The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-03-28
The
Way

"rve been looking at your framed
photographs down In the reception
room and / don't like any Of them
announced the girl IN the evenine
gown. os she emerged from the dress
ing room into the photographer
studio and posed herself gracefully
on the Louis XIV. chair
whats the matter with them?"
asked the photographer.
well. replied the girl. 1--WE ideas
Of my own-you know attend art
school and we've studied portraiturc
Now, there's q certain stiffness tn am
Of those photographs downslairs-'
"~Stinnessl' interrupted the photog
rapher, brusquely. wen, all i can
say is that your art school needs a
new teaoheri why every one Of
those photographs that you c%ritlcise Z
has won medals--two of them fin
Parisi"
81 can't help that" returned the
girl. gently but firmly con the face
Of that Madonna and Child that's
marked First Prize there's an exc
tremely worried lools-you can see
that the camera was held a second
too long and the product isn't easy
and natural"
Well, but Madonnas are all
Of worried-look at the great omen
protested the photographer, earnest
".
The girl smiled amusedly, as she
might have smiled at a small boy ex-
pressing his views on art. "But, don't
you see, they're natural In those great
pictures she said. 1.-THE worry. If
that's what you call It, isn't because
the Madonna's afraid her mouth viii
be stin from holding the expression
too long. Her eyes aren't stiff from
being afraid Of winking and blinking.
Do you see what I mean?" She drap-
cd her train more gracefully.
'Well, we've got to hurry now"
said the photographer, glancing at his
watch and looking meaningly at the
closed doors Of the various dressing
rooms. How do you want yours
taken? I suppose you want to pose
yourself?g
"Of course" responded the girl,
coldly. She smoothed back her hair
and smiled sweetly, bending a trihe
forward. "There, 1 think this IS a
very good pose" she remarked, mod
estly.
"Um-hum!" the operated smiled.
'Thatll be a peach. Itli give you a
nice big head and bring the forehead
out beautifully It'll quite hide
your emile with your nose, which will
be large enough for any modest
human being, and If / take it full
length people will wonder whether
one foot is really so much larger than
the other or IF it's just your shoes"
She heard him snap the bulb--it
clicked loudly-and so she knew that
was over,
Now, another pose, pleased" He
was aggressively polite.
The girl in the evening gown held
herself frigidly. 81 think I'll have
one, now. sitting dreaming-not any
particular pose, I'll just put myself
Ia the attitude and when my EXPIRES
sion is really that OF a dreamer
when I've sufficiently forgotten your
presence ana that Of the camera
you may snap me"
The photographer drew up a chair
with much commotion and settled
himself in #. "All right, get setl" he
ordered, YEARLY.
The girl, for lack OF a window. q
lected a certain laafy hy to set
soul upon In meditation.
Wen" she exclaimed, after Eve ST.
lent minutes had elapsed, why don't
you snap me?"
Il haven't seen that dreamy express
sion yet" The tone Of the photog-
iapher was calm.
The girl opened her lips to sneak
but closed them and took mp her po-
sition again. "snap me in two min
ates!' she ordered, tersely.
She dreamed during what seemed
10 her several minutes without hear
Ing a sound from the camera. Her
lips were dry and her eyes ached
from being kept in one position. She
closed her eyes a second for rest,
wiping her lips with her tongue.
when-clickl She knew the photo
graph was taken.
Gust two minutes" exclaimed the
photographer theoretically, a. he
shut bis watch.
"Do-do you think It win be good?'
1ueried the girl, apprehensively "I-
lust know / blinked and that had
my tongue out in that last onei"
We'll, you can't tell about these
artistic pictures. commented the
photographer. sagely- "But III tell
you what I'll DOLL take a few quick
snaps now, on my W hook. just
you sit and do what / tell you and !
think yen manage to get a few good