The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-21
D0BLEY ON PHOTOGRAPHS.
MRS. DOBLEY Also INDUCES IN
SOME kMIyISCENCES.

Adelaide has Just written that she would lk. TO
have rs send our photographs have ono, but
! don't think theirs are any Of yours left Hadn't
you better have some taken"
In n group'" asked Dobley.
"liow DO you mean said Mrs Dobley
why. one Of those family pictures in which
I occupy a beautifully upholstered armchair
In the centre Of the foreground. smoking n cigar
with my nat on Will, you stand tmidly by my
sida, n littl. To the rear, with your 1--WE fingers
o~utspread on my shoulder, your wedding ring
don, in gil, and n range Of mountains showing
in the background"
'Oh. nonsense
"No. really, I've always thought we ought TO
have one Of those. They illustrate the dominance
Of man and the subsection Of woman in the do
nestle state more simply. yet explicitly, than
anything ! have ever seen"
why not drop In a, Drynlms and have some
taken
"You might just az well suggest thatI should
drop in and he electrocuted." said Mr.. Dobiey.
Il regard both processes as similarly trying"
do you mean that you won't have them doney
asked Mrs. Doblcy.
There is one sort Of photograph that l have
always longed for besides the mountain group"
said Dobley. "DashemoI who writes ads for a
dry goods house has had som and he keeps one
at the Office on his desk in a silver frame. II
represents Dashemoff in a velvet smoking Jacket
seated at a tabs with books, writing materials
and a student lamp upon it. Dashemof Is lean
ing on the tabs with one arm, his forehead
resting upon his hand which holds a pen, and his
eyes fastened on a scroll Of manuscript which he
has in the other hand.
"A sort Of literary pose?" said Mrs Dobley.
But that's not all" said Dobley. Al his
feet, seated in n half-kneeHng position, is Mrs.
Dashemon, her eyes fastened on DashemoGs
fac in an adoring, yet entirely respectful man
ner. I've always liked that picture. II is not
quite 50 good rs the mountain group, but it is a
close second"
81 wish you would talk sense, Mr.. Dobley. "
said Mrs Dobley, and let me know what | am
20 write to Aunt Adelaide. On. would think
that getting pho,ogr ap hcd was a terrible ordeal "
1T has always been SO 10 me, said Mr.. Iobley,
ever since as an infant only a few months old |
was Invested Of all my clothing without being
consulted as to my views Of such proceeding and
was seated IN a fur rug and expected 10 look
pleasant while an idiotic photog rapher danced
around shaking a rattle AT me and mutterng
unintelligibly."
Il should like TO sec one Of those photographs
said Mrs Dobley. 1T is difficult to imagine you
as an infant On a rug"
Il presume you would, Mrs Dobley. but !. like
many other persons who were too much photo
graphed in their childhood by adcring relatives,
have spent most Of my time going about sur
tepuu"uSly destroying ,he* interesting sou,
N'lhrS Inc iut-tug pose IL inc nrst PERIOD OF
the Photographic mania"
Il was never pho,og raphed on a fur rug said
MIS- I'nbley' bui men oil course my fanny nave
nplpr Gln "a n N GtFair nt lluary'
but lhai pho'nsisph when was taken OF you
a'the age OF SIX III the costume OF a ihify WIN a
basket 81 roses IN one halid ana me hem OF your
lrOch IN the uintr, iou 40 NJ mean 10 say mat
frequently said that, you, would destroy II II l
dld not keep ~ locked III the sale
Yes the pose is so unnatural SAID MIS- Dob
ley,
1T is Delsartean grace and the very truthful.
ness oi arr cpmpared O on" Wnich regret
10 say still exists, taken when | was nine, repre-
seu,ing a small boy in his nrs, suit Of knicter-
bockcrs with his h ands IN his pockets and an
expression OF imbeclie vacancy induced by tao
to be al legs; il IIhsd really looked ike that dime
museum managers, would have snapped
me up and kidnapped me iof show purposes
said Mrs Dobley, Tor, you see, the costume marks
the era eni folks know Just how old you must
bel { you were a little CIR when they wore such a
pretty me which had Of myself seated on a bank
Of flowers wearing. an ernlnc tippet and muff.
There was a church spirc in the distance and II
was a nice picture, but that ermine tlppet and
null were as good as a date tackled on the corner.
Then | was a big girl for my age. and
People always think The worst said Mr Dob.
ley, but il is a fact that this photograp hic craze
goes through different stages Parents and
relatives develop IL and when a youngSter passes
from The stage where his folks have pictures taken
of him he is rabid 10 have them taken Of himself.
Perhaps the most amusing is the tintype age"
!ect having one taken with my first beau, We
were both about fifteen and we went t. a church
picnic where we spent the day planning To elope.
We resolved that we should leave a memento
10 our parents, so we had n I lntype taken in which
We we're seated on a rustic bench with n space
between US In which our hands were clasped
firmly, We were both looking distantly at the
landscape with an affected expression Of indif-
fersnce On our faces. II was a beautifully young
picture"
Il rememb, having 4 tintype taken once"
said Mr.. Dobley, drenmi!y, with n girl that | met
on q merry go-round at Coney Island. When
l saw her FIRST she was seated on an ostrich; l
was on an elephant at the outer side OF the circle
There was something in the Oriental style OF
our driving that established a chord Of sympathy
between us, 80 we Immediately went out and
had our tintypes taken. l worn her hat, I can
remember, and she had mine which was an elabor-
ate straw sailor with a gaudy band She was a
very pretty girl; had beautiful blue eyes, I recol-
lect, but she Insisted on chewing gum"
What was her name said Mrs Dobley.
Il never knew her real name" said Mr. Dobley,
Il called her Lulu and she called me Willie Wump"
Il never expected that you had any such hid
den romances," said Mrs Dobley.
"Only Photographic ones, my dear" said Mr.
Dohlpy, and NOT 10 have had A tinty pa taken
without seeing the Sphinx. Cuney Island Is
The home Of the tintype And thnt reminds