The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15
CAMERA BRAND OF VANITY.
TRAITS or CHARACTER SEEN IN
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY
An Attendant Say, Young Men are the Worst


With Certain Old Men Not Far Behind
Tho Young Fellow With His First Dress
Subtitle Fat Woman Eager to Look Thin.
The reception room young woman in the photo
graphic studio was sporting" bakers dozen OF
cabinet bust ivoryettcs Of young man In dress
coat. She did what she could with the fine camel's
hair brush toward simplifying the right sidc OF
the young mans non assertive blonde mostache
The strong light on the right side Of the young
mans face had practically ehaccd the mustache
on that side and the reception room young woman
was doing the best she could with the brush 10
fix him out with complete upper lip hrsute ap-
pendage
Hell kick, anyway. when he secs them" she
said, chcerfuy Il can't you know. ink that
side too much, or it'll show on the prints even
after they've been FURNISHED; and then, you
couldn't exactly call that mustache Of his mill
tsTy mustachc, could you? The right side Of his
mustache didn't show at all the proof and
the poor boy looked pretty glum over it. lie
seemed TO blame me for IT, too and the moro he
talked about ii tho moro put out no became
told him the strong light was responsible l
wanted SO badly to ask him why he didn't dye
his mustache black il no wanted It to show. But
Of course couldn't do that | appcased him
after u while however, by telling him that tho
mustache would be restored in all it's luXuriant
beauty on tho finished prints fear I've made
the rght side OF his mustache trine larger on
some OF the prints IMAM on Others but m IN hopes
ne "oht nonce 'hs' Hell probably be so rapt
In contemplation OF tho portrait Of his first dress
coat
How do you know 1t is his first dress coat?"
the reception room young woman was asked
"Oh, that's easy" was her reply. Il should
say mat about eight out OF ten young men get
han
SUIT They feel that they look SO perfectly killing
In their hrsl dress suit, you know, that they Just
can't resist the temptation to hand themselves
down 10 posteri'y thus arrayed. may have a
distorted sense OF humor, but 1t always strikes
me as funny when young man walks in here
lugging dlstresslhgly now ana unsoiied SUIT
case really feel That often smile on such oc-
casions. Most OF the young men drop In during
the noon hour To nave negatives made oil Their hrst
Dress sui's Ana 'he iehg'h oil ume IL taxes 'hem
10 NIX up IN the dressing fooms' lhey drag 'heir
Dress SUIT cases down TO their stores or Offices in
the morning you see. and feel perfectly conf
dent that most oil them have to go without their
noon iuhchcs IN order 10 get their dress SUITS pic
'ufed. why the other noon nice looking young
man IN a Clean SUIT OF blue oVcrahs came IN win
MS drcss SUIT case. lie wanted some DUST pic
lures OF MS evening coat and wnis,coat got a
glimpse OF him when he emerged from the dressing
ROOM ready Tor the operator swaliowtall
coat and blue oversiIs! 1t was such funny
combination! lie Told me he was shipping
clerk AT dry goods house couple OF blocks
down ana tha' eAplaihed 'he oNetai!S. vi course
the oNefa''S uidh Sfo" IN the ihc'ure-ohly 'he
coat anu "aiA'coa' anu hhl''-auu 'iieh' INC young
man features 700 you KNOW
Ihe inference beihg' then 'hat young men are
vain ana -
am Ihc reception room young woman
iaug muS'c"'Iy' WY! the VANITY OF women
ism circumstance 10 'he towering, monumental
VANITY OF neil Ana nov 'he young men atone
ei'her II anything beleVe me middle aged
ana eiuefis men arc Naihct 'iah me young ones
Niei'y me o"' solno VI 'n' Hu .UuS''S A'' 'oi'
'e''el' NN!' you toa.'s "ou'un o'''e'r
iiei nHri"'i"h VI !"S' "i"' her N's''"' "o"'uh
oeHr'' was ny INC entrance u 9ho''
Po'"S ma" VI 'iN's Vi wan ,"'pi'"
"ni'c sue ",iShefs' searching eye ana p"l
oouS nose nc wore s"Hgser E'DS "iroa' anu
cream ,o,0.,u SUI nav nc was a.. SHINES dn'
he ai"eu VIC ''Ppe' n"'u i'"ii VI ''o i''"ii"h
room young woman win manifest admiration,
"Ah, little one--cr--bcg pardon--I didn't quite
..oh ,,,,. nn,o .oid e. ,,a,,,,ia,s ,,r =, ~,
, , go N"A' '"'u ''' ""o"'e "p W vac
desk and leaning hi" hands on 1t IN killing pos
ture You have my proofs ready"
eS, replied me g''l oi'ins mo noN behind
'S u'NN' 4i''' 'HN GU NJ 'l''V Va 'H'ul aIc
excellent but the full face seems trife the best
a., ,,,,, ,bi,l"o All sr, .,,road ,,,, ,, 80,
ooi 70" 'iL'nh anu sue sP'rau "'' we proofs
for him He was perfectly willing apparently,
that her copper hair should be as close to his bald
head as the girl had TO bring il in order to show
neeu as 'le k''' nau " o'l.s " Ia a'ue' 70 hnV"
him the proofs. but his face screwed up when he
looked at the representations of his counter arcc
WIN what the dcv--o,-I mr,n--whv CO..
why, "na' N'o ue' in''" why, see
here Miss lDont Just Really our-Name. he
broke out holding one Of the proofs out at arm 3
irnS'n anu Sp'u''ei'is' u sc mean " WI h'o 'na'
this things portrait Of me"
well of course that's ONLY n proof Won know "
o;, ,lo ,.,,,,,, ,ror,., .nnoo,i,r,,, "rrb. 49,,
said 'hc young woman, appeashs'y' Inc I'M
finished picture after the negatives re,ouched,
will look entirely
but my dear child mean -er-uh-- can it
be possible IS il credible that look anything like
nat .ven at nv xro,stp" JIs ,noL bis ava
-, S, $50
of his nose and looked appea'ingly at the young
woman. Isn't il out OF the question that should
nr.sent sucb , horrible .xtcrior IN the world 40
- " ava, H''''' w Wv wa" -.
mat ana ms one Tile thtee quarter view My