The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1912. THE MARCH OF THE CAMERA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 49, 22 February 1912, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1912. THE MARCH OF THE CAMERA.

Me .adventures of. two' press phatd- , gripers in an ; English county; town, who were detected at work in a police coiiVt, and had their plates confisciatcd by the magistrate, makes it appear .that it is, becoming as difficult r for, photographers to ply their trade in “country” police courts as it is in London. It ite stated that, determined to put a stop to the practhe London .authorities have become extremely smart in “spotting” tHe wily photographer, but all the same, pictures of criminals in the dock; and witnesses giving evidence continue to appear. The devices used- to escape observation are most ingenious. One is to have the photographs taken by a woman who gets a good scat in the front of the gallery, placing on the ledge of it a chocolatcbox tied with ribbon. If the box wore examined a neat hole would he found in its side, the -hole corresponding to the ■ position of the camera lens. Cameras got up to resemble books are also in use. In passing reference to the above, at the other end of the scale, a correspondent writes, are the cameras that no human ingenuity could conceal, the cinematograph machines. These are now soon at most Royal or public ceremonies of any interest. When the King was at Aldershot last summer ho was pursued across the heath by an operator who sweated under the burden of a 201 b machine. He would set it up and start the wheel whirring under the nose of the King’s horse. The horse reared, apparently somewhat to the danger of the King, but the King only smiled. As this machine enables Royalty to appear before the people all over the realm at once, it enjoys high Court favour. It has become a great grievance with the “news photographer” that ‘the cinematograph is given precedence, and has all the host places at great functions nowadays.