The sun., 1900-12-30
THEY DON'T LOOK Pheasant.
A Camera Fiend Tells How lie Secured Re
marLable Collection Of Photographs.

From the No,r ORLEANS Tints-Dsnocr
81 am tho owner" said distinguished
amateur photographer who We in the city
recently, "of what ! have no hesitation IN
declaring "a ho the most remarkable collcc-
ton of portraits ever made along any special
line They are about hundred ia number.
and nearly all of Csl"hritl"s, but their reCi-
liarity lies in the f?ct that the subjects are
reyre,euted in very iUacratl" stage ~
irritation, ranging from mere painful sur
prise to white-hot, sizzling raec You can
see in a glance, too that there Is no posing
about them: they are the real thing. and
consequently, as character studies, they
are absolutely unique ] need something
like n dozen more 10 complete the set, as
originally mapped out. and as soon as secure
them ] propose to have the collection bound
in a large Morocco album. with this inscrip-
ton lettered in gold on the cover; Whom
the gods would destroy they first make
mad
The idea suggested itself continued
the distinguished amateur, while ! was
sitting in a Washington gallery one after
noon. waiting Tor lriepd Who WIS having
him To look pleasant. and u suddenly oC-
cured e, me that this iamlhar phrase was
responsible for n" fact that nearly all photo
When n man looks pleasant | said To my
self, he invariably looks unnatural, because,
he doesn't feel. and. In the second place.
smile almost always masks The true tempGra-
Ss s%, did n MAKE
his sitter look mad. what a .Ieyelaion q
character he world secure, That orened
of anger We are of our guard our real ma
turc flashes out The weokne1ses and IN
Ins Ir"n from TS SGe % Wofd I Sax fdrS as rnn as
print. and a snap shot nj such an instant
would be a human document q unnaTrolleicdd
had determined in a general way upon the
experiment which subsequently put into
'ncGfssfG me|n ehs'S9n GIi,Sa,,v the ouo,ou, wen,
on, was mechanical II is easy enough TO
exaspcrate a man and easy enoush to pho
was something Of ,puzzlo. ! might, walk
NJ 70 John smith Tor example and say,
TO one that he would punch my head before
] had time to focus him ia my view-hnder.
To make a long s,,orN short J finally solved
box camera, provided with two lrsh buttons
Mhen press he NTS' yGm hear sSaTT nd metal
ing of a lens shutter. but much louder Tint
Is merely, he irritatGT and haT nothing !"
fHsT H@ S.e Sy he second
which IL perfectly noiseless
My Gdg' ssH my psaa iyss + sS'n@s iS mns, R ES
barred such, for instance, as a funeral, and
approach him from tho rear. After getting
him accurately focused ! press the irritator
button and as every body nowadays knows
the meaning of the peculiar click. he wheels
around Instantly. enraged AZ tie idea of being
snar-shotted As he does so quietly touch
the other button and secure an ndelihle
record Of his eNasperation, He labors under
the dcluson. Of course, that he was photo
eraphed az the time 81 the first click, and
consoles himself with the reflection that !
only got view 81 his back. after all So In
the majority Of cases he merely waves me
away and cautions me not To- DO that again
His degree r wrath ~ hc whirls on me will
depand entirely upon his natural aversion 10
being photographed and the extent To- which
he has been rersecuted by Kodak hends"