The Delta independent., 1903-12-18
GET REAL PICTURES
HOW STAGE COMIC SONGS ARE H..
LUSTRATED.
No Make-BeIieve Poses Allowed
Model Has Decidedly Strenuous
Time While tho Work 10 In Progress.

A pretty girl stood beside a kitchen
table in a 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 a corner a man behind a cam
era answered Ready" She buried
her hands in pan OF dough that was
on the table before her and the man
photographed her In that attitude.
Now there came from dressing room
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"
he said.
IAN 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 a some
what muffled voice, and when he de-
tached himself after the picture had
been taken from the eptwining
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. Tho man and
the maid stood far enough apart now.
hut there on the back OF his coat we're
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 a genuine blow-a blow
that hurt. ouch" the man said, and
he looked at the woman vindictively.
She now took up bucket Of water
that stood at hand.
"Ready?' she asked.
"All ready" said the photographer
She hurled the water over the man
II went in his mouth and up his nose.
It 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
tits on the man. It made him whittier
than a tombstone. The photographer.
heartily. but the elderly man smiled In
q rueful manner.
This he said. the last picture hav.
irg been taken, "is strenuous posing
for fair. I've earned my money here.
sli right. ali right
"Tha. what you have" said the
photographer. Now, hurry into the
bathroom and bathe before the -four
Rpd water form a crust on you"
The photographer then handed to
each of these three persons a greeI.
back. and the episode was ended.
What meaning" farmer from the
interior would have asked, docs this
strange episode have? Why we're these
strarge pictures made? Why did you
put our middle aged friend In the full.
dress evening suit to sucn atrocious
surrering?"
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 mad servant and
gets caught by his wife. She beats
him. These pictures I have taken II.
lustrate lines In the song. The pic
lures will be thrown on screen In
a darkened theater, and man and .
woman will stand alongside of the
screen ard 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.