The ferrotype and how to make it - The Grian Press
The ferrotype and how to make it - The Grian Press
The ferrotype and how to make it - The Grian Press
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102 THE FERROTYPE.<br />
morning cus<strong>to</strong>mer. <strong>The</strong> reception-room has been<br />
nicely swept;, the various articles of furn<strong>it</strong>ure<br />
have been neatly dusted <strong>and</strong> disposed around the<br />
room w<strong>it</strong>h an eye <strong>to</strong> effect. <strong>The</strong> pictures on the<br />
walls are free from dust, the glass cleaned, <strong>and</strong><br />
every object in the room s<strong>how</strong>ing care <strong>and</strong> atten-<br />
tion. A lady enters. She looks around the<br />
walls, sees that neatness <strong>and</strong> order are apparent<br />
in the arrangement of the furn<strong>it</strong>ure <strong>and</strong> in the<br />
care of the room. She at once feels that she has<br />
come <strong>to</strong> the right place ; that the taste <strong>and</strong> skill<br />
exhib<strong>it</strong>ed in the placing of a chair, or in the<br />
arrangement of a table or a s<strong>how</strong>-case, in the re-<br />
ception room, will not be lacking in the more<br />
important requirements of the pose, choice of<br />
view, ilhimination, or lighting of the subject, or<br />
in any of the various operations of the glass-room<br />
in which the possession of good taste <strong>and</strong> a<br />
knowledge of the principles of art are so very<br />
necessary, <strong>and</strong> give <strong>to</strong> the possessor so many<br />
advantages.<br />
You immediately become aware, on entering<br />
in<strong>to</strong> conversation w<strong>it</strong>h the lady, that a good im-<br />
pression has been made, <strong>and</strong> that she has had a<br />
feeling of confidence inspired w<strong>it</strong>hin her by the<br />
appearance of the surroundings. She is unre-<br />
served, <strong>make</strong>s her wishes known in a frank <strong>and</strong><br />
liberal manner, <strong>and</strong>, being met w<strong>it</strong>h courtesy <strong>and</strong><br />
attention, she gives her order. She intended <strong>to</strong><br />
have one card Ferrotype made <strong>to</strong> send <strong>to</strong> a friend,<br />
but she likes the attention bes<strong>to</strong>wed upon her <strong>and</strong>