The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-20

shade and the best parts brought out. up
10 the retouching rooms. where all SUPER
! flu0us marks of time or temper are ooiit-
| Grated everything Is done with The idea
Of making the bromide. or carbon. or plain
otype, or whatever kind il may be, image
OF the sitter. look not asfhe or she actu-
ally looks, bat as either OF them would
like 10 look.
There is no use in attempting TO lay
down any fixed rules about picture-tah-
ing" leading photographer said yester-
day. Every subject Is a new world TO
conquer Every man, woman or cA!ld mas
his own pecuharities and has TO ne treated
differently from every other Individual, hus
with a skillful distribution or light ana
shade, combined with artistic retouealng
Of the negative, you can get an attractive
picture of even the most homely sitter
THE old idea that lady ought to wear
a black dress when sitting FOR photo
graph is exploded now. ON the other hand
man ought never wear anything but
black Black always makes woman look
older and when she has picture taken
she ought to look as young as possible. 4
white or very light low-necked gown -
the very best thing for her TO wear. 1t
doesn't make bit OF difference II she has
a long. thin, scrawny meek; the retoucRer
can remedy that very easily.
~ profile usually makes a more artistic
picture than a full face, and Tor SONS
reason or other the left side is preferable
to the right The ears are the most diff
cult features TO dispose of in picture,
and Il is particularly because OF them THAI
a full-face picture fails TO please. II
ftIlI-face picture is decided upon. though.
ii never ought to be faken with potn ears
showing. In profile portrait there Is al
ways some chance to dispose advantage
ously OF disagreeahle features. For in
stance. a person with a very large thick
nose can De so posed that the face viii take
almost classic outlines
THE hands are difficult ID dispose OF.
too. Like the face. they are most effective
in profile The broad side Of the hand
f..h slR 4; ~ IN ny nF
camera Even the most ungainly hand
can he made to look graceful II IL Is posed
properly.
from side to side until YOU get them in tn.
best light and the most natural pose hut
Il is ridiculous - pose a child or an actress
They fall into an easy. graceful position
naturally"
The retoucher's room in the photogra-
piers establishment showed some OF the |
interesting possibilities III the way of max
ing h0uely people pretty. \ print from
original uegatiye-that Of a young girl
showed a fine crop OF freclles. a picture
printed from the retouched negative
showed A smooth skin unmarried hy any
hlemish. \ picture taken 10y fine camera
Is a strictly truthful affair. The camera
not oniy registers The general contour of
the features. bur shows all the fine lines
of tho face and even ihe tiny marks in the
skin that as a rule are not visible 10 the
naked eye These littie hiemishcs have dif-
feTent color values which register them-
selves upon me sensitive pate frequent.
" the most difficult part OF the reto9cher's
work IS not 80 much TIE tDning down II
urpleas autiy high check bones. or the
building up OF soft. smooth flesh over a
startilugiy prominent collar bone, as is
the oolite~ati0n Of thcse little tiny marks
IA the skin
''Cur aim in retouching" sk1lful re-
TOUGHER SAID yesterday. IS TO 0aiiferate
tae unpleasant lines and blemishes in The
face Yet IL sUch d way as not TO destroy
the Individuality OF the portrait a
wtukle1 brow or mouth drawn down at
the corners usually gives a Glsaqres4f bic
cheeks give a CareHoTn look When tne
lights are TOO flEn ~ can I'll H.. WREN
rha shadows are too deep 80 can uxe the
katie. To preserve the tTiie character OF
tne portrait the direction IF fse muscles OF
ste face must he followed In the re,ouca-
IEr"
Pro5abiy 10 pars IN the work is more
Interesting than the changes that can be
made TIA the eyes q \ portrait. Occasion
ai.r cross-eyed man has his picture
taken and he usually pTefvgs 70 look nut
from his portrait as other people DO H'he
impression Of ttse diverging eye can he cut
car by The retoucher and the picture sa
altered hat rhc two eyes correspond
II rseapis would only remember 10 wast
an extent the art has ben developed the
fat rerson 20 longer reef despair of haV-
iug Z becoming T0rtrait beeagee o. MS
fa.nesv nor tae lssn person oecause ~ his
fslna9S& Ins Tstoalc2eT SaE make shat a5t
r5Eht. moreover. be can give any 1ea red
EXPRESSION 70 q rlacf os,Fa faked face Issst
people ssh persist Ia fee4inG fnssefa9le
wker2 trey face 2 camera. only yesterday
a iasfv who was icing posed far her p<ar-
srait insisted upon wearing an expression
appropriate - she gravity u the sl5aa}t0a.
And when toe photographic cuuFss9us!y
asked her % srnisa ii b.k sas Answered
sadly, AZ WHAT
q Golfrsy Gauaei tse scientist. s.
about 10 p,sasisA book upon the effects
q sals y ssis auruan BODY. Twenty years
sstsav has led bin 10 aHllere taat Glpts-
ther.a. ssosssexy and osaeE diseases a-e Gae