New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-16
AN1TEURS ~ BUSINESS.
SELLING PHOTOGRAPHS TO PAY THE Exr1asHs
OF THEIR HOBBY


Narv rbo,orraphcrs who started as amateurs In
tho fascinating pursuit Of taking pictures find them
selves forced into dong little professional Woik III
order 10 pay the expenses of their aliurihs hoooS
zone Of the newest ways Of these gentlemen
said a Harlem woman - reporter the other day
to persuade people. women especially, to order
photographs IS being practscd pretty successfully
among the nathousc population. You know many
4 woman whose wants far outnumbcr her dollars
would Ike 10 have her cMdren's pictures TAKEN To
send 10 her friends but she cannot spare the time to
get the children and herself all dressed and then
20 with them; nor can she well afford the car
fare to say nothing OF tho charges which must be
made by a photogra pher who pays Office rent some
washday morning when she Is up 10 her elbow, In
soap suds she answers a knock at the door, ard Is
a good deal surprised to find a man there who holds
before her eve, "A pretty photograph of her own little
ones
"'Wherc did you get that p" she asks.
i saw these pretty children answers the willy
photographer, dressed neatly going to the park
the other day, and | took the liberty Of grouping
them maaul upon the sidewalk and making a pct-
urc Of them for my own collection. am an anna
tour always on the lookout for pretty subjects. and
50 photogrT phcd the little for myself.
When | saw how well II turned out, | thought
| would call and let you II. II you would
like "A few for yourself. | will make copies for 70
cents each
III
WE'LL babies especially 1t Is just after they have been
fed and washed and dressed and sent for IA walk
or a pny. An hour aftcrwaM they look like different
children. Now it's exceptional woman who can
resist the temptation OF ordering few pictures when
she see, her favorite Johnny with his pretty curs
looking extremely natural and smiling at her with
eyes so like his fathers. II IS the nature Of chill
dren 10 behave at their worst when mother wants
TO show them or, and when nobody expects any thing
anal Look their lost.
there they sit before their delighted mother We'll
taken, without any trouble to her. and II she has a
dollar anywhere the photographer Is pretty sure To
get IT, Indeed sir. think h" was " cute man who
first thought OF that way to amuse himself
"And what asked the reporter "of the pictures
that don't haltcr the children
"Wcn. If he's WISE the answer 1.-THE pho
,ographcr keeps them dark, I suppose. But YOU
should have heard the reception Of them got
last wcel. on the floor above me. biz woman
lives m there who has OF the homclicst little
boy, Won ever laid your eyes on; but she dresses
him most extensively and takes her satisfaction out
I'm looking at bis clothes. This photographer had taken
n picture of Jimmy after he had been playing foot
bali I'm the street and IL n he came To my door
on hi, way up. II was the living image OF Jimmy
hin bowle2s, pug n9Sc cross EYES ana a MA ana ms
uictures1uc but waited out In the hall TO hear
What the woman would say, and sure enough soon
amy @That pleiirc of my fine 10y yc dirty peder
That hin-leggd erterl sure y@ NUS hate s got
the picture OF that on. on the biDHaGas W Sd
That tock.eycd kid my Jimmy! BE OIL with yc!
You're no artist, ONLY p"dlcr and donl We KNOW
that no thievln pedlers are aio"'u III ''''' i'"P
The young man went Yes; indeed; I Sar 'I tSs
exact truth about himself But VIII De h.ar, n,
the truth about myself If ! don't get back 10 my
and art stands no show with him alongside OF his
supper"