Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-26
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are picked as general thing by small boys
as the trees will not stand the weight of
heavy persons, except in the case of very
old and large trees. The cultivated black
berries are already ripe and are coming to
market from Fairfax county and other
parts of Virginia. The Maryland black
berries will begin to come to market next
week"
There Is a great deal Of character in the
feet. and the study of them is very inter-
estins." observed a well-known chiropodist
to Star reporter, but of late years since
people began to wear ready-made shoes
there is not much opportunity for it, The
time was when nearly all persons, and es-
pecially those whose character was worth
studying, had their shoes made to order.
Then the individuality of the feet had OBJ
portunity to show itself. Nowadays SHOES
are all made of pattern and they keep
their shape until they are about worn out,
thus preventing the foot from showing its
peculiarities Whoever saw a fine chess or
billiard player who did not have a long
fiat foot? And. again. who ever saw a man
or woman with round chubby feet who was
not quarrcisC me, needless and cruel? A
broad. sGuare-toed foot indie ates honesty,
good humor and a well-balanced mind, as
clearly as does the face of such person.
A musician has very marked foot, and
the foot of a violinist once and you can
hardly mistake them after that. Take a
sporting man, gambler, if you like, and
you will find his feet run to a point, indl-
eating that he will take chances and will
back up his judgment if given the oppor-
tunity. Study the foot of any of the best
orators In Congress, or of the most famous
divines. and you will find very delicate
shaped foot. Then look at the foot of the
flop in mankind or his counterpart in wo-
mankind, and you cannot fail to observe
the similarity. They are kidney shaped, all
feet, with little or no intellectually, moth
ing showing originality or observation.
The artist who excels only in copying the
works of others mas a foot similar, while
painter OF sculptor of force and diStnc-
ton has 4 rugged and uncven-looking foot.
OF course the face and hands are easier to
study, but to careful observer the foot
shows the peculiaritieS of a person as
marked and unerring.'
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PHOTOGRAPHERS are in their own way
when they give their customers several
proofs to select FROM" volunteered a pho
tosraphe- to a Star reporter. 1.-The pho
tographer is much more competent to tell
which is the best picture of a sitter than
is the customer, and in four cases out of
five the customer selects the poorest pic
ture, from an artistic standpoint. And I'M
less there is art in a photograph it tires
to grow better all of the time. Who would
think of asking a portrait painter to pose
the subject in three or four ways. paint
the portraits ard then allow the purchaser
to select tire one they thought best? The
best work is where the photographer puts
his art and skill into a picture and finishes
up that one. People come into our gal
lerieS day after day and say, why can't
you make photo graphs of US like these we
see of actors and actresses? Little do
they know that the actors and actresses
whose photographs they so much admire
when they have their pictures taken, sub
nit in every detail to our conditions. OF
course, they have an advantage in the
matter of posing for effect, for posing is
their profession. But they say to US. Make
a picture that will please me and yourself
as WELL Throwing themselves into our
hands in this way. they generally get the
best work ard effects that galleries can
TURN out. Should they say, Give us q
dozen sittings. and We will pick out the
picture which suits best they would
get the same kind of work that the ordi-
nary customer gets. The photographer
the buyer of the pictures, and assure you
where the whole responsibility is thrown
on the photographer the result is much
more satisfactory to all concerned. Ger
tainly it is more artistic, and 1t Is art,
rather than photographs which should be
considered. The customer pays his or her
money, and should have the best side
shown-not the poorest. To me nothing is
so painful as a stupid-looking photograph,
and it is this kind the average customer
makes us print"