Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-10
Murtester @a1Ig SPY.
From the Taunton Gazette
A LADYS LETTER ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHS,

=
an wishes he was mt any better looking than
other men, so that he needn't have dozen
pictures taken every week. And with us too,
albums and even autograph collections are dis
placed by the photograph books which appear
on every centre table. AS an Irishman ex-
claimed of a certain painting, "Pretty, but
awfully prevalent" Yet OF all the graphs
hurrygraphs not accepted-theSe are the most
entertaining Every body likes them to laugh
at Take up one of these books and possibly
you will see in easy companionship Ralph
Waldo Emerson and Ship, the dapper uphol-
sterer. Turn over the leaf and you have EN-
erson and Snipp again, this time Snipp stand
ing, street corner fashion with hands in poe
kets, and so many times does Snipp appear,
that you begin to think it is hierogiy phic
and means something, perhaps that each new
posture is to advertise different branch of his
business.
There is a mingled fascination and terror
about this sitting for picture, and exquisite
balancing between curiosity and doubt. You
may be caught IN fine countenance and come
forth as radiant as Undne with her Weakening
soul, or you may be a more atrocious object
than you care to behold. And as this last hap
pens ottenest, there follow angry resolves that
no admlrer shall ever juggle you into having
another picture. Yet in a year or So chagrin
has disappeared and in you go and sit down
before the brass tube with velvet pail over
1t. and look searchingly at the brass knob,
only to retreat with fresh lot of specimens
that you can't work of among your friends
Then you resolve again, and probably you
will keep resolving, and re resolving till re-
solves are no more needed, for at last the roses
are gone and the wrinkles ATE come, and no
body will have your phz on any terms.
1t is interesting to note the successive gene.
ratlons of pictures, even within short remem
brances. First, the iuky profile-inevitably
profile, though your nose were ever bung
ling, cut from white paper and put over black
silk, till no house but had its members done
up in these charcoaly forms. And since these
retired to the garrets, we have had painting,
daguerreotype, ambroytype, dermatype, litho
graph and Photographs grand stampede of
art. suppose the special photograph passion
came from collecting the pictures of our pub
lie heroes. II became with Fort Sumter
and Anderson, but as the way cry gathered
and rolled over the land, our hearts must look
to their private heroes TOO, for they would
soon be speeding southwark, and we should be
glad OF SO tangible Thing as picture even.
This we saved from the hurry OF drill and de-
parture ; and iii many home they turn to
these poor mockeres of the absent with tear.
full look and tender touch-tTbis only is left, y
say they "for
Young eyes that last year smiled in ours,
Now point the rifles Darrell"
n.o"1fei 'l"ue may nave suueieu W the
war '"e uasuertea" mas not' I OF a' las'' from
n ne pun ! anu pilV"'e' we nave 'aAeh G9
VI Us 70 plctuIe SUING 'iii now VINO "oulu
9e se"te15 mus oloet ms photographs ny the
uoLen' Du' II ne ~ul relapse 10 'ne age OF
PC nc may a'.iioot nave tnelI loI iooN,
apiece and two sittings at that BY next sum
mer, l expect the choice will be between
20, GU" - l.."i. 10 Jul al''ss
I,;e 80 aG' tne ol'y ioi am oounu
~ Say ms saw. ."1., 10 vi "i .a
"a r. 49,, - n:'- " u" S .. ~" e"D,
80 gu ,"e ue'uei i VI "'I"s Sot ia'nei t'ii'
eaiu " coupie VI itlehuS' Lei go anu nave
so'ne nihepenHy pictures ihey must De oeTy
exciting! 90 we arrayed US IN the funeral
saro VI suci occdslohs' anu hlaoe our way 10
the place OF art. 1t was a gamboge colored
She'd with dIfncult STAIRS, and in 1t we found a
funny niue man DooOlng ABOUT IN calico
sacque. lie was arranging another sitter, ana
as the daguerrean coach might be considered
gone lor the ensuing nan hnur, we maize us
READY ior Tue next trip line TACT was, we
were am the gee OF suppressed secret-ior
we dldht just then conlde TO the little man
mat we were Tue most desperate subjects III
the wotluLeVen worse thah we looked
AZ lehg'h the next coach is ready. FIRST
F " O. ~ W. ~
features up INTO form, ana there clencheS
them, looking as II sne had Deen petrthed Tor
century. Inc little man driver waits with
watch IN hand TO see all secure, then Ready!
cries he, anu lie pulls OH the tube cap like the
crack OF wmp, ana TAILS back, shouting as TO
his horses, Look pleasant j. Oh, dismay
it's too late for that! You can't do any thing
about 1t now. The sun and chemicals are
under way, and she who is sullen must be sui
len still. An internal laugh sweIls up, and
the features draw tighter and tighter to shut
it down, and presently here is the picture,
with the face divided against itset-the eyes
all frolic, and the mouth demonstrating sternly
as boarding house matron. Those lips have
certainly oeen sewed up with waXed ends Tor
fortnight! we all laugh at at heartily, while
the ilttle man grows fed' ana pears II away
lnio unknown regions
lie hrst SUBJECT could only nave had 1uil
front lace-tne seconu can only nave Ioli Pro
file AS she is one OF the BUSY sort, she wishes
she hau lett the useless sue oi herseii al nome
10 nhish Oh some WORK Al'el d calelui stuuy
OF her expression we request her 10 Sull'e
little more on TINS slde' wllcn perhaps IS not
fortunate, Tor soon we Dehold on the plate
whlte log OF lace, WIN slckiy' uncertain
mouth, no eyes 10 speak OF, ana holnihg sure
put nose HOW can we heip laughing Seaih
Ihe little man looks Dothered, Dut Hhally
gamers hinseI up 10 s'eaolaSt men, as
10 say wei !he sun Is on my sue anu Tue
machine can ne ma au o.
Inc tnlru victim Is nan Prouie anu CONES
lo,ln WIN heau tu'"eu ore way anu e9ee TUE
o'her' one HAS tie an Vi pelsou III nIBht-