Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-16
GETTING THE PHOTOS.
The Scenes in Photograph Studio the Other
Evening.

ooh, what n sight. Just look at tn
expression on that face. Well, | neve
saw anything that looked 50 awful as
that" and the speaker went off into ;
peal of laughter over the little picture
she held in her hand
But it looks exactly like you, my
dear" said the friends standing near
ever ready to speak their mind.
| This is but one of the conversations
! one hears in the studio of Burgess
since he has been running the small
photographs. These little things are
about two inches wide and two and
onchalf inches long. and are remark
ably nice, though, of course. there is
nothing done to improve the looks Of
the people, the pictures are so small
Mr.. Burgess has a camera by which he
can take six of the small pictures on
one ordinary sized dry plate. The six
are developed together and printed all
in one, after which they are cut apart
and collected. The work is thus CEN
tralized, and they are not mounted. so
by doing large numbers of them the
photographer perhaps gets a little pay
for his time, but nothing of any con-
understand. In case the people wish,
he mounts the little pictures on cards.
bA IL,
ticles have been enormous. and one day
alone 81 people sat for pictures of this
sort. making an order for IS dozen pic
lures. With 50 many the process is, Of
course, slow. but for the time he is
running them for all they are worth.
1t is when the girls come after them
that the fun begins. The other night
there were 20 or more young ladies in
the studio for their pictures, for they
have them taken and then exchange.
being unable to resist the bargain
price.
"Oh. my. you are a homely thing"
says the first girl looking at the pic
lures Of herself. IF | had that face
on me l would use it for choppine
block"
We'll. l don't care think mine are
just nice for anything Of the price |
paid. l am exceedingly pleased" says
another. "Will you exchange, Maud?
Yes. l want to get collection. bat
will you lock at the expression l had
On my face. DO l ever look like that?"
oh, girls lool; the way my hair was
Why didn't some one tell me
how badly looked. l am half tempt
~ never to sit for another picture"
photograph lire that suited a woman.
1t is not up to what She thinks il
should he. Not that she is inclined to
think She is better looking. Oh. no.
but then she often has on an easier
expression ana a swccter one, or her
har must at times look better
than that, or her dress set better.
Perhaps. too. she thinks She smiled too
much in one picture or too little in an
other. one is too stern ana one not
stern enough. one pose is not what
she would have wished or what she
had intended. What had seemed in
her inventive mind to he the most ar |
tistic Iose on record. proves to make |
her look as though she was a stick. 1t /
is Impossible to please the average |
woman (and mani in the photograph |
line. but all like. after all to have |
those imperfect ones in demand among |
her friends. it makes her feel as
though perhaps they do think she is |
nice looking, or at least they like her !
looks.
Any way that it is, the chatter of the |
many girls getting their photos was |
and lively and as varied as
the winds.