The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15

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emily, and wearing fiat hceled shoes and other
exterior evidences Of female regeneration, saun-
Il have come for my photograph said she to
the reception room young woman in a hard, mat
girl dug the photographs out of u big pile and
pulled one OF them out Of the envelope to show To
the h "usIomG The S,ronF laced woman looked
she Inquired, haughtly This looks about as
oh, but the finished pictures always look
difetent--muoh better than the proofs you know"
said the reception room young woman, with some
surprise on her face
DO you suppose for a moment. young woman,
that ! came here to get pictures that hatter me-
asked the woman with the lined face, do l
look like such a perfect fool as that? Where is
there any character in it? Am | such putty
face l,makcs me look ten years younger than
But" interposed the girl behind the desk
the retouchcr has erased the lines, Most ladies
prefer their pictures 10 make them look wee bit
younger and | am sure none of them cares to
have the Crows feet -"
woman" was the chilly reply Il acquired them
in good cause. ] shall not take these photo
sn@ nPs sns al and infe sa IT,
understanding with the operator that he is not
to fattcn and puff out and beautify my cnuntc
| nance The camera stamps me as am, and ! IN
not going To have any lying portraits | shall
return for another sitting tomorrow afternoon 3"
and the regenerated woman stalled out
Now. did you ever in yopr life'" exclaimed
| the reception room girl after she had gone "A
woman who wants TO look as old as she is, and as
A stout, puffy. matrun Of fifty or more leading
shivering little Chihuahua dog by a chain,
founced in just at this point
Mercy ne those stairs she painted. Got
my pictures ready, my dear
The young woman handed the pictures over
10 the stout matrun taking one out Of the envelope
usual. To- show the finish The stout matron
examined the picture ntently for fully ten seconds
before she said n word
81 may as Well res IN myself 10 it," she said
tbs then il, mourniu'Ih, 81 ; an fat am h9rslessly
she spet the VOID out clinchnay Il Was Ga '
ing after all the reduction thingsI took, that
these pictures would show a little falling off but
else, You can't help it, dcaric am simply a
IA T. fat old woman, and that's all there is about
il Here's the rest Of the money. Come Dewey
and hauling ncM"y, along by his chain, She passed
out detected with her pictures
loose iointcd sarpy,fac,e.ll Young man, overly
gS;utf6 down in g0uL shH"
woman in n misht man about town manner. "of
| chap in e morning snt-good looking duck -
! standing easy like. y'Inow. Want to get a couple
| dozen Just like that fellows"
| coat butt"nrd up eight by ten size" inquired
Yes, thsts it," answered the loose iointed
That's NJ, IumqoHs S SS5 tTmGnionTns a
much admired You may explain To the opera tor
| that You want one just likcn
The young man assembled the steps to the oper-
atIg room.
. But you'll have to be born again before
you'll get one just like it, or anything whatever
likeit, said the girl, finishing the sentence in an
undertOne 10 her visitor
Hes specimen Of a good many Of the young
men nowadays, she went on. They want pOr.
traits OF themselves just like the pictures Of we'll
known men ot the theatre OF course, they never
get them, Theatrical men. you know. have a
way OF falling into easy poses it's part Of their
business or profession. or whatever you call il -
and that's why they ALWAYS make such first rate
Photographic subjects The operator doeSn t
have 10 pose them at all. They know Just wha t
they want, and no doubt good many Of the pro.
fesSional men rehearsr the poses they want before
their mirrors and when they come here 10 pose
they are no trouble at all The young men see
! these pictures and become fired with ambition to
have themselves taken the same way. They
don't know anything about posing themselves
but they think they do, and stuhbornty protest
when the operator tries Ia prevent them from
making ninnics 81 themselves Some Of the
results are very funny They try to look hai. ghtv
or trayical, or intense or Byrunical. and only
succeed most Of en-, in looking ridiculous