Evening star., 1901-03-09
JOBSoN'S PHOTOGRAPHS

| The seats taken by the Jobsons for the
view OF the inaugural pageant were in a
window Of a Photographic studio. They ar
| rived at the photographers some time be-
fore noon on Inauguration day. and the
sight Of the photographs displayed on the
walls and in the show cases of the recep-
ton room gave Mr.. Jobson an idea
This" said he to Mrs. Jobson. would be
good occasion for us to have some pic
lures made. Couldn't be better. It's
been about eight years since 1 was photo
graphed. even If YOU have had that opera
ton performed three or four times a year,
and L don't suppose / ever would face a
camera again IL had to make separate
expedition to a photograph gallery. What
kindH We have takenr"
We'll, really" replied Mrs. Jobson, In a
mildly demurring tone. You know L
dressed so hurriedly, and in such old things.
this morning, on account of the weather,
| that I'd so much rather wait until some
other time, so that
so that you can prink and primp your
| self to look about nineteen years of age. 1
suppose" snapped Mr.. Jobson. so that
you can get pictures taken thatu give your
relatives out in the far west the idea that
you're getting two years younger every
year. and that at the present time You look
like young woman Just out OF Vassar.
and about forty-two years younger than
your husband. eh? Is that your idea? Is
that
Not at ALL" said Mrs. Jobson: but It's
natural for. a woman to like to look her
best when she's photographed, and"
Yes. but it's not natural for woman to
graphed," cut in Mr.. Jobson II suppose
Mrs. Jobson, that there are several hum
dred photographs Of You kicking around
the house. and not one of 'em looks any
more like you than 1 look like the Apollo
Belvidere. They all look like fancy pictures
of actresses who've spent several hours In
making up their eyebrows and in busting
on their countenances with flour and In
scattering red lead over their features.
II want to be pictured just as / am,
without one plea, and 1 don't want the
man that springs the camera on me to try
to bamboozle me into the idea that / look
like leading man I'm a society show.
Wen just sit for some photographs now,
Mrs. Jobson, and I'll be willing to bet big
money that the pictures'll be the most nat
ural We ever had taken, because We
haven't lain awake nights trying to think
out schemes for beautifying ourselves and
decorating ourselves to appear as we are
not"
Mrs. Jobson had 10 agree, OF course. Mr.
Jobson was so determined that she should
not have chance to do any surreptitious
making up" that he watched her narrow
ly, and when she essayed to run for a mo-
ment into the ladies' dressing room-%no
doubt with the idea of using the powder
puf-he called her back.
Now, SIR" said he to the photographer
when they ascended to the operating room
Tets have no foolishness about this.
We're plain folks and We want to be taken
just as We look in real life, without any
idiotic ornamentation," etc.-in short. he
addressed the operator just in the manner
that operators particularly dislike on the
part of sitters
Mrs Jobson had the first sitting, and
! the operator took a lot of pains with her
He gently applied the powder pun to her
grayish hair so that the high light would
| bring it out in a sort of Rembrandt effect
and he also used "a plaEp-l1n rencil
her eyebrows, Mr.. Jobson meantime wait
ing in the next room. Mrs. Jobsou hastily
removed these evidences of makeup" be-
fore the operator summoned Mr.. Jobson
for his sitting.
Mr.. Jobson had certain ideas of his own
as to how photograph ought to be taken
which he did not hesitate to express to
the operator, who, only having been taxi
ing Photographic negatives for a matter OF
a quarter of a century or SO, could not be
expected to know much about II. Mr.. job
son utterly declined to permit the photogra-
pher to fix a head rest behind his head.
and when the operator mildly suggested
that Mr.. Jobson might improve his appear
ance by going to the glass and arranging
his somewhat tousled hair Mr.. Jobson was
quick to call him down.
my hair is fixed all right to suit me-" he
answered testify. II don't want to look
like an Italian barber. 1 don't wear nv
hair plastered down nowadays, and never
will. I think 1 observed to you that L
| wanted to be photographed the way 1 look
every day. Just you fire ahead the way
I'm sitting now and you'll make no mis-
take, so far as I'm concerned"
So the operator shrugged his shoulders
slightly, and, getting the proper focus on
Mr.. Jobson as he sat with his shoulders
bent forward, his hair sticking up and an
expression Of terrible ferocty on his fea--
lures. he pressed the bulb and told Mr.
Jobson that that would be all: that the
proofs would be ready on Thursday.
Mrs. Jobson was sitting in an easy chair
looking at the proofs and family smiling
when Mr.. Jobson came home from the office
on Thursday afternoon. She quickly erased
the smile from her features and handed the
proofs to Mr.. Jobson without a word. Mr.
Jobson took them to a window and exam
fned them. Mrs. Jobson's were about the
best pictures she had ever had made. Both
OF the poses We're easy and graceful. the
lighting was admirable. and in general Mrs.
Jobson showed up on the proofs as an ex-
ceedingly handsome and well-preserved wo-
man. Mr.. JobSon, having declined the use
of the head rest, had moved when both OF
his negatives were exposed. his attitude was
that of man with extremely round shoul-
ders straining to look through the bars
of prison cell. and his tousled hair and
vindictive expression added to the general
ly calamitous effect which the two proofs
produced upon the beholder.
Mr.. Jobson examined his proofs for half
a minute without word with a darkening
countenance. Then he turned to Mrs. job
son with an expression of awful calm.
Madam" he said. this is the end. This
Is positively and finally the end. 1t was
not enough that you should hatch a con-
spiracy to get me to have my photograph
taken against nay will when 1 was feeling
badly. But when you put up a Job with
that Photographic sharp to have him make
caricature of me that resembles a Gagged
gorilla in an advanced stage of consump-
ton you pass the limit / shall make eoui-
table arrangements for your maintenance
but from this moment you may consider
that this establishment is as good as broken
upr'
Partially Correcf nispnox;.