Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-10
A PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAMP.

has law against amateur photography, al
though IN France and IN Germany and other
semi barharutis countries they arrest a man
il be photographs too near b their fortiilca
tions. Still the general tendency Of modern
cameras Is towards couceament. There Is a
camera made which person can put under
his vest and the lens take the place Of a vest
button Other cameras are done up like par
GELS or take the form OF a satchel or some
other unobtrusive staip 10 that the general
passer by NAV not know that the man he
meets is an amateur photographer. The
trouble with the cameras that have named
is that they are generally too small 10 take a
picture that is at all satisfactory Some OF
them have 10 focusing glass and no arrange
ment for letting person know what sort of
a picture be is taking Now use a camera
that takes picture four by five inches
which think is the smallest size that is of
any service to man, although some get
along with what is known y the lantern size
a size Of plate that is large enough TO take a
picture that will 20 into a stereopticon
The other day bought a brand new valise
in which to conceal my photographing appa-
ratus and Instead of the long alpenstock tri-
pod which | have carried heretofore bought
what is known as the daisy tripod which
folds up into a very small compass and can
be packed away in vaise that is about
eighteen inches long.
The whole outfit goes into very ordinary
sized valiSe, and "A person moves through a
world like an ordinary traveller who has a
few boiled shirts and clean collars and cuffs
with him
One very hot day found myself in Gin
cinnati, with the forenoon to spare | had
seen Cincinnati often enough, but had never
had view OF the suburbs Cincinnati as
everybody knows. is down in a hole, and is
surrounded by hills If you speak to a Gin
cinnatian reproachfully about the humiliat-
ing position his city occupies, he will answer:
oh, yes. but you ought to see the suburbs;
the suburbs in Cincinnati are the grandest in
the world
Cincinnati suburbs are on the hill tops, as
they are called and extend for miles around
the city There are two ways of getting up
on the hill tops. One is an ordinary incline
railway. the platforms of some of which are
SO large that a street car and a couple OF
horses drive right on it and is waited to the
skies: and when the car gets up there it goes
along tof e, int or ten miles out in the couu-
try Another way Of reaching the suburbs
is by tine ordinary cable car, which winds up
to the hill tops hy following streets that zig
gag their way up the elevation.
asked number of Cincinnati men which
the principal suburb was and it seemed to be
generally agreed that Clifton was the best
for a stranger to see Tie particular cable
line | patronized took me across Clifton
avenue, and there got OFF
Clifton is an urStucratic suburb that is
conducted rs sort Of suburban club. No
person is allowed to get lot there who is not
acceptable Il neighhor TO the rest of the
l.. lei l..
build house that will cost over a certain
amount and comply with lot of rules and
regulations all tending to make the place
very exclusive and all TINT
Clifton avenue is wide street, kept in per
feet condition and is hordered on each side
by fine trees 1t runs straight along for
/ bit then drops down into u valley, rises on
the other side unimparei, winds along for a
long distan and then seems to come to an
/ abrupt conclusion at a fine house that bars
/ the way
/ On each sila are great park like lawns with
/ here and there palace owned by some aristo-
CRITIC citizen who lns made his money on
| hogs or herr So urSra;eful are these aristo-
Gratis that now no beer wagon is allowed
along Clifton avenue and no hos-that is no
I four legged one Is permitted to walk on that
/ street
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Voc
And NAV we stand here and be- in the pic
turri"
YES"
"Oh thank Won
At this ,n,,usut the voice of prenrietv and
veranda from some unseen guardian. and in
n tone Of reDroach was uttered the one word
"ChildreuIp
The unfortunate little girl. had forgotten
for the moment that thev were rich and they
had rashlv taken M with a wandering pho-
torrapher Here was a chance for great fun
but it was denied them They had to sacri-
fee fun to the proprieties. and with longing,
lingering an regretful glance at the camera.
they slowI9 departed up to the mansion, and
from the shaded porch took f,Irtive chances
at the forbidden photographer
1t is better to be born mckv than rich, es-
pecIally when a person is Young
Now the thing that got me into trouble at
Clifton was the ,listaste | have for twice
going over the sane road did not want to
go back to Cincinnati over the cable line that
/ had come out on thought would walk
through the place and that would come to
some other hue and go in that way, and thus
see more Of the surrounding country
The day became hotter and hotter The
valse became heavier and heavier passed
an academy Public school would be too
plebeian nailc for an institution that was
to teach tic children of such wealthy people
as live in Clifton. 50 they call the place an
academy Tden there was an aristocratic
church. Finally met some one. and said to
! him;
How far is it to a street car liner
j "Oh. you're going the wrong wav The
cable cars are few miles in the other direc-
I Gon.n
YES. | know came that wav. and I
want to 90 back another
That's your best way back to town I
don't know how far il is to another line this
| way-five miles. guess
thought was good for five miles. so !
tramped along The next person accosted
made it four miles and a half and the next
four miles was polishing off the distance
/ in good shane and so WAS satisfied Finally
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