Show XRAY photography what a tj woman experienced after sitting for her he an interesting contribution to the literature of the new photography is the account of miss elizabeth L banks ex ces the negative she says was a remarkable m success from a scientific standpoint the X rays had not only perfectly photographed the bones of my neck but they had also taken the lil liberty to poke about among my ribs reproducing six ax of them on both sides as well as my shoulder should blade e and collar bone this was accounted for by the fact that the photographic plate was much larger than my neck and although the rays ras of light had been directed only toward the neck bones they had penetrated far below and through toy my clothing had any of f the ribs or other bones been broken or out of place there would have been no difficulty in discovering this th Is by means of the photograph the chain which I 1 wore showed very prominently and even the links of that part worn in front were clearly discernible through the shadow of the flesh and muscles of the neck the length of time required for preparing this photograph is explained in the very easily understood der stood principle that the thicker the object to be photographed the longer it takes the rays of invisible light to penetrate it it also follows as a matter of course that the length of time required for ab photographing very much upon the size and aad weight of the person to whom the bones boner belong 0 so O I 1 with no EO weight or stature to speak peak of was a comparatively easy subject miss nii ss banks bank was painfully surprised by the pictures of her foot that plate plat e when it had been developed in the darl dark room and held up to my horrid vision gave me the first glimpses I 1 ever had of my feet in stocking and boot not as I 1 they seemed but as they were in the stocking the texture of which by the way showed up wonderfully wonder atily the bones of the toes which should naturally be straight strai g lit and separated were crowded one upon the other while the portrait of the foot that was shod was still more terrible to contemplate the bo bones n e s were squeezed up into the shape of a triangle to fit my american pointed boot are are you sure the X rays dont exaggerate I 1 asked in horror struck tones the X rays ate are like figures they wont lie was the answer please how me every portrait you have of peoples feet I 1 want to see ame if mine are worse than the others so six or eight portraits of feet were brought to however taken in boots but even without the boots they were all not only quite as unshapely as my own my infinite delight I 1 found several that were very much worse amse and I 1 also noted with feminine satisfaction that the pictures of mens feet showed owed the bones to be quite colte as badly out of shape as were those of my own sex london courier |