The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-09
PHOTOGRAPHER TO THE co,nn
Mrs. Morrison of Newark. n. 7 T..
lows an Unusual Profasst,,.-


Newark, N. j., July There is q or...
clever, Notwithstanding little woman
Newark whose occupation probably ta,..
the prize for unusualness. So far as 49,
from Mrs. Morrison is the only w.,
in the country, or in the world for H..
matter, holding the post of official nh.
tosrapher to police headquarters H..
work consists in taking pictures OF Grim,
mails for the rogue's gallery, which 80
feature OF police headquarters in N4vsrr
as well as other cities. Since cr.rnsrsi
have begun to appreciate the possibu,
ties of changing this appearance NV
different arrangement of the hair or an
other style Of hirsute declaration. n,o,1 /
graphs have fallen somewhat i'm esteem
Some day, no doubt, they will be si1nsr
seeded by a record of measurements tbpm,
marks and such things. 1t will probabv
not happen in Mrs. Morrson's ddv. bor.
ever, and she has little fear on thar Saw.
of losing her job.
She has a studio specially fitted I'M IA,
her work at the top of the headousrtas
building, and the prisoners are brougs,
to her under guard. She has been "a.
ticularly successful in getting them ia &,
quietly and allow her to photOeraDb tbsn
with no more trouble than any ordiusr
sitter would give. Men who have hit6ero
done this work have nearly ALWAYS bss
great difficulty in getting good pictures
because the sitters would twist and turn
and screw their faces up Sometimes 4,
was only after the guard had cubhAd
them into a proper frame Of mind thar
they could be persuaded to allow the pbn
tosrapher to get a proper focus at all n
may be Mrs Morrison's personality. or
that whatever good is left in the mos
hardened criminals responds to the polite
feminine variation of the request TO look
pleasant.
After such a pleasant account of her
success with her pictures it seems a piy
not TO be able to say that the financial
end of the business is equally successful
There is no danger that Mrs Morrison
will grow rich as a result of her official
labors. To be sure, three or four dollar,
a day in addition 10 your income froml
other sources, is not to be despised, anal
Mrs. Morrison feels very happy over herI
new post. She fitted up the studio aI
headquarters at her own expense, and size
is paid at the rate of dollar a dozen
for all the photographs she takes. S1eI
makes a dozen copies from each negative
One Of these is regularly posted ia the
| rogues gallery with the record of the Or.
| iginal written on the back. The Others
are kept for use in identifying suspicious
| persons. For instance. if the police In
another city have arrested a man suspected
of having been previously convicted these
extra copies come in handy as helps in
identifying him. Then the detectives sent
to identify prisoners nnd these extra
copies of great service 10 carry with them
for purpose of comparison.
Mrs. Morrison is a business-like little
woman with a firm belief in the possible
ity of a working woman keeping the per-
sonal and domestic SIDE of her life quite
separate from business. She took up her
/ present occupation because she was sud
denly thrown upon her own resources
! She had some knowledge of the work and
a studio in the lower end of the city. Shs
1 does all her own work except the retouch.
/ ing. Mrs. Morrisons opinion is that
! photography Is a good, practical trade
! for a woman if she will learn the busi-
ness right through. Few of them know
more than one very simple branch.