Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1929, Page 26

tographer difficult. They have en | ers makes the task of the movie pho- ¢ \ ]. trained to film men and women in ac- tion, and they have developed a real OF LENS ELOSEAPS President-Elect Stands for Pictures at 15 Feet, but Flees at Near Shots. knack for producing action on the part of persons being filmed. All their ar- tifices have proved of little avall wita regard to Mr. Hoover, however. At a little railroad station high up in the Andes they seized a wonderful opportunity to photograph “the Chief” against a background of wondrous beauty. A- light, crisp snow was falling and it was bitterly cold. Scarcely a hundred yards away the rugged slopes of a mountain rose precipitously sky- ward, with long fingers of snow reach- ing downward toward the settlement. The train had stopped to change loco- BY REX COLLIE Btaft Correspondent of The r on the Hoover South American Good Will Trip. | South American news photograph- ers have learned by sad experience ‘what their North American colleagues | already know only too well—the next President of the United States abhors close-ups. | Moreover, ignorance of this pet aver- sion of President-elect Hoover put a bad crimp in the picture-taking activi- | ties of the group of cameramen with Mr. Hoover's party. More than once their distinguished subject withdrew suddenly from their midst on noting | that foreign cameras were closing in on him for the final close-up. Mr. Hoover’s dislike for cameras be- came painfully apparent to the photo- graphers during the campaign period. | Some had thought that during the Latin American tour he would let down | the bars a little—in a spirit of good | will, so to speak. But their hopes have | not_been realized; nor is their any| likelihood they will be realized when Mr. Hooversgets into the White House. The President-elect just doesn't care a whole lot about having his picture | taken, whether from long shots or close | ones. He knows that “pictures help to | tell the story,” however, and he is will- ing to face the cameras when he deems it necessary—from a respectful dis- tance. Move those tripods one foot | further, however, and he will flee un- | ceremoniously. Flees Argentine Cameras. D At the Argentine-Chilean station, on the Transandine Railroad, for example, the photographers with the official | party, most of whom were with Mr. Hoover during his campaign and hence were wise to his likes and dislikes, had set their cameras up at the approved distance—about 15 or 20 feet—when several enterprising and sggressive Ar- gentine photographers broke through the ranks and prepared to snap the | inevitable close-up. The President-elect of the United | States looked furtively around as| though to seek the best avenue of es- | cape, and then, without a word, turned, mounted the steps of his rallway car | and disappeared within its safe con- | fines. The New York and Washington | cameramen were furious—not at Mr. Hoover, for they had expected he would do just what he did—but at their eher- getic, though wholly innocent competi- tors of Argentine. On the train a few minutes later the North Americans ex- plained very emphatically to the South Americans how grave an offense they had committed. “Don’t ever run up like you did for 8 close-up,” expostulated one of the Hoover party photographers. “You'll spoil the picture every time. He'll run away from you whenever you move the cameras closer than we've got them. Stay where we are, savvy?” The Argentinians were mnot well ‘wersed in lish, but they gathered enough from the lecture to understand the gist of it. Irogoyen Never Photographed. If the photographers with the party bould have had their way they would have wired ahead to every city a potent waming along similar lines to all South American cameramen. Unable to do so, they met with disconcerting conditions in virtually every place vsited. The South Americans had never heard of sn American public officlal who object- ed to having his face snapped from “close range, and they could not under- stand why it was impossible to get a close-up of the American President- elect, without “stealing” it. South American photographers had, however, experienced similar difficulties with one of their (a;;n'e djgnin;les{— m‘:fi Irogoyen of ntina. In fact he mnever been photographed in public prior to the Hoover visit. Being photographed, it is evident, is & real ordeal for Mr. Hoover. His long ‘:rvice in the public eye has done much accustom him to the ever-present circle of lenses that appears as though By magic on special occasions, but he stil] is manifestly restless in the pres- ence of clicking shutters and grinding :e'l reel cameras. Undoubtedly this due partly to his natural aversion to \Baving his personality “played up"— either in print or photograph, and flnly to his well known shyness be- ore & scrutinizing public. It will be recalled that Mr. Hoover ut the ban on “boloney” pictures dur- his drive for the Presidency. He refused to kiss babies, wear trick hats or do other stunts just for the sake of making a good picture. Before the camera he stands quietly, but with un- mistakable impatience, ready to move off at the first indication that the first “shots” are completed. He is reluctant to for “retakes.” motives, and all on board dismounted to stretch their limbs and get a breath | of fresh air. Mr. Hoover and several Chilean offi- cers stood drinking in the grandeur of the scenery when the photographers | descended upon them. The President- elect motioned for the officers to face the camera and all graciously permit- ted the photographers to take numer- ous shots. Finally a news-reel repre- sentative called out: “A little informality, please, Mr. President.” Hoover smiled. shifted the weight on his feet and said, t do you want | me to do—shiver for you?” Shivered for “Shootef’s.” | . all right, for he had | clothing under his | ut he indulged in no grandi- | ose waves of the arm to point out to the officers the scenery they already knew so well—as the movie men would have liked to have him do. There were relatively few pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover taken aboard the U. 8. 8. Maryland and the Utah. Mrs. Hoover is more at ease before the cam- era than is her husband, but she ap- rs to share with him a general aver- sion for promiscuous picture taking. On_the other hand, both Mr. and Mrs. Hoover enjoy watching the mov- ies as a diversion, and Mrs. Hoover has even done some amateur movie making herself with a camera owned by Allan. Allan became quite proficlent as a movie photographer during the cruise. He carried his compact camera with him on every visit to shore and fre- | quently was seen perched high on & barrel, packing box or other vantage place with the other cameramen. In this way he learned much about the difficulties encountered by the man who grinds the camera for the folks in the cinema cathedrals back home. Perhaps the knowledge thus gained may be talked of over the Hoover din- ner table from time to time. But, cer- tainly. there seems to be no hope what- | ever for the emancipation of the down- | trodden “close-up.” PLANS ARBOR DAY. Italy Is Seeking to Save Forest Areas. ROME (#).—Italy, like the United States, will have its national Arbor day, starting. with 1929. The loss of valuable forests, notably in the Appenines and in the lava- stricken zone near Mount Etna in Sicily, has focused public attention upon the paucity of an adequate wood reserve in Italy. A national committee, headed by Arnaldo Mussolini, the premier's brother, editor of the Popolo d'Italia of Milan, is doing all it can in the way of propaganda to wake up the nation to the necessity of more tree planting. The date for the Arbor day celebra- tion in the schools has not yet been fixed, but owing to Mussolini's disap- Erovnl of too many fete days it is like- that it will be made to coincide with some other celebration. Dress Measurements Changed. NEW YORK (#).—Reference to age in dress pattern measurements will be eliminated and a size designation on definite natural lengths will be adopted, if producers, distributors #hd users of dress patterns approve 2. a standardization conference here Febru- ary 7. 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