Wichita eagle., 1886-09-19
A Warning to Young Ladies'.


1t has become high time that protest was
entered in regard to the abuse of confidence
in amateur photography Society girls allow
themselves to be taken in attitudes which arc
far more careless and familiar than they
would think of assuming before the camera
of the professional photographer, and they
seem entirely to forget that the picture is
quite IS enduring when taken by the one as
by the other. II seems so much like a jest to
most people to sit down to be photographed
by their friends that they commit hundred
follies which are harmless enough, but of
which such record as the photograph makes
is, at least, pretty severe trial to good taste.
There are floating about in the hands Of all
society young men pictures in which young
ladies of the most faultless propriety are repre-
sented ia a way which would give TO strangers
the impression that they were decidedly fast
Once negative is secured the amateur pho
tographer, il a man, is usually open to the
persuasions of his friends for copies of any of
his work that pleases them, while young lady
artists are il anything, q great deal worse in
the freedom with which they scatter their
plates about.
We saw the other day photograph repre-
senting young lady we know to be not only
refined and modest, but of rather unusual
strictneSS In matters Of propriety, represent
ing her sitting on a fence, mans hat tilted
over one oyc end mans arm about her waist
to enable her to maintain her rather ticklish
position. 1t was some foolish caprice Of
moment Of excitement and fun of which she
could not have realized either the folly or the
fact that a photograph meant a permanent
record Of an undignified whim; yet here was
the picture exposed to the public gaze, and
that, too, on the mantel of bachelor who was
not personally acquainted with the girl, al
though he knew her by reputation. He meant
no harm TO the young lady, and very likely
might have argued that if girl was willing
to sit before the camera in that style she
would hardly consistently object to having
her photograph displayed along with the row
of actresses and ballet girls adorning the
young mans pipe-laden shelf. Thoughtless
ness and monlentary lack Of delicacy on her
part, with want of sensitive honor III tie
amateur photographer, who had given to a
friend a copy of the photograph, had together
resulted in a situation which might very
easily have very serious and unpleasant re-
suits
II is bad enough to have TO endure all the
bad pictures with which indefatiga5le anna
teur photographers food the country; but
this matter of violating confidence and of
scattering copies of plates which should be re-
garded as confidential, ii they must be taken
at all, is one which is a thousand times worse.
Young ladies viii 90 well to be Oh their
guard against the camera of their acquaint-
ances, since there is certainly no other means
Of safety SO complete as not to have ones
picture taken unless in way that may be
shown to all the world without causing the
sitters vexation As for the photographers,
many Of them deserve pretty sharp rebukes
for the thoughtlessness and injudicious, not to
say dishonorable, fashion in which they dis
tribute pictures which should never be al
lowed to 60 out of their hands.-Boston
Courier.
English Women Dress Badly.