The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
shy OF THE CAMERA.
Trouble Experienced In Trying To Get
snap Shot at Some squaws.

s'They re out here now, just across the
street. Where's my kodak QuiokP'
The impassioned speaker was one of the
lady guests of the Hotel Adams. The
place was the hotel lobby, What or who
was across the street was subject OF con-
lecture. Clerk Pierce darted behind his
desk. He emerged with kodak, which
the lady breathlessly assured him was
loaded for an emergency. She ran out or
the lobby, and Mr.. Pierce carried the kodak
concealed behind him like wary but in
experienced hunter stalking deer, as II
he wished 10 disarm the animal of suspi-
cion and convince IL that he was approach
ing with pacific intentions.
The lady relieved Mr. Pierce of the cam
era "They," whoever "they' were, were
not visible 10 the unaidcd eye. The lady
crossed the street to the Gooding building.
When she had almost reached tho west
side of IL, a squaw carrying an ola on her
head came around the corner. AS soon as
she saw the kodak she vanished with a
scream The lady with the kodak hadn't
time TO take snap shot, but she went
on to the corner of the building. She adj
justed the kodak and in ten minutes more
would have had negative, but she SUD
denly turned and ran toward the hotel,
pursued by three squaws, each armed with
stick or club. The squaws turned,
ran across the street TO fruit stand and
stood in the shade, where they were rea'
sonably protected against kodak assaults.
Mr. Boomer offered himself as volun-
teer TO procure the picture. He took the
kodak and began manouyering around the
squaws, giving them more serious cause
for alarm than they already had, for he
handled the camera as If IL were shotgun
They remained in the shade, however,
turning upon him occasionally, brandish-
ing their sticks
"Driye them out into the sum- cried
the Young lady who had melted the trou-
BILE She stood in n safe place under one
of the porches, partly concealed by one OF
the pillars. "Get on the other side of them
and drive them out Point the camera
at them They re afraid of itp' But they
wouldn't drive
"why don't you go Josie, and take
their picturesY" asked an elderly lady sit
ting in carriage. Il gol' echoed Josie
I'm afraid of them. Didn't you see them
shaking their sticks. "
Finally Mr.. Boomer corrali,s the
squaws in the confectionery store The
young lady then went across the street
and resumed the kodak. She drew bead
on one of the squaws through an open
window. The squaw ran out of the door
The young lady ran TO the front of the
building, ard the squaw ran back and con-
cealed herself behind a doorpOst. The
young lady moved around and got in range
again. The squaw moved out of range.
They kept up this game of hide and seek
until the sun went down, and the glass
upon which that negative was intended TO
be taken was still clear and unmarked,
One of the many superstitions of the In
dams is that a photograph brings bad
luck. Some of them are induced by gifts
to disregard the superstition. 1t sometimes
happens that an Indian whose picture has
been taken and placed on exhibition in
curio stores dies His relatives request
that the photograph be destroyed or at
least removed from sight.-Arizona Re-
publican.