River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-27
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The Woes OF an Amateur in Search
OF tho Picturesque.

The Woes of an Amateur in Search
OF tho Picturesque.
There is nothing criminal about be-
ing AN amateur photographer. No
civilized country has "a law against
nmategr photography. although in
Franco and Germany and other semi
barBauOus countries they arrest a man
II he photo Eraphs too near 30 their
foriidCGtiOns. Still tho general ten
deucv Of modern cameras Is toward
COncealment- There il a camera made
which "a pcrs1n can put under his vest
and the lens take the Plac. OF vest
button. Other cameras are done up
like parcels. oJ take the form of a
Earhel. or some other unobtrusive
shape, 50 that the general passer-by
may not know that the man he meets
Is an amateur photographer. The
trouble with the cameras that have
named j. that they are generally too
small % take picture that j. at all sat
isfactOry. Some Of them have no focus
ing-gla-s and NO arrangement for let
ting person know what sort Of pict-
are he is taking. Now use "a camera
that takes a picture fOur 10y five
Inches. " hich think i the smallest
size that is Of any service 10 a man, al
though some get along with what i
kRown as the lantern size, a size Of
JiJ'e that i large enough 10 take "a
yicture that viii 90 into stereopti-
con.
The othcr'day I bought q brand new
vsIise III which 70 conceal my pho
tOgraphiuS apparatus, and instead of
the long alpenstocS tripod which
have carried heretofore. l bought
What Is known "a 1.-THE daisy tripod. "
which folds zap into a very small com
pass and can be packed away in a
Vali-c that is about eighteen inches
long
The whole oUt6t goes into a very or
binary --zcJ yaliss and person
moves through the world like an ordi-
nary traveller who has a few boiled
shirts and clean collars and cuffs with
him.
Ono very hot day found myself in
Cincinnati with the forenoon to spare.
had seen Cincinnati often enough but
had never had a view Of the suburbs.
Cincinnati, a. every body knows. Is
down In "a hole and i surrounded by
hills If you speak to Cincinnatian
reprcachfully about the humiliating
position his city occupies, he will an
-Swer:
Oh YES. h-:t -o.i ought 10 see the
suburbs; the suburbs in Cincinnati are
the grandest Ia the world.
Cincinnati suburbs are on the hill
tops. ~ they are called. and extend
for miles around the city There are
ways Of getting up on the niII-tops:
Oue Is an ordinary incline railway.
the platforms of some or which are so
large that 4 street ear and couple
of horses drive right ON it and i watt
ed to the skies, and when the car gets
up there &c goes along for eight or ten
miles out in the country. Another
way Of reaching the suburbs Is by the
ordinary cable ear. which winds up
TO the hilI-tops bv following streets
that zig-zag their way mp the eleva-
tiOR
asked a number of Cincinnati men
which the principal suburb was. and
IL seemed To- be generally agreed that
Clifton was the b,st for a stranger to
seen. The particular cable line ! pat
runized took me across Clifton ave-
uue. and there I got OF.
Clifton il IN aristOcratic suburb that
is conducted as a sort Of suburban
club. No person is allowed TO get
lot there who Is not acceptable rs a
ncighhor Is tho rest Of the residents.
and when he does gel a lot he must
build d house that viii cost over a Ger
tain amount and comply with lot Of
rules and regulations all tending TO
make the place very exclusive. and
1.i that
CLIFTON avenue Is "A wide street. kept
in perfect condition. and IS horGercd on
each side hy tine trees IL runs straight
along far a bil. then drops down into
valley. rises on the other side unim-
paired winds along for long distance
and Then seems T. come TO an abrupt
conclusion at fine house that bars the
way.
On each slide are great park-likc
lawns with here and there palace
owned hv some aristocratic citizen who
has made his money on hogs or beer.
- ungratcfuI are these aristocr-ats that
now mo- beer wagon Is allowed along
frTfrs.... ....r,.r.. .sae.F a..
four-lcgged one Is permitted 20 walk
On that street.
I opened the vali~c at one point
where there was fine view Of a grand
mansion away buck among noble trees.
ana IS set my camera there came
from d palace nearer the road a troup
# merry. wcll-dresscd children who
saced down the lawn and cried:
Please. mister, won't you photo
graph us2"
Yes
Are you going to take Mr. Blanks
house2"
Yes"
And may we stand here and be in
the picture9"
Yes"
"Oh, thank You.
At this moment the voice of prOprie-
u and aristocracy came from out of
the viue-Shaded verauda from some
unseen guardians. and in a tone OF re
proach was uttered the one word
..Childreu.'
The unfortunate little girls had for
gotten for the moment that they were
rich. and they had rashly taken up
with a wandering photographer. Here
was q chance for great fun, but il vas
denied them. They had to sacrifice
fun 70 the proprietiss, and with long,
ing, lingering and regretful glance at
The camera. they slowly departed up
70 the mansion. and from the shaded
porch took furtive glances at the for
hidden photographer
10 Is better to be born lucky than