The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 12, 1904, Page 11

us when she was I THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL. CrmL BAas/E. get them—while they are bables before ¢t is possible for them to he- come conscicus. Hard to make them pose? Well, yes; but not so hard as you would think. Every woman is born an actress, you know. It is only when she grows up and becomes self-con- BRE IHE BEST ACrmESSES XD IHEEEFOFE T7BE BESZ ZRIISZS TI0DEZLS 2N ZT7HE WORL D. Babies—girt babdtes—ares the best actresses in the world. They are Just brimming over with dra- matlc instinct. When I get a girl baby into my studio I let her alone and just hang around watching her majesty until she forgets her strangs That is when we like to scious that she forgets how to act. surrcundings and becomes interested # The Right and Wrong Time to Punish Children ¢ | - ey — By re, by far the best time for ve heart to heart talks devote a few minutes of ut also to read to the ing some moral lesson. Above ail, the effort should be made to help them to sink to sleep with pleasant thoughts. The writer spoke a2bout as above to parents who were driving their into spasms by senseless treat- were raising their chil- seemingly I ant of s excep- 3 1 d must ideration than the one temperament. A child ring the burglars awoke and What of the parent who simply d if you don’t go to sleep 1 get you.” What should one with the parent who would child suffer in d herself to might ise by rule.” probably suffered more in ar than the father ever did in Only a miracle could prevent such treatment from resuiting in de- veloping nervous trouble of some kind. Thoughtless people sometimes ex- press the belief that children have no sorrows. This is a great mistake. Few adults have so many sorrows as have the children. At every turn they are forbidden the privilege of doing something which they wish to do. We should remember that the sor- rows of even young children are felt most intensely, though they do not last long. The child wno loses his toy feels the ldss as greatly as does the man who loses a fortune. Fortunately the child scon forgets. If he can do the same. As children grow older they become less sensitive to the little trials and learn to bear disappointments. They are then better able to look more upon the bright side of life; has taught them that the ciouds will pass away. When they grow still old- er and have children of their own they are apt to forget that, as children, they ever had any sorrow. For this reason they often’ fail to show that sympathy which they should always show. Sometimes the lessons which the children are given in school are far harder than parents or teachers think. If we were compeiled to sit down and study a lot of Greek, without any par- ticular object in view, and, seemingly for the mere purpose of pleasing some one, we would probably rebel. Chil- dren cannot look into the future. The most of them have never even been told that their knowing the alphabet is important; they are simply told what they must do. Too often neither the teacher nor the parent even takes time to say, “I know this is hard, it was hard for me when I was your age, however, it must be done to emable you to make any progress.” Is it any wonder that the poor child plods <m sorrowfully? Happy the man for experience’ Too few parents realize the necessity for regular work and exercise for both boys and girls. All should have some play. Few, if any, will be injured by & reasonable amount of regular work. Regular practice in gymnastics is very good. Where such can easily be se- cured this will be especially beneficial if under the direction of a competent physical instructor. However, those who are not able to have the benefit of a well equipped gymnasium need not be discouraged. While in the gymnasi- um there may be ound apparatus suitable for the development of the different muscles of the body; a suit- able apparatus may alfo be found in every home. The boys may strength- en the muscles of the body by sawing and chopping wood, building fires, carrying coal and in other ways. The girls may receive like benefit by scrubbing, sweeping. making beds and in many other ways too numerous to mention. Too much has been said on the sub- ject of obedizuce te justify further consideration. Those who insist on trying to train children properly with- out demanding absolute obedience are welcome to the experience. The writer will be giad to have an account of the success of those who have had a few years’ experience under such a plan. Parents will find that many lessons can best be taught small children by the use of stories read or told. It is really wonderful how great an influ- ence such will have upon their whole future lives. AN Al = in something. 1 dom't- thrust a lot of piaythings at ber and dangle a little ird on 'a iring T=til she becomes dizzy lookiog at it. I study her tem- perament zs carefully as a manager wouid that of a new star. I note what poses she can take best and what sort of picture she would make. Perhaps I leave a few toys hanging about the place and, in her wanderings, she comes upon these. ~ “Then I introduce her to the camera. That is the beauty of the child model. Unlike the grown-up young person she is never camera struci. She always finds an interest in the big, black in- strument and stands a little in awe of it. But she is not at all aware that any attitude she may take can possi- biy have an effect upon it. Usually & child model’s usefulness ceases the mo- ment she learns that she is pretty and that she is being reproduced upon a photographic plate. After that she loses the dramatic instinct and be- comes self-conscious, stiff and uninter- esting.” The baby light dies out of her eyes; her lips become strained ang set; and she can not pese in a way to look ‘unposed.’ This generally happens at § or T years of age, and although we have te have children that oid for fash- fon pictures, we always utilize the ba- bies for our art pictures. “Some of the most beautiful children who are brought to us are utterly fm- possible as models. Sometimes they are so mervous that they are unable to hold one pose long emough for us to press the bulb. Again they are spoiled beyond redemption and occupy so much of our time in coaxing, buy- ing them bonbons and quieting thelr wails that we are worn out before the posing is over. Another child with a bright face and no particular beauty except that of health and goed nature will turn out to be a borm actress and enjoy posing as she would eating or playing with her dolls. It all depends upon the child’s temperament and dramatic instinct.” The child of the studios and the gal- leries becomes old before her time. All on sibilities a. the art of pos the awkward age her w s chant who saw lighted w her to help a posed in brand of can on h eased. picture was de- wanted Every mer- food before her shirt for a lin advertisement, ub for a soap nt. She also posed In beon- aks and shoes for fashion for boys’ styles. hat a boy model 0 awkward, self- unmanageable. F e boy fashions some little girl poses. Her curls and Rer graceful figure only make her look all the m the part of the X dressed youngsters. Boy models are used only whem s picture of street walfs is wanted. Then they are pick- ed up on the corner for a few pennles. But there are no professionals amonsg them. The boy !s invariably desired in his aboriginal state, which he would soon forget after a short life ameng the studics. The child meodel, If she is popular and her mother s enterprising, makes s good Income. She seidom receives less than 35 for a sitting of an hour or two and for advertisements she gets more. She can keep her engagement book full with very little trouble aad her weekly receipts amount to any- where from $10 to $25. It all depends upon whether or not she makes a “hit™ with photographers and with the pub- He. Sometimes the photographer him- self can not tell whether a child will make a “hit" with hig customers or not. The very picture that he considers least artistic will, for some reason— its guileless smile or Its ridiculous babyishness, perhaps—catch thepopular fancy and there will be a run om that child that will keep her in the studio day in and day out from morning until night. Suddenly the public will tire of looking at the ome face, and the baby’s popularity will die out like that of a star who has passed Rer zemith. And then the baby, like the passes actress, wonders why she can 2o longer buy pretty clothes and have flowers and bonbons in the old-time profusion. Her star has set. She is no longsr the pampered child of the studios—but a commonplace, awkward schoel girl, who lcoks back upon her babyheed as upon a dream of a bygone falry tale.