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Show MOTHERS CAN'T RESIST IT. 3f Baby's Picture en a Pony Gate th Money Every Time. With a pony as a "proporty," ea terprlslng photographers have been reaping a harvest. Tho pony Is ot the Shetland variety and "calico" In pattern. pat-tern. "The fond mother who can withstand with-stand the temptation of having darling baby photographed, astride ot the pony, has not yet beon found," one of tho photographers explained. "We get from four to ten orders in each block in well populated neighborhoods. All sorts of subterfuges are used by the women. One of them forced us to 're-hcarso' 're-hcarso' baby on tho pony for a halt hour before the plcturo was taken. She wanted some of the pictures "on pest cards, she said, so she could send copies to friends back cast. She wished baby to look natural on the animal so that tho eastern friends would think the family out here had 'struck it rich' and were maintaining a stable of saddlers. "Another woman who was not satisfied satis-fied to allow the picture taken with her modest home In the background, asked us to take the picture over In the next block, where- there was an unoccupied house of rather pretentious preten-tious exterior. We did it and tht woman ordered two doaon copies. Babies, Ba-bies, look so 'cute' on the pony, the womon Bay. Next year we are going to introduce a big, kind-faced Newfoundland New-foundland dog ns a property. Don't be surprised If you receive a picture of somebody's darllngest darling with Us chubby hands lost In tho wavy hair on the dog's neck. We've got Chaun-cey Chaun-cey Olcott beaten to a whisper In rig-glng rig-glng up 'cut' scenes." Kansas CUy Star. mf0T |