The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06
HE OBEYED.
But 1t Wasn't just the Kind of Picture
He Wanted.

But 1t Wasn't just the Kind of Picture
He Wanted.
When Mr.. ,Jilkins walked into the pho
geographic studio to get his picture taken,
he had some pronounced ideas on how he
wanted TO look. His idea of the situation
was to have his head screwed around to
the half profile, his eyes wide open and his
lips firmly compressed, so to give him
an air of dete Rlination, in his picture at
any rate, if he did not have it at home
He took his friend Munner with him to
show that gentleman his ideas on the pho
tographic art.
They bought a ticket from naughty
young woman on the ground floor and
then strolled blithely up stairs where the
camera was A man with a pointed yell
low beard covered with brillantine, a sus-
picion of rouge upon his cheeks and wear
ing velvet coat and a silk smoking cap
opened the door. Jilkins handed him the
ticket, and he and Munner were both 60
ing in when the artist stopped the last
named.
None but the sitter is allowed in, he
said sourly. You ought to have sense
enough to know that. You had better go
down on the sidewalk and wait for your
friend"
Arguments were of no avail, and Mum
ner skunk back to the street. Jilkins be-
gan to feel less blithe. He suddenly no.
ticed sign on the wall reading; Artists
will take no back talk from the public.
Artists will decide how parties shall pose
and will allow no sort of suggestion or in
reference from half baked customers. All
persons violating this rule or these rules
will be arrested.
Jilkins, however, ventured to say mild
" to the artist, Il would like to respect
fully indicate my preference for the sort
OF pose 1 desire. -
The man glared at him contenptuously
and then suddenly demanded, Are you
an artist, sir!''
No, am not. Jilkins faltered, 'but
I thought
Like your impudence to thinkp' yelled
the photographer. Il want to tell you,
though, that if you are not an artist am
and no artist of dignity allows himself to
be dictated to by client, at least no artist
in the Photographic line. Artists decide
upon the poses, and those people who are
not satisfied can please themselves.
Now" the photographer continued,
''you say you desire right profile. Well,
you can't have it. If you had not suggest
ed it. might have selected it myself. but
! for mo to accept suggestion from you
| would be tacit admission that you know
more than do, and no artist-and am
| an artist, would have you know-could
| permit such a thing"
''All right" said Jilkins resignedly.
"I've paid for the things, and 1 suppose
| might as well have them your way, but
next time 1 want pictures made I'm going
to a journeyman photographer who will
do as tell him. -
Then the artist photographer slowed Jill
! kins around few times until he felt like
chicken with a dislocated neck and
eventually made two pictures of him.
| Then he bowed to his client in very con-
descending manner and said, Now, how
much better it was, wasn't it, that you
left it to the artist?''
Not much" calculated Jilkins. THE
fact is that 1 particularly wanted a por
trait of my right profile to show to a jury.
was hit ON the cheek by man with q
cotton hook, and 1 am suing him for dam
ages, and my lawyer sent me to get pho
tograph of my face The pictures yoT
have made may be artistic, but they arr
absolutely worthless to me. l am sorry
that your ideas of art prevent you from
catering to your customers.
Then he walked coldly out into Eight
zenith street, with thoughtful look upoI
his face-New York Herald.