The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-05-28
Taking The Baby's Picture.


and all the adult female members are
detailed to go to the photog-
rapher and see the performance
through" said leading photogra-
pher recently. "We are pleased" he
continued, eff the retinue is confined
to the youngsters relatives, but gen
orally neighbor or two are added to
the train, to give an unbiased opinion,
| suppose, and we generally know it's
q baby by hearing the approach of
the body-guard on the staircase. In
a recent case thefond father had been
coaxed to come and see baby's
picture taken. He looked bashful
and awkward. His pretty little wife
blushed half the time-it was the first
baby, you see-and the grandmother,
two aunts-one OF them an old maid
and a neighbor assumed charge Of
the affair. l knew at a glance that it
was useless for me to protest.
The old-maid aunt seized hold
of the baby and placed him
on the chair. ! only ventured to ar
range some of the drapery. The
voungster, 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 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 O baby rattle, the nurse
futtered red pocket handkerchief,
and the attending neighbor blew lusti-
ly on 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, '0h, ahl'
The baby stopped crying at once and
put on q look OF amazement which
was half also, of fear; and with this
expresaSh / was compelled to be con-
tent. The grandmother said it was
lust q 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, thebabies which are not ba-
bies. What / mean by this paradox
is that we have little trouble compara-
lively with the very little babies them
selves. 1t 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 go
ing on about them, that the photogra-
piers misfortunes begin. Some OF
them will cry and kick and do allsorts
of ill.natured things when they are
put in the chair. We notinfrequently
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 utterly"
"Very 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 little girl, just
able 60 walk, but with terribly OBJ
stinate temper, was brought up, at.
tended by the customary retinue OF
relatives and acquaintances OF the
family. When she was asked to take
the chair she planted herself firmly in
the middle Of the floor and exclaimed
with a frown Tot won't do | put
on my most insmuating smile and pro-
duced very pretty toy. The little
spit-fre sucked her thumb and looked
askance, but would not bulge.
most wonderfully y-colored stick OF can
DIV had no effect. She was bound not
to take seat in the chair.
"At last / said: Well, Tot, | won't
take your picture and l want you to
go right out of here, for have anoth'
er little girl who wants her picture
taken, and you must CO.. 'Me won't
go, she said. We'll, then, said |, you
must; now don't 60 and get in that
chair; you must stay right here The
child took her thumb out OF her
mouth, and began to edge up TO.
wards the chair. Now, Tot, said
/, you must not get in that chair,
it is for that other little girl. All this
time / was getting tn camera ready,
and had the little bulb In my pocket,
without attracting Tots attention.
She was bound to get in the chair now,
and she did. / pretended to be at.
tempting to get her out of it, but was
all the time arranging her dress, while
my assistant was getting the camera
at q proper focus. Finally, said,
Now, Tot, don't want you to stay
in that chair; but if you will stay there
v0u mrst not look at my pretty bird
here This attracted her eyes to-
ward a stuffed bluebird, which was
mounted on a tall pole at the right OF
thecamera. Tot, will look, said she,
and at once became interested. This
was my opportunity. Isqueezed the
bulb, and before she knew it we had q
first-class negative. All this must be
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