The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-04

sent sent to the Photograph gallery. Here
.Iie IIauah OF the factory takes the
saI,os, III charge and subjects her to a
Ell te,,s5 SUNG over. She is given a care
tul toilet of the hair BY lady artist
IN this business and then She retires
/ 10 the dressing room.
me corset is put on after the madam
IS SATISFIED that all unnecessary UNDER
garments have been disposed of. Some
models pose with less clothes on than
otHefs' And they could not by any
Stretch OF the imagination be said to
We oNerdressed, her toilet having stop
pea snort with having put on her cor
seI over a silk chemise, and skirt. This
~ considered to be not so attractive,
however, as where a more complete out
" Of lingerie is worn. 1t is only where
the cheap, flashy corsets are to be pho
toSraphed that the abbreviated toilet
Is used in the posing.
Then comes the greatest difficulty, the
putting on of the corset which has
Deen made for the model. The corset is
laced as tightly as possible. No ordinary
corset lacing would do for such an oc-
casion as this-heavy shoe lacing is
what is used, and oftentimes the fingers
OF the madame are cut by her exertions
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TO produce a corset which is ideal IN
shape and which will seem to be feX-
ible in shape, giving the appearance of
the figure fitting it rather than it fit
ting the figure. And strange as it may
seem women have no hand in the shap-
ing of the article which is to be their
bane of their unalloyed blessing. That
is to say they have no hand in deciding
what the shape Is to be.
When the model is finally fitted to
the satisfaction of the madame, and the
it is hoped to the model
also-she is ready for her sittings or
posings, as they are professionally
termed
Suffering from being so tightly laced
in to shape herself to the corset she must
stand before a camera and take the
most possible graceful pose. This is not
easy Her corset is stiff and seems to
lend a gawky feeling to the model. 1t
is impossible for her to "strike posi-
ton" as the slang phrase has it. A
great many of the models do not seem
to know how to pose gracefully. When
told to take Il certain position they do
it little better than the most bashful
child and all kinds of angles are the re-
suit. Then the illustrator has to take
hand in the matter and do the posing
himself. That is to say he has to place
her feet, her hands and dispose her
whole figure so as TO make the most
graceful figure possible. And even at
that the effect is not always what IS
sought and after the negative is made
and finished she has to pose again.
Graceful pOsings are what are wanted
and the placing Of Il e head to one side
or looking at flower or smiling pleas
antly, all these things strike the gen
crafty of models as something they
cannot do.
All this time the illustrator must not
forget that he has got to keep an eye
on the angle which the vast of the
corset presents to the observer. 1t
must always be the smallest possible.
All women are after the small petite
waist, and a picture showing a waist
with too broad view, will not take
with the woman purchaser. This makes
three or four exposures necessary on
the part of the photographer. Then
again one position will not 60, but
change must be made else the impress
sion will hold that it is the same pic
ture This means a great deaf of work
for the model.
If the proof of the posings is salts
factory the photographer is ordered to
go ahead with his work, and before
he is through with it the picture has
reached a stage of perfection as n'ai-
w as possible. He retouches the fea-
lures so as they will not be recognized.
1t is then given to an artist Who takes
it in hand, and all the parts, smooth