The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-03

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subjects for the can
era lie was a man Of striking a.
lions, and he was that most 80.
lent OF all posers, the man who ~
be utterly himself in front Of r.
cameras eye. But T. r. had son.
thing more: he could sit in a str.
fio and register a portrait ~.
fairly glowed with his own pefsos.
ality. Other public men get ~
result occasionally. and then ~.
secure what they cherish as thsiss
best picture; but Roosevelt haSs]
the facility all the time.
1t was legendary the number =
times President Roosevelt was NJ
tographed, but the cameras ha,.
clicked even more industriously i
the vicinity Of his successors Ehst
is because Of the increasing pbhiis
demand for pictures and the Is
creasing number of camerai 4
supply the demand. MIR. Tan a.
not seem to lend himself well q
photography-his pictures vefe IN /
much alike-but MIR. Wilson -.
In to be another good subject and
was often photographed until IN
illness after his return from ~
peace conference. Since then nix
lures Of Mr.. Wilson have been a..
tremely hard to get. Mrs, wis.
was photographed less than m
modern mistress Of the Whits
house.
Harding Much Photogrsnhsl
Mr.. Harding is an eXceptiotal,v
good subject fer the photographsr]
He poses well, as if unconscioua n
the lens. and gets a great deal n
his personality into the pictures
Since his nomination for the pfeail
dency two years ago he has MOI
ably been the most photoere1hs
man in the world. Harris 9 E1in
alone have thousand picture6 q
him. -
1t becomes evident from vhsthu
been said Of the taking Of the
Roosevelt horseback picture that
these snapshots Of the great In &C.
ton, pictures that seem casual and
accidental, are in reality staged and
arranged affairs. And so they are
most Of them Not long ago ttn.l
was published a photograph
President Harding playing goll
the public links in Washington
morning before most folks had
en- their breakfasts. The unsop
ticated must have wondered
the photographer, too, happened
be there at that early hour.
didn't happen to be there-it \
arranged in advance. Each day
presidents schedule for next day
given out to the correspondents
the White house. II any of th9
activities lend themselves to hej
pictures, the photographers.
range to be there. Now and II
the photographers are able to
off stunts of their own devising,
In spite of the willingness of d
modern public official to be photo
graphed, the news photographed
are not cynical when it comes. to
the essential modesty of such linen. |
Many notables, were they tot CON-
suit their own feelings, Would '
shrink frcm the camera as dod the
rare individual who holds up
newspaper in front of his face to
prevent the photographer from
giving him unwelcome publicity
But public men, most OF them, be-
lieve thoroughly in full publicity
and they feel that the public has
just as much right to see what they
look like as it has to read about
what they are doing. And so t4g
submit to the snapshot as duty
that comes to them with office.
Now and then, however, there
comes the rare individual who OBJ
! jects. General Dawes was one Of
these. When he was first made d.
rector of the budget he held Ids
famous meeting with the govern
mental heads; and in his speech, to
illustrate how useless government
employees should be swept cut and
expenses cut down, he waved new
broom in front of his audience.
Government economy was then the
watchword; and a photograph Oh
General Dawes waving his broom
would have been good stun. bu1
he refused to pose. The photogra'
piers appealed to President HARD
ing, who was there; but he ony
replied. with a laugh, mo, this IS
General Dawes own show. Ill NOT
interfere"
| Later on a photographer happen
ed to surprise General Dawes Oh
the capitol steps, He securea >
good picture, and after that 'n'
picturesque general was no' "
camera-shy. :.
There is one familiar figure ID
Washington, man who on severe
occasions has been prominently ~
the public eye, who has never oeen
photographed. This man Is Az
drew Furuseth. the head OF Wv
Seamen's union and the man wv
is as much responsible as any o.a..
for the provisions of the La Foiisn,
law regulating the conduct o. W.
merchant marine So far "
!. known here, no picture OF AnuI.
. Furuseth has ever been publisas.
More than once F'uruseth mas mas'
, bodily attacks upon pnou.;.
piers who attempted to DEFY ~
Wishes.