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August 10, 1883.1 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 501 you is the best in the district. At Holy Cross, a dinner of roast veal, pancakes, and claret was served to us by the priest’s housekeeper, that would have done honour to any first-class hotel; while the charge made—it is not etiquette to speak to the priest on the subject of money, but privately to consult the Housekeeper on the subject, her master giving you plenty of opportunity thereto—was more reasonable even than that of the simple village ale-house. We take a picture of the church at Holy Cross, for it is situated in most romantic fashion at the summit of a hill in view of the whole valley for miles around, and then pro ceed on our way to the last hamlet of all—Fend—before crossing the etzthal glacier. We have been steadily mounting during the whole of the march, and are now some five or six thousand feet above sea-level. At Fend, we like wise seek hospitality at the priest’s—there is no alternative —and find in his comfortable little dwelling two other tourists, bound like ourselves, across the ice sea. Our land lord here, again, is a delightful host, and he enters into our plans heartily. He engages a guide—our artist com panion is good enough to take a sketch of landlord and guide, which we here reproduce by the photo-etching pro cess—and sees, when we start in the morning, that we carry with us food and wine sufficient for the journey. In a word, he exhibits all the thoughtfulness of an old friend, and takes as much interest in your journey as if he were respon sible for your safety. Indeed, the clerical landlord is one of the most pleasant features of Tyrolean travel. (To be Continued.) CASH AT TIME OF SITTING. BY C. BRANYWIN BARNES (“ CLIFF ”). Or all the numerous questions that, at times, vex and annoy the brethren of the black art, this question of cash at time of sitting takes the palm for very “ cussedness,” as our friends across the herring pond express it. Time was—and that not very long since—when photographers, as a body, were quite content to leave the matter of payment to the gitters themselves, and in many cases had to wait six, and even twelve months, before obtaining the hard cash. Of late we are very fond of exclaiming, “ Nous avous chaneje tout cela," but much remains yet to be done ’ere “ cash at time of sitting ” is recognised by the general public as the unalterable rule of the photographic atelier. There are still a certain number of members of the profession who do not exact cash payments, even in these days of co-operation and ready-money Stores, but allow their clients to remain their debtors until such time as they see fit to part with “the ready,” and never think of asking fora settlement, for fear of offending. In the course of ten or eleven years’ experience in studios where the cash system is in vogue, and in others where unlimited credit is allowed, I have had ample opportunities forjudging of the merits andde-merits of both systems ; and whilst to the one I must give my strongest and most unqualified approval, to the other I must give a condemnation equally strong and unqualified. I have seen good businesses brought to naught, and hard-work ing photographers ruined, simply by this abominable credit system. I am at present in business in the Highlands of Scotland, and if the foregoing remarks are pertinent else where, they are decidedly so here, only, to quote another Americanism, “much more so.” I have a notice exhibited in the studio intimating that “ All portraits must be paid for at the time of sitting ; ” but, notwithstanding this, I am constantly being met with the excuse “I have been taken before at Mr. MacSpooran’s, or Mr. MacTartan's, and I have never paid at the time before.” Sometimes the excuse takes a different form ; here are a few of the most approved varieties. . “ I seo that your rule is for portraits to be paid for at the time; I am very sorry I can’t comply with it, as I did not bring my purse out with me.” “ I never paid at the time before, and I most certainly do not intend to now; besides, if I didn’t like the portrait, I wouldn’t take it, and if you once had the money, I don’t suppose you would return it.” “I am sorry I haven’t the money with me just now, but if you’ll send the pictures home on Saturday with the bill, I’ll pay the messenger then.” These are only one or two out of the many excuses that one has to put up with, and each requires different treat ment. With No. 1 it is necessary to intimate that I do not consider myself bound to follow the lax practice of Mr. MacSpooran or Mr. MacTartan. With No 2 it is usually the best plan to ask them to call in as they are passing when they have their purse with them, and to intimate that the pictures will be put in hand meantime. No. 3 is the most difficult subject of all; it is usually a vinegar-faced old woman, who is never likely to fancy any portrait at all, so it becomes a necessity to use every possi ble means to exact the cash or part of it, as she is almost certain to sit at least three times, and if you have not got the money, the chances are that she will throw all the three sittings back on your hands, and leave you to your reflections with some such remark as, “ I don’t know how it is, but I have never had a good portrait taken yet, and I sha’n’t try any more.” , In the course of time, when your sitter joins the majority, some of her relatives might like a picture of her, and if you are content to lay the negative over awaiting that con summation, you may, some day, in the far remote future, recover some little honorarium for your wasted time and material. I don’t usually wait myself, but take what revenge I can by smashing the negatives, and making specimens of the cards. You must not think of putting them in your show-case, though, or you will very soon be requested to withdraw “ that caricature.” No. 4 is usually all serene, and you are mostly safe in sending the pictures home, as the messenger usually gets paid. I cannot help thinking that one of the greatest arguments in favour of cash payments is to be adduced from the fact that while a sitter owes an account he or she is not at all likely to come and have any more work done until that account is paid; and as it will have to wait and go in with butchers’ and bakers’ bills for settlement at Christmas or Midsummer, a considerable sum is thus lost which might otherwise be pocketed by the photographer. I have known cases where one of a family has wanted to be photographed, and has been met by materfamilias with the remark, “We owe Mr. Bromide five pounds, so you had better go to Mr. Collodion, and you can pay for them, as I cannot afford to pay Bromide’s bill just yet. Now, if Mr. Bromide had had cash for the earlier transactions he would not have lost this, which, perhaps only a matter of ten or fifteen shillings in itself, may entail a heavier loss, for by some fortunate hit Mr. Collodion may obtain a picture which the family consider better than Bromide’s work, and therefore they henceforward convey their custom to Mr. C. A friend of mine once gave me, as a fact, an anecdote of his only credit transaction. A lady called and had her baby taken, regretted she had not enough money with her to pay for the portraits, but would call and do so directly she got them. She gave her name and address, from which it ap peared she was the wife of an army surgeon ; this appeared satisfactory, so the portraits were finished and sent home. A fortnight elapsed, and as the lady did not “call in and settle,” my friend sent his boy up with a note, and was informed that Mrs. M. would call during the day. Another week passed, and still no signs of the lady ; the boy was now sent up and instructed not to come away without the money. On the message being delivered to Mrs. M., he heard her say, “Oh! very well, let him sit down in the passage till the Doctor comes home, and he’ll kick him out.” This seems to have frightened the poor boy, for he at once
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