The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-05-29
Nv PhOtOgraph Album.

From the Morning cam


From the Morning CALL
1t is brown and square. It is orna-
mented on one side with gilt lozenge,
and the clasp is dingy and crooked.
When grandma presented it to me, sew
eral years ago, thought it was beauti-
full but, dear me. the style of albums
changes just as that of other things, and
1t looks horribly out of date now, when
viewed through fashionable spectacles.
It has seen hard service, too; what, with
being examined by every visitor who
entered our parlOr for seven years; with
being source of dispute for sweet little
cherubs with candy-smeared fingers.
whose mammas calmly remark that
Johnny is so fond of pictures;" and
with being inspected by Bridget and
Ann, whose observatory and dusty fin
gers are not conducive TO fragrant odors
or spotless paper, the poor old book has
grown quite shabby.
i have not opened it for an age, for
Gustavus gave me a very handsome
one, all in blue and gold, some time ago.
ana only the antiquated pictures were
LETT IN the old one Photographs are
amusing things; an album is always en-
tertaining, and mine Is no less so than
others.
Here are portrayed hapless individuals
who, arrayed in best bib and and tucker.
and with visage got up for the occasion,
have sat them down in the dreaded chair
(Only second in honor to that of a dem
tist) to undergo long-drawn minutes of
torture, while endeavoring TO retain
some particular expression upon their
countenances. For IL is a well-known
fact that people will assume 'express-
ions" at such times, and the worst Of IL
Is they are invaribly such as are entirely
foreign 10 the individual in his or her
ordinary frame Of mind. Occasionally
there is a fortunate being who was not
genius enough to invent an or air atti-
tude, and his pictures are usually good
and true.
The very first that here meets nv
eyes, is a stern, uncOmpromising look
Ing man, who appears as though he
might have been reared upon a diet of
thunderbolts and ice-bergs, whereas |
happen to know that the poor fellow is
one of the most perfect specimens of
hen-peckery eXtant, and scarcely dares
assert that his own soul is his own,
without first consulting his better half.
Her face gaZeslat him from the opposite
page and looks incapable of saying
"BOo" to a goose; no Uriah Heep could
out-do that expression of "umbleness.n
But alas A! Does eyerybody know Uncle
Solomon and Aunt Alercy2
Here is another lord of creation. His
appearance suggests the idea thata high
wind is attacking him in the rear, blow
ing his hair frontward and his cravat-
ends outward, and giving him an air of
having been unceremOniOusly whisked
around a corner.
The original Of this picture is Of such
dignified demeanor that the winds have
doubtless always respected him, and he
was probably never blown around q cor
ner in his life. That is my honored Pa.
My Ma wears look of sOlemnity and
general woe-begoneness, whereas jol-
lier, merrier, more cheerful little soul
never existed.
Aunt James physfogomy is grim, and
ner cap awry, which accords TO her Pc
culiarily ferocious mein; yet do not all
the children flock TO that gentle spinster
TO be coddled, and petted, and stuffed
with sugar plums? Who ever saw
aught but benignity in her sweet face7
Sister Maria is perfectly absurd. In
days of yOre, when "rats," "mice," and
WATERFALL curls were in vogue-also
'tchokers"-she, of course, wore the
thiekest "rats," the largest "mice," the
cOrk-screwiest curls and the chokiest of
''chokers." Now, what does she look
like? This picture might do for rep
resentatiOn of Crazy Norab, and sister
Maria is really a very pretty girl, being
said 10 resemble me.
This mild youth in white eravat and
spectacles killed man in a duel. My
learned friend, Professor Dryasdust, is
smiling idiotically, and all the world
SHOWS lhat he never smiles. A MethO-
ulst divine is leering wickedly at a
sarsi iafal oiileer, who appears as though suf-
iHi,tE from an overdose OF catechism.
hnls Intellectual looking man wifi
FIJI f1au, ex pansive forehead and thought /
III ~ es, Is handsome ninnv who n
~ tlle pest OF my KNOWLEDGE yyes 49,.
PosSsesse1 OF an idea in his IiSa T,Sa
Juugei tlan whom no moro r,e,,,,...,e
tS;ISSonage ever walked, has an n1 pOus lS
freshness, his hair rises rehaIi,ea.n al air OF
ms neekte Is crooked. " ana
AN: here is my ugly man. Xy.u A.,
is just like him. He is, withon, TINS
tlop, tne homeliest mascuIina sIAceP-
ever beheld, and one Of the most ad anat
ble, intelligent and faeinatino Tsea sIeea-
one meets in lifetime. NV haiiaS sons ms
that mans power is unbounded IN IN
can do anything; writes delightful ny
try, rides splendidly, brings tears 70
ones eyes with his playing, and com.
pletely extinguishes the most brilliant
conversationalist with his wit and sar-
casm.
Here-ah have SO many years passed,