Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-07-30
CAUSED BY A CAMERA.
The Woes of an Amateur in Search
N of the Picturesque.

There is nothing criminal about be-
Ing an amateur photographer. No
civilized country has law against
SSS amateur photography. although in
a France and Germany and other semi
barbarous countries they arrest man
I'll he photographs too near to their
Still the general ten
dency OF modern cameras is toward
cOncealment. There is a camera made
(which person can put under his vest
Ind the lens take the place of vest
buttOn. Other cameras are done up
like parcels, or take the form of q
~ oachel, or some other unobtrusive
shape. so that the general passer-by
may not know that the man he meets
y an amateur photographer. The
trouble with the cameras that have
named is that they are generally too
small to take picture that is at all sat
isfactOry. Some OF them have no focus
(ng-glass and no arrangement for let
ling a person know what sort OF a pict-
nre he is taking. Now use camera
|aS that takes picture four by five
;3S5 Inches, which | think is the smallest
~ Dixe that is OF any service TO man, al
|t hough some get along with what is
Known as the lantern size, size of
late that is large enough to take a
picture that will go into stereopti-
con.
'E The other day bought brand new
xalise in which to conceal my pho
tographing apparatus, and instead of
he long alpenstock tripod which
have carried heretofore, | bought
=, Rnat is known as 1.-The daisy tripod"
which folds up into very small com
pass and can be packed away in a
q galise that is about eighteen inches
long
The whole outfit goes into a very Or
4fnary sized valise and person
Moves through the world like an ordi-
W nary traveller who has a few boiled
6hirts aud clean collars and cuffs with
hin.
One very hot day found myself in
Cincinnati with the forenoon to spare.
had seen Cincinnati often enough but
had never had view of the suburbs.
Cincinnati, as every body knows. is
down in hole and is surrounded by
hills. If you speak to Cincinnatian
reproachfully about the humiliating
position his city occupies, he will an
Uwer:
"Oh, yes, but you ought to see the
euburbs; the suburbs in Cincinnati are
the grandest in the world"
Cincinnati suburbs are on the hill
tops, as they are called, and extend
Tor miles around the city. There are
Ways OF getting up on the hill-tops:
One is an ordinary incline railway,
the platforms of some OF which are so
large that street car and couple
Of horses drive right on 1t and is watt
ed to the skies, and when the car gets
up there it goes along for eight or ten
miles out in the country. Another
way of reaching the suburbs is by the
ordinary cable car. which winds up
e TO the hill-tops by following streets
that zig-zag their way up the eleva-
tion.
asked a number of Cincinnati men
which the principal suburb was, and
y seemed to be generally agreed that
Clifton was the best for stranger to
eeen. The particular cable line | pat
r0uiZed took me across Clifton ave-
nue., and there l got off.
clifton is an arstocratic suburb that
u conducted as a sort OF suburban
club. No person is allowed TO get a
lot there who is not acceptable as a
netghbor to the rest of the residents,
and when he does get lot he must
bntld house that will cost over a GER
tain amount and comply with lot of
rules and regulations all tending to
make the place very exclusive, and
Al that.
clifton avenue is a wide street, kept
IA perfect condition, and is bordered on
each side by fine trees. 1t runs straight
at0ng for bit, then drops down into
valley, rises on the other side unim-
patred. winds along for a long distance
and then seems to come to an abrupt
conclusion at fine house that bars the
way.
On each side are great park like
lawns with here and there palace
owned by some aristocratic citizen who
has made his money on hogs or beer
Sonngrateful are these aristocrats that
nov no beer wagon is allowed along
Clifton avenue and no hog-that is. no
four legged one-is permitted to walk
on Mat street
opened the valise at one point
where there was fine view OF grand
Wansion away back among noble trees,
ana as l set my camera there came
from palace nearer the road troup
e. merry, well-dressed children who
led down the lawn and cried:
lease. mister won't you photo
11ph us?"
Yes"
Are you going to take Mr.. Blanks