St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20

m 4 PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
4 Customer Hard to Suit, Rosily Ruled and
. Judge Of . Good Picture.

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4 Cvstoner Hard to suit. Easily Ruled and
Judge Of . Good Picture.
''Now. smile-' said the photographer
to q solemn-faced customer who had
just sat down to get his picture taken.
He smiled. In . while the picture was
brought to him for his approval. He
said at once that it would not do, as it
made him look like = grinning clown
of the circus. TRY again." said the
photographer, ''and now put ON your
most amiable expression, such as you
have when you meet your friends y
The customer, anxious to do the proper
thing, tried to think of his family at
home, and looked rs amiable as pos
sible. The product Of the artists skill
was soon presented TO him, but he de-
clared he would not take it, rs it was
the likeness of q hypocrite. "You are
hard to suit" observed the phOtOgra-
pher, ''but let us try once more, and
now please to look just natural" Tho
customer sat upright and strove to do
as he was told. The photographer
showed him the picture, (which"
said the customer, makes me look
like . blank blockheadr' The Gus
toner had got excited, and sprang from
his chair as he cried aloud: "You don't
know how to take . photograph. You
ought To-" Now" said the pho
tographer, in a decisive way, ''hold on
for one moment" The fourth picture
was taken at once rs the customer
stood with severe face, extended arm
and q spark in his eye. As soon rs he
beheld it he was happy.
That's the best photograph Of me
ever was seen; it is just myself" "Will
you take half a dozen?" asked the pho
tographer, in q business tone of voice,
'.at dollar apiece?'' "I'll take whole
dozen Of them," replied the customer,
as he gazed at his counterfeit present.
ment; .'and I'll send for more when
get back to Texas, where everybody
knows me. I want You to keep that
plate till my funeral, and 1 want you
to smash that grinning clown and that
spotted hypocrite and that wooden
blockhead. This pictures me; and a
man can't smile or look pleasant or be
natural unless he feels like it; and
feeling of that kind is not my ordinary
style. Will you need the money now
or wait till send it by mail?" PAY
on the spot is the rule Of this art es-
tablishment," announced the pho
tographer; six for five dollars" The
customer gazed at himself again
with admiration. The photographer
said it was splendid pict-
ure, true to life. The customer
promised he would soon return with
the money. The photographer told
him he could not leave the place
without making a deposit. The Gus
toner said he would not stand the in
suit. and struck an attitude Of defiance.
Hold on . minute. urged the photog-
rapher, IS he got ready to take an
other picture of the man. who then
looked like q maniac on the rampage.
The customer left the place, fearful of
q snapshot, which the photographer
might have used to send him to the
The twain met again next day in the
gallery. The photog-
rapher looked askancc. The custom
er said he had come to get q new pic
ture of himself with smile on. The
told him the copies of
the photograph taken the previous day
were ready for delivery, cash in ad-
vance. The customer gazed once more
at the picture. which the photographer
had put in shipshape by fixing up
the eyes and the mouth and the
and the raised arm in .
way that caused the original to
THAT looks just like me when
I feel like it; but hereafter I'd like to
try one of our native artists down in
Texas" The photographer smiled.
The customer told him that his sneer
was an insult to the state of Texas,
which would cost him his life If he ever
met him down there. The Photographer
got scared. The customer swore that
he would not pay for the pictures, and
got hot again. The photographer
stepped to the telephone pipe and spoke
low. A policeman entered the gallery
while the customer was venting his
mind. The photographer charged him
with attempting to defraud, threaten
ing to kill and breaking the peace. The
law breaker had to 60 with the con to
the station house.
This Texan had given proof that he
Is man of inhammatory nature, and
vet he evidently had better discern
ment than the photographer of the es-
sential purpose of facial expression in
The art Of photogrsphy.-N. Y. Sun.