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/ have i -
geed experi-
ence
same cry g o . I}
ence in thePi t,. r club work. Durkee
my second year in The work, I learned
a lesson I will never forget, which is
"Alway=s play the game fah',"
The firstday
of the fair was es-
pecially mteiestui,,, tothe
club mem
berse as all were trying to seewho.
had the best pig and what the chance
was of winning a,; prize,
'-there was one boy iibairt fifteen
years old who did not seem to worry.
about who had the best pig, War to
envy his fellow 'club , members .as
some of the club :members did,
He was giving . hiapig .a bath. and
S't.
getting hn ready for the show next
daywhen'some o.d ". h, my pig
i^'
o onesaid, , O
has youre, beat a city block." The
lay rk•
a said
looked up from irisorl� -�'n, ,
"Where is your pig?" And both boys
went to. see h i pig that theowne'
i the 3
was boasting about. To the boys
surprise the owner of the large pig
could not tell whet he fed his pig
and; had not kept any record of his
feed and labor and .did not even know
how aid his pig was. This is very im-
portant in club project, because all
pigs in the; club must be under six
months old and this pig looked to be"
eight months old at the least.
But the other boy did not feel dis-
couraged because his pig was so much
smaller. He knew that he had learn-
ed how to .raise and take care of
- hogs, and lie was most certain that
the owner of the large pig did not
raise his pig. But he did not say any-
thing to hurt the other boy's feelings.
But when the boys drove their
-pigs into the ring, the Judge did' not
even notice the large pig which was
much bigger than the rest of the pigs.
Bemuse he had learned that the pig
was too old to lee a club pig and that
the boy had not even raised it, but
had selected it out of his father's
herd, thinking he would Will a prize
.without any work.
He soon found out differently
and'
pale and his holy tense very bright sunshine, because the
THE BROWN ROOF
IN THE VILLAGE
3y'Frederic Boutet
Translated by.
V.' L. McPherson
never see him,. All the others have
papas, who ("erne home on leave. But
ha never' comes."
"Then you .dont remember 11 111"
asked the soldier, bending over to-
ward the little t-iri's clear eyes,
She shank her head.
HOW to Pho toas,aphI
B•biliIdYit?ga '
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Wl}ether you wish to photogzape a
t.' is true, he• said to.,,lihiaself. famous builciiat; or asinrhle farmhouse,
"-flew could she <remember ? :She was: the-re''is room for taste acrd ekili in
• how old? `l'W:ei;ve, ore fifteen months;' bringing'auter 't the charactof the sub -
And it is six years, since then." ject in,
an`eftective and pleasing,,vay,
And your inamfie," he asked The first thing is to find the point
,t.
aloud, `what does she • say about. from Wlijch you eau, make. the, most
!earned that the one }h.o played
game 24,1 was the„ one, theta received
the reward; for the bey whoraised
and cared for irisrie won the red.
t'ibban, which means snuch to club
boys and girls.
Church.
The Fox 'Went T o C
Looking, about fel. a; "conifotinble
s 'ot in which to' rest I discovered• a
tT
little shone 'clinch, surrounded by a
grass -grown churchyard. �. A t^•
I entered the little churchyard and
sat clown• 'upon a 'flat-topped, tomb-
s
omb-
oto-ne.
:While seated there a most unusual.
thing happened. A slight rustle;
as. near-
s
Amon • the bushes and lctu • grass -
g long
by ear}$ed nre to titrzr my head, just in
r. upon
time, to see a great red, fox leap t p
another flat toss ani orae a moment
�p
with head turned toward the directien
n and bark-
ing,
which came a baying
which I now noted for the first
tinge, their, with a nighty sprhig, dive
head foremost through an open win-
dow into .the church.
I jumped to my feet and then, like
.
J p
a rushing wind, on they came -keen,.
eager, panting -and one after the
other, like n stream of water from a
hose, 32 dogs leaped upon that stone
from which Reynard had dived, and
followed: hini head first through the
window.
I readied the church as the fore-
most hunters carne u and we wit-
nessed suoh a noisy meeting as was
never before seen or heard in the' pre-
cincts of, a quiet church.
Such barking and baying, such leap-
ing, such' fury, but the dogs did not
get him; the wily fox had found
safety high up among the roof beams,
and there he lay with.his sharp eyes
watching his 32 enemies.
After a great deal • of d•iscubsion
and goad -natured laughter, the hunts-
men agreed that as Sir Reynard had
sought and found sanctuary he should
go free, 'so they called 'off the :disap-1
pointed hounds and rode away.
this Y•" attractive. picture. The least; des ---
"She , doesn't ' say anything, She able positiondirectly `in f •ont
, is one y r „
works and then she takescare of of a'bnilding• avoid: it if you can. A
o,
grandmother, who can hardly walk iosit%o • one side."isf :;bet-
,• : position n a little at a . az ,
any longer, and she 'takes' care of ter,, for it gives perspective and, oyer-
Bertha and roe,"1a i a ,
comes;the mechanically symmetrical
The naistopped question'mgher. aspectthat h t' a fall front view presents.
e "tr're : to recons rue grout the li•tile It 1
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fI ' d t
is . y fro , mann-s necessary a -
one's features an image of the another, way; to show the whole of -a butldui
The memory of her and of their past to give ag ood idea of its character.
-that, memory which for mei:tiis in In; fact, it is often 'better. not to do, it
the midst of peril, suffering and weari- if it > fs: to toin elude the
tress had been hn r 'ss nnposslb ,
P e ed uloit" Trim � .frour .a good point of ,yiew • or if
wlrol�e ,
mole and more • imperiously, an'd a typical. au
t.
Rl iortion can be singled o1 t
f 1 g
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wliieh at last had brought him here to If theme are; trees .near b the hoto-
y, k�
find out something about her, now grapher can often include there in
stirred him with a strange :emotion, such •i way as to male them
He sa.iy, again ',the young girl, timid', e,vistaof an attiactn=•
' e portion of the
'and tender, who had become his wife i building g beyyond.
d h had � ti
anti $ whom e so unjustly made
l Details such as the fa ades and 'ei
suffer. IIo~ tl oi�g4it or a- the love 1 '
trances of an usuall
S
whrelr she had •zven him and. �,whacli � public
g, Y
rxush,good material; ,and a study of
ilet had squandered.,. He: s'ayv from the .the ,
the house Biel or .,poreh and dogrway,of a private
woad e which could be'ell r
'house, or iers acture'view of a long
a liflme to hint. This fresh anal appeal- veranda, l • p
iti•<r little n•irl was his. daughter. He
a sometimes has a more riti-
mate, homelike nail than a picture
quality
of` the whole house: •The yossib1 sties
1
rad a d
l espezate clestht'e to recover
what he had turned his back on sit
of such less, formal architectural bits
years before.
should) neerbe ove loo sed.•.
t: r i
He apse ,to iris fees and, said to the
d
Having'Chosen youroint of .-view,
,
child:
the next thing to determine is the
fine ,c , a a• ,. v ^ ren . you' can.get the
"Listen, you are going to 'bring
to f 1
But he hesitated and stopped short most "pleasing" effect of li,ght2f'and
He remembered now their dist guar= shadoW. When all the parts are fully
rely--1heie harshness to her, her revolt lighted, as is the case when n
against him. Heis behind,,,the observer, the effect will
g asked himself,af he
hadn't ,be.conie;as much a strati er:t be• flattiand the? cletaal:• poa,,rly defined;
g ° bu:t,,when,•the.,sun • is .•at .• one 'side,: its
the mother as he was to the .child.
He. turned to the latter:.rays will slash across the surface of
,I the building and out,bythe
Tell me,is your mamma �bring.
y •., ma sad some-
times'?" high lights and the shadows cast all
the details- of Projecting Portions- <If
"Oh, no. She says that the is hap- p J b p ...
py since she has us two—Bertha and two sides at right angles to each other
nie. And grandmother tells her that are to be shown, ,the perspective _ef-
fect is ,much improved by choosing; a
"Ah! And what does your mamma time when one side'is in -shadow and
answer?" the other in sunlight.:.
ply recessed por-
the sn
"She answers yes. Where is it, If there are dee
monsieur, that I am to •li}ing you?" tions, such as the sideof'a building
answers yes!under a wide veranda, •it is sometimes
"She 'ans y - �es. She answers, difficult to
yes!" get 'good detail in the
shadows . in a photograph .ta1:e in
The :n an ben
his P op n..
i thead his face.
On the edge oaf the *little wood a'
dozen boys and girls were playing, fill-
ing t•
.ilia,' air with ns..rn 'shouts and
laughter. From under the branches
one could see the roofs of the near -by
village, ; glowing in the aftenooni' sun.
Fanny, Fanny, you and Emile are
it Wait till we hide!" cried "clear,.
shrill voices:
Fanny, a little girl ofseven, blond,
alert and fresh- looking, remained
alone near fire "home" tree, with
Emile,
"Go that way," she said to him
after a fc:w, minutes.
"Fanny?": a man's voiee called soft-
.The child turned her head. She saw
a soldier half hidden behind a bush.
He 'Was a youngish looking inan, with
a heavy mustache and, tanned face.
'His cap was pulled down tight ght over
his black hair..
"Go rmonsieur,",i.
ad. , dia3 , .the child
"Goma, here. Delft be afiacl:
"I'm, not, afraid.. But. I must go
and •find the obhers,ewho are hiding."
"You :can go in a minute or two.
Comae here' first.""
The child drew near, lifting her lit-
tle face to the soldier's..
• "You conte from the city, don't
you?" she asked, "It's,very nice,; this
i 'Abb. through_ the woods. It is cool
and :fresh.. . ."
The man sat down on a pile of
wood. He drew the child" to him, putt
his hand an her curly head and gazed
at her intently.
`Haw pretty she is, I would have
recognized her by the resemblance to
her sister. She is the image of the
other," he thought.
"Are you sick that your hand
trembles so?" asked the ;little e one.
"You know, there is the''village ' `down
t:Iiere. • You can see the roofs."
She • pointed with her finger and
added:
"Our house is the one with 'the
brown -roof."
"Ah! It seems to me veryrett
p Yr
your house does," said the soldier' in
an ingratiating tone. "Come, tell me,
do you live withyour mamma?"
"Yes, and with my 'grandmother.
She owns- the house. And there is
Bertha. I am her sister. She is big -
her than I ane and to -day she is at.
school."
"And your mamma, how is she?
What does she do? What is her
name?"
`She is pretty well now, but she,
was sick. She worked too hard. peo-
ple said. She works in the factory on
the other side of the village. She
is Mrne. Valin,"
Suddenly y sh e made a movementto,
release ,herself from the hands which
softly gripped her fragile wrists:
"It is long enough, monsieur.
Mayn't I go, now?"
"In a •minute. Stay with me a lit.
tie Monger. Do I bother you ? Tell nre,
what does your father do ?"
The child's face grew serious.
"Papa.? He isn't here, Already
before there wan a war he wasn't
ever here. He was far away, mamma
said:. Now he is at the war. We
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"She is at peace. I must leave her contrast between the shadows and the
at ecce. I made her endure enoughparts of the: picture ill the sunlight is'
p Later so great, In such a case as that the
before. since she has remained. •�
free, when the war is over and `f I best way is't'o take the picture on a
return—well, we'll see."
"Where is that I am to bring you, 1
monsieur?" the little girl repeated,
tugging at his hand. For she was im-
patient to, go back to her; play.
He e hesitated.. a .m m
o ent,,ancl then
said simply:
"Show nae the teat'. -which les
n r day:; when,tiie lighting; i, softened by
haze or clouds.
leads to
the city; T must get back and take g• the vertical lines will
any train:" eelt.be lis-
tarted"and since:they converge at the
She pointedY g
Sl e out the road, He cast
glancetop, will create the impression that
a toward the brown roof. Then
the building is falling ove'backivard,
he bent down to the child and kissed
her fervently. .a defect frequently to be noticed in
hand -camera snapshots. When a cam
She escaped from his arms and ran
to resume.her. genie: of hide and seek
era that has no'swing adjustment is,
sed 'distortion of that kind can be
as he walked away.uprevented, only by holding the instru-
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Wit flourishes where sense fails to
take root:
A point•ot•view too near the subject
will always: stow k violent fo eshort .
ening' of•partsseen in perspective, es-
pecially',
s-pecially , if the view -covers '. a, wide l
an 1d. If he^ Marais tilted
g e :the
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ant'making the co`rrection• that
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posure, since the convergence of the
parallel vertical lines is caused by the
fact that the, sensitive plate: or faun
is -not ,parallel, with the, plane 'of the
subject: Of course the top of a tall
building • cannot . be shown wti`thourb
pointing the lens upward, but the.
convergence 'can be 'reduced to the
minimum by; "choosing as distant a
pointof view„, as poesible; and if the
camera has 'a rising front, raising
the lens as far as it will go will
make it possible to show more of the
upper part of the :subject; without
tilting the camera so .much.
The. best way to get good photo-
graphs of that kind is to use a plate
Camera provided with a swing bacl
and a rising front, andto use it on a
tripod. ' The proper way to lrandle'
such an instrument • is .to arrange the
subJect on the foctteing s'ercen, soas
to include as' much as you want of the•
upper portion of the building by rais-
ing. ;the lens front. If that, does not
Prove to be sufficient, tilt the ea}neva
until the image is oerr'ect1y pitvwecl,
then move the swing adjustment until
the -back is again', in/ a vertical pi -
tion. lett, ill have •to refocus, be-
cause the axis of the lens is no longer
at right aangies;.ta the surface, of the
plate, ,and .to: make up for • the un-
evenness of definition thus:aceasioned
the imageshould be Y foocuse sher i
.. I. d,
iii the centre of the field with :;the,
lens .open .. and • the ,-ape,,i-ture
gradnally 'redutued; uatile 'thee entire
•
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Since,th eluar rater a :',the subjects
as well as:uthe sti�engtlrlof,,tlie.,li�ght,
ing varies se much, it is impossible
to give accuratefigures. or. ex osduee
•
but, when youaz photograph, a building
of ordin<a s
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allowing the same time as you would
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dark foreground, under "simillar work-
ing conditions of light, lens aperture,
and so forth;, and for close=up studies
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give .twice .as, much time,: unless:` the
greater :portion of the ,subject consists.
of ; a w.hi'te. surface, ,in sunlight : In
any ease„you will reed,a full, exposure
to render properly” the details • in the
shadows. , '
Because of the varions •colors that
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brown., stone, , and .''the- tints of sky
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Too Much Think So,
"Where's,'John? asked .Lincoln:Had-
ock'as he:looked round Hiram Wether -
bee's general stare. .
"He's •,got. ,through," answered the.
storekeeper.,
"How's, that? Wasn't John a smart
and: stirring-• chap?I thought you'd
be sure," to.:keep.liim."
"You_ thought," laughed Mr. Wether-
bee. "That: was .tha`trouble with John.
Why,he's. a :re.gular.think-so feller:':'
"A think-so•.feller? What's that?"-
:- "Well, I'll tell you about John. Aunt
Jane-Pinkham bought, some calico and
sone; .sheeting' and sone other things-
of me and .left the.; bundle to lie called.
for. . Henry Stackpole came in and
bought a pair of overalls and a juniper
and left the bundle while he wentout
to the storehouse' with me to look at
some patent roofing. . Aunt Jane's.
grandson came in after her bundle,
and John handed over Henry's, over-
ails and juniper.
"When we discovered the blunder
he said, 'I thought that was Aunt
Jane's; I did think so really.'
"I fixed'it up all right with :Henry;
and then, seeing as I knew Aunt Jane's
tongue fairly well, -I thought -I'd give
her a chance to tell John what the cus;: '
tourers think;:bf fellers who make mis-
takes:o Itol "hid
S d r to hitch the hciss
into the bu-egyand' drive out Co Aunt
Janes ' and, 'deliver her bundle and
bring-back'the other stuff.,`; IUs ,only
a'mile and a quarter out there; and T
told him he ought to:get back in just
about one hour; but he was -gone nears-
ly three, 1 asked him about it, and•lhe
'said ` 'held ` been- over to '7Esop Salt- '
water's shack more'n•three miles away
on -another road. Aunt Jane does
some of her charity work therei %then
John asked for her..they told him she
hadn't arrived.So he left the bundle
and couldn't bring back the other stuff,
for it wasn't there. And when I want-
ed to know 'if he didn't know better
than to think that .Aun't Jane would,
live in such a _shack as sop's, he.
•said,'�'I thought she lived there; I did`
think so "really:"
"And just then the telephone 'bell
tang, eicd Grant Colfax ;Pushaw—hd's
particular about' being, called Grant
Colfax—wanted to know what I meant
by giving him a hundred -pound hag of
salt instead• of• ',the middlirgs he'd
bought. It wasanother of John's, mis-
takes. He had put the: middlings :into
Lem• Esancy's • cart. Lem was going
to do some butchering the next day,
hut his salt:. was in Grant Colfax's
wagon. John said, 'I thoug_i` that blue
Minard's Liniment for Dandruff.
cart was Pushaw's and that red wagon
Was tisaney's; I did think so realty.'
"A,rid 1 told bili} if lie couldn't stop
sa-niucltaliinking;and • do, sten e.genelnc.
knowing what lie: was about he'd bet-
ter( hunt another job. He',e hired out ,
,to ;Jud Leathers to work hi the fiche
lionise, arid- ifella•gQos .to,,jihiuliing ,th rt
salt dried pailook is pickled mackerel
Jul will likely bo
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