The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-19
CASEY AND THE SALON.

n QUO woman, said casey. tux
tn noshun wus t make a pitcher of tn
We, bein' noshun of Mary AIMS. / got
tn kid in tn room with tn baywindy
where tn loight is good an spint two
hours tryin' { get her L set shtill in hit
rockin' chair long enough L get tn TO-
Gus. Thin, whin ! OF focused an tn
plate howlder in an had Jist squazed tn
bulb, tn kid laned forwards an / closed
tn shuther as she fill of tn chair. l
swcre be all tn saints d make no more
pitchers OF tn kid an l didn't, but divil-
iped tn wan plate an. made a print It
was very bum. Tn ould woman sez-but
there, I'm wanderin,. Some tonne afther
thot l. whit L Chicagy [ get some iron
work an took tn camera along { make
some pitchers of a big city T. show tn
kids. Wan day l wus dooue be tn
Clark strate bridge an thinkin t make a
pitcher of the canal they call tn river
set tn camera up on tn rail, put in a
plate howlder, sit tn shuther, pulled tn
sloide an wus goin' t make III expo
sure, whin a tn comes putin out from
uncher tn bride an not wantin' L sphoil
tn pitcher I waited fur tn tn { pass from
me soight. Lanin' me ilbow on tn rail l
pressed tn bulb an hod t turn tn
bowldher t make tn river because tn
shuther opined an shpoiled tn plate
That plate wus diviljped with tn rist
whin / got home and 1 made print of 1t
jist fur L say how she looked Wan day
l wus shown me Chicagy pitchers { tn
gang at noon, whin along comes tn arch
ytict en- tn job. What's this SEE he.
Pitchers, seq l. handin' him tn bunch.
Whin he come L tn wan / shpoilt be
pressin' tn bulb whin tn tug was passin',
he hid 1t off an thin loked closter. thin
sit it up furninst tn house an looked
again. It's gr-rats,' SEE he, What.
seq I. TIL pitcher seq he. Which
wan?' seq /. This, SEE he howldin' up
tn sphoilt wan. The composishun.' SEE
he, is perfect an tn subject SEE he. is
Will handel an tells its own story SEE
he. IT'S full of atmosphere. SEE he.
How yez amy more like this?' SEE he.
Not now SEE I. / may how had some
avin worse seq l. but I threw thin
away III go over t tn house. SEE he,
an look yer prints over SEE he. All
roight, SEE !, an We wint.
He shuffled a lot of ould prints an
whin he come t tn wan where Gladys
fill out of tn chair, he SEE, This will do,
SEE he. Now, Casey seq he. TIL Camera
Club is goin' t how a saloon 'Hoorah
fur tn club seq 1; TIL only things they
made over there SEE !, is a bar an
swimmin' pool seq !, an now if they
get tn bar SEE mo, no" SEE he. yez
don't understand seq he. Come over
t tn club seq he, an I'll show We,
seq he, how t inlarge thin. seq he, an
we can inter thin fur tn saloon seq he.
Anyhow 1 wint an afther usin' twinty-
swim eight be tin plates an maxim thirty
thray prints We got two pitchers that
would make throypod throw fifit. tn
archytict SEE they wus foine an gam
bin, on his talk | spint money fur tn
frames an stint thin t tn saloon comfy.
The saloon comfy knows nothin' bout
mixin' drinks. as L furst thought. but
wus sed t be foine feleys fur pitchers.
tho begod they must bin full of mixed
drinks whin they picked out tn pitchers
t hang on tn wall, fur me two intries
were there with lot of other vans that
must hov bin made with this Inns thay
call tn pinhole. Tn comfy wus all noice
lookin' doods, an l guess they all was
tachers in tn infant class in Sunday
school, because they talked of gums, an
tn effects of bad early trainin an fizzy
wuzzies an a lot more baby talk. TIL
critic on tn mornin' paper wus there an
hoy in tn slip of paper here tn things
he sed of me pitchers. TIL two intries
of Mr.. Casey it SEE, are marvellous tx
amples of tn lingths t which photo
graphy has attained 'Tis printed here
what I'm radin', moind yet which
photography has attained. OF perfect
achavemint is Mr.. Caseys porthrait of a
choilG. Mr.. Casey has sounded a perfect
note betwane subjict an idea an trait
mint. 1t .raqoires moore coorage than
most Photographers hov to attimpt por-
trait in such severely simple mode, t
put behoind wan th't imptashun t sake
aids tc success in backgrounds, drapery
an longhtin. The modein' an fish tones
are charmin'. TIL pose of tn figure is
good, but errs some in givin too broad a
hint thot tn model is in fact posed. Wan
moight be timpted t think this pitcher
tn rasult of chanst If it We're not fur tn
intinse artistic instinct shown in Mr..
Casey's ither inthry, TIL River.
Casey folded the clipping carefully, put
it away in a large wallet, and after
wiping his mouth with the back of his
hand. gazed at me silently. AS he slowly
got up to go ne asked:
HOY yez tonne [ go out and dhrink {
tn combustion of tn ninnies of art?'-
Harry c. Ribincam.