The times., 1898-02-20

cameo photographs taken This is a
process brought over from Paris, where
| they are just now making, as well, very
exquisite vignette photographs. the
figures in brown or gray thrown on a
polished white surface.
The cameo process is nothing more
| nor less than a face in clear profile
photographed in strong, white lights
against a block of prepared and pol
ished black wood. The block of wood
is usually about six or eight inches
square. with a circular depression in
the center. Into this the picture is
thrown and shows like d carving Of
pearl against ebony. Every curl and
stray strand of hair, every filmy bit of
lace. and flower about the shoulders is
outlined by the camera. and pretty
woman could not find a more perfect
medium for a faithful likeness of her
fine features.
Since miniatures have become ca
Ware to the general, a new industry,
| first put forward under the patronage
of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, has blossom
ed forth. This rich young woman. one
of the most prominent and beautiful OF
New YorkS fashionable matronS, has
had her own sweet face painted with
most exquisite art on six very choice
Sevres plates, that are only used for
her smallest and selectest luncheon
parties. The plates show Mrs. AStor
in evening dress. tailor dress, reception
gown, skating furs, in q delicate sum-
mer muslin and in her bridal gown. 1t
is no secret that the plates cost S150
apiece, and they were all made in
France.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, with higher pa
triotism and a keen sense of art, has
given to an American girl the valuable
order of decorating half a dozen plates
much like those of Mrs. Astor. while
Mrs. Sloan of New York is having her
likeness transferred to six plates for
use at small breakfasts. These platters
are all of fine American china. and the
feminie artist who Is decorating them
is going to show Mrs. Sloan in skating,
bicycling, golfing, driving, riding, fish,
ing. and yachting dress.
1t has remained, however, for the
Mrs. Belmont, who is the grandmother
| of a. duke. to lead all the rest of her
set in portraiture, of an original, beau
tifuI and the most expensive sort
known on this side of the water. only
the beautiful but eXtravagant Queen Of
Italy has anything to show like the
huge window of stained glass that fits
| into space at the head of the stairs in
Mrs. Belmont's New York house
This window, fourteen feet high by
eight broad, looks toward the west,
| and every one who enters the hall of
| the house cannot fail to look up at this
| window through the many colors of
| which all the light for the hall comes.
In a frame work of marvellous glass
roses the mistress of the mansion
| stands arrayed in the most gorgeous
yellow brocaded satin wearing her
| famous turquoise tiara, necklace and
brooches. The window was designed
and the glass work, done by Arheril
can artists, and the crystal pieces Of
glowing color and many degrees of
thickness are put together In frame
work of silver instead of lead. It re-
quired nearly two years to complete the
work. and no one. save the present
owner and the maker Of the window,
know the price that was paid for it. At
some points in the decoration genuine
jewels are set in the glass, and at
night a. heavy iron door closes at the
back Of the window, which by cunning