The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-05


 the pages of
 magazines, on the moving picture screen, atid in the photogravurO sections of the newspapers. No one, except the most uninitiated, would be amazed at 0 picture with the head of Myrna Loy tackled onto the ebony torso of 1hufflin' Joe Louis as if 1t really belonged there. Even the gorgeous underpinnings of Marlene Diet rich supporting the mountainous bulk of Primo Camera in a tab- Ibid photo would fail to rouse more than inomentary interest. There Is apparently no limit to what picture takers and picture makers can do. It would be pog- sible for example, to show by deft photographic composition of the figures Herr Hitler worshipping in 6 Jewish synagogue, or Halle Se- lassie dancing the black bottom in Rome with Benito Mussolini in Q hackless bathing suit for Q part ner. What I am trying to get ct is, that you cannot tell from any photograph you see whether 1t Is Q true picture of an actual occur renee, whether the persons shown in 1t were really present, or whether 1t is just another exai11- pie of photographic magic intend- cd to entertain, delude, or Inisrep- resent. Personally, I have grown to view with the eye of scepti" ciSrn, not to mention suspicion, any and every kind, sort, and de. scription of camera product. A picture printed in last Fridays Republican and American only served to enlarge my scepticisa and deepen my suspicion.
 Truly Rural
 In The Republican, on the front page, is Q photograph captiored Republican Leaders At Roraback Farm" There is no visible evi- dence that the snap was shot against Q bucolic background. Not . COW Is to be seen, nor Q pig, nor Q horse, nor c Tnilkmaid, nor Q compost heap. Nothing but four figures leaning against Q stone wall and not one of the quartette looks like Q farmland. To two of the figures I was indifferent. So must have been The American because, in It's reprint, 1t cut on the fiankers and exhibited only the really important pair in tho center, REPUBLICAN, STATE CHAIRMAN J. HENRY RORA- BACK AND WILLIAM J. pAPE, PUBLISHER OF THE REpUBs LICAN AND AMERICAN. The instant my glance lighted on the identification I knew there was something seriously wrong with tho picture. It simply could not be 0 scene from real life.
 Not the Pleasure
 have never had the pleasure of seeing MT. Roraback In the flesh but have been told that he is 0 tall, handsome man with on air of dignity commensurate with his position in life, iil politics, and in the world of finance. No one ever informed me however, that he went in for pants which bag ct the knees but, missing out that sartorial weakness of which most of us are victims, the image and likeness might truly be that of MT. Roraback. With Mir. Pape's face, figure, and habiliments I am bet- ter acquainted. Tn the photograph as always he was "the glass ot fashion and the mould of form, the beau ideal of what the well- dressed publisher should wear, and despite the slight discrepancy that he was holding Q cigar in his fingers instead of the habitual saxophone pipe, I would take my oath 1t was Good old Bill, in per- son and not c picture. MT. Rora- backs right hand was in his right hand pants pocket and MT. Papes left hand was in his left hand pants pocket. The position of the Roraback right hand as against the position of the Pape left hand may have c significance but am unable to interpret 1t. If the Re- publican campaign was under way. if contributions were order, and If knew in which pocket MT. Rora- back. and MT. Pape carry their respective bankrolls, it might be possible to read the meaning of the hands business. At any event