The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-09
THE MANY TROUBLES
OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER
This Is His Bosy Season, and He Is Fortifyinp Him
sell With All Sorts of Drugs.
Copyright, 1902. by Samuel WilIetts.)

| The photographer shook some tiny
pellets from a vial, cooked one eve
and-'1ooked pleasant"
Nerve tonic" be observed. as he
| solemnly swallowed the remedy" Get.
| ting ready for my busy season. II / am
not a wreck by the morning Of Deem
Der %, it won't be the fault of my Gus.
| toners.
Talk about troubles. II 1 were tc
| sit down and think of mine. I'd &c
crazy, but I've learned to look upon the
funny side of my daily round with sit
tiers.
IF all my sitters were men, it would
be easy. Very few men are urged tc
photographers studio by motives
of vanity. Usually. they do it to oblige
an adoring family. or they are in the
public eye and being photographed
is part of their business. Women
and children are a worry, but a man
generally takes what you give him and
don't haggle about price.
The person who makes me most tir-
ed Is the woman who wants $15-a-doz-
en-work for $500 She is what we call
cheap people
Men expect to have their pictures
look like them. Women expect to be
idealized. A photographer must be hair
dresser, dressmaker and tailor. Also, he
must be a surgeon in order to correct
on the negative any defects, trifiing or
otherwise, in the sitter's physique.
Superfious flesh on the waist line,
neck, shoulders or hip must be re-
ranUad On tho nfhnr
man is scrawny. with hills and VAL
leys on her neck and shoulders, and
wrinkles galore, all these excavations
must be filled out. Such trifies as
Strengthening crooked noses, reducing
freckles and inserting a cupid's bow
in incorporating lips are entirely
within the photographers province. II
girl is too short to be Gibsonesque,
stand her on a book, which Is careful
too long for her.
localized Pictures Profitable.
"But the one thing that tries a pho
tographer's soul is to have a woman
of 35 or 40 bring in the very photo
graph she wants. an ideal head of a
girl OF IS or 20, requesting that her pic
ture be posed, draped and lighted Just
like this The photographer, of course,
always does this.
I'm the long run, 1t is best for us
to idealize pictures. 1t is surprising
the number of plain people who possess
strong characters and desire honest
likenesses. They insist that they shall
not be fiattered and so sacrifice the
photographer That is, while they are
satisfied with the likeness, their
friends, with the best intentions, find
fault with the pictures because they
are not pretty to look upon, and in
pleasing the one customer who didn't
want flattery, the photographer loses
several prospective ones.
Occasionally we have the Fnisfor-
tune to pose an effeminate man, and
he is worse than the vainest woman
He is fussy as to his attire, the curl
Of his mustache, the curve of his eye
brows, the set of his tie, and he inva-
riably insists upon showing whatever
jewelry he possesses. He follows the
standard established by country peo-
pie, largely on their wedding journeys,
who go In for display of new jewelry
that is almost barbaric In its profu-
sion. The woman in the case always
has a chain and a locket that must be
in evidence, a brooch which must be
conspicuous, and her watch is pinned
to the upper right hand corner of her
chest by an enamled pin. One hand
VIII be literally covered with rings and
If by any chance ! reverse the pose 80
that the other hand shows, milady
from Waybaek promptly changes the