The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 11, 1904, Page 9

€ of the House- the fore. Not relegated to the much all studio s at once adorn ywn in s well. Mculties | i the o life is in clover. 1 savir actly what its nam plies—nothing more or less than a photographic department which is given over solely and exclusively to ren of 21l ages, from the wee It just able to o to his er who is ““grown charming studio is’ nothing than a great playroom window asldnt in the to let in plenty of light. * But ops from being. like the real f the artists, for there isu't ianging rélic or an alarming of souvenirs. Instead there ls littered h toys of ail criptions a the true ar workshop the baby studio is invariably in 2 wild state of confu- sion and disorder. Victim is not led straight nto operating room and placed !fl a with instructions to “look pleas- 1at little scheme never hus worked save to throw a respecta- ble baby inte a sprawling, kicking atom of humani Instead of this-his Majesty is turn- ed loose in a preity room and left to get well acquainted with his new sur- roundings. There isn't “Be careful, baby, youw'll fall down,” or, “Baby mugtn’t touch that.” For once in his life baby does just exauctly as he pleases and when he pleases. At flist he is amazed, too amazed to even do more than stare about.with eyes and mouth both open, but as soon as he ts a little accustomed to the bewildering array of toys he is delighted with him~ self and the world in general. After all it takes so very little to please a child. Any new and‘ pretty 1% i '@0'tf, end to the mind of a photosra- pher such a very' sthall attempt &t “jooking uwnnatural ‘or +posy— pleasing his Majesty Is well worth while. The greatest difficulty has always toy over which he may have complete come from fright. That great shining and uninterrupted sway will generally glass contained all sorts of bud peo- vle and with a strange man just ready to turn them loose there was only one thing to do and that was to make a frantic dive for mother and hide be- bhind-her ‘all pretecting petticoats. But in the ¢hild udio this bugbear is a thing of the ;f st. The camera is con- cealed in a big, inno t-looking book- case or sideboard and the strange man for some reason or other stays re- markably near it. So, you see, in this fashion the operator may take quite as many picture: he pleases and for once in his life his Highness is completely and glorfously fooled. Had he thought for one instant that any- thing unusual was geing on—Whew! What a disturbance there weould have been. Only in this way can a ‘baby's pic- . ture be taken with ajiy,degree of sue- céss. Then he Jjust as he appears ‘ateplay and ghgie is o danger of.his to be avoided in all photographs. ‘While he is delving about among his new treasures and reveling in furni- ture that seems to have been fashion- ed for his express bemefit, he never even s0 much as suspects that bhated photographer i3 getting in his @eadly work and that he is being pic- tured time and time again. by There is no child that will not fall into happy situations, particularly when pleased. They are simple by nature and an operator who possesses ove for children cannot fail ate all the little doings and sayings that children alone can do and say. And these unconscious, childish moments are the ones that he must take advantake of, for thefie are the pictures that show baby just af he really is in the midst of his games. Mr. Boye says: “In getting this picture of Mr. Byington's little daugh= ter I first trled to gain her confidence. That acco shed, the rest was com~ paratively simple. By leaving her practically alone she became so abe sorbed in her new kingdom that my presence < was gradually = forgotten. Either that, or she rcgarded me as & necessary evil “The result is presented to you and you are frankly asked If you think the baby studio a success or not. “So far as I am concerned it goes without saying that I am lmnul'uly spleased with the 1dea. I bhave al- ways derived more genuine pleasure from photographing these little peo- ‘fle than in‘all other branches of the art combined. Of course, I'm willing to iadmit that after an unusually se- verc'tussle T am almost ready to put »thivig,up a 'slsn.'no children phetographed,” but ten to ‘one the next tot will de & perfect jewel and all my prejudices will fly to the four corners of the earth and I am again ready to sweaz by all children forever and ay&™