The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-24
MoDERN YAL&IryINo
Old Axiom that Camera Cannot Lie il
No More.

III
The mah from Goshen, lad We
, aboard with q Crouch. ia nae
know what this worlds sseomih W
anyhow" be gfnmbled. 'Hs -. .
YOU can't believe anybody, i.ei
ain I any such thing a. honesty an
honor nowadays. usod 10 be yol
could trust some people, but you can
do IL now"
.'oh, don't know" said the fed
headed man In the corner. ~ cues
We re no worse than our ancestors
There was u fellow named Solomon
who declared that all men arc hafs
And that was some time back"
eyes, but they were just plain Iiaf'
then, - insisted the Crouch. "The,
didnt have the arts and sciences y,
help EN- make their lies look 30 muei
like the truth you couldn't tell en-
apaft, Solomon . lies were all In the
kindergarten class. They were Just
beeinnin' 20 get ready 10 commence 70
be liars. II bunch Of 'em could drof
In here now they'd be 10 honest by
comparison We "A have 20 chase ZEN
right out again"
.well,n said the passenger IRON
San Francisco, 81 wouldn Z 60 30 far NJ
10 say that there Is no such thing NJ
truth In the world, but our friend here
h right in saving that the aids 20 false
hood are growing more numerous and
more cunning every day. Take pho
Biography, for instance. Only a few
wears ago Il was an accepted axiom
that the camera could not lie. Now
inst look nj IL. OF all the unprinci'
pled. mendaeions. absolutely soulless
| liars ON the face Of the earth the camera
is the worst. Why, only the other day
4 saw some photographs Of polar bears
.,rolling down Fleet street, in London,
a hippopotamus sporting around the
piers OF The Tower bridge in the Thames
and lions taking an afternoon nap In
the ruins Of ST. Paulis cathedral. An.
other pbotopraph showed an automobile
inmpinr fence In a fox chase
Wonldn u that make Solomon open his
cvcs,U
"It sure would. - answered the moon.
faeed traveller from Toledo. "but he "a
n, sbut 'em AGAIN IL he seen the
camera lie | got mixed up in not long
ago. -
"How was thatf,, inquired the red.
headed man in the corner.
cts n family affair." began the
Toledo traveller land n rather delicate
mb iect but I wonit name any names.
~ least no real names. so the tellin
az II won 4 do ANYBODY any harm. and
/, will illustrate his camera business
i've 90, I. very nar,icnlar friend III
call Jones beeansa IT'S n simnle name
eosv 20 remember and doesn't belong
90 hin Ue ono ~ tho host fellows
in The world. SQUARE as thew make ,em.
and aItbonob he 4 been married four.
teen years he still thinks his wife is
the only one. 7 butted into Tones, pri.
vote Office one dav mot long AGO with.
ont knockin, helm, a priyileced char.
acter and found him stalking mn and
down the room. rpnnin, his FINGERS
tbrongh his hair griffin, his teeth and
mntterin 10 himself like the villain in
n melodrama He didn, y notice me for
n minute or two inst Kent nm his
waikiki, stunt ne II no had n be, ON
mill T slammed him on ,be sbonIdsr
- What's the matter. old man, I |
saws. don y vour feet a. vou,,
;DTben he stonned and o,are5 AZ mo
and elntcbed his hands lie ba d;dn u
Lnoy whether 20 taLe n strang,e boId
or lnockont His faee was so rcd !,
was nearly purnle and his breath was
whistlinr through his teeth like the
exhaust of wornont steam engine
Honestly was scared and was 60.
urin, on whether TO cali for n doctor
,r noliceman when no dronned into
, chair and covered his face With his
lands
I" sTbere there old chan, s,vs.
vor ~ ho om ~. n"p,
What Is nm anvbow,,
"sBill he saws after n wb;le wher
,e got his bellows under control.
p;re, o" unuei :oh,ioi
vopldn y saw anytb;no ohont IL 20 on
,ther man on earth hnt 0I' CON ~ trn n
ION, Bill Inst IooL AZ tbat W
o7He nicked mn nbotnaronb frou
,;s desk AVA happaaa tto.osap1, iiohi
:" sTbat came 70 mo in no ias. uon
= saij nav . 1aine 70 me IN the last man.
ate who sant = vas no'nins 10 ihui'
"Tbe nbotogranb wos ,oroo ono
bont twice the s;zo Of oaa;s 80 NY
,as a nictnre of a mon anS 49, I
landing the man w;th h;s 80, "ona
he woman,s waist tba -, r a,m aio ,'u;.h
or head on tho man g sbor "an p ".in
ldging from the eynresss;ons On ,ba;s 1
aces, seemed to be pretty wei, n,easad il
It'll themselves Tbo w mum ieaseu j.
ones, wife The man ua "o mn. WAS was
tT. man was not Jones. L
IL knocked me silly, l can tell you. o
Don anoh NOUS letter II