The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-09-12
TIE TlNTYPE GIRLS.
They Have r.oes OF Fun, But They worry
the isoor Photographers.


the f'oOr photographer.
all talking at once.
I'VE want our tintypos taken.@
Yes, all together"
ssIn group
ANY particular style you'd likeqss
sOh. we want something picturesque.
Yes, we want il artistic. an outdoor
scene, yon know"
The photographer quickly wheels up
mountain view for background, waltzes
wooden-looking rock into the fore
ground, props up a rustic fence at one
side, and throws down q shaggy grass
suggesting mat before it. While ne is
composing this medley from the mex
haustible beauties of nature the girls
discourse on the subject in hand.
Belle, you sit o. the rock and will
stand beside you; Grace can lean on the
fence. and May, you sit on the floor
We ought to have book 10 be looking
Mt. All, here's an album; that win do.
Dora, which side OF my face would be-
the best to have takena"
The outside said Dora, promptly.
II wish we had parasol." says
Grace.
BE quick IS you can. " interrupts the
photographer, realizing how precious is
every moment of the fast-fading light
Dora bestows upon him look which
plainly says with intent to annihi-
late:"
I'VE pay You by the job. not by the
hour. Do not presume 20 hurry us -
At last they locate themselves ac-
cording to the dictates of their own
sweet and wayward faneies
''Ah, myI' exclaims Belle from the
rock. what an awfully uncomfortable
thing this is TO sit on.
put your hand on my shoulder.
Grace"
Finally all seems in readiness, when
just as the photographer is about 10 re-
move the cap 10 expose the plate, May
suddenly excIaims from the floor.
"Hold on minute, Grace, you ought
not 70 be standing; you are to tall
Change places with me =
Then ensues general scrambling and
rearranging. Belle improving the OPP
portunity to try for softer spot on the
rock.
sam / looking at the right place?''
May anxiousiy asks of the photograph
er. as If the sun would certainly fail to
do its desired work If her head was not
turned at just the most becoming angle
Yes replies the much-harrassed
parsonage addressed, heroically chok-
ing back nnholy utterances- sit per-
fectly still now"
He removes the cap, and a brief and
blessed silence ensues. When he re-
places the cap for moment the chorus
breaks out.
''Oh, my goodness-dear mel never
why, was just"
Keep just as you are. says the pho
sographer, authoritatively, unexpect-
edly removing the cap again. and thus
effectively shutting OF the threatened
deluge of remarks
The poor light necessarily made the
exposure unusually long, and when at
last it is over volley Of deep and re-
vengeful groans comes from the girls as
/ the photographer disappears with his
plate.
Then their .ongues are loosed.
my, feel all tied up in bowknotp s.
'Goodness, but I'm tired standing so
long"
II never knew any one to be SO long
taking a tintype-,'
sroh. / feel as if I had just had tooth
pulled-so thankful il is over''
's0h. see this picture of some girls in
boat Why didn't he say he had g
boat?''
Il don't think he is very agreeable.
anyway. All he thinks of is to get il
over with"
''Oh, here he comes with the pict-
ures.n
Now they gather around the man with
the pictures, all talking excitedly.
ssOh, oh, just look at me-
ttJust see the way my eyes look
My head is held too high, and / asked
| you
ssOh. see how nv dress looks" etc,
etc. till at last they relinqnish the
artistic treasure long enough to have
them put in envelopes
Then they pay for them and go out.
leaving the long-suffering PHOTOGRAPHER
free to relieve his overweight nerves
in any form of speech he thinks will be
most soothing 10 his feelings and ex
pressive of his sentiments Boston
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