Gilpin observer., 1903-08-13
GET REAL PICTURES
HOW STAGE COMIC SONGS ARE H.
Illustrated.
No Make-seIieve Poses Allowed
Model Has Decidedly Strenuous
Time While the Work 10 in Progress.

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pretty girl stood beside kitchen
table in room with ceiling of glass.
Her sleeves were turned back over her
white arms and she wore the short
skirt and the high-heeled shoes Of the
maid of the theatre.
"Ready?" she asked.
From corner a man behind cam
| era answered Ready" She buried
her hands In a pan OIL dough that was
on the table before her and the man
photographed her in that attitude.
Now there came from dressing room
| q gentleman of middle age in evening
clothes. He posed himself beside the
busy girl. He sat on the table, bend
ing over her, very friendly. "Ready?"
\ re said.
"All ready" the photographer an.
swered.
A picture was made of the pretty
maid and the friendly, middle-aged
gentleman in evening dress who sat
beside her while she worked.
Then the gentleman, taking hold Of
the maids chin gently, turned her
| pretty face up to his. He looked down
upon her roguishly, tenderly, ''Ready?"
he asked.
A third picture was made. Now the
elderly man took the beautiful girl in
his arms. He placed his lips on hers.
He said 'Ready?" this time in some
what muffied voice, and when he de-
1 IN of hn MI had
been taken from the entwining
maid the prints CT her four-covered
hands and arms stood out with amaz-
ing distinctness on the back of his
| black coat.
A woman, middle-aged and by no
means fair, entered. The man and
the maid stood far enough apart now,
hut there on the back of his coat were
those two white arms and hands. The
woman took up rolling pin. "Ready?"
she asked.
Let her co." said the photographer
The woman brought down the roll
| ing pin on the mans head and at the
same time a picture of the blow was
made. 1t was genuine blow-a blow
that hurt. "Ouch the man said, and
he. looked at the woman vindictively.
She now took up a bucket of watef
that stood at hand.
| Ready she asked.
| "All ready" said the photographer
She hurled the water over the man.
1t went in his mouth and up his nose
1t drenched him thoroughly. He
grunted at the shock. Another pic
ture.
Finally the woman took the bag of
-four that stood on the table and threw
this on the man. 1t made him whittier
than tombstone. The photographer
/ the woman and the pretty girl laughed
heartily. but the elderly man smiled in
rueful manner.
This" he said, the last picture .hav-
ing been taken. sis strenuous posing
for fair. I've earned my money here,
ali right. all right"
That's what you have" said the
! photographer. Nov, hurry into che
bathroom and bathe before the flour
ard water form crust on you"
The photographer then handed to
each of these three persons a green
Odch. anu tuc cpiSOue Was euutQ.
What meaning" farmer from the
interior would have asked, docs this
strange episode have? Why were these
strange pictures made? Why did you
put our middle-aged friend in the full
! dress evening suit to such atrocious
suffering?"
The photographer would have an
swered:
/ why. you see. we are illustrating a
comic song. 1t is a song about a man
that makes love to a maid servant and
gets caught by his wife. She beats
! him. These pictures l have taken H.
lustrate lines In the song. The pic
lures will be thrown on a screen in
a darkened theater, and a man and a
woman will stand alongside of the
screen and sing the song, the pictures
changing as the song goes on, each
line being illustrated with an appro-
pirate. more than life-size. photo
graph. h."-Philadelphia Record.