The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-21
ORIGINALITY IS PRINCIPAL STOCK IN TRADE
OF WORLDS FAIR CORRESPONDENTS.

I cess of architecture: a madness for animal
life has seized this artist: the knack of Sc
curing the telling moment in motion appeals
to that man. One is an adept in the print
ing of the pictures from the negative. So
Eyrnes has made up the corps which he
proclaims the best combine of its kind ever
brought together.
In the installation of his gallery at the
Exposition grounds Byrnes will use no sky
lights. Every picture made by him will be
the direct result of artificial light, the secret
of which he will not impart. A photo
ifthogravure plant is a part of the plan.
Electric light will be used for photograph
ing interiors of buildings.
A portable machine on a sliding platform
will employ intense rays TO kill every shad-
ow against which the lenses of the camera
is looking. This glare is devised to pene-
trate every crevice. and bring out all the
sharp outlines. 1t will be electricity against
fash light. The nocturnal architecture Of
the Exposition will be taken while the
buildings are defined against the black sky
III hundreds of thousands of incandescents.
Inc weather Is not to be consulted by
these photographers. They are used to TAX
ing outdoor views in transforms. In other
words. some of the most wonderful effects
III photography are expected to be the re-
production of driving rain. The Exposition
in Il shower. with the crowds skurrying for
shelter. is a view that Byrnes will wait to
transfer on his negatives. He says that he
Will be ready to take a picture at midnight
as well as noon time.
QUICK PHOTOGRAPHY A FEATURE.
Quick photography is a new feature of the
science which will be conveniently placed
about the grounds. One steps up to a ma
chine A nickel dropped in the slot. a pose
by oneself. and in a minute a platter offers |
your photograph mounted on cardboard |
not the time-honored tintype, but an up-to-
date photo turned out by an tic |
shop.
For the first time in the history of the
camera three-fCurthS of the work formerly |
done by hands will be accomplished by ma
chinery. especially adapted to the purpose
OF printing and finishing photographs by
great numbers in a remarkably short time. |
All of these processes are patented and will |
be displayed through the glass partitions |
OF the Photographic plant on the Midway.
The Introduction of color photography in
the taking of the Exposition is an innova- |
ton. ByrneS has made a contract with Her. |
man krause of Berlin to manage this new |
branch of the art. The process is expen-
SiNS as COIHpdItu VIZ tit iIlOSl Costly nnO- ]
Biography. 1t will be employed in the Byrnes |
plant as a scientific demonstration of the
unreasonable possibilities of the art.
Among the consulting staff Byrnes has
secured the services of F. p. Stevens, one
of the greatest landscape photographers in
the United States. Stevens is a graduate of
Cornell University. and has spent several
years in the Far West, where his views of
life have become famous. He is the
man who took the well-known Sunrise and
Sunset on Pixies Peak. pronounced one of
the most wonderful pieces of Photographic
work in the history of the art.
John Commins and j. Ford Morris of Chi
cago, and c.. H. Williams, equally we'll
known in their respective lines of work. are
other members of the staff. In a few days
Byrnes will place on the market the Of
fetal view book of the Exposition, showing
the buildings as they will appear when
They have been done in colors.
MISS WILLIAMS HAS CONCESSIONS.
A concessionaire on a smaller. though no
less. exclusive scale than Byrnes. is Miss !
Grace L. Williams. who will conduct
stenographic stands on the grounds during
the pre-exposition period of the Fair. She
will also have information and souvenir
Miss Williams is an attractive
roung woman who had the same concession
It the Pan-American Exposition.
She came to st. Louis some time ago and
s living with her father, a foreman at
Varied Industries building, at their resi-
lence, No. 125e Isadora avenue. Miss WILL
ans secured her concession through her
,wn efforts. She intends to establish her
.leadquarters in the Press building on tbe
rounds, where she will be prepared tn IN
york for the contractors, answer cheerful
' every question put to her by the Del.