Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-04
A PHOTOGRAPHERS rRleULATloNs.
seons In IL broadway GaIiery-Whims of
Cranky Patrons.

seons In IA broadway GaIiery-Whims of
Cranky Patrons.
The following scene was recently enacted
in the gallery of a well known Broadway
photographer A lady entered In glitter
ing whirIwind of lace, feathers, beads and
diamonds and accosted the affable artist in n
scolding tone;
81 have come for another sitting. You
have made a perfect fright of ne in your
last proofs. 1t is too bad, declare! l Won
der if you eau ever do me justicel You
know you insisted on three-quarters face
picture, while told you that my profile was
the best"
"But, my dear madam" interposed the
artist, "the picture is certainly good like
ness Of you"
"Nonsense p replied the lady petulantly.
~ never could bring myself to believe that /
possessed such horrible nose, and l GER
tainly have not such squirting eyes / have
come to have another sitting, and l insist
that the picture shall be in profile as ! sug'
gested."
The accommodating artist bowed his acqui-
escence, tore his locks when the lady was
not looking, and proceeded to arrange his
apparatus Half an hour afterward, when
the lady had taken her departure, the I'M
happy man addressed himself to a reporter
who CHANGED to be in his studio.
unjust | always be slave to the whims OF
vanity' That lady who this moment left us
has had four sittings, every one OF them with
artistic results, and yet she is not satisfied.
She is too good patron to lose or / would
not humor her Every time she has new
dress she must have herself photographed.
She is wealthy and can afford to indulge her
within, but her vanity is intolerable. She is
only one of host of people who have the
craze for being photographed.
zone spinster lady comes to me regularly
once month to have her picture taken. She
has kept an album for the past ten years, which
contains only her own photographs. One
can observe by turning over its pages how
she has gradually grown in age, month by
month Sad isn't itf Every time she has
new likeness taken she asks me: DO you
think this picture looks older than the lastF
Another of my patrons is young and
pretty girl, who has gone wild over private
theatricals She has herself photographed
in the costume of every character she i'm
personates. Still another is a young man,
who is as pretty as a doll. His vanity can
hardly be believed. He comes here every
two or three weeks and has scores of photo
graphs of himself struck off These he dis
tributes unfortunately among his friends
and acquaintances. Sometimes he appears
in full walking suit-frock coat, CATERS, hat,
gloves cane Again you will see him pict-
ured in evening dress. have photographed
him in hunting suit, riding suit and even in
his dressing gown. 1t is a mania with him,
but cannot complain, for it is money in
my pocket In fact, l make my living by
catering to the vanity of others. Actors and
actresses are very hard to please. They
know what an artistic photograph is, and de
ftor Of 1tpfi ar
pleased With them, however, | can afford
to spend considerable time, for / can sell
their pictures afterward in the MARKET
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