The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-26
A TIME EXPOSURE.
be Travelling Man Tells Story of
Guileless PhOtographer.

Te Travelling Man Tells Story of =
Guileless photographer.
las a rule" remarked the drummer
i Photographic supplies to the photo
Graph man, in the Star mans hearing,
am willing to accept your state
iNent that photographers don't play as
MANY tricks on the trade as some other
PEOPLE do, but there are exceptions"
We'll. | never heard of one" said the
he wanted to butt the drummer off the
he of argument.
fLet me give you an example" said
the drummer, seating himself comfort
ably. "Not so many years ago l had !
trifnd who was anxious to buy photo
graph gallery in a southern city, and
having quite solid little wad of wealth
he was prepared to supply himself with
something handsome. Being a first
class artist as well, he knew that when
he did get what he wanted he would
know what to do with it. Well, he had
ms to look out for him on my trips,
ae1 in a month or so l picked up in
osse of the large southern cities an adj
vettisement by photo man who want
eHto sell out on account of poor health.
fThe ad. read well, and my friend
wfote to the man at once, and was so
pfased with what he was told that he
fi4ally came to see the party. 1t was
arranged by the seller that the pur-
chaser should be there on one of three
daks-1Oth, 18th and 18th of July | be-
ss,. as he was too busy to see him at
ANY other time, but thought he might
have little resting spell then. My
friend got there on the 10th. and went
to the gallery as soon as he had break
fast. which was about ten o'clock. 4
half dozen people were in the place
waiting, and the artist only had time
to tell him to call at noon. He did so,
and there were more people, and the
time was put off till three, and then
again till five, and it kept going that
way for two days and up to noon of the
third day.
''Then the photographer said it was
n shame to keep him waiting longer
evening if he had to shut up shop to do
it. OF course. by this time my friend
was more than convinced that he had
hit on a bonanza, and he was ready to
pay almost any price the party might
ask. To make the place more attractive
to my friend he had observed that most
of the visitors to the gallery were judges
and majors and colonies and that sort,
and their ladies. Well, the bargain
was closed and my friend got out that
night and was back again in ten days
ready to carry on the good work of his
successor, whose health prevented his
enjoying such pecuniary snap"
"And, of course, he got bargain ?"
interrupted the photograph man.
"Oh, did hep" sneered the drummer.
ooh, that artist didn't do a thing to
him, did he? My friend didn't get two
customers week, and couldn't coax
them to him, and he just dropped s., 900
cool on the job. And why. friends and
fellow-citizens? concluded the drum
mer, in semi-tragic tones, land why .
Because that innocent and guileless
photographer had worked up a boom
for those three days by sending out in
vltations to lot of prominent people
to'oome in on those days and he would
take their photographs free Of course,
they came. Did anybody ever refuse
anything that was free, and especially
when it was chance to have their pic
lures taken? Well. I guess not" And
the drummer handed his handkerchief
TO the photograph man for him to wipe
his weeping eyes Washington
Star.