The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-31
Frederic Haslsin's / an
The Nelus n Pictures.

news picture held IN Waek
was practically uncoversd r
. dozen or 20 cameramen 49,.
entire day at the Whits As5ss
would be . clever man ~
pay . call upon the chief 49,.
and slip away unphotoeranhsS %
are the visitors the sole -. M
the cAmeramen's attention \. +.
White house. Nothing concxs
the life Of the present tecsss \
allowed to remain unpictur11 ~
die Boy, the All dale puppY 49,
ed to President Harding b. a nj
adnirer. has been photosfasA ~ n
often since his arrival at Ia ~
house that he is said to ~ n
Quired the camera face. The ~
belonging to President vsis
were the targets for hundrs1s p.
cameras.
Wilson's Fight for Priya1.
President Wilson, it viii +.
membered, druing his illness q
fused to be photographed.
ture OF him lying i'll would Sss
been worth small fortuna = n
photographer lucky enough 4 f..
made it Upon his return to hS
and at the beginning Of the ,ss1
rides that became during ~
months Of his term of office I'm.
occurrence, he was carefully ~
ed by secret service men whoa pa
duty was to prevent the camerss1s
from making his picture. On p
terprising photographer hirS6
room in a club by which the nm.
house car passed each day, ~
setting up a long distance y
waited patiently day by day to g
the coveted picture. This pictsn
if successful, never appeared ~,
haps the picture was "fuzIys n.
photographer in fact said 20 =,
it was whispered among the phoias
raphers that the film was destfcr.
ed.
Another daring knight Of the M.
tie black box hired a hay wasn
concealed himself in the hay Mn
his long distance lense and tried d
snap the president as he baske1 4
the sun on the south steps Of L.
White house. The secret seryics
men saw the wagon, supposedly
broken down near the White hoIns
fence, and investigated. Again he
picture never, appeared. Camen.
men were forbidden admittance 10
, the state, war and navy buildirs
because the east windows Of ia
building overlooked the Whit
house grounds.
President Wilson, however, I'm.
! silly consented to pose. 1t is said
the good Offices Of Admiral GRAY.
son won the cameramen this favor
The picture was made as the e.
ecutive car left the White hous,
grounds. Half an hour after it va
made, the picture was going b,
fast express and plane to the var
ious Philadelphia, New York, AM
| other out-of-town papers that hi
! ordered it.
The new administration has beeI
kind to the cameramen. With M
one exception President Harding
! personal and official family -has,
done everything in their power i
aid the photographers. The excep
ton, the wife of one of the cabi
net secretaries, has earned the en-
nifty Of practically the entire pres
of the city by her constant refusa
to permit her picture to be made
! In repisal her house is besieged B.
cameramen. Her footsteps a.
logged by earnest young men VII
have apparently but one purpes
in life, to snap her. picture. 81
has been forced to have her tele
phone removed to silence the end
less buzz that made her days mis-
cradle with requests for picture
The cameramen have declared VI
and it is a safe bet that the tal
will end with the lady's SURF, ie
In the few weeks since March
the faces of the secretaries, the
families and friends, have becon
as familiar to the average Amer
tcan as pictures of their own fam
lies. Truly, the great now have,
Cobb's delightful phrase, mo moi
privacy than a gold fish," PerhaI
good taste has been transgressed
times. Perhaps even a preside
deserves some privacy, while
seems a little unfair that a wou
ans right to it should be invs4'
because her husband has achiev'
Office. But on the whole the car
eramen have certainly endowed d
political news with fresh al
vivid interest.