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NZ Truth, Issue 79, 22 December 1906, Page 6

COPPED BY THE CAMERA-CURSE.

What the Snaky Snap-shotter Saw.

There have been persistent rumors floating round the stalls, and the corridors, and the unfrequented corners of the big exhibition building about the amors of a prominent official connected therewith. It is only right tp say that, so far as is known, he don't "carry on" within the building,, although anything is possible there ; I and perhaps it is done. But this particular little story relates to the visit of the gent m question and a lady to Dev<ichelles Bay o n< a lovely afternoon when the sun was looking on with smiling countenance, and quietness reigned supreme. The lady appeared to have not seen many s/ummers, was captivatm**-. and had a brand ney/ dress and hat on, if one • could call it a hat. But the curse of these nice little spots these days is the damned amateur with a camera ; thesis, devils should be had up under the vag, or the Public Works Act—any Act, m fact, so long as they are suppressed as a Public nuisance. In the present case the camera cuss snapshotted the Adonis and his silly . immoral maiden when the loving pair were m A VERY COMPROMISING | POSITION, and he enjoyed developinc the picture later on. Now, he is employed at the exhibition hin 1 self m a rather menial uapacitv. and he started the yarii about the photo, and it spread like wildfire. In fact people down town know of it. Whether the fact of the existence of this damning tell-tale picture has come to the knowledge of the individual most concerned this scribe knoweth not, but if he does he would, of course, buy it at almost any cost within his means ; at all events it cpuld be made a great case for blackmail if the holder of the negative were so base and mean as to come at the nian m such A DESPICABLE. LOW DOWN MANNER. ' ; Blackmail is a hell of a thing, we all know, but whrn a man batches, you that way. and you ha-'^en to be a manried, -"highly ieDpecta"le" man. there ' is a certain amount of temptation for him to make, you p resolve, as _ie saying is. When wives are away men. can play, but when 'they act the 'Piiddv. camel - and .do..tl<inp : s m broad davlifht that sho'ddn't be done m the dark, they have.no .one but themselves to blame if they rrc caught by. some one or other hn may threaten to denounce . l.li**m .' .And that may mean divorce aiid- the devil knows what not. Anyway^ 'there is .? powerful lot of -trouble, promised vlvn

A "GIVE AWAY" PICTURE is presented showing'- a couple m a lovin*- way when m a plain ' moral sense they bhouldn't' be m- that position at all." ' Of. com'ser- a*3.' ; *thisr'*scrfl;e has often • written, these camera fiends tramp round to all'- -sorts of spots to get pictures exactly of this character. They absolutely lay themselves out for the dirty, . despicable and damnable business, and a' stray charere of shot m the legs frorp a rabbit hunter now and again would really do them no harm and the general public a whole lot of good. Men of" the class indicated are really worse than the foul "foxers" of evil mind who follow couples at nierht m the hope of "seeing something" aud. then doing the blackmailing trick..