Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31
TAKING BABY,srlcruRE.

TAKING BABY'SPICTURE.
Our baby has had her podigraff taken
You ought to see it. Nice Is no name
for it. Talk about big days. This |
was the biggest Of all. The day be-
FIBRE was a booster, but nothing in COM
parison to the day our baby sat for her
shadow. Dear little posey, ipsey, Grip
sey. oozy, doozy, kicka poozeyl The
night before, its mother washed its
head in lavender water and its title
pinkey, winkey toeseys in buttermilk,
colonge, Hosteters bitters, milk punch,
codliver oil paragoric, SO its sweetey. |
eety, yitty feeteys would be quietwhile
the great ugly picture man was wink
ing through his squintum at cur booful |
may bee baby. Then her mamma put |
her hair up left handed in blue curl
paper, and the nurse slept on her ear |
behind baby's bathing tub, 60 as to be
ready.
The sun was about nine minutes late
that morning. The acknowledged roos
ter with its double breasted comb and
polonaise tail, seemed to know all
about it, for he sang In Chinese all the
time the cook was frying pancakes, and
mamma was unsanctifying her best
back hair to go to the picture palace, a
red roly poly with glass roof, on
wheels.
You ought to have seen us eat break
fast The baby stuck hers in one eye J
Nurse buttered baby ssponge and took.
it for sweet potato; she thought it was
little overbaked, but worried half OF
it down with gravy before everybody
laughed at her. The cook sat down
in the batterdish, to have one good
look at the yitty winky pinky booful;
but who cares for pancakes nowY
When she arose, the yeast in the but
ter brought her up, papa made men
ton of some place, but mammassald 1T
was all right, if they could only get a
good picture.
Then we all dressed for the occasion.
Baby wore her white octaroon guipure
redingote, with frilled polonaise and
ginsing spatter dashes, a strip of stair
carpet wrapped about her loins and
fastened in two rows of skillets, with
nine-pin In imitation of Brussels, a la
Honiton.
Mamma dressed in hallucination
tulle, cut ENCORE, with point lace ruttie
en- piquant, her oversklrt was
trimmed with watereresses in fes-
toons, double box plated with yellow
buttons grouped under the carleton, a
Ia passamaquddy In two volumes. She
wore her hair in fritters with rolls en-
trusse. futing to the shoulders, and
garnished with yellow sealingwax IN
braids, three deep, terminating in a
purple rinkymyjink under the left
ear New style and very destangy.
Nurse. had on her left-handed hoops
with mansard roof on the extension.
Her bijouterie was crimped, rolled
back and pulled, while delicate cat
colored squattermattoo hung suspend
ed from her belt, giving way for tri
angular pouff with ten buttons in satin
brocatelle. Her pannier hung, high,
and was ornamented with a German
silver cofferdam, cut pompadour, with
round tabs of yellow twilled galloon
Papa wore his candlestick. coat
n fawn colored slithamaree on his left
hip, the whole surrounded by an ashes
of roses meringue, with two tucks and
~ balloon to match his galOot. His
vest was embroidered in quarter see
tons with bias pockets, streamers. and
small green roses on the crown, philo-
pene style. @"--
At ten o'clock the procession moved
In the following order:
Proud mamma. --oN
Nurse with baby. stgN
O. Proud mamma.
Dignifed parental.
Assistant nurse, with things.
Cooks eyes
Neighbors' heads out of windows
Fitzbooby, baby's dog. ed
Citizens adj HbitHn.
AT the picture galleryall was excite
meut. H.t rs
Is the picture man in"
Certainly madam; walk in"
is it good day?'
The best | ever saw in fifty years
practise"
Can you get good one ?"
"0h, madam, q perfect one"
And will you good Mr.. Picture
MANI"
The best in the world"
Are you sure z"
With such baby as yours, mad
am, | could not faili'
Papa, dc you hear that Will yol
sit on her now" #tt
At any time, madam.
do you think the morning sun i
the best! T.
Much the best, madam. Tn,
oroiele comes to parOxysm on them
dex better, while the sublunary fOcu
radiates over the expression of tn,
child more readily. Is it's it's
boy, madam"
"Oh, dear, no, it is a girl
Turning to his assistant: " There
did not tell you so? Beautiful chile
and you are her father?"
Well, yes, if sickness don't pre-
vent"
Perfect imagel Looks just lik
you. Perhaps little more bald; Blu
badness, when it is hereditary, Away
adds to the beauty of the child. How
old is she p
~ six weeks and two days and fv
hours and thirty minutes coming
Never mind the particulars. w
are ready now.
-s. Please, sir, wait till | brush m
hair and loop up my overskirt. Al
right.
That will do very nicely, madam
Please repose the little one on tina
fauteuil, and then stand by to give be
smile Nurse, you will jingle tina
bell. Papa, please rattle that stow
while stand on one foot and whistl
for the dog. All ready now? Don
wink-don t stir? All of you coun
fifteen. All right.
oh, what a beautiful picture! |
looks just like you, even to the smil
she is just going to smOle. How mucl
is it, Mr.. Picture Man?"
Five dollars, madam.
Here, papa, pay for babys winky
pinky, boofuls picture. Now We vii
go. Good day"
Il say, Bob, here is 60"
What is it, boss?'
You brough; out the wrong pie
ture You have given those folks tn
picture of Smiths boy that We tool
Just before they came inr'
We'll. send theirs over to Smith. J"