The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-14
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| with which to draw the feminine trade of
| his vicinity.
Anyhow. it's hero. and It's interesting and
therein lies the chief point of Its success I
is always a matter of speculation until afte,
the final print has been made as to wha,
the composite picture will look like and
what particular girl in the collection Il will
most resemble
A man who was not looking for Q wife
particularly once all unconsciously fell in
love with composite picture hanging upon
the wall Of his friends den. 1t was a beau
tiful female face of girl about "a years
old. with large black. love-lustrous eyes and
waving brown hair. She had a round, in
tellectual face and rosebud mouth.
What a beauty he exclaimed IN rap
lures before 1t. Who Is she7''
II don't know" replied his friend.
I'm so sorry. for would like to meet
her. If she would have me I'd marry her on
the spot
III you did you would have to move to
Utah. That's a picture OF the graduating
class OF Vassar College"
composite photograph is an easy pic
ture to make II you know how. Any anna
at first. 1t Is true. Have you ever taken
two pictures on the same plate? That is the
father and mother of composite picture,
and In its unexpected state it is far from
satisfactory. for 1t spoils two pictures and
gives no printable results.
Although composite photography Is a fad,
It has a real value in the study of tempera-
ments and facial formations of different
classes of persons in various professional
occupations. Scientific men who have made
faces a study have always held that the
artistic face-the face of the singer. sculp-
tor. painter. etc.-was face with broad
forehead, wide between the eyes, and a
head round and creative. This argument
seems to be borne out by composite pho
tograph which was taken of some Casino
chorus girls. 1t was made In the first place
in spirit OF fun. One girl said her best
friend here had the most distinctive.
Sta: g~s. and best face in the company"
Another girl said her chum had the char
acteristic predominant face. Argument
sprang up, and an ice cream soda treat
was wagered. but there seemed to be no
way Of proving which face was the
strongest one until the ever-ready pho
tographer suggested the composite picture.
Whichever face is the predominant one
will influence the result. You can recog
nize the girl in the composite picture. 1t
will look like her. he said
That was only true in part, because one
girl could not influence a composite pic
ture of twelve faces. 1t is question of the
majority ruling. If seven girls had high
neck dresses on and the other five low
neck. the composite" girl very likely
would be wearing a high neck dress. Sim
ilarly. II majority were wearing their
hair in the style known as ''pompadour,"
and the minority were divided between the !.
golden hair hanging down their backs and |
a Psyche knot" the composite girl would !
be a "pompadorean."
The girls had the picture made, and IN |
der the circumstances the resulting picture /
did not decide who should pay for the j
s0das. But IT was an interesting picture
Of a rather handsome girl of about "a with
a medium. round face, short nose and big
eyes.
There was bit OF indecisiveness about 1
the mouth and chin showing that thcrs
vas marked difference In the lower face.
but the eyes fell one upon another. max
ng sharp. clear picture and proving the
by the scientific man that
singers. or artists as the type is called.
were persons whose eyes were set far apart.
And SO has been born into the world to
contend for popular favor with the golf
GIRL the summer girl" the yachting
irl." the ''horsey girl" another kind of girl.
he sum and substance Of a great deal OF
oveliness-the tabasco sauce Of pretty
composite girl: