OCR Text |
Show The Camera. as Aid ... :.i For Santa Claus , ." '. 4 . y, ' - ' Pictures of' Baby in Different Poses An I deal .-Present for Mothers Many Other Uses. ' By EUPHEMIA S. JEWELL T.HE idea cam to mo irom a remark re-mark dropped by my '"sweeping woman" as she was arranging soma photographs of my babies upon my mantel. "I never had my baby's picture took seems If I can't get no money ahead fur such things. He's an awful pretty llttlo feller, too, but I'm afraid he'll be growed up an' homely before I'm able to do any more'n Just keep him In bread an' shoes." This set mc to thinking. Hero was a tragic situation, at least ,to mc it would be a horrible tragedy if J had rto way of preserving the dear smiles and cunning attitudes of my llttlo ones to dream over In tho future. 1 must do something for this poor .mother whoso baby was as beautiful and dear to her a3 mine woro to mc. rri -r iUAnnl.( f ttitt inmfrri and for a while and I caught him in several IH winsome poses. IB Of course I had to let grandma into H tho secret, and her delight in the an- H llclpatlon of the pleasant surprise tM awaiting her daughter fully repaid me ll for my effort. IH I learned through conversation with IH the dear old lady of her "baby son IH Jimmy," who had entered the sorvico H of Undo Sam. and who could not see H his mother again for the next two B years. By apparently casual question- IH lng 1 secured his address that I might IH cheer his Christmas by a glimpse of iM his mother's face. This was only tho beginning of my H camora's Christmas fun. A dozen or H more opportunities presented them- ll selves. Il There wcro the two little children lH whoso father had gono "West In quest jl OI ncaun, anu wnuuc inuiiiur nau uuuu ih obliged to attond him In lieu of means H to hire a nurse. hTo children woro tl staying for tho winter with an aunt l whose Income was too limited to permit ll tho luxury of photographs. Pictures of ll his Jolly, robust llttlo ones would, 1 -was IB Hiiro, go far toward keeping up tho H courage of tho father, stricken as ho ll was with tho dlsca3 that neods nun- l light rays for tho heart as -well aa for H tho body to effect a euro. H Then thcro was "Billy." our small H paper boy, whoso father had been M killed In a factory accident. His pen- H nlos had to go for tho support of his H family, and he made a mighty Hno pic- I H ture of American pluck and manliness H 6ver which his mother shed many a H tear of happy pride. H I could tell ot tho many other oppor- IJ tunltles or -which my camera- took-od' t H vantage, but theso may Bufflco as a, H suggestion to someone who wants to FjH try a most enjoyablo way of Imparting IH Christmas cheer to others. 1 |