Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-01-18
CHIP AND HIS CAMERA.
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which ne took during nIs nn' ~
weeks were about ~ dreadiui a. Gou.u
b imagined BY Q man with = o.sns.
mare. but the customers were not NJ
critics; besides, Chip's pieces weto
cheap. and he was the only man ID tne
business. % he made Q little money
from the very start, which ID more tnen
come Of the worlds greatest art'ss
have done.
The young photographed mao : eooo
head for business, too; he DID NOT ses up
q studio ana smoke bad TOBACCO snu
grumble about the dullnese OF ouel'
ness. He took his whole KIT ~ nls
hands and roamed about the country.
In search Of people who no thought
would be the most likely customer
farmers with horses which they
thought would cell we'll In the city II
dealers could know how they looked;
women who thought their babies were
the prettiest that ever lived. and young
people who were In love with eacn
other, Sand who, therefore. wanted to
exchange pictures.
Anyone who has tried amateur pho.
Biography knows that there are many
clips tween the cup and the lip" or.
to speak more to the point, between tine
plate and the finished picture. There
ere about 20 many ways Of spelling
characters, and Chip, without meaning
70 do anything Of the kind, tried them
all.
Practice makes perfect. 20. IN the
course Of time. Chip found himself
clearing about q a day, which was q
lot Of money for anyone to earn IN thnt
part Of the country.
Little by little he learned that por
traits Of young people were the most
profitable mart of the business. and hs
BEGAN to be smart enough to take the
pictures Of pretty girls on credit or for
nothing. trusting to luck to nnd out
which young man was first or most
'gone" on each girl. Then he would
ofIer the young man. In strict conn.
.dence, to get him the girls portrait at
the customary price.
Chip tried the system In reverse
that 10, by "taklng" some Of tho more
VORUtWV yVuu8 sSCse ssuSsssso ~ T"
them Oh upon susceptible girls. but
somehow this plan did not amount to
much.
Either the girls hadn't any money
which 10 quite likely. or. still more 500
~. they didn't want young mems races
badly enough to pay for them, 20 Chir
gave II up 40 bad Job and left bis lat
est plates OF young men to 10 devei
oped when he had nothing else to 90
One OF these undeve!oped plates wa,
OF Frank Wilscy, the best'looking and
the most popular store clerk In the VII
lage. Almost any girl would pay
cent q yard extra for material for
calico dress for the pleasure OF pur
chasing from Frank Wilsey, and sht
would walt an hour to be served By
Frank rather than buy OF the proprie
tor himself.
Frank was q great catch" IN the %
timation OF all the girls and their moth
-ars. and he became al the more 20 10
cause he declined to DO caught.
Suddenly. however In the way that tn
unexpected has OF turning up In evei
the least promising places. something
occurred which Get all the village girIl
to become Jealous and envIous. Som'
people who seemed to be rich, for the!
were travelling by carriage. with tw'
servants In a buggy following. wer'
obliged to stop In the village and call
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