Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-20
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS TRIAL.
Behavior OF Humans aud Brutes Before the
Cameras.


Cameras.
From the New York Tribune
Il should think you would meet with
| some amusing incidents 10 your business"
said Tribune reporter to a photographer
the other day.
Yes, do. I sometimes run in the dark
room to have good laugh all to myself. 1t
wouldn't do to laugh before the people. you
know"
Queer cases? Why, there's one in the
other room now, That woman has been
| here since 10 o'clock with that little child
have taken ten pictures of it, and spoiled
sixteen plates. Why, worked hard till
o'clock, and then told her must have
expression on the child. Now, when baby
is bobbinc around or goo. gooing' or cry
ing, have to take them on the fly or
whenever can. can't stop to get an e1-
preston on them / have made all man
ner Of noises and grimaces, and make q
| perfect fool cut of myself to attract their
attention and make them sit STILL When
everything else falls light some paper.
have burned up many newspaper, and
wonder haven't burned the shop up. But
they will watch FIRE a little while"
"A good many country people come here,
should suppose?"
!
our trade. We are near the ferries, and SO
get a good many New Jersey people. Once
in wttle have a countryman who has
never been photographed. He will want
to know if his ears are all right or if his
| hair is in disorder, and he scam to care
more about getting his clothers in the pic
ture than his face. When everything is
ready and l take this pole with the picture
for him to fix his eyes on, put it In its prop
er place, and say, Look at this, I'm
blamed if he won't get up and inspect it,
and have to pose him oil over again.
"One wishes to know all about the iron
seems SO mysterious to him. Will l have
to sit still fifteen minutes? he will ask
oh! no. I say, about fifteen seconds
Then when done he will say, oh. you did
| lake me sit still full ten minutes
| "A young fellow about I6 came here once
who seem afraid of the machine. I would
tell hin. where to fix his eyes, but as soon
as turned to the camera he would be look.
ing with scared expression. made a
| picture Of him at last. and he was over
| joyed. He really seemed to imagine it was
going to hurt him. Negroes generally take
well. One nice thing about them is that
they will never tell you to do this way or
that, but merely say, Make me picture
| We must be careful though, about their
| noses. fhey are naturally inclined to turn
up and if we don't look ont we will mag
Nifty them into perfect rights
| ave photograph good many sailors, aud
they are the perfect sitter. I can go out
of the room after have posed them and
stay half an hour, and they will not stir a
muscle or wink an eye while I am gone. :"
| do You get Chinaman often?"
Not ofen here, though l used to when
| worked f7rthar nm tnur
| sits well after you get him posed, but he is
| just like piece of wood. If you try to
turn his head little you have to turn his
shoulders and the chair. and the whole
house, I might say, with him. Chinamen's
eyes seem to have no depth of color, and
reflect the light SO that they just glare in
picture. The only good eyes I ever got
from, Chinaman were those of high
toned fellow who had good position as
steward on yacht One day he came wear
ing some huge blue spectacles. They had
| glasses on the side of the eyes as well as in
front. teld him it would not do, for I ex-
| pected it would Just make two big blotches
in the picture. But he said they were part
of his costume and must 60 in. peeped
through the cylinder, and could not see
| vistage Of his eye through the glasses; and
thought l was in for frshtful picture
But those eyes took through the bluc glass
splendidly. and he was SO pleased that ha or
dered lnrge nunber of the photographs.
have been thinking since of taking all
Cinnamon through blue glass.
| "One of the finest pictures ever made
was that of negro woman up town. She
dressed herself up gorgeously, and painted
her face, putting plenty of red on her
cheeks. The picture was a little dark, like
that of Cuban, perhaps, but you would
never have thought it was Of negro wo-
man. Many people admired it."
DO you have to photograph animals
often?"
NO, and do not want to, though it is
not hard to get q picture of a dog, or even
cat, and horses usually stand we'll. mau
came With monkey, which he wanted
photographed sitting on his hand. The
monkey was little fellow, and he brough,
him In his pocket. just as we went to take
the cover Off the machine the monkey
t'lrned like a flash and jumped into the
mans pocket"
John I. Raymond r'Colonel Sellers"
has been on the stage thirty years.