hong
clothes period of existence. they appear
ia balance themselves with all the sang
frGid of professional acrohats.
ON" large photograph which the Pa,
riSiau camera ~iuggler lately eNhibits,
~ an exhibition "f pictures. noted more
for their oddity than the popular char.
acter of their subjects is probably the
most grrvSom" of any u" has yrttakPn
This photograph portraNs an exceeding.
" beautiful woman dressed as for a
ball. through whose body the bare arm
of Il man is thrust. the hand claSpinp
rhe handle of n sword that is dripping
with blood. The woman's face is dis
torted. as though with pain, and she
seems about to fall TO the ground.-N
Y. Herald.