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Show Candid Cameramen Seal Socialites' Fate IN New York society it is the Photographer's Age. If the man I with the candid camera snaps you ' at the right place and with the right people he can establish youlj socially. In 1940 he is as integral i a part of a restaurant as the potted ' palms. It must be remembered that privacy and prohibition vanished simultaneously. ; Jerome Zerbe, arche type of this new school of journalism, reveals many details of his unusual profession profes-sion in the June issue of Cosmopolitan Cosmopoli-tan Magazine. His photographic hies are filled with negatives of personages ranging from William K- Vanderbilt to Salvador Dali; Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow to Gertrude Stein. "With the exception of Mrs. Vincent Astor and J P Morgan, and the right man out for the evening with the wrong blonde," ' Mr. Zerbe says, "my experience as i a society reporter has convinced me I that most people are prospective i lens lice." A few years ago a group of shrinking violets among Manhat- I tan s upper crust decided they were tired of the bustling atmosphere they encountered in such places as LI Morocco and the Stork Club They decided to get together and open a place where all photogra- 1 phers and columnists were barred i Alexander Woollcott whimsically dubbed it the Elbow Room. The I label stuck and the retreat opened ' I n'ithumuch nfare, the utmost in ' phi chi and charming decor. Amone its virtues were listed comfortable chairs for dining, excellent cuisine and a first-rate wine card. The crush of high-class customers that followed was a seven-day wonder, fceven is used here advisedly because be-cause the Elbow Room hardly sur- V6d ihat lon&- To be successful these days a restaurant must pay a : photographer much more than a ! cnef. He is an indispensible must |