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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-8-20, Page 2Pi1oToGPAllNC WATER .SCENES..., Tee coast, eeteeele ender way, the spaee the teeter should occupy in the watorfrout of a seP.port town where all kinds of stepping mingregetee, furnish innumerable subjects for the eamme --suejecfs that can be made into pie - tures; that eaggest the majesty at the Elea and the romence of maritime coin - mem. Lakes, rivers, entail Meanie atel watertalle teem offer enticing sub - picture. As the coetreet between the miter and tee Shore'leuettally pronottheed, a more pleasing compose eon can generally be produced ,bY showing the shore line in perspective and so leading the eye into the plc - bre rather tbau by letting the line of the shore run horizoutally aortae the Jecteploture, which tends to cut it into two To make correctly timed negatives parte. If you wish to represent a of ahore view's end shipping you Must view acroas a small river or lake, try remember tbat the illumination is die to Include a suitable bit of the near relent from that of the ordinary land- bank for a foregromel. That will give scepe and allow, fur the fact. In the an idea of the epace between the eb- Bummer, &velem around the whurvee, , server and the Aimee opposite and will where there are usually strong shad- e also produce a mere attractive Cora- ows or dark obje,eta awe at band, re-; position, quire onle atout one halt as long an , Take Rapids at An Angie. exposure as ordinary landseapes re- Shiminering reflections are more,ef- quire. Stretches of open beech, break- ,fectivc in a picture than those of mir- ing surf and vessels entirely surround- rOrellto elmepnees, but the sharp ones est by water require one quarter the , can be brokeu up by striking the ' water with a long stick just before you Make tbe exposure. If the foreground of a river or lake scene is light in tone, the eeposure re- quired may not be leore than one half that demanded by the average land - exposure. /1 the shutter of your camera is not adjuntable to different speeds, you can obtain a properly tinted negative by using a smalleresize stop when you photograph any exceptioaally w - lighted subject, The sizes of the stops ,scape; but, if there is thick foliage are such that each one passes juet one upon the near bank, the subject should half as much light as the next larger be timed as a similar landscape away one; so, if you have been getting well- from the water would he tinted, timed landscape negatives with the When possible waterfalls and repels largest atop, the neat smaller one should bo pictured from a quartering should be used for the ordinary wharf viewpoint rather than directly "head or waterfront subject and the third on," for the flow of the water In one for open beaches and vessels In sidewise direction will better suggest open water. Its motion than when it comes straight Should you have a shutter that has down toward the ep-ectator. A much eeveral speeds and a diaphragm scale slower exposure can be allowed than .,,,e, e see ..,1F seise!: - 4*er eke, marked for either the standard "le" is necessary for breaking surf. From Their Majesties, King George and Queen Mary, are watching the proceS• sizes or the Universal Systole of stop one fifth to one teeth of a second is sloe of the clergy at the ceremonies in connection with the recent opening numbers, the following exposures will usually fast enough. Use a large stop; of the new Liverpool Cathedral. With them is Mr. Arthur Henderson, home be about right in these cases: For it increases your chance of getting de- secretary in the Labor government. views round wharves between 9 a.m. tail in the -darker surroundings with - and 3 p.m. in bright summer weather, out an exposure long enougb to spoil one fiftieth of a second, stoop le 16 (U. the detail in the moving water. S. No. 16); for shipping surrounded by open water, one hundredth of a sec - cud, stop 16. Those exposures are suitable only for the extra -rapid plates and films. If plates or films of the usual speed are used, stop F (U. S. No. 8) should be employed 10510101 of F 18. The best plates for the purpose are the double - coated non -halation orthochromatic. Choosing Your Subject. When a folding camera is used in bright sunshine negatives are fre- quently obtained that are flat and fog- gy became of the direct sunlight or Mem* reflected light that falls epee the front surface of the lona. Conse- quently it is wise to make a. short cardboard tube and paint it a dull black inside. It *Mould be made of such a size that it will fit snug over the lens mount, but it must not be long enough to cut off any of the view that. the lens includes. The question can be settled by placing the tube in Position and sighting through the lens with your eye at one corner of the back of the camera. The easiest Blass of water scenes to photograph are or- dinary coast subjects such as a curv- ing beach, a group of rocks by the water's edge, a small boat hauled up out of reach of the tide or a fish shan- ty with perhaps a well-placed figure or two suitably employed,—which does not mean that they should stare at tbo camera. Simple material and tit- tle 01 11. is the moat effective. Don't try to include a great expanse of beach or water with nothing of interest In the foreground, for the result will be disappointing. Next to &Dosing your subject and your viewpoint Intelligently comes suitable lighting. When the sun is high overhead objeets cast little shad- ow. Everything is flooded with light, and a photograph made under eucb conditions is flat and monotonous. Aim to include a fair amount ,of shadow in your comp:edam, such as prevails when the sun is at one side and not too high. A ray filter, if you know how to use it, will often improve the rendering of a beach scene, particu- larly if there are light clouds in the sky, which add to the attractivenese of the effect. The ray filter of course requires a longer exposure; the length of time depende upon the kind of filter and the kind of plate, Photographing Vessels. Courage. No star Ls ever lost, whose light We once have seen; Only obscured sometimes by clouds That drift between Us and its radiance which shines Calm and serene. No hope of cure can ever die, Though buried deep By doubt or fear or unbelief— It does but sleep! Awaken it! Have faith it will Its promise keep! 1 With courage, keep your goal in eight, And toward it, still Keep climbing upward, ever up. Though steep the bill, There is ne height we may not reach, If we but will! —Ida May Thomas, in Success, Like photographing surf, eatching vessels under mat calls for prempt de- cisI'uie, espeeially when the subject to near and moving fast, but a little prac- I tiro soon given confidence. .A rather: low viewpoint usually allows the linee of a vessel to the best advantage, and the feeling of action Is most Strongly expreesed when the cruet is presented at on angle, either renting Loward going from the ebserver. Although a I side lighting gives a good play of llglit ' and ilhad, you ,should 001 overlook tbe I effectiveness of whipping 111 eeen agelnst the ligbt, especially wlesu the sun is low enough to preclure a elate' Ng path of light upon the water or a fine cloud effect fuenishes an heerege leg background. When you are aerie lug aboard a ve,sel in mutton an't rc.ot the cameta upon the rail er 'n, Particularly if the Lteidner, for the vibiation fermi the alar le likely to b!ar the inwv. Alt:o ave'd standing where the vitti•otton it; 'meet notivevide, Much of the advice here given ap- plies also 10 intend water seene.s, es- pecially those about the larger lakes and rivers, for they may he clasee4 as "maritime' wbenevor water or elep. ping le more eenspleitems than other Pavia or the composltion, in dealing etch a subject as the tree -lined beeelut of 0 eteeem or a lake or a water- fall lu a glen the general tone and form of the land and foliage le.,,ould help to decide whet propoerint 01 the Wifey—"Could I have a little money for summer clothes?" Hubby --"Sura! Fine! You usually ask for a lot." In a Boarding House. Over the faded paper on the wall Gigantic cabbage ro-ca, climb and crawl In patterns weird and startling of de- sign -- flow many eyes have leathei It. (18 do mine! The tem Is full of shadows, secrets stare And whisper In the cornere, every- wb te Of farmer transients who once came and went These listening walls are subtly elo- quent! The weary chairs all sag se tired they Of ring arranger folk from day to de y eed enter,' languidly Its ancient ..erings 1111,1 1 much to b.-ar poor, pa- tter!. things! shthby, wooden deli sn stained wile Wear s 11.1.P (0 11 1114111 1 area thine, or dig, (.11)4 51 cnes, with yet must wrttk !rtter, to cans home. night after night! Mark X. Caruthers. A Poem You Ought to Know. Good Night -and Good Morning. Richard Mouckton Milnes, first Bar- on Houghton, and father of the Mar- quess of Crewe, the present British Ambaiteador in Paris, was born in 1809, and during his long life knew everybody worth knowing. . He was a man of culture and great literary A fair little girl sat under a tree, Sewing as long aa her eyes could see; Then smoothed ber work, and folded it right, And said: "Dear work, good night! goad night:" Surh a number of reeks came over her. bead, Crying, "Cawcaw!" on their way to bed; She said as she watched their curious flight: "Little black things, good night! geed night!" The horses neighed, and the oxen lowed; The sheep's "bleat! bleat!" came over the road; All seeming to say, with a quiet de- light: "Good little girl, gcod night! gcod night! She (lid not say to the sun "Good night!" Though she saw him there like a ball of light; For she knew he had God's own time to keep All .over the world and never could sleep. The tall pink foxglove bowed his head, The violets curtsied and went to bed; And good little Lucy tied up her hair, And said, on her knees, her favorite prayer, Joedaaitafo Water :amply, The l'oCistff Soltmen, rained for a locality 55 .01 then for the famous king. Were bent by man engineers to provide a wale,. supply for Jerusalem. nee three pools, which are eight miles irons tbo city, are fed by large swinge and have a total capacity of forty mil- lion tetanus. The Romans built eo well that after tbe mane centuries of dies est; the pools, the springs end the aquedurts had only to .1)4 eleanee and' the Make repaired to give Jerusalem again cecellent Water Supply. And while cn her pillow she surely lay, She knew nothing mere 1.111 ,again it was day; !Sri all things Feld to the beautiful 0(111, "Good morning, good morning! our work is begun." The Borrower. Mts, Isaac Tootle is always borrow- ing something. So far sate owes her neighbor, Mrs. Latele six cups of sugar. a quarter of a pound ef butter, three spook of thread, a can opener, cleven hairpins, a crochet needle, a sack QC salt, a Wart of vinegar, a box of camphor balls, a package of tea, a box of matches, and a soup tureen. The only tiling she hasn't borrowed front. the Latches is the piano, and that's because she doesn't play, Mr. Latch wants to buy an automo- bile but bis wife won't let him. "Mrs. Tootle can get along without an auto- mobile," is the way Mrs. Latch puts it • Rivalry. "Itivalese was the Latin word for those who dwelt on the •banks of a stream and quarreled over the use•of sthheorew.ater and the occupation of the To -day "rivals" are those who, living on tho margin of the river of live, as it fion-s by them 1.0 the infinite expanse, are contenders for supremacy in war, iu Inteeness or in love. Great minds ought to get rid of pee tiness, even while they strive for the advantage. A bracing competition never yet did anything but good In the making of a character. Nothing worth the having comes to us easily. It was ordained for our benefit that we should strive and agonize, "endure and be withstood," taste the bitter of- ten and the sweet occasionally. The last test of a man is his de- meanor toward his rivals. Any man is able without effort to be friendly to his friends, genial among the congenial. There is no warrant for a quarrel with our comrades picked and chosen. But what are we among compote ters? Do we keep our tempers and play fair with them? Do we Scorn to take a sly advantage? Do we recog- nize and admire In our opponents the essential traits of • goodness that we find and praise in those who are our faithful, tried coumanions? Jealousy is a mean and Poisonous emotion. The way to redeem It from utter ugliness Is to divert its force from the malignity of envy into a ten- der, gentle, reverent concern for the other person, a viellingness to re. flounce, if that shall be for the other's good, a generous continuity of impulse that can find no room for any con- sideration of a selfish benefit. To hear of the successful ought to mean that we rejoice in their success that might bave been ours. 11 we bave done all that was in our power and failure was the crown Of the ef- fort, at least we tried. And life is one long opportunity to go on trying. An Editor's Trials. An editor once kept track of his profits and -losses during the year and gave an invoice of his. business diary at the end of 12 months of ups and downs, in the following manner: Been broke 361 times. Praised the public 89 times. Told lies 720 times. Missed prayer meeting's 52 time. Been roasted 431 times. Roasted others 62 times. Washed office towel 3 times. Mistaken for preacher 11 times. Mistaken for capitalist 0 times. Got whipped times. Whipped others 0 times. Cash on hand at beginning $1.47. Cash on hand at ending 15 cents. —Milwaukee, N.D., Globe, Stories About Well low» People Too Siequene, • The American Ambeatestur to the Court of St. eatuersa Itir. Frane iill a Inge Kellogg- -himself a clever lasvycr —relates 'bow be ouce lest 5 elate A, through his owe eloquence. Ilis client was a pretty women, who waa being euel by her 1 it 1‘,-.ri for diverce, anti Mr. Kellogg tad„,qty. OrIng 10 obtain ae mute; elanr ony fo4 her ea Ito could. Suddenly, ten millet of a burst Of eloquent°, he was Weenie/tea by the lady's husbaisd, "Your bonier," explained tbo baud, "I have 'suddenly decidei te I withdraw My suit, and, if my wife Is willing, I would like to have her come back 1.0 me!" Wilen he was askee. for lea reason he explained; "Mr. Kellogg bas preeentett her In such an attractive light that I've fall: en In lovo with her all over again!" Edison v. Ford. "Sea eieree- ell bet , you Cent 01 offl" exelninted Mr. Ford, 1,104105cigar on the mautelpleco, ."I'll go Yell," retureee. Mr. Baleen, kicked the biger ole three antes Vieille or, lather, three times kick - ng. , Mr. bend, the challenger, Mead only tecemplish the feat once, and VMS= NMI VietorIOUB. But Ford got back et tine They ‘started jumping upetalre, and whereas the inventor tools three umps to *tear Nu steps, the enoter- deg aceomPlIellea them In two Houma were easy, and they had a drink, (A very mild one, of count) Girr of Twenty is Methodist Preacher. A preacber of only twenty Years of age la unusual enough, but when the preacher is a girl the fact le rernerk- able. Mies Emily Bishop, deughter of a Chatham (lengland), joiner, achieved this distinction recently when she was ordained a lay preacher n the local Primitive Methodist Church. • I Are we really getting back IQ "Me- thuselaii?" The United States boasts two men who doggedly refuse to grow old. One is Mr. Ford aud the other is i hlr. ledieon, who recently celebrated his seventy-seventh birthday. These two geniuses are great friends., and a little while ago they went for a holiday together and pro- vided the guests of thole hotel with as amusing a spectacle as any could hope to see. "I was brought up from childhood ta the eerylee if the church," Mee Bishop says. "1 have learned to love it as I love my awn Immo. 'While I was taking a class in the Sunday school one daY, our minister Patted me to prepare myselffee the examination. I gradually arrived at the conviction that I was called to preach the Gospel to others." The Holding Power of Nails. Driving a nail into a piece of wood may seent to many a simple procese, and one that would hardly be of much interest to a laboratory. A nail le used, howeyer, foe a given purpose— it Is intended to hold and stay where it is put. This feature of 0511 driving 18 of leery great Interest, as practically; all wood construction is dependent 111)- 0 on nails. The holding power of nails has been the subject of a great deal of invest!, gation by the Forest Products Labora- tories of the Department of the Inter - lar. There are many kinds of wood being used at present for building and other svood-work, and, the list is con-' stantly being added to. There are al- so many kinds of nails, together with varied lengths and thickness In each. it is commit knowledge that the cut nail baa greater holding power ttlan the mere nail, but it is not so easily driven, while the wire ;sell when cement coated, barbed, etc., has its' holding power considerably increased. Again, where large quantities of nails areNsed, as In the packing cases in- dustry, a difference of one-half Inch In length of nails required to secure the necessary strength in the case may mean a considerable saving, on' account of the larger number of nails to the Pound. The proper nails to use with the different species of wood, and the re.; quired 'represents, as will bo seen, a problem 2e-1th which all users of nails are confronted, and it is one in which the Forest Products Laboratories are! • endeavoring to solve. Some six bun.: dred tests have been made, with spe- cially designed equipment, and the, work will be continued until all Cana-' commercial woods have been! covered. •1 . Bank Bills Paper Reclaimed. What becomes of all the defaced ; and damaged paper 100110)'it$ a ques- tion that has often been asked of bankers. Heretofore the answer hes invariably been, that it is burned. Many interesting stories associated with the burning- ceremony have gone the rounds of the press., among then) being one In which an excessive draft ; in the, furnace littered St. James ' Street, in Montreal, with partially ; burned bills. Ottawa's fire depart- ment was once called out to answer an alarm of flee when damaged paper money was being destroyed in the furnaces of the Finance Department lo the East Stock. Later Ole melting iurnaees at the Mint were used for this purpose. The destruction by burning of con- demned paper money seems likely to become an absolete practice. The Forest Products Laboratorieee of the Department Of the 'Interior, have been carrying on a serlee of experiments to develop the best method of reoovering good paper sleek from the condemned paper currency withdrawn from circu- lation by tbo Department of Finance and the various banks, and to ascer- tain if such. a method is ;commercially feasible. Refining of the stock pro- duced under normal cooking <audi- tions was carried out and, by the use of a epecial washing equipment, It was found possible to recover an absolute- ly clean pulp. The paper used for the printing of bank notes is made from pure Men cuttings, and is one of tee most ex- pensive papers Manufactured. It will readily bo seen that 11 1110 Forest Pro. dimes Laboratories are able success- fully to reclaim the paper from con- demned currency it Will bo of eon- siderable commercial importance. The Real Test. "1 Avant to allow you, ladies and gen- tlemen, the famous flexible ivorine 000111, 50 absolutely unbreaktible comb, ladies and gentlenain, as will stand anything. You can, bend it so, or twist it—so, or you cate—" "Oso you comb your hair with It?" Interrupted a practical Member Of the audience. Carillonneur Plays for 100,000 People The Chevalier Josef, curicraely ale broviated to "Jeff," Denyn, the noted Flemish carillonneur, can claim, in the words of a 'writer In The London Morning Post, "that he has endowed an old instrument with a new soul, that he has not only gem, hie coun- Lumen a new zest to their traditional love forthe carillion, but has tweed a knowledge of its belittles and quail - tie; in countries where these were previously unknown. "He talks with quiet pride of his carillon ah Matinee, where for his Monday evening concerts his audi- ences neither from 80,000 to 100,000 persons, special trains being run from Antwerp and Brussels on purpose for them. (These Are held, by the way, during the months of May, June and August; they are discontinued in Jule during the annual fair). This creator of a new art. of bell -playing hes found- ed a hell school, at -present the only one In existence. M. Naas, his favor- ite pupil...and assestant at Matinee, re- lates how, In the early days, he and the one other student were allowed to practice for a' quarter of an hour each on Saturday mornings when the noise of the weekly market rendered the carillon less ubstruslve. Now students play on the bells during the whole of Saturday morning. But two carillon keyboards, operating on metal plates instead of bells, allow them to attain proficiency before venturing ou the carillon itself. "It is an illuminc`ing experience for those whose knowledge of hells comes from change ringing Eo see M. Denyn sit down to the carillon key- board and improvise with almost no little effort as it be were playing the organ. In other days a carillonneur prepared for his task as if he were getting ready foe a game of football. He put on a special suit, and covered his hands with thick leather, or rub - bee, mittens. With the modern im- provements 10 t e earl ion all this 18 unnecessary, and the only preparation Mr Denyn may make is to put a thin felt band round hie little lingers. Any- thing more would spoil the delicacy of toucb on wimiOli the art of carillon playing depends, and even tbeee he often discards. "01. Denyn, virtuoso though he be, Is never the slave 01 1110 own virtuos- ity. Arpeggios and scale passages flow from under his hands and feet with wonderful brilliance; every gra- (talon of tone le at his eommand; with his tremolando, be which the carie lonneur produces bis sustaining ef- Nets, he achieves a hitherto unknown subtlety. , Yet be always respects the character of the instrument. The pe- culiar charm of his playing is the duct of a profoundly, inimical neture, and is in its essence unanalyzable, But his limpid style has achieved its pregent reelection through his unfail- ing recognition that belle have the de- fects of their qualities tbat, for in- stance, owing 00 the prominence of the minor third In their harmonic series thick chords are to be avoided, end that for the same rea.500 minor are preferable to maim barmen:tea" When dry, seaweed is richer than oatmeal or Indian corn in nitrogen- ouS constittlents. In order to give babies 11.110 tis not overly 1(11 315 a lestier lease on life, electric incubators are being installed by many of the large hospitals. The temeerature is kept irons 85 to 110 degrees and baby thrives under it. Canada'e fire loss 01 192:1 totalled 884,1}1.9,000. 'Think of 11.1 i < sea -.see:sea-es, Just Habit, 01 Course. "Wlutte the peat grUmblIng about nawu "Thlnks ho ought to be able to run We car on a poetic Deena." RETURNED SOLDIERS' INSURANCE ACT - GOVERNMENT WAIVED MEDICAL EXAMINA. TION. Succesoful in Operation in Spite of the Cass of Business the Act Undertook. In September, 1020, Returned eel - tilers insurance came into effect fit Oanada, end former members of the Domluien overseas; army were giren three years In svhic11 they 0515111 10116 advantage oC the scheme, Its bonefite ceasing to become available in Sep- tember, 1923. In this period 33,728 ale Plications were received at Ottawa for a total ',utterance value of e75,000, 000, or an average of About e2,225. During the last month in which ap plications were received, le,e43 pole Mee were taken out. Under the Returned Soldiere' taste., ance Act provision was made for the Issuance of policies to returned sol diers without medical examination, these policies to be for a minimum of $600 and a maximum of $5,000. in- surance to paid only in the cite° of death or on the total and permanent disability of the insured, one-fifth to .,be paid at death and the balance, as an annuity, over a peeled of flYe...teu, !Mean, or twenty yeare, The aohenie, as evolved, was mainly intended forsdisabled or partially d10. abled men, whom existing companies would aecept only at very high pre - mimes or not at all, The Government placed WI returned men on an equality and waived all examinations, basing the polcy merely on the ago of the holder. Great latituae was allowed In the payment of premiums which be. came due either monthly, quarterly, half -yearly, or yearly, according to the convenience of the holder. Further leniency was given in the grace of one month allowed for the payment of any premium, other than the first, without interest, and should claim occur dur- ing the days of grace it is to be paid minus the amount of the premium. Administration of the Act, The administration of the Act was something new in life lesurance. It was decided by the Government that no soliciting would be permitted. Ile. presentatIvea were appobsted in the main centres of population, but them] acted in an advisory capacity only. Admirdetration waa very largely car. ried' out by mall and the ex -soldier left to judge for himeelf of the merits of the scheme. Within three months of the Act tura ing become effective, insurance to the amount of 33,282,000 bad been re celved by the Government and ;26,711 received in premiums, reprezenting applications from 1,016 Canadian ex - soldiers. The best evidence of the general conception of the peculiar benefits of the scheme was contained in the fact that moot ot the policies were for ;5,000, the ritetlinunt to be obtained by an individual, and re many fl1 men as poor rinks took out policies. Many benefiting by the Ate were themselves insurance agents, In- cluding several prominent offielele of insurance companIce, whilst the men. bor of physicians was ahe large. As has been noted, the ACI gives the policy -holder the privilege of paying his premiums monthly, and about 10, , 000 have availed themeelvea of tie,. I Of this number, 8,000 are leering pre alums deducted from dissibility pen. skins. About 1,000 are paying pre mittrns at the local ollIces of the de pertinent and the remainder direct tc the head office by mail. The collece tion of monthly premiums by mall le a new experiment in lite ineuranre and It has proved very teteee ful with Canada's demobilized army. leacb month the head office recolvee by mall 12,000 separate remittances from all parts of the world in adtliColt to the 8,000 which have to be detective front pensions. Receipt and premium notice are forwarded In each case. The cost of collection and accounting is enid t0 be remarkably low 5011 well within the rest of renewals nI collection as experienced by the crdinary fife 10. serene.° tempany, The reuewnl pre - millet Nemec at preernt Is 31,330.000 annually, Death Claims Received. Death Maims rereived have tun Leeti disprnportionately Mtge for the class of risk written To ll,e end 54 Ot'tol,ar 1923, 670 claims writ' 1eceive.1 with a total inherence value of $2,107,0011 11y 1.11e operation of 5 emotion of the Act 10 Cancel the Insurance r.*;:eopt for um when pension le awarded to do- petulanta, these einem; Wein lectured to 521, and a total of e1.720,211. Or 1.54 per cent. of ate lotel business re- volved. In it: operations to tinte the Cana- dian Returned Stedieee Neurones. Act bas been 1111, coastal, Whilst 'este Oiled to meet a epecial need it eat out to 1111, It. has brae able to function economically after the manner GO 3(0 ordinary life Insurance convent which, In view of the kind se Imeine.se it un- dertook, wne searcely especled of it.. Like the Sun. A little girl wrote in leer diary: "Got Up at tteeen; n tee to bed at eight." Mother suggested that It would ereutel better to sity, "Rose at }seven," Tho ehild thereupon smear:bed out the entry and wrote: "Roseet seven; set gOdightee