The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-07-18
CAMERA MEN PAY
FOR JOHN DIS POSE
OIL KING MAKES CATHOLIC
Jew AND PROTESTANT AT
TEND HIS CHURCH.


photographers went from New York
to Tarrytown bright and early Sunday
with instructions not to come back
without pictures of John D. Rockefel-
Ter who, on the day after his eighty
third birthday anniversary was due to
make his usual Sunday appearance at
the community church.
One of the comeramen was a Jew,
the second a Catholic and the third
Protestant. Whether or not they had
attended their proper houses of wor-
ship before they started ior the little
town where the great and wealthy
from rich country estates foregather to
worship on a Sunday morning does
not appear on the record
This much is certain: From past
experiences of their kind with the
richest man in the world they did not
start northward in very hopeful mood,
for John d. Rockefeller is VIGOROUSLY
"gunshy" and almost as difficult to
photograph as he is to interview.
The point of the story is that, dis
couraged as they started, they came
back with the magazines crammed
with exposures showing John D. Rock
efe1ler, octogenarian plus, oil king,
country squire, church goer, in a va
riety of poses assumed especially for
them, assumed docilely and genially,
one after another, at their direction.
Mr.. Rockefeller posed alone and he
posed with the rector, the Rev. DR..
J. Homer Nelson, and with Barron G.
Collier, New York advertising man,
whose Pocantico hills estate is near
Mr. Rockefeller's.
How Photographers Paid.
Yes, back came the photographers
with a collection of excellent photo
graphs with the picturesque little
church as their background. But they
paid, and this was the manner of their
paying:
Their apparatuses unslung and all
ready for instant action, the three
camera men modified at the tonneau
door when Mr.. Rockefeller stepped
from his car little after 10 o'clock
in the morning.
"Now, Mr.. Rockefeller" said they
in chorus, wheedling, Just one picture,
please?"
"Not now, boys, wait until after
church. But do come in and attend
the services" was the reply
The oil king himself beckoned soft |
footed usher and asked that his three
guests in the house of God be seated. |
And after he had been conducted to
his own pew just above the chancel
rail Mr.. Rockefeller twisted around to
make sure that his three recruits were
in their places and were sticking.
Had to Stick"
The photographers stayed until the
end, as quiet as mice in their pew, |
but they were among the very first to
act upon the instant for departure.
They were outside and Numbering
almost before others were stirring. But
they had still more to learn about the
New Community church and its ways.
After custom OF which the wor-
shippers are rather fond DR., Nelson
made his way to the door and there
the whole congregation gathered, eX-
changing handshakes with the rector
and greeting with each other. Mr..
Rockefeller was in the thick of it, smil-
ing and saying thank you" over and
over as his friends and neighbors told
him how pleased they were at the way
he withstood the onslaught Of time
Boys Got Many Poses
When he did appear outside he re
membered his word and made not the
slightest demur.
The camera men got everything
ready, Mr. Rockefeller said, Now
boys, snap away" and faced them
bravely, and three instruments clicked.
And then came that inevitable cho-
rus: Nov, Mr.. Rockefeller, just one
more"
AS he departed there was much
comment on his good spirits and the
brightness of eyes which disappeared
behind big motor goggles before the
car set out at sedate pace.
Some noted with what care Mr..
Rockefeller guarded himself against
those sudden chills so dangerous to
men of his age
He seemed to ignore the bright sum
mer weather and wore heavy, thick
soled shoes, leather motor vest and
an overcoat.