The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-08-30
PHOTOS SHOW VANITY
OF MEN AND WOMEN
FAULT EXISTS IN BOTH SEX
ES, SAY CAMERA MAN, cos
METICS EXPOSED BY LENS.

Contrary to opinions recently ex-
pressed by the president of the organ
ization of photographers in the Unit
ed States, who declared that men arc
more vain than women, Dawson cam
era men are of the belief that one sex
! is just as susceptible to this FAULT as
the other.
Neither sex has monopoly on van
! ity, in the opinion of the photographers.
| Vanity is an old fashioned failing that
modern life cannot shake off, and 1t
crops out in most unexpected places,
according to the men OF the camera.
Persons who have the least to be vain
about are generally the chief victims
of inordinate vanity, they assert:
All photographers agree that the act
of having a photograph taken is not
an indication of vanity, but an act OF
common sense. However in their
work of posing" subjects in front OF
the camera the photographers fire.
Quently encounter strong evidences OF
the old fashioned fault. They have
found as follows:
! Men, when vain, are more so than
vain women.
| Nothing can penetrate the SuDll1ne
Iconceit of a vain man.
No man, be he ever so vain, will ad-
NIT it.
Men are more self conscious than
women, but try to hide this trait under
| bold exterior.
Pride Not Vanity.
The same orac1es declare that pride
in personal appearance, displayed by
particular men and women, is not van
| ity, but self respect.
Shaved eyebrows, rouged cheeks,
ipenciled eyes and ornate head dress
are denominations. Toothbrush mus
tache5 and oiled hair also come under
the ban.
"Will they never understand that the
camera will reveal the artificial as
quick as the eyer" asked photogra-
pher. "Men are often as much to be
censored as the women. They will
have their hair cut too close, and too
| high above the ears, and then oil the
top until it is a slick, shiny mass. This
makeup will spoil the subject for d
good photograph.
"Plucked or shaved eyebrows give
the face an oriental slant which is de-
CluGuly IlOl IGSOSlIIZSd do q oNoAiNehA
of beauty. Deeply rouged cheeks, and
the corners of eyes Redeemed with car
mine. when transferred to a photo
graph, appear as dark hollows. Pant
ed lips also show up in an unhattering
manner in a photograph. | am glad
the ear puffs are going out OF style, as
they destroyed the good looks OF many
photographs. But if the style to pull
the hair away from the ears becomes
popular it will be about as bad. When
! 'made-up' subjects come in to be pho
| tographed | send them to the dressing
room to remove the makeup. This
artificial effect is one of the most pro-
|nounced indications of vanity. The man
who is vain fears to appear vain, which
| is possibly the greatest vanity OF all.
Little children are practically free from
vanity
Men More Positive.
One photographer declares that men
who have photographs taken come to
the studio "a1l fixed up" and spend
practically no time before the mirror
"Men generally take off their hats
smooth their hair and are ready tor a
sitting" he asserted I'm most cases
man knows at a glance which mega
! tive he wants when several views nave
been taken. Men make up their minds
which view they want when they tlrst
see the proofs, but woman generally
takes the proofs home to study over.
GAS far as my observation of indi-
cations of vanity has gone | am con-
WINGED that women have no monopoly
on the fault. Men are just as vain as
women and when a man is really vain
he is Unfortunately so. Having photo
graph taken does not indicate vanity
but it is noticeable many times in the
personality of the individual having the
photograph taken" :,
Another photographer contends that
vanity is divided equally among the
sexes. He stated that men, when al
hicted with vanity, are so very VAIN
that the failing is painful to friends
and acquaintance and others who are
unfortunately associated with them.
THE chief failing with which pho
toeraphers meet is not vanity, but cos
metics," he declared "If it would be-
come the fashion to leave the human
face as, it naturally is, instead OF COW
ering it with paints and powders and
deforining it with shaved eyebrows and
toothbrush mustaches, photographers
would have cause for sincere thanks
| giving"