New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-27
BOOMERANG FOR PARKER
His Ozcn Opinion Should Prevent
His Com plant against Cameras.

The following letter sent last week to Judge
Alton B. Parker by young woman attorney OF
Rochester:
read in the Associated Press dispatches yester,
leave home 10 avoid the annoyance of ubiquitous
Photographers Notwithstanding The warnns given ,os
Saturday morning ne In wh s photo
graphing of yourself and family. ana wherein you
are quoted as saying, Il reserve the rignt 20 Ps
a ay ndeaS without Being svsrastiney afraid thar
' " fake mis- opporttnity to remind YOU that you
have no such right as that which you assert: |
ing less than decision Of the Court OF Appeals of
this state wherein you wrote b f9e tbe ppn
tiff and the Rochester Folding Box Company and
f poTted G tRe list at page
undisputed and that it was admitted that the
defendants without my knowledge or consent and
do. had secured my photograph. and. having caused
it to be ENLARGED and IN 69 szg bs aSd
Of as an advertisement Of the commodtleS IN wnien
We're y posted conspicuousy in stores, warehouses,
saloons and other public places and had peen Iee
name had been attacked. as consequence, ana
upon my ascertainng that had been made public
property of in this manner was actually confned
the care Of physician; that sue. use Of my ike
ness WaS peK tb 5afsn e Restraining the
further use thereof
"so-CALLED" RIGHT OF PRIVACY.
The question arose upon demurrer and the spe-
T Ted The n Appellate DIVISION Of the Fourth
tent 20 4b dT S aaae th latter
court was diyided three Of The judges me-
T5h SoFf FOR 'h 4 s aSG rse
fsrred to my cause Of 9ctioH as s9fasd Ta5
some find agreeable. Is 10 PLAINTIFF very dlstaSte-
others would have appreciated the compliment to
their beauty and n an opinion sixteen p9g 59
rights that could be protected by your tribunal
To be PsEfSsy xd fF from the eeef q yoGT
decision any publication under similar clrcuIn-
eSsarily folo%s not 70 be photo
that you reserve 'Ie s IN nv noctsts or in
other comfortable attitudes, either tnat YOU are
which You are unwilling to accord to htigants
before your court or else that there IS 45a
reproduction OF L WIZ PHOTOGRAPHIC SAa s1nsI
ent now your likeness in the attitude suggested
could be lbeI9us; at least not as long as you
dent Well illustrates the truth Of the old saving
gored sympathize with Mrs Parker in her an
Your i'-- family have any rights Of the nature sqg
gested which do not equally oelons % vs me much
more entitled TO protection than you, was a
ana a1' never had Counted pu5licy IN any
CAPACITY na nor Solicited aIy favor at its hands
PARKER HAS INVITED CURIOSITY
highest Office in the gift of the people Of the
United States. and that fact makes you the Iegit-
mate centre Of public interest You are asAib h
the suffrage Of the American public, ana tne
American public would seem 10 have some Ieslti-
mate right OF investigation; Your candidacy is
something more than merely voluntary. and IL
may fairly be said that YOU have invited tho
curiosity which have both found 20 be some
what annoying. To this extent at least, II would
to that the right which you denied me-
but which you now assert for yourself was
stronger in my than IN yours. - .
II you will re-read YOUR opinion You VIII diS-
cover that you laid down very clearly therein
that YOU have no OF complaint against
these gentlemen. armed with cameras They are
acting strictly within the rights reserved TO them
by your decision for In that document you dis
tinguished my case from wherein the party
misusing my photograph had obtained II with
the right IL for certain purposes. out was
using it in some other manner In that case y9I
admitted that such could be restrained IN
effect you conteuded that the rights Of one who
obtains a likeness surreptitously are superior 10
those OF ore who buys the right TO use IL Tor one
purpose but uses in for another. Naturally the
camera fends feel licensed 70 annoy you and your
family in the manner in which you yourself sug-
Cested az least within the borders OF this state
sincerely hope that. II YOU suffer annoyance
OF this kind in some locality where your decision
IS not controlling, YOU NAV - granted the relier
which YOU denied me ABIGAIL RoBt4ftScN
Rochester. July 26-