Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-13
WOULD YOU BE TALL?
The Photographer Can Make You APP
pear So.

WSOIO TOO De IAEGi
The Photographer Can Make You APP
pear So.
1t isn't necessary to wear your good
clothes when you go to photographer
nowadays, in order to have them In the
pictures. You may wear anything or moth
ing. that is to appear or not appear, just
as YOU like. But when the photographer is
done, You may appear in silks and satins,
ermines and fine linen, just as you desire,
all in the latest cut, whether or not you
ever possessed one of the articles you
seemingly have on, or not.
1t is all in the trade said well known
photographer yesterday as he talked of his
business. I'VE don't care any longer what
person may wear when he OF Sne-nearly
always it is she, by the way-comes here.
All we want i'll picture now is the face,
or, if a low gown, the bust and arms. We
will do the rest. We will give the sitter
anything she may want in the way OF APP.
parel, always OF the very latest style and
appearance, and we don't charge anything
for it, either beyond the price of the pic
tures-which may seem rather hlgn TILL
You remember what we do for the dear
sex, and what a saving it is not to have to
buy the gown that is shown in the picture
The modern art of photography, went
on this candid man of the camera, rs very
different from the old style picture taking.
The first great advance was the speed
to require minutes where it takes seconds
now. Then we abolished the old iron
frame in which we used to lock your head
Then came the process papers, with which
we could make many styles OF pictures
which were before quite impossible, all
much more artistic than the old brown
prints. And then we got so we could take
pictures by electric and flash light, so that
daylight made no difference to us: we
could regulate the light and shade effects
to suit ourselves. Now, we have things
down to the point that we can fit out a
subject any way she may desire without
extra charge, and We depend largely upon
flash lights FIR he very best work we do.
With ftHsh, we can have the room in any
light we please and can ADJUST the camera
perfectly, seeing just what is TO appear en-
the plate before we take it. Then we use
electricity to start the flash, which of
course is instantaneous, and We simply
wait till the subject is in just the pose as
to featureS-the rest doeSn tcOunt-that We
want, then We push a button, there is d
brilliant light for a fraction of a second
and all is over so far as the taking is con-
cerned.
Then our work begins. This comprises
getting first the negative in the shape that
the subject wishes. Perhaps she is too
fat; we make her slightly thinner by me-
chanical adjustments, and the features are
still as perfect as ever. Perhaps she is too
fat; again, we thin her slightly and that
is easily done. Perhaps one eye is not so
good as the other, or one feature is not
all that she would wish. A clever touch
OF the brush is made, and presto, we have
a stunning beauty out of u dub. ii is all
in the skill of retouching. and that nova
days is the real important part of photog-
rarhy. / cannot begin to tell you the
things that we do III the dark room, to the
negatives We take; it wouldn't do. 1t
would be giving away trade secrets.
Then there is the height proposition;
that is done in connection with the gown
ing, which is also done with pencil and
brush. | know one instance OF u young
belle here, who is deplorably short-you
might call it dumpy, if you didn't want
10 make more pictures of her. She wanted
to be tall in her picture, and willowy.
Well, she is but it cost her considerable,
because the work was hard. She stood on
4 block to be taken, in the first place.
rhen | had to design a gown from one
she had, so that its lines would fit the
new figure that l gave her You will won
der when you see her picture, how it was
done. well, | know, but I'm not going to
tell. But | will say this. All that re-
mains of that original picture is the face
and hands, and they have been retOuched.
Yet everyone says l have a speaking like
ness Of her. Thatis where the art comes
in; in keeping the same ,lneaments, yet
making them better than(nature did. Oh,
we are great improvers on the old dame,
and she works right with us, in it, too.
The gowns? Well, it is this way. Sup
pose you have few friends here and many
somewhere else to whom you wish to
send fine pictureS-rich relatives, say, from
whom you hope to inherit fortune. You
come to me and say Mr.. So-and-So, l
am too poor to get line gown for these
pictures, but l must, / simply must look
stunning. Can't you lend me some clothes
for the occasion" OF course, l can't, but
can make 'em after the picture is taken,
if il is worth while. 1t is. Then you
are pictured and l take out of that picture,
by sl.illful brush work, all but the face
and hands. Then about those i draw
fine gown. Perhaps, as is most likely,
so as to guard against unlind remarks
from your dearest feminine friends. l
take gown that you already have. Elah-
crate on it | put a berthe of old lace
family lace you know is very recherche
just now-about the neck. [ add a jew
eled front and perhaps l put diamonds
in your ears and a ring or two on your
hands. I drapc the gown in sweeping lines
and your old figure, no matter what it
was, comes out a mass of sinuous lines
and swelling curves. ravishing to behold
All this is done with a clever brush and
pencil. Then from that negative l make
my prints. You can't tell where the photo
graph leaves off and the brush work be-
gins: | can, but it's nothing to me but
the price.
Your rich relatives get that fine pic
ture, they remark about how little Mag
sic, of the Kerry Patch, has developed
into sumner, and that something must
be done for her, and you receive a check
for .stecn hundred by return mail-per-
haps. Maybe it doesn't come till they die;
maybe it doesn't come at ALL But you
have the satisfaction of having a stun
ming picture for your best Young man if
nothing more and no man is proof against
4 swell girl pictured in low gown that
twists tight about the figure and shows oil
all the curves you ought TO have, and some
that you never possessed, to say nothing
of the best side of your face-every face
has best side, but not even a photogra-
pher may be able to find it till he gets his
little brush in hand-and your good points.
DR.. Dupree has found from investiga
tons made in Louisiana that the eggs of
are often hatched months af-
ter they are laid. especially If deposited
in ponds which subsequently dry up. He
concludes that the determination of mos
quitoes by oil or by otherwise treating
ponds during March and April is useless,
as the Matching is going on all the time.
The New Postage Stamps.
The new series of two cent stamps now
in preparations will have the American
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