more pleasing portrait than ir tne ngni
were used without the diffusing; medium.
Of course, a larger amount of powder
must be used if the light Is softened In
this way. and great care must be taken
that the diffusing screen Is far enough
removed from the powder to be free from
danger of Ignition.
Flash-light work must be carried en
urder such conditions that ventilation
may easily be secured in the room where
the powder is exploded, and a draught of
air should be allowed to pass through
the rcom after each exposure, in order
that the smoke from the preceding ex
posure be cleared away, as otherwise
subsequent plates are apt to show on de
velopment a very considerable fog, which
it due In most cases to the presence of
the smoke from the preceding exposure.
A portrait lens Is best adapted to work
.of this kind, but falling it. a wide an
gled instrument Is next best, although
If neither of these Is at hand an ordi
nary lens supplied with all cameras will
do fairly well. It must be remembered
that with a lens of long focus the camera
must be placed at a considerable dis
tance from the figure, and that, as the
source of illumination must not be in
front of the camera where it shines into
the lens, the time of exposure will be
much longer than if a short focused in
strument Is used, and the source of illu
mination is placed near the sitter.
In all work of this kind a large stop
should be used. Focusing may be done
by the aid of gas light and very fine fo
cusing by candle flame, which may be
made to occupy exactly the same position
as the subject photographed, and a fine
focus drawn upon It. In all picture*
where living figures are photographed it
is well to make the preliminary arrange
ments with plenty of gas light and to
leave at least one burner lighted during
the exposure, even while the lens is un
capped, but the burner so lighted must
not be where It can shine into the lens.
The reason that It Is well to leave a
little gas lighted in the room Is that the
sitter's expression is more natural and
not subject to the strained and fright
ened look which is often seen in flash
light photographs.
A small charge of flash powder is often
of great assistance in photographing darls
Interiors where the daylight is not suffl-
;air light, as mine Is turning much dark
er than it ever has been, and it crleves
me very much, and I. am afraid to ask
druggists what to use. I shall be anxious
for a reply to this note.-
Wash your hair in tepid water In which
there are a few drops of ammonia, but
not. enough to smart -the scalp. Rinse in
warm water, with, powdered borax', add
ed, and dry In the sun. You need never
be afraid to consult a good druggist. \
Casks: What will remove hair from
the chin besides electricity? - . -
Have you tried pulling out the hairs?
Get a 'tweezers and go to". work/ If the
hair Is in the form of down oh the chin
buy a stick of prepared substance,- heat
It, dap it on the skin, let It cool and. pull
off. It Is very painful, but It works. ..
Florence writes: .'I am .; reading . your
beauty talks and enjoy them very; much,
especially those upon » the care of the
skin.,- ". \_. ;¦ • ;¦• ¦ - /-•'.¦•.; v ¦.;;''
I I wish to inquire the cause of a porous
skin. and. the remedy 'for it.. My cheeks
seem .very porous at times arid I do not
know the cause. I will await your reply.'
Large pores in .the skin' come, from
neglect. .Often one does not know how to
care . for", the ¦ skin properly. '.The,- pores
must be cleansed arid fed with an astrin
cent skin food to close them, ' ¦ .. ¦'.:. "*
begins to disappear. It Is a great age
for the old woman who wants to become
young and the chances are that If she Is
rot too settled in fat and hopelessness
fhe can train down and be so young thai
her daughter of half her . age . will envy
her and wonder how mother has done it.
Mrs. J. asks for something to reduce
the hips. ; . .... V ...
There is a special dietary. for this, as
well as one to develop the bust." '• " ' *
Adele writes:. /WiH you please give me
some very simple 1 , harmless remedy for
keeping the hair curled' during the hot
weather? Also something to make the
may be, obtained if the beginner, will go
about It in the proper way and will first
learn something of the powers and limita
tions, of the flash-light powder h« is us
ing and become familiar with the light-
Ing produced by a certain amount of pow
der at a given "distance, and .direction
from his sitter. 5 '/< ; "'¦ .\' . ¦
" "After" having selected the kind of flash
powder he prefers to use, let 'him' make
two ..or three experimental lightings . and
'exposures "upon a light colored, bust, or
failing, that, a, water pitcher. or light col
ored vase, placing the' selected - object In
the same general - position . that would be
occupied by. his ' sitter if he; were ; making
a"-. : portrait.- 1 "Twcr v "or*-three *; plates*
exposed and developed under these condi-
tlons will aid him materially In his prep
arations for work of a similar kind with
HvinE figures. ; , '•'
Diffusion of light from the dlschargo of
a' flash powder Is one of the most Im
portant elements, of successful lighting
of the. portrait sitter. If the light Is al
lowed to fall directly ¦ upon the- features
without . the- interposition- of a screen or
diffusing ; medium the shadows will be
much too sharply, cut and the- whole ef
fect of, the I portrait" will be black and
white instead of being characterized by
eof.t gradations.. A piece of thin linen or
cheesecloth spread tightly on a frame or
suspended- between the source . of light
and ' the » sitter's - f ac« - tends < to soften t ha
shadows very materially and give a much
O"f S the season, for .flash-light pho
[¦ \ tography approaches many at-
I I • tempts .will-, be made to photo
>• I graph Interiors, single portraits
: A and groups . of several figures by
its .means, and very successful i results
PHOTOGRAPHIC POINTERS
FOR AMATEURS.
PROFESSOR KARL PEARSON 1 , P.
R. S., who has .taken a leading
part In founding the doctrine of
evolution on a statistical basis, ex
plained to a deeply Interested audience at
the British ;Royal Institution recently
some of the results which have -been
reached. Two of these are of special im
portance. It is shown by the examina
tion of' large numbers of persons that
mental and moral as well as physical
qualities are Inherited, and to the same
extent.
Taking: school children and examining
them minutely with respect to -curliness
and color of the hair, length, breadth
and height of the head, color of the eyes,
the cephalic index and health on the on*
hand, and on the other testing them for
Intelligence, vivacity, conscientiousness,
popularity, temper, self-consciousness,
shyness and handwriting, the degree of
inheritance in the two categories cams
numerically as close as 521 and 522. Sec
ondly, it is proved that two or three gen
erations will suffice to create a new
stock. Statistics of large numbers show
that there is more than Is often supposed
in the saying, "It takes three genera
tions to make a gentleman," and in the
expression, "Visiting the sins of the
fathers upon the children to the third and
fouth generation."
Pedigree In humanity, as In the lower
animals, is a vital factor. Thus a family
or a nation will certainly progress or de
generate as the issue of heredity. It
needs but to repress the numbers ot ths
better a,nd higher to multiply the num
bers of the lower and less fit for .two or
three generations to make national de
generation terribly real.
Professor Pearson's tabular results
showed the universality of the laws of
Inheritance, not only in animals like
horses and dogs, but in lower Insects and
even in plants.
THREE GENERATIONS TO
MAKE A GENTLEMAN.
An Important part of this procedure Is
to locate the flash so that it shall illu
minate the view from the 'same general
direction as that from which the ex
posure was begun. This will do away
with cross lights and shadows running
in opposite directions and will give a
brighter and more snappy look to the In
terior than if the exposure is "carried out
entirely by the aid of the daylight.
The beginner is warned in this, as in
all other flaeh-llght work, that due pre
caution be exercised against fire and also
against an explosion of the flash com
pound Itself. Most of those obtainable
at the supply stores are practically safe
if the printed directions accompanying
them are carefully observed.
dent to penetrate Into the deeper part*
In such cases a partial exposure should
be made by the use of daylight, and af
ter the plate has been nearly exposed a
flash powder should be set off and the
exposure finished by the light thus ob
tained.
Disappearing Chins.
Her waist grows smaller and her chin
There are women, and most of us know
them, who cannot stooy to pick up a
handkerchief without getting red In the
ti.ee. There are those who cannot lift
a window without palpitation of the
heart. Thousands of women have diffi
culty In walking upstairs and the number
who can run without getting out of
breath within thirty yards can be count
ed upon one hand.
Now and then you see a woman who
Is capable of running upstairs' and down
Rgain. who can walk gracefully, and wno
tan lift and reach and pick up and get
without suffering from n. flushed face and
a quickened breath.
Ana when you do find such a woman
you will find one who impresses you ad
being a young woman. She is so lithe
that you associate her with youth no
matter how old she may be.
Her limberness, her figure and her
quick ways make you tbink that Father
T.me has dealt lightly with her— as in
deed he has.
They are busy these days taking years
eff a woman's age. It used to be thought
that a woman of forty was hopelessly old
end fat and at fifty she was considered
past all the vanities of life. Her thoughts
must be on the grave and all her prepara
tions for death were made. Now that
same woman shaking off her years goes
cut and walks. She. loses one hundred
pounds or so and gets nice slender hips
again.
All women do not p'ng pong, but all
women want to be graceful. Therefore
women who do not pretend to take part
i-i the fashionable games of the day can
benefit just the same by a course of
simple athletics.
A Iiesson in Grace.
A chafing dish makes a very good ve
hicle for the transformation of wax and
oils for all kinds of skin foods and it is
a good plan to own a small chafing dish
which can be kept for this purpose.
A little double boiler over a perfectly
fafe gas stove might be cheaper. But
remember always .that ells catch fire
easily and that one cannot be too careful.
There is really no necessity for using fire
at all, as hot water will always melt wax.
In making all skin foods and prepara
tions that require heat It Is best to use a
double boiler. Not only will the wax
scorch and burn, but there is always more
or 'ess danger of the material catching
fire. Oil burns very readily and it is
therefore better to put aJl into a double
boiler entirely removed from all heat and
fire except by means or the hot water
which is underneath.
A skin food which Is very much liked
ii made out of spermaceti and white wax
In equal quantities, two ounces of each.
These are melted and eight ounces of pure
eweet oil is added. To this there must be
add three drams of pulverized borax,
and three ounces of glycerin. An ounce
of cologne water makes a nice finish.
When the spermaceti and the wax have
been melted and the oil added the whole
can be removed from the other ingred
ients added.
leaking the Wash.
After the ping pong aspirant has prac
ticed for awhile it will be necessary to
massage the skin, for violent exercises
ar© apt to leave one stiff in every joint.
Tou can scarcely do this too often, for
you will need the utmost suppleness if
you are going to get grace.
move her arms, sometimes clasping them
tightly and again waving in the air.
The motions are swift and they should
be graceful. But to get gTa.ce is the dif
ficult point. •
Tou must put on a gymnasium suit
and low-heeled . shoes, gymnasium shoes,
and you must sway the body from side
to side, throwing your arms over your
head, and you must bend backward and
forward.
• This lotion makes an excellent bath
mixture, but it should be tried carefully
at first, for benzoin has the effect of
tightening the ekin. and it will sometimes
happen that this will make the skin very
stiff, as though it were pulling.
This drawing feeling has been experi
enced by every one who has used this lo
tion upon the face, and if this mixture
should affect the skin in this way a little
more orange flower water can be added.
But the chances are that it is all right.
In ping pong you will not see a woman
throw herself backward until her head
touches her heels by any means. But
what you will see is a backward motion
which makes her bend her body from the
waist And at the same time she will
They take six ounces of orange flower
water and about an eighth of a dram
of ilia pie tincture of benzoin, and putting
both Into a bottle they shake well until
they have something that looks very
much like milk. To it they now add a
little water of cologne to scent it.
Y OV would not recognize the ping
/ I pong girl if you could see her In
(J the middle of the day. She Is not
dressed decollete and she does not
- wear a long-tailed gown. On the
contrary, she Is In her gymnasium suit
working hard so that she ir.ay be ready
to win her laurels in the evening.
It is difficult to believe that it is neces
sary fcr her to do stunts by day In order
to play well at night. Bat such is the
case. Lady Brocke, who is a great ping
pong player, spends part of her days in
the gymnasium, and the Princess of Pless
and Lady Helen Vincent, the young Duch
ess of Westminster and the Duchess of
Manchester have all taken to athletics.
It Is absolutely necessary, they say, it
you are to be in the set which is still
called the "Prince's Set/' to be skillful at
this fashionable English game, and there
lives no English society woman of any
pretensions who does not now play or
who Is not getting ready to play.
The English beauty experts, who are
really very good, indeed, have adopted
a new principle of beginning, as they
used to begin In the Greek games, with
a massage and for this they use a lotion
which they call a flower lotion.
Her Bath Is Sweat.
THE PNG PONG GIRL
IN TRAINING
THE SUISTDAY CATjXi.
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