Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08
HAS MANY TROUBLES
Woes of the Photographer in
His Busy Season.
MUST PLEASE AND POSE
THE SCRAWNY LADY WHO
WANTS TO LOOK PLUMP.
And Her over-Curved Sister, Who
Wishes to Appear as Willowy
and Graceful.
MUST PLEASE AND POS

from Wal, cooked one eye and-'1ooked
| pleasant"
Nerve tonic" he observed, as he SOL
EMMY swallowed the remedy. Getting
ready for my busy season. If am not
| wreck by the morning Of December % 1t
| won't be the fault Of my customers.
Talk about troubles! II were to sit
down and think Of mine I'd go crazy, butt
| I've learned to look upon the funny side Of
| my daily round with sitters.
IF all my oitters were men 1t would be
| easy. Very few men are urged to pho
| tographers studio by motives Of vanity.
| Usually. they do 1t to oblige an adoring
| family, or they are in the public eye and
being photographed is q part of their bust
ness. Women and children are q worry,
but man generally takes what you give
| him and doesn't haggle about price
The person who makes me most tired Is
the woman who wants $15-a-dozen work for
50. She is what we call cheap people.
Men expect to have their pictures look
A photographer must be hairdresser, dress
maker and tailor Also, he must be a sur
| geon In order to correct on the negative any
| defects. trifiing or otherwise. in the sitter's
| physique. Superfuous flesh on the waist
| line. neck. shoulders or hips must be re-
| moved. On the other hand. IL the woman
| neck and shoulders. and wrinkles galore. all
| these excavations must be filled out. Such
| trifles Strengthening crooked noses, re-
| ducing freckles and inserting a cupid's bow
| in uncompromising lips are entirely within
the photographers province. If girl Is too
| short to be Gibsonesque. stand her on
| book, which Is carefully concealed by
| skirt that is a bit too long for her.
| localized Pictures Profitable.
"But the one thing that tries a photog-
| rapher's soul Is to have a woman Of thirty
| Ave or forty bring in the very photograph
I O:<~I,x
cen or twenty, requesting that her picture
| be posed, draped and lighted Just like this
! The photographer, of course, always does
| this.
I'm the long run. it is best for US to ideal
| ize pictures 1t Is surprising the number OF
plain people who possess strong characters
| and desire honest likenesses. They insist
| that they shall not be flattered, and so sac
| rifice the photographer. That Is. while they
are satisfied with the likeness. their friends,
| with the best intentions, find fault with the
| pictures because they are not pretty to
| look upon and in pleasing the one customer
| who didn't want f1attery the photographer
| loses several prospective ones.
| occasionally we have the misfortune to
| pose an effeminate man, and he is worse
| than the vainest woman. He Is fussy as to
| his attire. the curl Of his mustache, the
| curve of his eyebrows the set Of his tie. and
| he invariab bly, insists upon showing whatever
| Jewelry he possesses. He follows the stand
| ard established by the country people,
|
| In for a display of new jewelry that Is al
| most barbaric In it's profusion. The -wo-
| man In the case always has chain and
| locket that must be in evidence, brooch
| which must be conspicuous, and her watch
| is pinned to the upper right hand corner of
her chest by enameled pin. One hand
will be literally covered with rings and If
| by chance I reverse the pose so that the
| other hand shows milady from Wayback
promptly changes the rings over to the
hand which will show up in the photograph.
ssThe 400" Poor Pay.
"As a rule women are exceedingly patient
| about posing and will try, try again until
both sitter and photographer are satisfied.
| Tact on the photographers part Is essential
| to secure the best results. and tact does not
| mean "jollying." Woman never shows her
| capricious temperament more clearly than
| when posing before the camera.
| Strange as it may seem, a photographer
| in a large city lays scarcely any value on
| the custom Of what Is known the 400.
! While being recognized as photographer-in-
ordinary to the smart set serves as an ad-
| vertsement with social climbers, the pho
| tographers do not regard such custom as
| promptly remuneratve. The 400 want the
| best work, object to the price thereof and
make the photographer wait anywhere from
i three to six months for his money. They
| are insulted IL he presents his bill sooner,
| and then they proceed to forget his exist
| ence.
|
lend themselves most readily to photogra-
| ply and would be the best customers the
| photographer has, if their money was good
| But they hate to part with their hard-earn-
ed salares-for photographs. They have an
idea that we ought to be glad to supply
them with photographs because their ex-
| ceeding beauty serves to advertise our
wares Miss Tottie Lightfoot wants fifty
| ptctures-for nothing. Of course-and as
sures US that she will send us Just lots Of
trade when all the girls have seen her pho
| tographs. But she does not realize that
each one of those dear girls VIII endeavor
to work the same little advertising graft.
IAN actress must be beautiful in her
| pictures. whatever she may be on the stage
or in private life. 1t Is not uncommon for a
manager to say: Now you must give us
some pretty pictures Of Miss So-and-So. Oh,
| yes, know she Is homely, but it won't do
to send out that sort of picture Just
hump Off the nose No. the pictures won't
look like her, but they will look well in the
Sunday papers.
Ellen Terry Hard to Photograph.
MANY persons who are charming on the
| stage make poor Photographic subjects.
| Take Maud Adams. for instance, and Alice
Fischer and Henrietta Crosman. Each has
| distinct charm of manner. a delightful
personality which makes them popular with
the theater-going public. but they do not
take good likenesses. Their vivacity Is their
chief charm, and vivacious people seldom
| make StatuesQue pictures.
| One Of the hardest actresses to photograph
is Ellen Terry. She tries her hardest to get
into a Photographic mood. but she Is by
nature restless. She does not pose. was
sent to her apartments time to take a
special series OF photographs Of her for H.
Illustrating a story. I would just get her
posed at her desk and the picture focused,
when she would remember that she wanted
something from the next room, and away
she would dart. and all the work had 20 be
done over again. She always was so sweet
" remorseful for her observation-disclosures and
so willing to try again that felt as If 1
were dealing with a spoiled child.
Among my pleasant Photographic men,
cries is one connected with Mrs. Mckinley.
When Mr.. Mckinley was governor of Ohio
and Columbus was their home, Mrs. Nc
Knley was photographed in a gallery-my
gallery-for the first time In twenty-three
| years. She made a business Of It, coming
with q niece in attendance and remaining
for several hours. In her quiet unobtrusiye
way, she showed consideration for every
one concerned. even for the operator.
The Christmas Rush.
1.-THE easiest Photographic subject that
I ever had was General Horace Porter.
| Notwithstanding his enormous political and
financial interests. when he came to my
| rou.~xy he Iofd evervthfrO e1aa aaf1a and