St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-22
HAVE PICTURES TAKEN.
New Arrivals from Foreign Lands
; Seek the Photographic Soon
After Landing.

One of the first things that a new
conner from Europe wants to do after
he gets settled in America is to have his
picture taken. He is anxious for the
folks at home to see how he looks in
his new environment. As rule, says
the New York Herald, he does not show
up very we'll after his voyage and the
tussle with the immigration bureau. but
the chances are that he looks rather bet
ter than before he left home; so he
faces the camera with an air OF con-
idence and grim determinations.
The shop in which most of these ex-
patriates undergo the Photographic or
deal is at a convenient distance from
Battery landing. The photographer is
a man of polyglot tongue; hence he has
no difficulty in giving instructions to
the raw recruits that constitute the
larger part of his patronage. incidents
ally, he has an opportunity to study ra-
cial characteristics that come to light
when the subject is placed under fire
of the camera for the first time.
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trouble with the Italian man Of fam
lily. That is because neither the man
nor his wife nor his children nor any
person belonging to him will sit still
for half second at time. And. OF
course, the whole pack of relatives has
to be photographed in bunch. No Ital-
ian who intends to send his picture
home will consent to the exclusion of
one of his kinsfolk. The whole brood,
from grandmother down to the gurgling
infant, are lined up before the camera.
and when all begin to giggle at once
and to squeal the Italian equivalent for
'Oh, my" there is no question but that
the photographer is going to have a
pretty bad time.
The unacclimated Russian also
causes worriment. That is because he
insists upon striking such preposter-
Gus attitudes AS rule the man from
the ears dominions does not care a
farthing whether his women folks ap-
pear in the picture or not. In fact, il it
comes down to positive preference he
would rather they would stay at home.
or, failing that domestic virtue, that
they would be content to stand off in
the corner of the room and admire him.
That gives him more room to practice
his fantastic posing.
Swedish emigrants who visit the in
ternational photographer have two
pecuiiarities that rile the artists soul.
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ear to ear and they bill and coo inces-
sanity In Scandinavian circles at home
and abroad every Jack has his Jill from
whom he stoutly refuses to be divorced.
even in such crucial instances as
f1ashlight explosion; hence the express
sion of idiotic happiness that stirs the
unsentimental soul of the photographer
to desperate words and sometimes to
desperate deeds
For the same reason the man with
the camera has grudge against the
German contingent that visits his shop.
They come in honeymoon couples ar
rayed. SO far as the feminine half of
the combination is concerned, in bridal
robes The Germans beat the world,
anyway. for Notwithstanding pic
lures. The photographer knows this
by this time and that the old Sunday
school hymn about "Who are these ar
rayed in white?" has come to mean
nothing more or less to him than a
sturdy German and his imported bride.
Every little while an Irish girl wan
dars into the quarters of the man with
the camera. He is glad to see her. The
bloom of her cheeks has not yet been
brushed off by service in New York
boarding house. and her country fresh
ness delights his heart and his eyes.