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THE CLrNT,ON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE
WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN "THE
GAY NINETIES
Do You Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
From The Clinton News -Record,
July 3rd, 1896:
The Clinton bowling club will try
their hand 'at Goderich today.
Will Malloch, M.A., formerly of
Clinton, has been appointed House
Surgeon in the Toronto 'General Hos-
pital .
Last Saturday Returning Officer
Todd at Goderich declared M. C. Cam-
eron M.P. for West Huron by ,a ma-
jority of 317. The official figures
will be found in another column.
Now for Laurier's "Eree Trade as
they have, it in England.:'
Goderich Township: On Wednesday
the residence of Mr. Gabriel Elliott,
Bayfield Line, was the scene of a
very pretty event when his third
daughter, Miss Frances, "was invited
in wedlock's holy bonds to Mr. J. E.
R. Harnwell, the popular principal of
Varna Public School. The Rev. Mr.
Oaten. of Bayfield, assisted by the
Rev. Henry Harnwell, brother of the
groom, and the Rev. W. W: Lwach
performed the ceremony.
From The New Era, July 3rd, 1896:
On Friday last Mr. A. E. White of
Hornellsville, N.Y., shipped from
Clinton nine head of thoroughbred
Liecester sheep, purchased from the
well-known Hayen-Barton Stock
Farm of James Snell, Hulled.
Don't fail to see the bicycle races
on Recreation; Park on Friday even-
ing. No admission fee, good races,
band in attendance.
Apples are so plentiful a crop in
Huron and other western . Ontario
counties that it is feared there will
not be enough help to handle then)
at e opportune moment. Mr. D.
Cal mon estimates that there will be
600,OOb
lbarrels in Huron.
Messrs. I. Taylor and A. Arm-
strong went to Exeter on Wednesday
and played five gamesof croquet,
playing four different teams. They
were successful in three out of the
five games, and speak highly of the
way they were treated.
Messrs. G. D. McTaggart, D. A.
Forrester, J. P, Tisdall and W. Jack-
son will form a rink to compete in
Toronto next week in a tournament
ander the auspices of the Ontario
Bowling Association.
The News -Record is pleased to
learn that Mr. A. R, McRae of De-
troit, eldest son of Mr. Arthur Mc-
Rae of :town, has been successful in
passing his medical examinations in
Detroit Medical College; out of 100
students who wrote only 25 passed
and Mr. McRae led them all.
In the bicycle contest in Bayfield
on Wednesday two of Clinton's track
riders were beaten by a Bayfield boy,
Jowett, who' rode an Onward Leader.
Htu'on;is the only' county in the
Dominion that sends three Reform
members to the Commons and three
to the- Legislature.
The people of. Rattenbury street
Methodist ` church contemplate the
purchase of a parsonage and the fol-
lowing committee have the matter in
hand: Messrs. Doherty, Lough; Hol-
mes, W. Harland, Stevens, Cooper
and"Manning.
When The Pre§ent •Century
Gowrie, on June 21st, by the Rev. R.
H. Rogers of Moorfield, Eunice Laur-
ine, youngest daughter of Mrs. Mar-
garet Colquhoun, to Harry Fitzsim-
mons of Clinton.
Mr. Will L. Johnson left on Tues-
dayto the west.
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Moffattret g
Mr.Will Mmrned from
has t
a visitalong the North Shore and as
farwest as' Winnipeg .... His trav-
elling companion, Mr. Newt. Davis, is
expected back in a fortnight.
Messrs. W. J. Paisley, J. Smith and
Dr. Shaw attended the Liberal con-
vention in Seaforth on Saturday.
Messrs. D. Cantelon, W. J. Mitchell,
R. J. Cluff, T. IL Cook, D. and T.
Beacom attended -the funeral of the
late John Wilford of Blyth on Friday
last.
The Entrance Examinations were
concluded yesterday. Fifty-two stu-
dents
tudents wrote- in Clinton. '
The following officers were instal-
led in the. Masonic Lodge on Saturday
evening when the brethren assembled
to celebrate the Festival of St. John
the Evangelist:
I.P.M.: J. Taylor.
Master: W. J. Tozer.
Sr. Warden: Harry Gould,
Jr. Warden: H. E. Rorke.
Secretary: H. B. Chant. '
Treasurer: W. D. Fair.
Chaplain: Dr. Evans.
Sr. Deacon: Joel McLeod.
Jr. Deacon: A. Clarkson.
Inside Guard: W. R. McConnell.
Tyler: Amos Castle.
Stewards: A. Turner, Bert Kerr.
Director of Ceremonies: Dr. Shaw.
On Sunday evening last the Lord
Bishop of Huron inducted the Rev. C.
E. Jeakins, B.A., B.D., into the parish
of St. Paul's.
Hundreds of citizens and visitors
lined the streets for the School Chil-
drens' Sports Day parade on Thurs-
day last, The procession came down
from the Model School at 1.30. In A.
Seeley's auto, which led the parade,
were Chairman Hall, Mayor Taylor,
Chairman Cottle of the property com-
mittee, and E. M. McLean. Following
came Mr. D. Cluff, manager of the
Piano and Organ Co., and Mr. J. Mc-
Leod, superintendent of the Jackson
Mfg. Co., both -carrying flags. 13e-
tween them marched Rev. C. E. Jea-
1 runs of St. Paul's church. Then came
the children and marching two abreast
the line reached back a'�quarter of a
mile. Among them was the King
and Queen, presented by Roy, For-
irester and Miss Margaret McTag-
gart, who rode in Elliott's best
coach, which had been gaily decorat-
ed by Mr. Percy Couch. "Gabe" El-
liott was coachman. Piper McDon-
ald of Wingham and the White Dyke`
Band. enlivened the proceedings. All
sorts of games and contests were
gone through in the park.
Was Young
From The. News -Record, June 29th,
1011:
The 'following from town attended
the Conservative convention'. in Gode-
rioll on Monday: S. Davis, It J. Cluff,
W. J. Mitchell, T. D. Johnson, .11.
Beacon, D. and P. Cantelon and D. N.
Watson.
Mr. A. F. Johns, principal of the
Rockwood school, is rusticating . at
the parental. home in Tuckersinith.
Fitzsimons - Colquhoun — At the
residence of the bride's mother at
From The New Era, June 30th, 1911:.
Mr. Quinlan, who has been reliev-
ing feller in the Royal Bank; will go
to Guelph and, Roy East will take the
tellership, Stewart Paisley enters
the bank as junior and Dodds Hollo-
way advances to the ledger.
All thejewelry stores in town close
at 6.30 every evening during the
summer except Sat'ur'day and' nights
before a holiday.
The midnight train on the Buffalo
and Goderich branch of the G.T.R. ran
into a team of horses which had
strayed onto the track at Stapleton,
a mile from Clinton, and both were
killed. They belonged to Mr. 'John
Ransford anis were valued at $500. '
The annual Orange sermon will be
preached by the Rev. W. H. Dunbar
to the Clinton lodge on Sunday .after-
noon, July .10th, in St. Paul's church,
at three o'clock.
After an illness extending over the
past few weeks, John Johnston pas-
sed away at his home on Rattenbury
street on Friday last at the age. of
72 rears
WHAT OTHER NEWS PAPERS 'ARE SAYING
TOWN ,WITHOUT PAPER:
IN BAD WAY
A town without a paper is not a
good advertisement 'for,. any neigh-
borhood, and when the Penetanguish-
ene Herald decided to cease publica-
tion, the owners of the Midland Free
Press, only four miles away promptly
purchased The Herald's mailinglist
and will continue to publish that pa-
per, doing the mechanical work in
their own office. This will keep
Penetanguishene from being forgot-
ten by the outside world and also af-
fords an opportunity for expansion
by The Midland Free Press.
Goderich Star.
FAVORS EARLY CLOSING
Isn't there some way of ovecom-
ing this habit of late shopping on'
Saturday night. St. Marys have a
by-law compelling all stores• to close
at eleven o'clock on Saturday night.
Ottawa has a by-law compelling all
places of business to close at six
o'clock Saturday night -and it, too,
works out satisfactorily. It's all a
matter of getting the habit. It makes
rather a long day of it especially if
one has to stick around until midnight
on a busy day like Saturday and ev-
en clerks get tired. A by-law com-
pelling all stores to close at eleven
o'clock Saturday night would incon-
venience no one after the first week
or so and would be a benefit to
everyone. The present method of
keeping open late makes one so tired
that the whole Day of Rest fails to
undo.—Harriston Review.
A GALLON, OF WINE;
A FIGHT; A FINE
Four transients of no fixed abode,
breezed into' town on Tuesday after-
noon. After giving the town the once
over: and ttouiihing" a few soft-heart-
ed citizens for the odd dime, they
Ogled theirresources and purchased.
a gallon. of "tangle foot," With their
treasured possession 'they hied them
selves back to the railway ;tracks in
the'nor'thei•n section of the town and
proceeded to imbibe well, but not too
wisely. As the contents of the jug
lowered, the spirits of• the Men raised
to a corresponding; degree anis soon
strains of"Sweet A, elfne" came ring
ing through the evening atmosphere.
Their spirits' rose even further and
slight 'differences of opinion 'cropped
up --and shortly lusty blows were ex
changed with equally lusty epithets.
—Palmerston Observe},
THE KING'S TEAPOTS
Tea is Ring Edward's favorite bev-
erage. As Prince of Wales he often
surprised local officials during indus-
trial tours by refusing champagne,,
whiskey and beer which had been ob-
tained
-tained specially for him, asking for a
cup of tea.
The King drinks tea many tines
a clay. As a young man he . often
burnt his fingers on the all -metal tea-
pots at Buckingham: Palace. He re-
membered this when discussing
household arrangements at Bucking-
ham Palace with Queen Mary. Re-
sult: Fifty heavy Queen Anne teapots
of valuable Sheffield plate were pack-
ed off to Marlborough House, where
the Queen is to live. They are being
replaced by teapots with wooden han-
dles.—British Cavalcade.
PATIENCE
We learned with sore hearts that
Britain had backed away from the
stand she had taken in regard to The"
League of Nations. Sober second
thought, ' however, brought out the
fact that the majority of her col-
leagues were eager to see her rush
into war, horse, foot and artillery,
while they held back to reap advan-
tageous results. Britain was too wise
to fall into any such trap. "Collective
Aetionl Co -operations" shouted the
nations. Yes, they shouted, and that
was all they were prepared to do.
Neither nations nor communities
are as yet ready for anything like
collective action or co-operation on a
large scale. A 1 of of information
must sink in, a lot of cleansing and
tempering of moral fibre must •bene-
fit human nature 'before the corning
of the day so much longed for by
idealists. • In the meantime let us lab-
our and be tolerant and patient. There
are a .whole, lot of things that Bri-
tain knows that she is not, telling the
world.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
WHEN POLPFICIANS LISTEN TO
ORGANIZED DEMANDS
A Property Owners' and Landlord's
Association recently held a dinner in
Toronto to inaugurate a provincial
wide campaign ^ to increase its mem-
bership, at present about 500, to such
proportions that it will be a factor in
bringing about a reduction in real
estate taxation, and a significant
statement was mnacle by one of the
speakers, Dr. Horace' L. Britain, di
rector of municipal research in On-
tario, when he said:
"The politician has no respect for
the man who lies down. He listens
to the man that yells and it is up to
you to see that the noise you make is
sufficiently loud and sufficiently pro-
longed to make him pay attention to
you and your demands."
There is no disputing the truth of
this assertion. In all ranks of gov-
ernment we see it exemplifies nearly
every day that the fellow whim makes
the most noise is the one who receives
finest attention. Itis shown, for in-
stances, in local assessments, where
a citizen who voices violent objection
to the figures of the assessor and
"kicks up a dust" with the officials
generally secures a reduction in order
that he may be 'placated, while other
citizens who may actually be more
unfairly assessed get no redress be-
cause they are silent. In another
case it may be that a man wants a
better road past his house or his
£arni. Hestarts an agitation among
his neighbors. They interview the
council pressing their demands, and
the council, dependent as they are
upon public support, make this extra
expenditure on a certain road because
of the demands made, 'yet knowing
there are many other sections of the
town or township which need " road
repairs more urgently.
There 'was an illustration of the
same thing in theOntario Legisla-
ture during the. resent session when a
powerful, _ organized minority were
able to secure -fulfillment of their de-
mands, not, we believe, because they
were fair or unfair, but because poli-
ticians "listen to the man who yells."
Canadian history is full of similar
instances. -
HAPPINESS IN SERVING.
OTHERS
After forty-one useful years in the
ministry, and on his retirement from
the pulpit of Eaton Memorial Church
where he has served faithfully for
thirteen years, Dr. Trevor Davies
said on Sunday that he is convinced
that life means happiness. "I am'
sure when God made life, He meant
it to be happy."
This, of course, is contrary to the
views .which have been held in times
past by many people, and are still
held, no doubt, though to a less de-
gree. Unhappiness, indeed, has been
counted by some to be a Christian
virtue. But it never did advertise
EARLE SPICER, FAMOUS BARITONE, TO • APPEAR ON. HALIFAX
PROGRAM DURING JULY AND AUGUST — INTERESTING DATA
ON "`NORTHERN MESSENGER" ,BROADCASTS— OTHER ODDS
AND ENDS.
Earle Spicer, internationally -fam-
ous radio and concert platform vocal;
ist, will be presented during' July and
August over the national network of
the Canadian . Radio Commission on
anew Halifa
Halifax
program, "Music usic to
Remember." Mr, Spicer will be heard
each Wednesday at 8.00 p.rn. EST.
Earle Spicer has sung before
crowned heads and royalties of Eur-
oppe, has been guest soloist with
many of the world's leading sym-
phony orchestras, andhas appeared
extensively over radio networks in
both America and England. He has
an enormous r'epetoire of several
thousand songs, ballads, operas, and
oratories, but possesses a particular
flare for ballads -which recently have
been revived and which are so much.
in vogue today. He has a baritone
voice of rich quality and power.
Born on a farm in Nova Scotia,
Mr. Spicer turned to a music career
while attenidng college. For some
time he studied in London, winning
there high praise from such distin-
guished musicians as Sir Henry
Wood, conductor of the famous' Prom-
enade Concerts, Sir Landon Ronald,
conductor of the London Symphony,
and Dr. Adrian Boult, conductor and
director of the British Broadcasting
Corporation. Returning to America
Mr. Spicer •quickly duplicated his
Ieognized,as one of the most outstand-
ing artists in his field.
Another Halifax Scoop
Frank Willis, regional director of
the Commissionfor the Maritimes,
seems to be in the mood for famous
Songsters. Another note has -' been
passed on to your correspondent with
the information that Leslie Holmes,
no less, also is scheduled to, appear
from the Halifax studios, Hohnes has
been England's favorite baritone for
over a year and has given nore con-
certs over the BBC facilities than
possibly any other singer • in Britain.
He was heard as many as four tines
weekly in programs. The Commission
has him scheduled to take part in
"From a Rose Garden," broadcast
each Friday, at 8.00 p.m.
And . . Speaking of Frank Wil-
lis reminds us that "Atlantic Nec-'
turne," that thoroughly delightful
program that is broadcast each Sun-
day at 10.00 p.m., is the oldest pro-
gram on the Commission networks.
It is a national network presentation
that has won praise from listeners
everywhere throughout Canada. "At-
lantic Nocturne," sir, is our radio
treat of the week and one which, if
we may be permitted to express our
London success until today he is re- opinion ,has givenus as much satis-
Christianity. -
There is, however, a difference be-
tween happiness and complacency,
and it is largely the difference be-
tween being active and vegetating.
Dr. Davies' pity for the man who has
"everything to live with and nothing
to live for" is justified. Christianity
is at its best when it constitutes a
challenge to accomplish things, as
its Founder intended it should. And
there is much to accomplish. Dr.
Davies mentioned one of the great
things that needs doing: "Poverty is
an evil—it great evil; you young
folks will try to get rid of it for ev-
eryone."
In doing things in doing things
for others—the greatest happiness
lies. And the Christian church will
indeed be happily occupied if it plays!
its part in bettering the conditions
under which sections of the popula-'
tion have hitherto lived. The Foun- I
der of Christianity concerned Himself
with the poor and the sick and the!
handicapped. His Church can do no
less if it is to follow Him.
..The Toronto Daily Star.
OBSERVED A HOLIDAY
The King's Birthday, Tuesday of
this week was observed as a public
oliday in Exeter. Thirty-six mer-
chants and professional men of the
town had signed a petition agreeing
to close their places of business. The
day was a statutory holiday and the
Exeter Race Committee had estab-
lished this date as the date for their
annual race meet. On Wednesday,
the day following, the usual halfho]i-
day was not observed.
—Zurich Herald,
MAN IS THE WORST
1, steer that was being taken to the
stockyards for slaughter broke away
and ran wild on the city streets, do-
ing some injury to persons and pro-
perty before it was lassoed and car-
ried off to its place of execution.
Who can blame this steer for object-
ing to the place allotted it in our
scheme of civilization?'
A young bear doing a long swim
saw a punt with a boy and girl in it
and sought a lift, with the result that.
the boy beat the animal to death with
a piece of lea pipe that was in the
punt. This bear, no doubt playful
and friendly, found civilization not
what it is cracked up to be. The bear
is a humorous creature, as many who
have played golf at Jasper Park
know.
A lynx dozing in a hay field was
disturbed by a farmer and tried to
get away. The farmer got rocks
and heaved them at the animal after
it had dashed up a tree and broke
one of its hind legs. It came down
and the farmer sent his collie clog
at it, while he hurried to the house
for a gun. Coming back, he shot the
lynx and had to carry his exhausted
dog home. The lynx is described as
a vicious animal.
Wild animals are regarded as
fierce, but one wonders what wild
animals think of man,. The fact is
that man is the most dangerous of
living things. He kills whatever runs,
flies, creeps or crawls, especially if it
is fit to eat, or if not being edible it
competes with him in eating what
he wants to eat. Not only does he
kill wild animals which are dangerous
—although never as dangerous as he
-but he kills the domesticated ani-
mals that serve. him.
Somebody recently' shot a golden,
eagle and another man shot a bald-
headed eagle, and there was no rea-
son for these killings except that the
men were carrying guns and got close
enough to the eagles to get a chance
to shoot. Soon eagles will be seen no
more soaring high in the sky showing
the majesty of their flight.
One ventures the guess that what
man thinks of wild animals is noth-
ing at all to what wild animals thing
of man.
Men are pretty bad looked at from
any angle but their own.
—The Toronto Star.
HURON DID THIS YEARS AGO
We congratulate Deputy -Reeve
Mercer on inducing the County Coun-
cil to change the name of the old
people's home at Beeton from "House
of Refuge" to "Simcoe County
Hone." Ontario County Council took
a similar step at their recent session.
It is a piece of consideration we have
often advocated.
—Orillia Cacket-Times.
NEW LAW PUTS CRIMP
IN FIRE FANS
Every town has had a problem
with the fire fans. Fire fans are
those who run to every fire and block
the streets with their cars.
At the last 'session of the Ontario
Parliament legislation was passed
which curbs this evil which in past
years has proved a serious handicap
to fire-fighters. Chapter 27, Statutes
of Ontario, 1936, now provides that
"Vehicles shall immediately come to
a standstill, as near as is practicable
to, the right hand curb or edge of the
roadway and clear of any inter -sec-
tion on the approach of a fire vehicle
on which the siren is sounding." Al-
so sub -section 10 provides that "no
vehicle shall follow a fire dept. vehicle
at a distance of less than 500 ft."
—St. Marys Journal -Argus.
A FALSE ALARM
Traveller in Town Friday Night Re-
sembled an Escaped Man
The reported presence in town on
Friday night last of John Brown,
alias Russell, one of a pair of reput-
edly criminal insane gunmen -who.
escaped from a Penetanguishene in-
stitution last week, created somewhat
of a furore among merchants an ped-,
estrians on the Square.
An excited citizen called Sergeant
Ross about 8 o'clock and informed the
officer that Brown was at that mo-
ment seated alone in Wong's Cafe.'
There could be no doubt; the man's
photograph was in a daily, paper.
The sergeant rushed to the cafe, on
ascertaining his informant was sober
and in earnest, and stopped the man
as he emerged 110121 the cafe.
One shopkeeper bounded into his
store and locked the door, another
peered around a corner, and several
other men watched from vantage
points behind trees in the park. But
there was no gun -play. No stream
of lead poured into the sergeant's
body.
In fact, the man, a traveller from
Toronto, was more frightened by his
apprehension that were the hidden
watchers.
All agreed, however, that there was
a decided resemblance between the
traveller and the picture of Brown.
The other escaped convict, Marion.
"Cal" Fauria, was taken into custody
at Toronto on: Thursday last, Brown
also is believed to be in that district.
Goderich Signal.
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faction as any on the present sated- in to ask about Samuel Hersenhorenn.
ale. conductor of the Commission "Lal-•
"Northern Messenger"- Data
Some interesting figures have just
been released in connection with the
"Northern Messenger" broadcasts
which the Commission conducts each
Saturday night during the, fall and
winter months. Since the inception of
the service in 1935 a total of 11,000
messages have been transmitted to
points throughout the Canadian main-
land, Arctic archipelago, Canadian
Arctic, and the sub -Arctic regions.
An idea of the large increases in the
use of the broadcasts may be gained
from the following figures which
cover the yearly periods: from 1935
to 1934 there were 24 broadcasts to
handle 1,754 messages; from 1934 to
1935 there 2,854 messages delivered
during 28 broadcasts, and from 1935
to 1936 there were over 6,250 mes-
sages transmitted, the number of
broadcasts being, 28. Major D. L. Mc-
Keand, of the Lands, Northwest Ter -I
ritories and Yukon branch of the
Department of the Interior, who of -1
feted to carry some of the original
messages 1vith him during the annual
government patrol to the eastern Arc-
tic, for distribution to the addresses,'
reports that out of 933 messages'
transmitted to the eastern Arctic dur-
ing the 1934-1935 period, 466 were
correctly received, which makes a to-
tal of exactly 50 per cent perfect'
coverage. Only 14 of the 933 were
not received. The "Northern Mes-
senger" broadcasts will be on the
schedule again this coming Fall.
About SamuelIiersenhoren
i
A reader of this newspaper writes,
laby Lagoon" presentation broadcast.
each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
at 10.30 p.m. EST over the national
network. Well, Samuel is one of the•
most outstanding violinists in Canada...
He commenced his violin studies in.
Toronto with Jan Hamburg and later'
went to Europe where he became a -
pupil of the great Ysaye. He is a
member of the Toronto Symphony'
Orchestra, and director of his own:
New World Musicians, a concert
group that has played with distinc-
tion before many Canadian audiences..
He owns one of the most valuable -
string music libraries in the country
and does -many of his own arrange-
ments.
"The Georgian Singers"
A song program of interest anef:
variety will be presented by the -
"Georgian Singers, fifty -voiced mixed
choir, to be heard from the Canadian
Radio Commission's Toronto 'studios
on Thursday, July 9, at 8.00 p.m-
EST
ion .EST over the national network. The
choir, under the direction of Stanley'
Masted, will offer special arrange-
ments of familiar nmlibers including:
the cheerful little Bland negro song„
"0, Deng Golden Slippers" and the -
slave hymn, "Nobody Knows the
Trouble I've Seen." Also featured'
will be "Three Fishers Werit Sailing,"'
"The 016 Woman," "Shall I Strive.
With Words," and "There is a Tavern:
in the Town." Two popular numbers,.
"Night and Day," by Cole Porter,.
and "Blue Moon," by Rogers, will be.
given presentation and the program:
will close with the beautiful Crugar
hymn, "Now Thank We All Our God."`
=SNAPSHOT CEJIL
"Off -Guard" Photography
Patient and strategic stalking of the subjects until they were "off guard"
netted these interesting snapshots.
TAKING snapshots of people when
A they are not aware that they are
about to be "shot," thereby catching
them with natural expressions and
in unposed positions, is often called.
"candid" photography, but we of The
Snapshot Guild like the words "off -
guard" photography as more truly
descriptive.
"Candid" implies there is that
kind of expression on the face of the
subject and it may not always be
there, but there is no doubt that for
a natural expression he must be "off
guard" at the moment the picture is
made, which is also just what the
professional photographer waits to
capture in making a studio portrait.
"Off -guard" photography is lots of
fun, but there are important points
about it that need to be observed to
get satisfying results. You can't
"shoot" thoughtlessly without re-
gard to the direction and strength
of the light,,nor can you forget that
exposure and focus are just as im-
portant as for a premeditated pose.
Nor should you overlook back-
ground. This means that if you are
going to catch Jour subject una-
wares, you may have to do some
strategic stalking for the right po-
sition.
Supposing, for example, you want
a picture of Grandpa outdoors amus-
ing one of the children. First, ob-
serve. the intensity of the light and
where it will come from when you
take the picture. Then, set your lens
aperture and your shutter speed ac-
cordingly. Watch your subjects from:
a distance with your camera con-
cealed. Be patient but alert for an in-
teresting situation to develop. When
you see the picture you want to take,
locate the spot from which you are
going to take it. Then, unless yours
is a fixed focus camera, measure
with your eye the distance from
that spot to Grandpa and the
youngster, set the pointer at the
right mark, and, keeping the cam-
era behind you until you get there,•
stroll up and shoot. If they loop up -
at you before you get there, be non-.
chalant and wait for them to resume
their activity, or make some casual
suggestion that will put them, "off
guard." You see,. In, order to be a
good "off -guard" snapshooter, you
have ho be "cagey," and this exercis-
'ing of 'strategy to prevent people
from posing is part of the fun.
01 course, you must know the ca-
'pabilities of your camera. A camera
with ultra -fast lens and shutter, plus
supersensitive panchromatic film,
greatly increases your range of op--
portunity especially for fast action,:
but the ordinary camera, too, will
make "off -guard" snapshots if the •
movement of the subject is not too • •
rapid•
89 JOHN VAN GUILDER
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