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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>

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