Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28

II lkinr Tho Baby,s Picture.
Fron She New York Nah and Exp,rss..s.
" hen the baby i 50 30 photo
sraphed . falnily consult alton Is held,
and all: the adult female members ara
s detailed 20 80 TO tho photog-
raphsr and go The peri rmance
through, 8 said leading photoerar
.pher rescsntly '.W . are pleased 2, he
continued, ST tho retinuo Is confined
to the younester''s relatives, but cen-
1erally . neRhbor Of two are added to
the train. TO givean unbiassed opinion,
4 suppose, and Va generally know It's
g baby BY hearing tho approach 81
the body-guard on the staircase. IN
q recent case the fond father had been
coaxsd to come and see baby's
picture taken. He looked bashful
and awkward. His pretty little vile
blushed half the time lit was the first
baby, you geo and The grandmother,
two aunts- lone Of them an old maid
and q neighbor assumed charge az
the affair. I knew at q glance that it
was useless for me to protest.
The old-maid aunt seized hold
OF the baby and placed him
on the chair. I only ventured to ar
range some of, the drapery. The
youngster; as soon as he saw. the
camera turned full at him, began to
cry. This was the signal for the per-
formance to begin. The mother at
tempted to smile at her darling, but
the effort came near ending in tears.
The grandmother, who had provided
herself with q large jumping jack, paint
ed red, white and black, stood beside
the camera, chucking at her whimper-
ing grandson, and working the toy in
an energetic manner. One of the aunts
fourished q baby rattle, the, nurse
fiuttered red pocket handkerchief,
and the attending neighbor blew lusti-
ly on a small tin horn. The father
said nothing, but stood in an attitude
a la Lord Dolphin, and looked as if
he were about to exclaim, oh, ah!'
The baby stopped crying at once and
put on q look OF amazement which
was half, also, of fear; and with this
expression I was compelled to be con-
tent. The grandmother said it was
just perfect picture, which it was
not, for the child's eyes looked as if
they were about to fly from their sock
cts. But grandma said it was all right.
She had had her circus"
"What kind of babies are the most
difficult to manager"
"Oh, the babies which are not ba-
bies. What l mean by this paradox
is that We have little trouble compare
lively with the very little babies them
selves. It is when the subject is just
on the border-land between babyhood
and childhood, when they are old
enough to- be spoiled, to be ill-natured
and to dimly comprehend what is 60
ing on about them, that the photogra-
piers misfortunes begin. Some OF
them will cry and kick and do all sorts
of illnatured things when they are
put in the chair. We not infrequently
get our shins skinned by some Of these
precocious youngsters, but we must
bear our pain with fortitude and smile
in the midst of agony"
'Do you ever fail utterly2"
every seldom. Sometimes sugar
plums succeed as a last resort, but
not lnfrequently diplomacy is as sue
cessful with the children as with their
parents. Recently a little girl, just
able to walk, but with terribly OBJ
stinate temper, was brought up, at
tended by the customary retinue OF
relatives and acquaintance of the
family. When she was asked to take
the chair she planted herself firmly in
the middle of the floor and exclaimed
with frown: Tot won't do Iput
on my most inslnuating smile and pro-
duced a very pretty toy. The little
spit-fire sucked her thumb and looked
askance, but would not bulge. A
most wonderfully -colored stick of con-
dy had no effect. She was bound not
to take a seat in the chair.
"At last I said: Well, Tot, won't
take your picture and I want you to
60 rienI OUT OF mere, 1or nave anoth-
er ilttle girl VINO wants her picture
TAKEN ana you must 60, Me won't
go, she SAID: 'Weil' then, SAID l, you
lhus1, now aon,t go ana get IN that
c c:a you muso STAY rlSoe mere. The
c0'la eook ner thumo out OF her
mouth, and began to edge up to.
II tvn,1 yr1S1at mt not ~ fhof oho;n
= =, you . must no. noe r. st, IN Inat e enan,
time / was getting the camera ready.
and had the little bulb in my pocket,
~ lattractlng lots attention.
ana sha 9;I :. 81. ~ t In now
tempting to ret her out Of it, but was