The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-14
FLOWER TRIMMED HAT AND SUMMER BOA
|FOIBLES OF PEOPLE IN
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.

Nowhere in the world, perhaps, is the
vanity OF men and women so well illus
trated and understood as I'm the studio Of
a photographer, whose business II is 60
make his customers as beautiful and at
tractive as it lies within his province TO
accomplish.
To do this however. with any degree Of
satisfaction TO two-thirds of his patrons,
he goes through endless chickering's and
fault findings which necesSitate the cui
tvstion, on his part and that Of his as
sistants of a system of mild deceit and nat
terry which, If not sincere, Is extremely
amusing TO the beholder.
There Is no business in the world.
declared young woman In leading
photographer's studio. where people are
so hard TO suit and find so much fault
II tell you we learn TO understand hu-
man nature and TO acquire patience and
tact"
The young woman then gave an inter
esting description of the various types OF
character which came under her notice.
and their follies and foibIes, all OF which
suggested TO the mind OF her listener
those well known lines from Burns;
80. would some power the giftie gle us
IL would from many fancy free us
And foolish notion"
For instance, the plain woman, who is
conscious Of her defects, comes into the
studio and says:
Now 1 don't care whether the picture
looks like me or not. / just want you
TO make me look handsome"
Then there is the stout woman with the
pronounced double chin and the short
neck
Invariably she dresses her neck up to
her ears in the vain effort to conceal the
chin. and the result, OF course, Is the
opposite OF what she seeks.
The thin woman with the prominent
collar bones and scrawny neck always
wants her picture taken with the de-
collette effect and most women are sure
to wear their hair In style which Is
unusual TO them.
As may be imagined the effect OF all
this is far from satisfactory when the
proofs are submitted and the subject
comes face TO face with her own like
ness
She is sure the proof exaRgerates her
double chin; surely her chin never looked
like that" or, In the case Of the thin
woman, she. on the other hand, Is shocked
because the operator has allowed the
hollows I'm her neck and the prominence
OF her shoulder bones 10 be so apparent.
on no account will she take the pic
lures: IL Is an imposition. on the opera
tors part. 90 picture her I'm such light.
In all such cases as these. and similar
ones. the tact and artlhce OF the opera
tor or attendant come in.
Madame Is assured that she must
realize that n is only n mere proof which
she sees and that the Objectionable
points which she refers to are but
shadows or imperfections which Will all
come out I'm the finishing YOU know
But look at that mouth" says one
eve always been told that l had "a very
regular mouth and this IL positively
ugly"
20" blandly replies the attendant, con-
scious of covert lie, "the shadows
around the mouth give Il the effect YOU
dislike; that will all be taken out in the
retouching"
often a woman presents herself 10 the
photographers and he observes freckles
or other pronounced imperfections OF her
skin
lu the proof these imperfections are
sure 20 show and madame instantly dis
covers the same. with the remark what
are these spots IN tho proof They look
rs though I had spots on my face and
my skin r. ALWAYS ~ fair as v childs'
The usual white lie" is forthcoming.
however Madame II treasured and. In
her photos she sees all the inpcrfcctions
removed and r. happy.
Regardns the men patrons OF the pho