The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-27
Looking For Pretty Girls.

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| II you should see good-looxing, stylishly
| dressed, business-l.ke young woman crit
ieaiiy studying the face and ngure OF
pretty working girl In car, or chasing al
1 ter her on the street, yon may be pretty
sure you VIII see that girl before long N
| some artistic and taking advertisement.
For you have caught Mss Beatrice Ton
nesen. Cnicagos woman photographer, In
! the act Of securing one OF the famous
''Tornesen models that are IN demand the
country over, says the Chicago Herald
| Or the professional women photographers
of Chicago Miss Tonnesen is the only one
to depart to any great extent from the
beaten path. She has shown originality
! in several directions, and in each case
| the departure has long ago ceased 10 be
| an experiment. Her latest success is the
clever scheme of Photographic advertising
| which bears her name. She Is the only
photographer in this line of work in the
! United States.
| Miss Tonnesen became interested in pho
tography at her home in Oshkosh, Wis.
4 three years ago. She had studied art in
a general way for several years, possess
ed keen appreciation Of an effective pose,
AMI was continually searching the faces OF
| those about her for a view that would
bring out the best that was in them. Sud
denly the desire to photograph these faces
possessed her. and she applied to local
| photographer for instruction. He taught
| her all he knew and gave her free access
| 10 his studio She then gained experience
| by photographing every friend who would
sit TO her.
| The fascination of the work possessed
| her and she was eager to set up an estsb-
hshment of her own. She went to Me-
! nominee, Mich, arranged a studio, hung
| out her shingle and commenced work as
professional photographer. Before the
| end of the first year her ambition had out
| grown her surroundings. The little studio
| in Menominee did not half satisfy her. She
yearned for Chicago and a larger estab-
| lishment.
AT this juncture she laid her plans be-
| fore her sister, Mrs. Clara Tonnesen Kirk
| patrick. Mrs. Kirkpatrick is one of those
| born managers who occasionally give a
| doubling world glimpse OF the business
4 capabilities of the sex. When her husband
| died she took hold of his grain commission
! business and carried it on as successfully
as ever. She listened to Miss Tonnesen's
| plans, saw the possibilities in the Chicago
studio and sold out her business. The sis
! ters came to Chicago, secured a two-story
| and basement house In Michigan avenue
| and transformed It into a perfectly ap-
f, pointed studio. Here Miss Tonnesen takes
| the pictures and Mrs Kirkpatrick runs the
| business end of the establishment.
study of the photographs in the studio
discovers the secret of Miss Tonnesen's
success with portraits. Apparently every
| one ot her sitters is either handsome or of
Distinguishing appearance. Here is where
her art comes in. There is always a good
| line s0Dewher in everybody's face, and she
| makes a speciality of finding it and photo
| graphing it. An interesting feature Of her
wcrk is the making of art pictures-artistic
| groupings, cleverly executed. There is
great demand for these from the engravers
| who put them on the market in the form
| Of water colors. A process for photograph
ing portraits on porcelain has also proved
successful and remunerative.
Miss Tonnesen has long list of models,
! and when an advertising picture is order
ed she first creates an idea and then Sc
lects model best suited for it's express
sion. In case she is not satisfied with the
material at hand and requires different
style altogether che goes in search of
new face and figure, and doesn't stop un-
Ill sne finds just the one she wants
The models OF this advertising feature
are not exclusively Of the fair sex, how
ever.
She has just finished series Of pictures
which are especially taking, but they will
not be in circulation until the HOLIDAYS.
and her contract with the manufacturers
is of such an iron-clad nature that a re-
production Of them is out Of the ques-
ton.
The pretty girls who pose for Miss Ton
nesen are particularly pleased with the
opportunity to see themselves in print. and
enthusiastically enter into the spirit of the