The Washington herald., 1914-07-13
wHEE RoYAIrY IS POSED.
photographs OF Crowned Heads
subject 10 Restrictions.

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subject 20 Restrictions.
That royalty. when they have their
photographs specially taken. should order
"a series Of pictures showing them in
happy and smiling poses for the mem
bers OF their family, while for the public
they reserve those depicting them in
grave and serious mood. is but another
Illustration Of the formality and etiquet
which practically forbids them TO ap-
Ipear TO the public other than dignihed.
When, many years ago. the Kaiserin,
then crown princess OF Germany, had
iher photograph taken. together with that
Of her eldest son. the present crown
prince, when he was about three months
old, she posed altogether in twenty-five
different attitudes before Adolf Bau-
mann, court photographer to many Of
1.-THE reigning houses Of Europe.
THE princess" says Mr.. Baumann in
some reminiscenees In the Strand maga-
zine, asked me to bring proofs to her
Hotel When / went there later she
Hooked over the proofs and selected four
iteen. ! was informed that photographs
showing her in a particularly smiling
mood were religiously reserved for pre-
sentation only in her family; those de-
signed for the public necessitating
seriousness and gravity Of expression.
or those picked. the princess selected
three which she said might sell 10
the people. They showed her in most
austere mood.
81 later learned from experience that
this is also a rule with the Kaiser For
all pictures designed fa publication he
assumes a stern. forbidding, martial ex-
preston. Any showing him laughing,
in his opinion. would lessen his dignity
and the sense of his authority"
In some further recolIections Of the
! Kaiser. Mr.. Baumann records the fact
that his majesty refuses to be photo
graphed sitting. this position. in his opin-
lion. lacking dignity. He likes photo
! graphs to reveal him with a tense. COM
: manding expression. before the camera
From what | have observed" continues
Mr. Baumann. his main thought is Of
: the effect his picture shall have. first
: upon the army and then upon the peo-
pie"
r On one occasion Mr.. Baumann took
thirty-five different poses Of the Kaiser
, lin forty minutes. When / received the
proofs back he said. Il found he had
personally made the most painstakinG
changes for retouching. He was par
ticularIy fastidiOus that every vestige OF
! creases be toUshed out from his clothes,
especially the sleeves Most of the photo
! graphs showed him serious and grim Of
visage Evidently he was pleased His
Talking OF other royal sitters, Mr..
; Baumann pays a tribute to the geniality
and kindness of King Alfonso, Of Spain.
who. he believes. smokes the biggest
cigars made in the world. They measure
, about fourteen inches in length and are
about one and one-half to two and one
half inches thick in the middle. On one
occasion his majesty gave Mr.. Baumann
, one of these gigantic cigars
|
, SAYS Mr. BaUmann. in my time. but
) never any of equal strength. Made Of
| excellent tobacco certainly. it was 50
, strong I could take only few puns.
/ and those for formality's sake; the cigar
almost knocked me down
Il suppose am the only PHOTOGRAPHER
: who ever took picture OF King Alfonso
Z injured The king had come to visit the
court Of Bavaria, after a visit to Kaiser
= wilhelm. He had been hunting all day,
Z and the cquerry explained that in shoot
5 ing he had injured a finger by pulling
2 the trigger. The king held up his hand
E showing the bandaged finger with great
t pride.
/ II want my picture taken to show this
injury he said. tell you. Herr Bau-
? mann. this will be an historic photo
t graph"
! Queen Helena Of Italy makes a charm
r ing subject for the camera. and describ-
ing her Mr.. Baumann says that while
she has great dignity. she is gracious.
| laughing. smiling and Is by far the best
: dressed queen in the world. She assumes
pOstures before the camera with an in
; ldescTibable grace. Holding a silver
hand-mirror she would smile. after her
. expression, and study the attitudes she
desired.
is my hair all right?' she would ask,
Then she would preen stray tresses of her
III hav hrsR
= smooth out her dress.
After Queen Helena. one OF the most
: charming royal women is the Princess
;. Gisella OF Bavaria. daughter Of the En-
peror Of Austria and wife OF Prince Leo
= pOld of Bavaria You would not cal
Z her face pretty" says Mr.. Baumann
a but her figure is exceptional You could
e span her waist with the fingers OF both
Ifands. The Princess GiselIa has un-
dOubtedly the tiniest waist Of any Of the
queens or pTinCeSSes OF EuTops
Y Another interesting royal parsonage
who has faced Mr. Baumanns camera
is Prince DIR. Ludwig Ferdinand. the
. uncle of the King Of SPAIN. who con-
ducts a large hospital in Munich at his
a own expense. He explained once when
! he sat for a picture. that medicine in
. terested him more than anything else.
. There is really no pleasure in the empty
honOrs Of being born to court-pleasure
exists in service
: Prince Ferdinand has made medicine
, a lifelong study. and Is. perhaps one of
the best physicians in Europe. He Is a
tall. muscular. di=nified man. with gresi
: world-love in his eyes-and something of
a poet He holds public clinics, treats
/ hundreds of the poor and gives his serv-
:; ices and medicine without cost. For his
, own pleasure he plays the violin-'-Tit,
. Bits.
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