The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1902, Page 9

The Craze in Photo-Etchings That Took - the East, by Storm and Has Now Come West. fad. It -etching, which is 1i OCIETY has a new picture the name of phet ached when the direct portrait efls New York, but it has c stern fancy, and the six society women new pictures sortrait le dozen such 2 ated into & white along bridge of the nose, with pest of face eclipse that fer portra purposes pictures were absolutely useless me the fad for sens tional poses tation of the footiight favorite From this th lution into the was as . this t u could a: it, wa selves ti ings of the ters as the art of the costumer, the maker and the ph tographer cc produce. Colored ,pho- tography w t step in the pursuit of startling eff ut the pictures were for the most part too highly colored to suit the artistic taste and the fad soon wore itself out Then it was t Mr. Benjamin the New rk photographer, ca jdea of the photc hings from na Gibson, the famous art ’ y account for the populari new pictures among the . They be- came instantly all the rage in Gothz es were sent aught the Western the San Francisco two o out Then one or Bere, and when they fancy Mr. Habenicht photographer., went t a few months ago and learned the process from Mr. ¥alk to fill the orders of society women here. Among the well-known California women of whom photo-etchings have been made are: Mrs. George Crocker, Mrs. J. L. Flood, M Wiiliam H. Talbot, Mrs. C. H. Had.e Ida Whiie, Viss Bertie Bruce, mma Wadsworth, Mre, Dr. H. J. Sartori, Mrs. Jerome O’'BErien, Mrs. Bishop L. C. Partridge and Mrs. A. Chace It takes fine clothes to get the best ef- fects in the mew pictures. The more lav- ish the trimming of the costume the more oruate the etchings can be made. Of course; even plain gowns can be made to look artistic, but it is the frills and fur- belows so dear to the feminine heart which lend themselves best to the deli- cate tracery of the new process. This fact is the secret of the popularity 4¥ the fad, for, of course, if milady can efford to order photo-etchings by the @ozen without even pausing to inquire ebout the price she can wear Paris gowns S Pertre of the most stunning styles to adorn them. The method of taking the photo-etch- ings is just the same as for any ordinary photograph. Milady dons her most beau- tiful creation and takes the pose befores the camera that best pleases her fancy. That is all. If she does not want photo- etchings the pictures will be finished for wiivdagy oY ors Hat AZINE SECTIO 234/ ‘ st P OS LD gf)z’(’/)?" Errrmer J/ Y ¢ 2LLCC her In the usual way. If she does want fer than an equal quantity of water, The the river at & point now midway between photostchings all that will be photo- Lshtest is the opal. only twice as heavy the upper and lower bridges He mado z after, S graphic in the pictures is the face and = "o o O e e e 14, 1859, he carrh M. Colcord hands. The gown and accessories are all across the cable on his back. Blondin worked out in fine pen and ink detail on a gorge over the rapids. One of his princi- pal feats was to cross from cliff to cliff on a machine that resembled a velocipede, his balance pole being held by am ar- rangement under his feet. On June 22, 1887, Steve Peere, a painter, walked across the gorge on a wire cable ‘Wales, now King of England, and on this gccaklion he also carried Colcord on his ack. It was in July, 1876, that Maria Spelter- ina crossed the gorg2 on a tightrope. She is the only woman wrc has ventured this feat, and in all her parformances she was also crossed the gorge in 1860, in which yvear his cable was stretched over th2 Those Who Won Fame at Niagara. background that looks like polished ivory. Of all men who have won fame at Ni- whlrlpm‘)l raj !dg belt:w the olld efiul{’ww “{Mihfifldw grea: crow‘(cils. Hher rogle was six-elghths of an inch in diametes, The result is truly unique. agara none wis more lasting than that Suspension bridge, since replace y a stretched over the rapids, where Blondin stretched betwcen the oid suspension steel arch. He walked with baskets on last walked. She won great favor. bridge and the cantilever bridge. His T A B of Blondin, who on Thursday, May 3), ic‘reat, performed on stilts and cooked Still another who performed on & tight- was. Indeed, & wonderral ormanco, used a rope considering all the others rope at the fails was a man named Jen- two Inches in diameter. On September, 8, kins, who stretched 1is cable across the 1859, first crossed the Niagara gorge on a the Prince of tightrope. His cable was stretched over his meals on th The heavlest precious stone is the zir- e_rope. 1860, Blondin walked for con, which is four and a half times heav-