The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-09

interest In places and things to curiosity regardin
the actual appearance of the people regarding who's
d0tngs the papers had much to say. 1t was nj
enough that the newspapers should print as . cou
terfeit presentnent Of this or that public man
carefully posed bust portrait. touched up to show Il
subject as he wanted to appear rather than as
he actually did appear. Newspaper readers with
. thirst for accurate Information came to demand
pictures that would show the subjects as they
actually appeared. Moreover. they wanted not a
commonplace bust photo. but a fulllength pic
ture that would represent it's object as he would
appear to one who met him on the street and
with q hint az to his distinctive characteristics
- to dress. etc. From this demand was born the
personal 'snap shot"
Nowadays the snapshot is to y large extent
displacing the stereotyped yisage in the public
prints. Almost everybody who achieves fame
or not0riety must must needs fall victims to the
sharpshOOters of the camera. The Snap-snOtter Is
no respecter OF persons or callings SO long as "hu-
man interest is present. and everybody. from
preachers to pugilists and from statesmen to
suffragists. is the quarry of the camera scout at
one time or another. Some OF the people who are
snapshotted manifestly relish 1t: a great number
accept 1t as a matter of course and a minority
wrigEle and sQuirm and even fight at sight OF
q camera. Conspicuous among the latter are
Harry LAhr. the Newport society pet OF monkey
dinner fame. and ]. Pierpont Morgan, the fnan-
cief. 1t must be admitted that the father OF
trusts does not make a pretty picture when taken
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usually guarded by several private detectives
when he appears In public and carries a cane
which he is quick To use on any offending camera
that he can reach.
Public oficials. headed by the president OF the
United States, are usually the most satisfactory
subjects for snapshots because, whatever may
he their natural inclination in the matter. they
quickly learn to submit gracefully to this sort
Of attention. A leading statesman or army or
navy ohacial who realizes that at public functions
he II liable to be continually in the camera eye
il likely to instinctively avoid those awkward
attitudes and facial grimaces that sometimes spoil
things in the case Of . celebrity who il new TO
the game and selfconscious in consequence. From
the standpoint OF the snap-shOtters perhaps the
most satisfactory subjects in this country are the
diplomats at Washington-that is. the alien ON
clals who are stationed at our seat os government
- the ambassadors or ministers OF foreign pow
erD. For one thing. these titled foreigners are
ysoseeqaed Of gorgeous uniforms that show up
wellsh uneOnventional pictures, and then again
they sI1rg accustomed TO being constantly on dress
parade
The snaprsh0ttere must quick on the trigger
and he cultivates ability IN this direction almost
= earnestly as the gun fighter of the west did
III the Did days. The newspaper snapshots are
made by means OF special cameras made specially
for the purpose. and costing rs much as $3.50
apiece. Only a fraction Of a second is required,
of course, to make q snapshot. once the lens II
focused upon = celebrity in a desired position, but
the uncertainty lies In the fact that the celebrity
a ao1Aem astually posing for hts picture. More
eaueat ~ ~ camera Or mayhap may b tryins