The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-05
THE EVENING STORY
Photographing AiIeen.
(By Littell McClung.)

PcIlclCc dl SndP-SflOltlIl6 DIS an IN
centive. decided to go in for amateur
photography on a more extensive scale
Straig htway he went to a fashionable
dealer and bought an expensive cam
era. with plateholder attachment.
''Pll call by for 1t tomorrow morn
ing" he told the clerk. please be sure
to have a couple OF plates in the holder.
for want to take some pictures If the
weather is fine
'I'n have the plates put in and every
thing ready for you. sir" the salesman
replied.
Then Marvin began to think of what
he should most like to snap with his
new camera. There was the new
library the new custom house, the new
art gallery. but somehow or other none
of these marble structures appealed to
him.
There's nothing like a human sub
ject when it comes to photography" he
unused. The next thought followed
naturally. And the best of human
subjects is a pretty girl in pretty
gown
A moment later he was talking over
the telephone.
Hello, Aileen. I've just bought new
camera" he announced.
Indeed. Marvin, that's interesting"
came back over the wire. And what
are you going to do with it?
Take some pictures Of Aileen, II
she'll let mer' he replied.
"Oh, that will be splendid?' she ex-
claimed And when are you going to
take them?"
Tomorrow morning, If you say SO
''All right, I've got nothing on hand
for tomorrow morning" she answered.
Where shall we go?"
'Out into the park
Then I'll don a frock that will be in
harmony with the setting!" she laugh
ed.
Aileen was as good as her word. for
when Marvin stopped for her next
morning, camera in hand, she wore the
smartest blue suit imaginable. almost
matching the clear autumn sky.
'-Oh, know we, will have a nice lit
tie expedition" she ventured. and I'm
to have my picture taken for-why, let
me see-for the first time since early
spring. Let me get a peep at your new
camera. It's a beauty, isn't it?'
YES" he replied. "It is supposed
to do extra fine work. You see. am
somewhat of a novice, and the cam
era has to be a good one for me. This
one has a holder for plates at the
back. I've never used plates before,
but the clerk filled UP the holder for
me, and I'm going to try them this
morning"
Soon they were strolling down one
of the velvety slopes of the park. The
leaves were falling from the larger
trees, but the occasional bushes were
as green as in springtime.
They passed lake, and presently
they came into little glen that ran
right up against hillside.
This ought to be a fine place for
the pictures" he suggested. Sup
pose you strike pose-anything you
like?''
"well. how's this, Sir Photograph
err" she queried, putting her closed
parasol back over her shoulder and
holding it at both ends-as a hunts
man sometimes carries gun-and
throwing her head back in merry
laugh.
Very fetching" he commented.
"but I believe that with the parasol
up and side view would be even
more SO. Try it. if you don't mind. :"
She turned slightly, opened the par
er with one hand. Her dainty head
was silhouetted against the turquoise
SKY, for she was standing on the slope
several feet above him.
This ones a stunner!' he declared.
shifting his position. Then he drew
out of the plate holder the thin little
board protecting the first plate-and
click! it was over.
How did 1 look?" she questioned
with an alluring glance.
How did you look?" he repeated.
why, you were-but please don't ask
me such questions. for the first thing
you know I'll be telling you more
complimentary things than would be
good for you-or me eitheri"
ooh, very WE'LL she laughed, shrug.
ging her shoulders prettily. NOW wha'
am to do for picture No. ~?
Lets have this one sitting DOWN.
he requested.
She assented by seating herself or
the slope and gazing at him seriously
with her chin poised on her dainty lit
tie fist.
Don't look so solemn" he protest
ed You're not posing as a tragedy
queen!"
.sWell, then, how's this?' she asked
resting her chin between both hands
and smiling radiantly.
He suppressed a reply and concen
trated his attention on catching tha
bewitching, tantalizing smile.
1--WE surely got it," he thought as III
withdrew the second plate protector. :.
'"That was prettier than the other i
COMPARISONS are not distasteful," h
opined Now If you will
But of a sudden something caused
him to rivet his glance on the plate
holder side of the kodak. Then he pun.
ed out one of the thin protectors ane
peered more closely at the box-hke ar
rangement. With a look of disgust NJ
shook the camera saveagely.
well, I am a prize goose!" he nut
tered.
why, what's the trouble, Marvin
she questioned, coming up close ane
looking at the camera
whats the trouble?" he echoed
There's trouble a-plenty. AL your pos
ing has been for naught! There's mo-
a Single solitary plate in this blooming
thingi Look at it!
"Oh, how funny!" she gurgled. "Ho"
did 1t happen?"
"It happened because that forgesIu
,larlr tailed to put in the plates aftel
solemnly assuring me that he would!
he answered. well. there's nothing tt
do but come out here again some time
Let's go over and sit down under tina
big tree and chat while and try u
laugh off this fasco?'
she readily agreed, and they sat dowr
ON a rustic bench and commented OF
their failure. =.
lust to think those poses had to o.
lost on an unappreciative camera! sn'