Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-06
aNo DANGER LOOMS so LARGE ~
THE DANGER or MISSING a
GOOD PHOTOGRAPH"
REAL PICTURES OF The WAR
British spoudeat N France Tells
of Risks the Almost
Soldiers" Run.

pu0Ou CORRESPONDENT ~ 4EtI the iEEtt il
az.,ov in France IN eguFe.=.p. admiral
ton lar ethase almost soldiers Uaa
.yana their dave eal IN H.ls3ag bn.
-, taking pIeltlres Of those VINO lsHt.
fbAy nm = eoIdfe1ss rj-Is fl NOT 8alls.
~ anv rare once week, and on ue.
casion ma risk Is yery rreqt indeed.
Sometimes thie ID the I4uIf rs wei
a. the virtua If fhe pbafoar8nter.
lie toll. af tha urpbarat.4Hs made
f,r taking nhofoeraDH on the Qestrae.
tion NJ a German bIoeIE6oase.
IAN officer turned ms InaanuIfF.
learned in sbootiag bic came in india.
r. the work Of finding and oraanlztne
!, hiding Mace for the phutualasher
a loonboIe was runcfured ~ nHAt I'M
the from naranet. which was pefAaas
$40 Yards rom Inc TARGET. This hole
,yas then carefully blocked So as 10
hs invisible. and the photoafaphcr in.
stalled behind il was ordered not 70
oren # fin after the first heavy shell
was fired and the enemy were taking
shelter. But photoaraphers. in my OK
,,rrience are not made quite like other
naonte No danger looms so large in
fhair nature AZ the danger of missing
good photograph.
so it was with the artist on this
occasion. 4 nervous terror possessed
him that the first shell from the 81
would do the deed and render further
shots unnecessary. Ills photographs
er's nature gave him no alternative.
and he opened the loophoIe at once.
OF course the enemy saw, ami, ot
course. turned guns onto the spot.
Hannilv. our 90 was punctuaI The
photography was forgotten in bigger
things and ne got an excellent picture
If the dissolution Of the bloekhou-e,
which shot up in dust and ashes under
the stimulus of the eighth shell.
"Often on such occasions the ner.
yougness of the photographers work
mas been increased BY the complete
clearance of the french. There is. al.
t7avs the danger Of mine or shell
kicking hack. so for short period in
certain circumstances the front trench T.
may be cleared But the soldiers
withdrawal is occasion for the ph0.
tocranber's advance. 10 miss taking
the explosion OF a bic mine, such as
that Of the Hawthorn Rcdoubt bn
Inlv |, would be as4 serious &C SOL
dier's failure to take a strong place.
II was while holding such A trench
alone that the garrison of two pho
toeraphers had one OF their machines
crippled A fragment of u higb.expio
sjye shell cnt the leg Of the camera
off.
zone Of The most djsaereeabla facts
Of the war for nhotograpbers and
some others is the enemy's unDIeasan-
lahit of shining with artillery oven
heavy artillery. have seen ! shen
pitched within 10 wards of two oh
servers who had exDosad Themselves
IN a hilton in Flanders At least m
good shooting wa made NJ camera
q own above The paraper IN tho najrb
borhood If Henntrrne Possibly tina
Germans tboueht tbnv had discovered
q. mo new mortar ar internal mn.
chine
Al any rate thav teean almost n
,nca n srina Win tbair "a Tho e~.
railanca ~ tba ahoofinr enaao-ta th.,
mo snot had hean alrasdv Registered
ire frat shell fan inst in front Il
was faIIouea -, another v.i,hin !, few
Yards ami tha thtrl hit the nararet
n,sf as he tvo were ngcleing nm tbatr
y naratns rjra vtsa mon tbov faY
m thair f,o0s - M rrr.+ so,,,a ~
,fa ,rbistle. M nron rocn,,Gcnt
n,sition bas IT, d,naors ono &c tban,
,ras covered -, VIM ma .,,5 naoIo3
his fr,and,s bol,, ~ gat cl...,.
~ have MOI liz off,oia1 ,.h,,togra,b
ave f., ,oan,, nl,oa, rrhnra 1. ,,ota.,,a /
n mr. heblnd tbo lines ,r,t asn.-e,
thair rninistratfo,e r,dn.5 a,a +.
inclined - faoi tl,r+ a., 60. ,....a,.,.
- tIe n,ar stori5 ~ ,.aNt1'-n.,.,., -.
10 ,ood haIf - +. -. ~.
ne nner vivid rt.t,,ro I..r, H. ~
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