The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
American Women In Europ. Busy.

american women IN Europe BUSY.
Naturally. American women married
TO foreigners Of title are neither es-
Gaping nor seeking to avoid their share
OF the work. Prominent among the
naturalized Englishwomen who are
heading movements for the British SOL
der is the Duchess OF Marlborough
who was formerly Miss Consuelo Van
derbnt OF New York.
Two other English duchesses. the
dowager Duchess of Sutherland and
the Duchess Of Westminster, are Red
Cross workers. The former has seen
death and wounds on the battlefelds OF
! Belgium as the head OF an ambulance
q professional hero-that is. he IS not
paid for risking his life. When he
does it-and he does II very often-It
is all in the days work. To get a war
picture on his plate or film 1t is neces-
sary to get close up to the scene Of
action. and that is just where the dan
ger lies. Along comes bullet or a
shell and the snapshotter is lucky II II
is only his camera or his plate that is
put out Of business.
This is true. Of course. not only OF the
men who take the regular photographs.
one scene at a time. but also OF the
moving picture men who record action.
A war correspondent writes:
zone Of the most remarkable OF the
unessential details OF this war has been
the reckless bravery displayed by cine
matograph operators in taking pictures
along the firing lines. A Belgian officer
who took part in the recent fighting
against the Germans was enthusiast
tic in his admiration for the cool hero
ism Of a cinematograph operator.
He was in full view Of the Germans.
and evidently they had selected him for
4 target, for little spurts Of dust on the
ground all around him marked where
the hostile bullets fell. Undaunted by
these perils the motion picture man
continued calmly to turn the handle OF
his apparatus and TO hold his position
until he had completed his film"
When this story reached the eyes Of
some American news photographers
they said. Lucky guy!" Not lucky"
they explained. because he was not hit
by the German bullets. but fortunate in
having had a chance to get close TO the
IElllub " ldh6 MOI
many men have had the chance, and
few as are they who have witnessed
the war from the allies viewpoint. the
camera men who have seen 1t from the
German side have been fewer still-in
fact, II may be doubted that there is
any. 1t was reported on very good au-
thority, very soon after the beginning
of the war, that the highest German
military authorities had ordered shot
any man caught in the field
with a camera in his possession.
Neither the kaiser nor any other of the
allied or German. wants
q Photographic record made Of the war.
That is, OF course, OF the field Of bat
tie. Photographs Of maneuvers and
parades and big guns there are a-plenty
and are used by the before mentioned
military authorities TO arouse the en-
thusiasm of the folks back home.
Getting back to the war photog-
grapher-
His work Is made fearfully hard by
the limitations OF distance. Most Of
the fighting is done at distances Of
|, ,oe0 to 400 yards, yet the ordinary lens
viii not record distinctly objects that
Ire more than zoe feet away. With the
.elephoto lens. adapted to taking pic
lures At greater distances, the limit Is
Ibout SEQ or 500 yards. and these lenses
ire SO hard to handle that their use on |
he field Of war is impracticable. The
moving picture lenses and operators
re subject. Of course, to similar re- |
trieti0ns. WILLIAM SCOTT. !