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ORT ELGIN RACE
BLUE WATER HARNESS CIRCUIT
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23rd
TrOt or Pii,Ce4 Purse $300
2.22 Trot or Pace Purse $300
Free for All Purse $300
Trotters allowed 3 seconds
Three per cent. to enter; no deductions. Free stbling, hay and straW..
All entries to be in by 10 o'clock: July 23rd.
RACES START 2 p.m. AWE
The famous 'MatDonnell starting gate will be•in use,for 'each heat.
President: Port Ellin, Secretary.
AUBURN,
)`ell5 tN, -,�
�� �til�' �.�. '•� �li�� I��neill�
er of Woodstock spent the we:ek-
end ',with friends here.
Mr. John Philli'ias of Yellowgrass,
Sasi „ is visiting his brother, 1 zehiei
Phillips, and otherrelatives. Mr.
Phillips, Who is eighty-six years of age,
made ,the trip by motor with his Soil -
la -law and daughter, ue. and 'Mrs.
Scott, who ore .at present, visiting their
daughter. in Termite. In spite of his
advanced years, Mr. Phillips is re-
markably active, walls without a cane
and doesn't need glasses.
Mr. and Mrs., Harry Itiluferknecht,
jr., of i> etroit ° are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Geo.,.Beadle;
Misses Jean Campbell and Noreen
Knox of Kitchener are visiting the
former's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Albeit
Campbell. 1..
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Weir and
daughter Joan have returned to Ot-
tawa ,after a week's v,isito`With I)r.
B. C. Weir.
Mrs. ('arrie Armstrong of Wood-
stoc'k is visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo.
Beadle.
Mrs. W. P. Beck of ('olemail, Alta.,
is visiting her a untt , Mrs. Jas. Match
and Miss Nicholson.
Auburn Community Hall Association
are holding a garden party on Wednes-
day, July 23rd on the lawns of it.
.\Bark's Anglican church and, Ur. B. C.
\Weir.
Mr. and Airs. Albert Cuvier spent
the weeh.ond tvil11 friends in Petrolia,
Mrs. 1t. A. Miller of Leamington
was a week -end visitor with lir. ward
Mrs. It. 1). Munro.
Mr, and Mrs? \Win.' O'Neil and Mrs.
()'Dell of Parkhill were recent visitors
with Air. and Mrs. 11, J. Ferguson.
Mr. Huy Mugfwrd of Goderich spent
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Geo.
ungblut.
Air_ ..1 1au►i__Jloulac'Ii 5pelal 1t mak:_
days in r1 oronto this week.
The B.1.P.U. will hold yits regular
meeting ou Sunday evening'at 7.30- in
the Baptist church.
W.M.S. Meoting.—Mrs. J. C. Stoltz
gave her home for' the July, meeting
of the W.M.S. of .,Knox Presbyterian
church. The president, Mrs. W. T.
Robison..• presided. The- devotional
period was taken by Mrs. George F.
°licngblut and included Scripture read-
Ing, meditation un same, and prayer.
duet was rendered by Misses..Laux0,
Mae and J nice Letherlaud. It - was
announced that Miss Mae Williamson,
missionary ou furloughs,' wottld 'speak
at the August meeting, which will
be held, at the home, of Mrs. John
Houston. The tonic,"Ministry of
Healing," dealing with medical work
in India, vas given by Miss Viola
Letherland. The, roll call, vvais answered
with the name :of a fo,reigtc mission-
ary. The meeting closed with a hymn
alar prayer by- Mrs. Wellington Good.
The hostess served ,t' dainty lunch.
• CUPS AND SAUCERS '
By Lewis Ailligan
Ci
Photo Art0 a' wQC d� tit ee14iiti'1,c*ao' rof ez c'hime( J itr. Billowy. sit eoracin [ed
Mat 2f the picturel6vinsg-TinblioNntued
any work so highly that they were wilt-
intc to pay, me $U9 per dozen 1C would[
a
o to R. Sallows Gained. b foolish% o confine myself to portrait
.a
work talon with : cabitlets-a averaging
, c International Market four dollars per dozen."
'o>1 $1s Piit c.3 ,y
Wide Recogiutiou
By A. S. GARRETT in The London
Free Fess
• ..In this modern era of picture journals
Ism and colored photography it seems
appropriate to recognize the efforts of
some of the oldtime artists in Western
Ontario who aided, in 'no small manner,
the progressive march of pleture-tak-
ing, from the daguerrotype to the
moving -picture filming. of the present
day. As an exaa°mple we might refer
to R. IL Sallows, one-time photographer
of ,Goderich, a man who persistently'
During the follotiving.years, the (hide-
r/eh photographer's efforts in the coin -
inertial sphere were much more liberal-
ly rewarded. The popular approval
with.which his work was receiVed
urged him to use all his efforts to place
its his productions a mark of distinctive
quality—practically "the same goal that
insplres Yousc'f Karsh, of Ottawa, and
other fatuous photographers of . thin
present time.
"I always strive to talse people un-
awares, in their natural moods, at their
common callings, or in familiar sur-
ruundings--all'of which 1°fund imparts
,natural and lifelike., qualities to all
my studies. I make it on aim never M.
take a .picture of an animated scene
when the subjects are conscious that
they are being photographed." were
among Air. Sallows' concluding re-
'Marks.
e-
•hMarks.
by 191G, Mr. Sallow's had on hand
nearly (i,000 :ilk -by -eight -inch "backed"
prints, andl-v,a5 continually aclditcg to
them. Anunig Itis customers were both
the (-°';tnadiatr railway systems, vvli) '
used his pictures in their publicity elistomttrs was the editor of The Hilidoo on a .block of wood. An old. hewhis -
folders, yariutcs fanning. publications.Patriot, ('alcttttaa, India. ered gentleman is leaning over the
agricultural college, in both
Canada * * (blocl ol1o� hand oat: -the. turkey's Plead
and the I-Ilited States, iimtt azinos and 1One popular hallows .Picture - was I and' the other grasping the handle of
periodicals_ He also had customers in entitled, "Back to First Principles." It his trusty axe. A small girl, close by,
is a rural scene showing two boys Is hiding her eyes with .her Bands.
Inc \Ping themselves to 0 eovv's udder„'
In at recent letter, Mrs. Saunders
taking turns in squirting streams of. told the writer that her father at ways
milk into each other's -mouths. Another, regretted that he was unable -to photo -
entitled, "glary Had a Little Lamb," graph nature in iter natural colors.
shows a small girl snapped as she fed Unfortunate that he could not have
a latrcb via the bottle method. Still an- had the advantages of innodernFsequip-
other, --entitled, "" 'he Adie - and ment-witea pisotograp4leal reproc4uction
in color was possible.
"The secret of success in life is. for
a man to be ready for success when it
comes," a famous British statesman
once said. The career of Rm.
.R. Sallows
seems to justify this
'THE LATE R. R.,0SALLOWS
advertised his home town; one who
started something. new in the way. of
commercial photography aml
won the world as his untrlict,
Those who remember Mr. Sallows
in early -fife, and have recorded some-
thing of hik activities then. claim- that
until about 1896 he was . -a plodding
reputation and with no migtitier 1Ws-
sion than making a living ,and giving
his 'eustomers satisfactory- service."
* * *
However. one day R. R. Sallows
discovered that he had a remarkable
aptitude for a. speCial line—lhat.: of
commercial photography --- and .was
amazed at the vast possibit,itie
it offered even at that tiMe.
Mr. Sallows' story, as told by him-
self to the representative of a TO:onto
publishing firm.k the autumn of 1016,
and explains not only how he first chose
Photography as 0 vocation but also
how he .sttunbled, almost 5y ziyeid,.-qit,•
undeveloped field of commereial
• Newspaperdont has- entered into tssins, To his daughter, Mrs. cbaries
"dog-dttys" .with stories about "dying K. ;41 unders, Goderich, th, writer
saucers" which- are reported, to haN'e is indebted Cor the- recent oppori-1111P
crookery have beeif described as, scoot- -The study of photography I started
ing through the upper air with the by aeebreat.'• • said mr. saibiws. "If
greatest of ease and :It a "terrific an. opening had' not pre*ented.-itself I
speed" ,with an undulating motion.,
These 'appearances might be. attri-
buted • t=1.). the effect of the hot weather
upon the persons beholding them. who
may- be accused of "seeing • things"
under the influence of some liquid stim-
ulaitt—in other words. that they 'must'
Have been in their "sups" 'when they
saw the "saucers." littt it -is .0 pity to
spoil a good story at a time like this
with such flippant explanation. Afore -
over there may. be, ,,hfler all. something
in these "saucers." oue of them was -
reported to have beeil .seen flying over,
Ottawa at the time wneu the mentbers
inif.,,ht have followed almost, any .other.
line: About forty years ago 1_1 876
I siruck fioderich in search of -0 job.'
I first decided that I wonld sit for
'a- photograph. and while in eonversation
with the cantera man L was offered the
position as his travelling- representative
throughout the country canvasSing for
enlargements of Photographs. I fol-
lowed this line for the greater part 'of
the summer."
- In the fall of 1878, Mr. Sallow,
asked to Crinsider learning the profes-
sion. Finally. -on Friday. October 1 5.
of Parliament were in the. throes of 1878. he'lqitered into an agreement with
trying to wind-up the business of the his employer to spend a. three-year
session aud depart. • This particular preuticeship term in the stud -11's Before
"saucer" was described by. one dn f
-ss ,se term was complered he purehased
the business and early in February,
1 881. Was numhered aniong the rural
"artists" of Huron' county.
"suddenly broken Completely in 4iwo ; "I was not lonfe,in business before
both sections continuing side hy side I realized th*t in the dull Neasons,
for split second, then completelY, while ninety-nine men- of thir, craft,'
the conteatS—whfeh may have been'. thing to turn up, I Would ha Ve to..turn
smile sort 'of hash. lu which case the things .up' by _tarn:ling niy• energies in
Phenomenon could be interpreted as some other -manner. My efforts have
symbolic of the -results of the. political
cookery .at Ottawa.
There may also have been something
synthetic in the appearance of eight 11Y-
ing saucers over the State of' Idaho.
These were reported to have been
seen by Mrs. \Vatter-Johnson, of Dish -
mail (sic), while visiting her parents. again It was civie holiday iu Gode-
Mrs. Johnson, however, deScribed the eich in August.. 1 897. I had plahned
ob5ects as resembling "washtubs" mOre to siwnd the day in a neighboring fown,
than saucers, ;lad said they were "about but another appointinent at honte pre -
the size of a live -roomed house." 'rhis vented 'me' from (Toing so,. However,
may be significant in 'View a. the 'wept was free in the afternoyn,. so, accom-
shortage of washing machines and of by my daughter and one of
-five-roomed houses in which to operate her lady friends, drOve to Point
them. Mrs. Johns(rn said that GA'S Farm slimmer resort. six usiles !unlit of .
"fluttered like leaves to the ground." Gyderieli. Then.), with my two tom -
and this • may be taken as a good ',anions posing on.:1 rooky ledge on:,
onien—although the *idea of washtubs Lake Huron's shori7. I made the nega-
he size Of five -roomed honst‘s fluttering t ivy which marked the eommmenceinent
like leaves to the goioind is not in itself
conximoing, 'Of course. it could- gofraiwre.r.(,..areer as n landscape photo -
taken as a portent of a. htsa vy descent .The title whin Mr_ Sallows gave
of washtub and real estate literature. 0„ pi01011, was this: .
which is,,nhout to flutter into ow imams "Afar O'er the• waters a sail I.
of this continent' in the ally futtire, see!
But this is all Mere supposition, and Wing are the- tiding,s it brings to
it may he completely beside the 4111Irk. me?'
The United States- army air forces- are * *
.reported to ha ye put a number of jet Thy picture certainly 1111s dOSt 11110(1
fighters on the alert in the Pacific 10 ,,bring good tidings. Mt. SalloWs
coast areas In the 'hope of eatching sent a Oopy to 0 manufacturing firm in'
,and identifying the mysterious objects. Rochester, who -used it in their catil*-
and ny the time this goes to press theY ham. as representing one of their pro- ,
may- have. caught one and -solved the' (11101s, Miter, copies appeared in
•mystery. Some people have -gone so variints publications, including papers'
in' Toronto, and Buffalo. We might
add that the photo, a eopy of which we
have seeh, shows Mr. Sallow's', (laugh ter
and hcr lady companion. one sitting
npon 0 large boulder and clasping her
friend's hand with one of her own. as
she.shades her eyes with the other and
gaZes out across Lake Huron. The
smaller girl' Of the two is standing up
arll.pointing energetleally In the 5111110
dWeetiOn. , It wag the 'extraordinarily
natural pose of both the girls that Made
the Picture such an immedTate hit.
seientists are minding their own bust- During the following six years; R.
R. gallows added gradually to his coi-
n:It'''. is all very well for the British
press to shortie over these reports find
compare them with the popular yarns
abOut vast Sea -serpents that were
"seen" romping in Scotland's Loch Ness
every time the tourist trade needed a.
shot 'in the arm. That is sheer jeal-•
ousy. and it may even amount to envy,
for the British people are suffering,
from a, sad litek, of saucer's and all
other kinds _op. crockery, as well as of
a shortagg' of the nicer things that are
seqed_ thereon.
server 'as a "dinner plate," which was
said' to haVe a "white tail streamiag
out behind." It was also *said to have
indeed- be? -qt. liberally rewarded - and
now instead of a 'limited, field ill whieh
to draw an occasional customer I have
the whole world as my parish," Mr.
Sallows told his interrog,ator on. that
fall day of'4916.
In this group of quality bed -room furniture, 'are suites
drom Imperial Rattan (maple finish)--McLagan's (distinc-
tive spool design)—Galloway Furniture (limed oalc and
bleached mahogany) and, modern suites in walnut.
the United Kingdom. -on t'il'ititiental
Europe. Australia. India fact, .the
entire world.
• hitstanding in the collections of
prints were .doniestic scenes, pictures
ofrrural. life, views of nature in her
wildest and liveliest moods. hunting,
seenes, and all
outdoor piistimes. 1913, the De-
partment of Innnigration at Ottawa
engaged Mr. Sallows to make two trips
into the Prairie-Provinves _to secure
views to he used in immigration liter-
ature. One of his •most distant
Turkey," w:ts very popular at the time
of World War I. 'It is also a farm
scene with an attractive, backkround
of trees and board fencing. In it a
young man is kneeling while he holds
the head Of a large turkey
gobbler
•
ri ay, uly
8 30 p
CULTURAL P R
DERICH
TS
far as to suggest that the Russians
May be trying out some new atomic or
other 1 weapon, dropping -it from
the Atratosphere as a warning to' the
AmeriCan Congress against proceeding
further witlis the Marshall plan far
the economic reeovery of Western
Europe. Even if there' were nothing to
this, the Soviet Government • would
probably eneonrage" the delusion. with
an ominons silence behind the iron
curtain, or with vague denials that
leave the impression that RtIggilln
leetion of outdoor studies. ‘In 1903, he
received a letter from a firm in Philii-
photographs he sent them. He for-
warded twelve prints, ten of which
were aceepted. The Oilers were ',re-
turned along with a eheque for $50.
the'sume work at home my regulat
enstoiners were paying rae six dollars
per dozAtn. This was the lirtt moiler
had ever received for an7 eotninerelal
K,,
UNDER FLOODLIGHTS
FEATURES
•
BOBBY WILLIAMS,. 65 lbs„ colored, aged .8, Police Kiwanis Club, Toronto,
Vs. JIMMY IVIcAULEY, 65 lbs., aged 10, Gerraxd Kiwanis Club,
Toronto.
BOBBIE ALLEN, 130 lbS., Goderich Lions Club, vs. JACKIE TILLER, 130 lbs.,'
• "Chicken Coop, ", A.C., London.
Other bouts will include boxers from Detroit, Strafford, Walkerton, London,
- Ex -Canadian and Ex -British Empire Champions will be officials.
COMIC BOUTS
Members of the Kitchener Lions Club
will burlesque a nuMber of bouts itrhiell
will. be good for some hearty Jaughs.
Huron Old toys' Trophx,
will be pregented to the boxer considerd
the "gaihest loser" in the" various
Entire proceeds will be in aid of Goderieh Lions Crippled Children's Fund.
,Admistion: . . Adults 50c
• 'Chil4rell 25c.
Grandstand Free to the' first 2,000 fans. Oars admitted free.
This boxing program is sponsored by the Goderich Lions Club in co4peration
with the Toronto Lions (Central) Club. .
R. G. EMERSON, . -ARNOLD Mo'CONNELL,
president, Goderich Lions Club. Chairman of Bold* tonnnittee.
Lakeview amino
C ' 4 ... BEND
. - DANCING: EVERY. NIGHT
GORDON DELAMONT. AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Vocals by Vine, Smith
MIDNITE DANCE JULY 21st -12.05 a.m.
Join the resort' crowd at these popular dances and have real fun! •_
by GORDON DELAMONT ANH HIS ORCHESTRA
• . Total prbeeeds for Exeter Lions Club •
This is a worthy cause—Comp Out, Lions, wherever you are—pd'
bring a frien&-we need all --your support! •
LADIES' SOFTBALL, WEDNESDAY, SULIT 16th --7 P.M.
(The only team -to have btaten DaShwOod td date!) '
Plan a day*at. "The Bend." More fun than.any other Resort on,Lake.
Hpron, and fast becoming Ontario's foremost Resort. -Look at these
"worry forgetters"—Swhnming, cycling, horseback riding, bowling,
roller skating, speed boats, merry-go-rounds, movies, dancing. •Come
on—cliinb hi your car and see for yourself. Free Picnic Hall at lake.
ORT ELGIN RACE
BLUE WATER HARNESS CIRCUIT
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23rd
TrOt or Pii,Ce4 Purse $300
2.22 Trot or Pace Purse $300
Free for All Purse $300
Trotters allowed 3 seconds
Three per cent. to enter; no deductions. Free stbling, hay and straW..
All entries to be in by 10 o'clock: July 23rd.
RACES START 2 p.m. AWE
The famous 'MatDonnell starting gate will be•in use,for 'each heat.
President: Port Ellin, Secretary.
AUBURN,
)`ell5 tN, -,�
�� �til�' �.�. '•� �li�� I��neill�
er of Woodstock spent the we:ek-
end ',with friends here.
Mr. John Philli'ias of Yellowgrass,
Sasi „ is visiting his brother, 1 zehiei
Phillips, and otherrelatives. Mr.
Phillips, Who is eighty-six years of age,
made ,the trip by motor with his Soil -
la -law and daughter, ue. and 'Mrs.
Scott, who ore .at present, visiting their
daughter. in Termite. In spite of his
advanced years, Mr. Phillips is re-
markably active, walls without a cane
and doesn't need glasses.
Mr. and Mrs., Harry Itiluferknecht,
jr., of i> etroit ° are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Geo.,.Beadle;
Misses Jean Campbell and Noreen
Knox of Kitchener are visiting the
former's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Albeit
Campbell. 1..
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Weir and
daughter Joan have returned to Ot-
tawa ,after a week's v,isito`With I)r.
B. C. Weir.
Mrs. ('arrie Armstrong of Wood-
stoc'k is visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo.
Beadle.
Mrs. W. P. Beck of ('olemail, Alta.,
is visiting her a untt , Mrs. Jas. Match
and Miss Nicholson.
Auburn Community Hall Association
are holding a garden party on Wednes-
day, July 23rd on the lawns of it.
.\Bark's Anglican church and, Ur. B. C.
\Weir.
Mr. and Airs. Albert Cuvier spent
the weeh.ond tvil11 friends in Petrolia,
Mrs. 1t. A. Miller of Leamington
was a week -end visitor with lir. ward
Mrs. It. 1). Munro.
Mr, and Mrs? \Win.' O'Neil and Mrs.
()'Dell of Parkhill were recent visitors
with Air. and Mrs. 11, J. Ferguson.
Mr. Huy Mugfwrd of Goderich spent
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Geo.
ungblut.
Air_ ..1 1au►i__Jloulac'Ii 5pelal 1t mak:_
days in r1 oronto this week.
The B.1.P.U. will hold yits regular
meeting ou Sunday evening'at 7.30- in
the Baptist church.
W.M.S. Meoting.—Mrs. J. C. Stoltz
gave her home for' the July, meeting
of the W.M.S. of .,Knox Presbyterian
church. The president, Mrs. W. T.
Robison..• presided. The- devotional
period was taken by Mrs. George F.
°licngblut and included Scripture read-
Ing, meditation un same, and prayer.
duet was rendered by Misses..Laux0,
Mae and J nice Letherlaud. It - was
announced that Miss Mae Williamson,
missionary ou furloughs,' wottld 'speak
at the August meeting, which will
be held, at the home, of Mrs. John
Houston. The tonic,"Ministry of
Healing," dealing with medical work
in India, vas given by Miss Viola
Letherland. The, roll call, vvais answered
with the name :of a fo,reigtc mission-
ary. The meeting closed with a hymn
alar prayer by- Mrs. Wellington Good.
The hostess served ,t' dainty lunch.
• CUPS AND SAUCERS '
By Lewis Ailligan
Ci
Photo Art0 a' wQC d� tit ee14iiti'1,c*ao' rof ez c'hime( J itr. Billowy. sit eoracin [ed
Mat 2f the picturel6vinsg-TinblioNntued
any work so highly that they were wilt-
intc to pay, me $U9 per dozen 1C would[
a
o to R. Sallows Gained. b foolish% o confine myself to portrait
.a
work talon with : cabitlets-a averaging
, c International Market four dollars per dozen."
'o>1 $1s Piit c.3 ,y
Wide Recogiutiou
By A. S. GARRETT in The London
Free Fess
• ..In this modern era of picture journals
Ism and colored photography it seems
appropriate to recognize the efforts of
some of the oldtime artists in Western
Ontario who aided, in 'no small manner,
the progressive march of pleture-tak-
ing, from the daguerrotype to the
moving -picture filming. of the present
day. As an exaa°mple we might refer
to R. IL Sallows, one-time photographer
of ,Goderich, a man who persistently'
During the follotiving.years, the (hide-
r/eh photographer's efforts in the coin -
inertial sphere were much more liberal-
ly rewarded. The popular approval
with.which his work was receiVed
urged him to use all his efforts to place
its his productions a mark of distinctive
quality—practically "the same goal that
insplres Yousc'f Karsh, of Ottawa, and
other fatuous photographers of . thin
present time.
"I always strive to talse people un-
awares, in their natural moods, at their
common callings, or in familiar sur-
ruundings--all'of which 1°fund imparts
,natural and lifelike., qualities to all
my studies. I make it on aim never M.
take a .picture of an animated scene
when the subjects are conscious that
they are being photographed." were
among Air. Sallows' concluding re-
'Marks.
e-
•hMarks.
by 191G, Mr. Sallow's had on hand
nearly (i,000 :ilk -by -eight -inch "backed"
prints, andl-v,a5 continually aclditcg to
them. Anunig Itis customers were both
the (-°';tnadiatr railway systems, vvli) '
used his pictures in their publicity elistomttrs was the editor of The Hilidoo on a .block of wood. An old. hewhis -
folders, yariutcs fanning. publications.Patriot, ('alcttttaa, India. ered gentleman is leaning over the
agricultural college, in both
Canada * * (blocl ol1o� hand oat: -the. turkey's Plead
and the I-Ilited States, iimtt azinos and 1One popular hallows .Picture - was I and' the other grasping the handle of
periodicals_ He also had customers in entitled, "Back to First Principles." It his trusty axe. A small girl, close by,
is a rural scene showing two boys Is hiding her eyes with .her Bands.
Inc \Ping themselves to 0 eovv's udder„'
In at recent letter, Mrs. Saunders
taking turns in squirting streams of. told the writer that her father at ways
milk into each other's -mouths. Another, regretted that he was unable -to photo -
entitled, "glary Had a Little Lamb," graph nature in iter natural colors.
shows a small girl snapped as she fed Unfortunate that he could not have
a latrcb via the bottle method. Still an- had the advantages of innodernFsequip-
other, --entitled, "" 'he Adie - and ment-witea pisotograp4leal reproc4uction
in color was possible.
"The secret of success in life is. for
a man to be ready for success when it
comes," a famous British statesman
once said. The career of Rm.
.R. Sallows
seems to justify this
'THE LATE R. R.,0SALLOWS
advertised his home town; one who
started something. new in the way. of
commercial photography aml
won the world as his untrlict,
Those who remember Mr. Sallows
in early -fife, and have recorded some-
thing of hik activities then. claim- that
until about 1896 he was . -a plodding
reputation and with no migtitier 1Ws-
sion than making a living ,and giving
his 'eustomers satisfactory- service."
* * *
However. one day R. R. Sallows
discovered that he had a remarkable
aptitude for a. speCial line—lhat.: of
commercial photography --- and .was
amazed at the vast possibit,itie
it offered even at that tiMe.
Mr. Sallows' story, as told by him-
self to the representative of a TO:onto
publishing firm.k the autumn of 1016,
and explains not only how he first chose
Photography as 0 vocation but also
how he .sttunbled, almost 5y ziyeid,.-qit,•
undeveloped field of commereial
• Newspaperdont has- entered into tssins, To his daughter, Mrs. cbaries
"dog-dttys" .with stories about "dying K. ;41 unders, Goderich, th, writer
saucers" which- are reported, to haN'e is indebted Cor the- recent oppori-1111P
crookery have beeif described as, scoot- -The study of photography I started
ing through the upper air with the by aeebreat.'• • said mr. saibiws. "If
greatest of ease and :It a "terrific an. opening had' not pre*ented.-itself I
speed" ,with an undulating motion.,
These 'appearances might be. attri-
buted • t=1.). the effect of the hot weather
upon the persons beholding them. who
may- be accused of "seeing • things"
under the influence of some liquid stim-
ulaitt—in other words. that they 'must'
Have been in their "sups" 'when they
saw the "saucers." littt it -is .0 pity to
spoil a good story at a time like this
with such flippant explanation. Afore -
over there may. be, ,,hfler all. something
in these "saucers." oue of them was -
reported to have beeil .seen flying over,
Ottawa at the time wneu the mentbers
inif.,,ht have followed almost, any .other.
line: About forty years ago 1_1 876
I siruck fioderich in search of -0 job.'
I first decided that I wonld sit for
'a- photograph. and while in eonversation
with the cantera man L was offered the
position as his travelling- representative
throughout the country canvasSing for
enlargements of Photographs. I fol-
lowed this line for the greater part 'of
the summer."
- In the fall of 1878, Mr. Sallow,
asked to Crinsider learning the profes-
sion. Finally. -on Friday. October 1 5.
of Parliament were in the. throes of 1878. he'lqitered into an agreement with
trying to wind-up the business of the his employer to spend a. three-year
session aud depart. • This particular preuticeship term in the stud -11's Before
"saucer" was described by. one dn f
-ss ,se term was complered he purehased
the business and early in February,
1 881. Was numhered aniong the rural
"artists" of Huron' county.
"suddenly broken Completely in 4iwo ; "I was not lonfe,in business before
both sections continuing side hy side I realized th*t in the dull Neasons,
for split second, then completelY, while ninety-nine men- of thir, craft,'
the conteatS—whfeh may have been'. thing to turn up, I Would ha Ve to..turn
smile sort 'of hash. lu which case the things .up' by _tarn:ling niy• energies in
Phenomenon could be interpreted as some other -manner. My efforts have
symbolic of the -results of the. political
cookery .at Ottawa.
There may also have been something
synthetic in the appearance of eight 11Y-
ing saucers over the State of' Idaho.
These were reported to have been
seen by Mrs. \Vatter-Johnson, of Dish -
mail (sic), while visiting her parents. again It was civie holiday iu Gode-
Mrs. Johnson, however, deScribed the eich in August.. 1 897. I had plahned
ob5ects as resembling "washtubs" mOre to siwnd the day in a neighboring fown,
than saucers, ;lad said they were "about but another appointinent at honte pre -
the size of a live -roomed house." 'rhis vented 'me' from (Toing so,. However,
may be significant in 'View a. the 'wept was free in the afternoyn,. so, accom-
shortage of washing machines and of by my daughter and one of
-five-roomed houses in which to operate her lady friends, drOve to Point
them. Mrs. Johns(rn said that GA'S Farm slimmer resort. six usiles !unlit of .
"fluttered like leaves to the ground." Gyderieli. Then.), with my two tom -
and this • may be taken as a good ',anions posing on.:1 rooky ledge on:,
onien—although the *idea of washtubs Lake Huron's shori7. I made the nega-
he size Of five -roomed honst‘s fluttering t ivy which marked the eommmenceinent
like leaves to the goioind is not in itself
conximoing, 'Of course. it could- gofraiwre.r.(,..areer as n landscape photo -
taken as a portent of a. htsa vy descent .The title whin Mr_ Sallows gave
of washtub and real estate literature. 0„ pi01011, was this: .
which is,,nhout to flutter into ow imams "Afar O'er the• waters a sail I.
of this continent' in the ally futtire, see!
But this is all Mere supposition, and Wing are the- tiding,s it brings to
it may he completely beside the 4111Irk. me?'
The United States- army air forces- are * *
.reported to ha ye put a number of jet Thy picture certainly 1111s dOSt 11110(1
fighters on the alert in the Pacific 10 ,,bring good tidings. Mt. SalloWs
coast areas In the 'hope of eatching sent a Oopy to 0 manufacturing firm in'
,and identifying the mysterious objects. Rochester, who -used it in their catil*-
and ny the time this goes to press theY ham. as representing one of their pro- ,
may- have. caught one and -solved the' (11101s, Miter, copies appeared in
•mystery. Some people have -gone so variints publications, including papers'
in' Toronto, and Buffalo. We might
add that the photo, a eopy of which we
have seeh, shows Mr. Sallow's', (laugh ter
and hcr lady companion. one sitting
npon 0 large boulder and clasping her
friend's hand with one of her own. as
she.shades her eyes with the other and
gaZes out across Lake Huron. The
smaller girl' Of the two is standing up
arll.pointing energetleally In the 5111110
dWeetiOn. , It wag the 'extraordinarily
natural pose of both the girls that Made
the Picture such an immedTate hit.
seientists are minding their own bust- During the following six years; R.
R. gallows added gradually to his coi-
n:It'''. is all very well for the British
press to shortie over these reports find
compare them with the popular yarns
abOut vast Sea -serpents that were
"seen" romping in Scotland's Loch Ness
every time the tourist trade needed a.
shot 'in the arm. That is sheer jeal-•
ousy. and it may even amount to envy,
for the British people are suffering,
from a, sad litek, of saucer's and all
other kinds _op. crockery, as well as of
a shortagg' of the nicer things that are
seqed_ thereon.
server 'as a "dinner plate," which was
said' to haVe a "white tail streamiag
out behind." It was also *said to have
indeed- be? -qt. liberally rewarded - and
now instead of a 'limited, field ill whieh
to draw an occasional customer I have
the whole world as my parish," Mr.
Sallows told his interrog,ator on. that
fall day of'4916.
In this group of quality bed -room furniture, 'are suites
drom Imperial Rattan (maple finish)--McLagan's (distinc-
tive spool design)—Galloway Furniture (limed oalc and
bleached mahogany) and, modern suites in walnut.
the United Kingdom. -on t'il'ititiental
Europe. Australia. India fact, .the
entire world.
• hitstanding in the collections of
prints were .doniestic scenes, pictures
ofrrural. life, views of nature in her
wildest and liveliest moods. hunting,
seenes, and all
outdoor piistimes. 1913, the De-
partment of Innnigration at Ottawa
engaged Mr. Sallows to make two trips
into the Prairie-Provinves _to secure
views to he used in immigration liter-
ature. One of his •most distant
Turkey," w:ts very popular at the time
of World War I. 'It is also a farm
scene with an attractive, backkround
of trees and board fencing. In it a
young man is kneeling while he holds
the head Of a large turkey
gobbler
•
ri ay, uly
8 30 p
CULTURAL P R
DERICH
TS
far as to suggest that the Russians
May be trying out some new atomic or
other 1 weapon, dropping -it from
the Atratosphere as a warning to' the
AmeriCan Congress against proceeding
further witlis the Marshall plan far
the economic reeovery of Western
Europe. Even if there' were nothing to
this, the Soviet Government • would
probably eneonrage" the delusion. with
an ominons silence behind the iron
curtain, or with vague denials that
leave the impression that RtIggilln
leetion of outdoor studies. ‘In 1903, he
received a letter from a firm in Philii-
photographs he sent them. He for-
warded twelve prints, ten of which
were aceepted. The Oilers were ',re-
turned along with a eheque for $50.
the'sume work at home my regulat
enstoiners were paying rae six dollars
per dozAtn. This was the lirtt moiler
had ever received for an7 eotninerelal
K,,
UNDER FLOODLIGHTS
FEATURES
•
BOBBY WILLIAMS,. 65 lbs„ colored, aged .8, Police Kiwanis Club, Toronto,
Vs. JIMMY IVIcAULEY, 65 lbs., aged 10, Gerraxd Kiwanis Club,
Toronto.
BOBBIE ALLEN, 130 lbS., Goderich Lions Club, vs. JACKIE TILLER, 130 lbs.,'
• "Chicken Coop, ", A.C., London.
Other bouts will include boxers from Detroit, Strafford, Walkerton, London,
- Ex -Canadian and Ex -British Empire Champions will be officials.
COMIC BOUTS
Members of the Kitchener Lions Club
will burlesque a nuMber of bouts itrhiell
will. be good for some hearty Jaughs.
Huron Old toys' Trophx,
will be pregented to the boxer considerd
the "gaihest loser" in the" various
Entire proceeds will be in aid of Goderieh Lions Crippled Children's Fund.
,Admistion: . . Adults 50c
• 'Chil4rell 25c.
Grandstand Free to the' first 2,000 fans. Oars admitted free.
This boxing program is sponsored by the Goderich Lions Club in co4peration
with the Toronto Lions (Central) Club. .
R. G. EMERSON, . -ARNOLD Mo'CONNELL,
president, Goderich Lions Club. Chairman of Bold* tonnnittee.