Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-31
THE NEWS IN PICTURES

face. Tho sheep belonging to Preei-
dent Wilson were tho targets for
hundreds of cameras.
Wilson'S Fight For Privacy
President Wilson. it will be remcm-
he photographed. A picture of him
lying i'll would have been worth a
small fortune to the Photographic
lucky enough to have made it. Upon
his return to health and at tho be-
ginning of tho motor rides that be-
Came during the last months of his
term of office a daily occurrence he
was carefully guarded by Secret Ser
vice men whose sole duty was to pre-
vent tho cameramen from making his
picture. One enterprising photo
,rapher hired a room in club by
which the White House car passed
each day, and sitting up long dis
tance lense, waited patiently day by
day to get the coveted picture. Tho
picture. IL successful, never appeared.
Perhaps the picture was fuzzy. Tbs
photographer in fact said so. But 1t
was whispered among the photograph
crs that the film was destroyed.
Another daring knight of tho little
black box hired n hay wagon. conceal
ed himself in the hay with his long
distance lense and tried to snap the
president as he basked in tho sun on
the south steps of the White House,
The Secret Service men saw the wagon
supposedly broken down near the
White House fence. and investigated.
Again tho picture never appeared
Cameramon were forbidden admit
tancc to the state war and navy
building because the east windows OF
the building overlooked the White
House grounds.
President Wilson. however, finally
consented to pose, 1t is said the good
offices OF Admiral Grayson won tho
cameramcn this favor. The picture
was made as the executive car left the
White House grounds. Half an hour
after IL was made, the picture was
going by fast express and plane to the
various Philadelphia, New York and
other out-of-town Papers that had or
dcrcd II.
The now administration has been
kind to tho camcramen. With but one
exception President Hardinc's personal
and official family have done every
thing in their power TO aid the photo
Craphers. Tho exception. the wife OF
one OF the cabinet secretaries. has
earned the cnmity OF practically tbs
entire prcs- OF the city by her con-
stant rcfussis to permit her picture 20
he made. In rcprfsai her house Is he
sicEcd by cameramcn. Her footsteps
arc docgcd by earnest young men who
have apparently but one purpose in
lifc. to snap her picture She has been
forced to have her telephone removed
to silence tho the endless buzz that
made her DAYS miserable with re-
quests for pictures. The cameramcn
have declared war and II is safe bet
that tho tale will end with the lady's
surrender.
In tho few weeks since March 4, the
faces OF the secretaries. their families
and friends, have become as familiar
to tho average American as pictures
OF their own families. truly. the grca.
now have. in Cobb's delightful phrase.
mo more privacy than gold fish"
Perhaps good taste has been trans
crossed at times Perhaps oven
president deserves some privacy. while
4, seems n little unfair that 4 woman's
right to It should ho invaded because
her husband has achieved office. But
! on the whole the camcramen havs
certainly endowed the political news
with fresh and vivid interest.