Evening star., 1897-03-06

many soHety women do why should not
all womfp? surely what is proper in a
crowded iPaH Foom may be permitted in a
But have thin shoulders. and the bones
show drsadfuly when 1 wear a decollete
gown. says. ope lady.
Let heg have courage and learn that she
mas notR!ng toffear from being taken with
shoulders and peck bare. provided the pho
The bones wild disappear as il by magic.
ana she VIII spend pleasant hours looking
at the picture thus produced This is one
of the cameras best lies,
T. anticipate an objection to these beau
tt1ylng devices. that the photographs may
be no better than photograph at ali.
Well thought of. but the point does not
hold. admit that such is apt to he the
case after the elaborate and often ridicu-
ious touching up processes indulged in
by some photographers who call themselves
fashionable. They cut down woman's 8
waist. for example. six inches in its di-
ameter. and think they are producing a
work of art AS matter of fact they are
producing a caricature Of the woman. and
she knows it. So do her friends. The only
legitimate way OF improving on nature is
to do it i'll the posing. and by theprinciples
of foreshortenng as already explained. All
this takes places before the exposure is
made Then the flattery of the lens will
be so delicately. done as to escape detection
Every one will exclaim: What splendid
picture but they will not see that it is
'splefldd'' because the oval of the face is;
perfected the holows of the cheeks filled
out. the nese or chin heightened or short
ened or the shoulders given an extra plump
ness. They will only get the general result
and be pleased with it. This kind of lying
is SO daintily done that 1t passes for truth
The likeness is never lost.
Finally a word about the facial express
sion. More pictures have been ruined by
the time-worn advice. Now. try to look
pleasant" than can be estimated II you
Il H. ~olfx hnr .
ing to force a smile for your picture. The
main point is to become SO interested IN
the posing and to have Such an inteiilsent
sympathy established between the photog
rapher and yourself that your face natural
ly assumes a pleasant expression lhe pre-
liminaries should occupy half an hour ana
numerous plates be taken. The aftist
operator will choose his moment for max
ing the exposure so clevery that you hard
ly know You are being taken. or at least
will have no sense of nervous tension at
the time
About the Smile.
Speaking of smiles in photographs one
Of the most successful photographers Of
the new school said recently that ne mas
worked great change in the express
sicns of women who have come to him
by advising them to go to sleep every
night with a smile on their faces rms
photographer claims. and it seems quite
plausible that the lines Of the face can
be trained into pleasant curves just as
easily and mechanically as the hal: can
be brushed one way Or the other. IL Is
all matter of habit.
Women have no idea what traces
sleep leaves upon their bodies Some OF
them go to sleep froWning. ana the
frnwn shows when they are awake. | as
sure you. l can almost always tell on
which side woman sleeps by the con
dition of the hair. which is injured by
the pressure, or by an inequality IN the
height of the shoulders. Women should
sometimes or the other. unless they, have
heart trouble IN which case they must
sleep the right side for safety
AS regards chtldren's photographs, it is
ee sier to get good ones for babies about
a year and a half Old than FOR children Of
well as you put them when they are very
young but whtn they are old enough To
have ideah of their own they are hard to
manage. They should always be dressed
in light colors. and their curis should never
be wet ~
should be taken in the winter. they
sure to he restless in hot weather.
and. in the case of dogs. the tongues are
apt to protrucles
b. Having 1discussed the photographs of
women and dogs. l come, naturally to
consideration Of mems photographs. Ii
the men are wise they will avoid wear
ing silk hats and holding cigars in their
hands Also the wearisome trick oevice
OF IbeingftaRenf In, a snoWstorm. This
latter. 1t is true. allows them to exhibit
a new fur-ineA = overcoat. but II makes
item ridtculous AS to eolors. they can
wear black better than women. since there
ID more red in their faces. Besides that,
thay are only men, and it does not matter
much. anyhow. - s--t ,--' Z