HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-08-06, Page 3THURS.,; AUG. 6 1936
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WHAT 'CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
Happened DuringThe Last
Do YouRemember`What pig
Decade Of The Old Century?
From The New Era, August 7th, 1896 Hellyar at their camp at Burks.
His Lordship, the Bishop of Huron,
has offered the incumbency of the
parish of Granton,. Clandeboye and
Prospect Hill to Rev. F. E. Roy, who
has accepted it, taking possession on
Sunday next.
The following item from the Wing-
ham Journal is more imaginary than
real: "Clinton, by a large vote, has
decided to put in a system of water>'
works, incandescent lights , and -run
sewers all over the town.
The Public schools in the rural dis-
tricts will reopen on Monday, Aug.
17th; in towns and incorporated vil-
lages, Sept. lst; Collegiate Institutes
and High Schools Aug. 31st.
Dr,Shaw will give a silver medal,
to be competed` for by the pupils of
the Collegiate Institute, for the best.
essay on "Canada." The essay to
consist of not less than 900 words
nor more than 1200. The first prize
essay to be read on the evening of
the commencement.
A hailstorm damaged the crops in
-portions of Manitoba.
Hullett:—Mr. Walter Mair's new
frame house is just about completed
as is also the brick house of Mr. J.
F. Dale.
Goderich:-The local agent of the
Ontario Mutual claims that the com-
pany which he represents, when pay-
ing for the mortgages bought from
the County Council, issued the largest
cheque ever negotiated in Huron'
County; the amount was over one`
hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
When The Present Century
Was Young
From The News -Record, Aug. 3rd,
1911:
Mr. A. McTavish of Vancouver, B.
C., is visiting his father and sister in
town.
Mr. John Hellyar of Bawinanville
and Master Fred Bartlett of Toronto
are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Mrs. H. B. Combe has returned
home from a month's visit at Bel-
mar, N.Y,, the seaside residence of
Mr, S. Owen, and Maplewood, N.J.,
the home of Mr: Fred 'Owen.
Mr. and Mrs. C...B• Hale and family
and Mr. Chas. Ridout are camping at
Naftel's on the lake shore.' The fam-'
ilies of E .N. Lewis, M.P., and Crown
Attorney Seager are also camping
at the sane place.
Miss Hattie Trick, who has been
visiting her uant, Mrs. Cameron of
Guelph, is going on to Toronto to
visit her uncle, Mr. E. J. Jenkins.
The voter's list for this year is now
out and anyone whose' name is not
on has to Aug. 24th •to make an ap-
peal.
Mr. A. Case of Rose, N.Y., was in
town a couple of days the past week
and also took a run through the sur-
rounding townships to size up the
apple situation. . . As a result of
his observations he .told The 'News-
Record before leaving for home that
there was not a sufficient crop to
warrant opening the evaporator this
season.
From The New Era, Aug. 3rd, 1911:
Last week Rev. Mr. Jenkins, who
attended the Western Bowling Tour-
nay at London, was appointed chap-
lain of the Association.
Huron County House of Refuge is
run the cheapest of any Refuge in
Ontario.
Upona petition being handed to
the mayor,' signed by a good repre-
sentation of the merchants and •oth-
ers, his Worship has anouneed Civic
Holiday for Monday; Aug. 7th.
The general elections will be held
on September 21st.
Last week's Brussels Post says:
Dr. J. W. Shaw's many friends were
glad to see him back to town on Wed-
nesday. He is one of the old boys of
Brussels who enjoys a good medical
practice in Clinton and is always
welcome to the old town.
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
WOULDN'T' IT?
Wouldn't it be great if men would
study, train and practice to improve
themselves in business as they do in
golf ?—Guelph Mercury.
•
We could never -understand why it
is considered indecent in some quar-
ters for a man to wear only bathing
trunks but the same outfit plus a
handkerchief is legitimate for the
ladies.—Kincardine Review -Reporter.
IN THE LEAD
Our big brother Porter throws his
hat over The Farmer s' Advocate
Windmill and chortles: "Hurrah for
Ontario! We burn up more barns
and threshing machines during the
harvest season than any other'pro-
vince in Canada or State in the Un-
ion . This grand old banner province
always heads the list."
—Exeter Tines -Advocate.
GODERICH BOY JOINS
ROYAL CANADIAN REGT.
Murray MacDonald, popular Gode-
rich boy, after qualifying as a ser-
geant in E company in a course at
the Royal, Camp school, London, has
been accepted as a member of the
Royal Canadian Regiment, Murray
made application during the time in
which he was taking the course and
his application was accepted over a
long list of waiting applicants.
He will report to the regiment on
August 5th to serve three years.
—Goderich Star.
BETTER IN THE COUNTRY
It was pathetically amusing to see
thousands of Toronto citizens sleeping
—or trying to sleep—in the city's
parks during the hot spell. The lake
front and Exhibition Park seemed to
be the favorite haunts of those seek-
ing relief from the sweltering heat
of apartments and tenements. Amus-
ing to the onlooker, but it was no joke
to those who were desperately seek-
ing sleep and refreshment of tired
nerves. ' And it was pathetic to
realize that these people had no back
lawns of their own, no sheltering
trees. But that's partof the price
one has to pay for life in the big
town.—Hespeler Herald.
WHEN NEWSPAPERS DO FAVORS
FOR PEOPLE
We have often reflected upon the
slowness of people to thank editors
for the favors which newspapers do
for them. Individuals and organiza-
tions are constantly asking for ptib-
licity to assist them in promoting
various kinds of worthy causes. Space
is the only comniodity aside from
circulation which publishers have to
sell, and this is a fact which to many
seem to forget. Some are even crit-
ical of the favorable notices which we
give them and their projects., A still
greater number forget to snake any
acknowledgement of the courtesy ex-
tended to thein. We have in mind a
biblical instance of ingratitude in
which only one in ten was thought-
ful enough to return with thanks on
his lips and in his face.
—Mail and Empire.
THE DELECTABLE LAND
A tourist say's that ' in the Bruce
Peninsula the, people would not have.
known about the depression except
through reports from abroad.
The folks at Tobermory
Do not have to fret and worry,
And conditions economic do not
cause them any dread;
If we only had the fare,
We would gladly go up there,
To that happy, carefree country
lying north of Lion's Head,
--Kincardine News,
SEAFORTH MINISTER
AWARDED MEDAL
Major the Rev. Canon E. Apple -
yard, M.C., has been notified that he
has been awarded the Canadian Ef-
ficiency Decoration. He saw service
in. France from December, 1916, un-
til
n -til.. November, 1917. Canon Apple-
yard learned of the honor from a
recent letter from Gen. T. A. Ashton,
of the Department of National De-
fence.—Seaforth Huron Expositor.
QUEER
Last season we took a partial holi-
day accompanied by our trusty bus of
1916.vintage. Our wanderings took
us through certain farm regions
where crows were warned „to carry
lunch baskets. We stopped at the
bank in the first village we came to
to inquire how things were going.
"The very best," replied Many
Shekels. ' "The farmers in this dis-
trict'will be all right. They're a fine
lot." •
"And how are things with you?" we
asked a farmer who was hauling what
looked to usto be a scanty harvest"
"Couldn't be better," came the re-
ply. ,"This stuff is real good!"
And so on till we came to the reg-
ion where every acre of land was not
only arable but fertile.
"How are things financial in this
region?" we inquired of the bank
manager.
"Pretty- blue. Times are hard;
Things are not moving as they
should!" Merchants and farmers had.
the satire sfoiy. Tncleed, the deeper
tie' got into the land of. good Soil and
line 'cads the more complaining, we
heaid Q Wei', isn't it?
tlIketsr Tinges -Advocate,•
AY WAS VERY DRY
I-Iowick farmers were amused by
an incident that occurred in the town-
ship last week, when an agriculturist
in that municipality lest „a load of
hay and a hayloader in a fire in his
field. , After completing - a load of
hay in his field, this farmer, who
by tire way, is a director hi a local
rural insurance company, and is in-
terested in the suppression of fire
losses, lit his pipe and was enjoying
a smoke while driving to the barn.
He had not gone . far, however, when
his surroundings, began to grow very
sultry, and he had to hurry down off
the loadto escape being scorched by
his burning load. : The- hayloader,
which was attached to the back of
the load, was also destroyed by the
blaze, the heat of the fire, being so
intense that it was impossible to re-
move this machine.
—Mildmay Gazette.
WILL SOON -RELEASE
CONTENTS OF BOXES
Huggard Estate Trustee Expects
Instructions About August 15.
Contests of deposit boxes in the
Huggard vaults are expected to be
released shortly after the 16th of
August, according. to Mr. H. G. Meir,
of Hays & Meir, solicitor to the Guar-
anty Trust Co. of Canada, trustee ,of
the Huggard estate.
The delay has been caused by the
necessity of petitioning the courts for
'an order instructing the trustee as to
the manner in which the contents of
the boxes are to be released.
As soon as this order• is received,
arrangements will be made by the
trustee to release the securities and
other papers.—Seaforth Expositor.
BACK AGAIN!
As will be expected by- our many
readers your publisher is back at it
again this week, and we might add
with a little extra work thrown in
by extra ads. Your publisher, wife
and daughter Mae, returning on Sun-
day afternoon from a twelve day trip
including Montreal, Quebec, the At-
lantic coast along the State of Maine,
New Hanishire, Vermont and New
York -State, crossing at Niagara. Falls.
The entire distance being 1931 miles.
As we have received so many requests
to publish a more complete account
of our trip, we will try and get
caught up with our work and do so
next week, In the mean time we
wish to greatly thank our many
friends in Zurich and vicinity for the
cheerful words of welcome home. It
costs no more than a grouchy face,
and a sour look. Again, to those who
welcomed us back hone, we say
"Thank You!"—Zurich Herald.
PAY VP AND BE HAPPY '
We have had people say, "Why
don't you stop my paper when my
time is up so that I would have sense
enough to pay up?" Once just when
an old subscriber's time was up we
accidentally dropped his name in
changing the list. Six years later he
came in and said he guessed he would
take The Gazette again. I said.
"Haven't you been taking it all . the
time?" "Not for six years," he said.
He had got so mad at having his pa-
per stopped that he sulked six years
and we knew nothing about it.
A few days ago a lady name in and
told our secretary she wanted to pay
her subscription. When our young
lady asked if She knew how far back
her date was, she laughed; waved her
hand and said, "Before you were
born." So she handed over three
ten -dollar bills and got $7.50 change
and chuckled. She said she never
was so happy in her life when pay-
ing a bill. So the $22.60 pays her
nicely in advance. She said she al-
ways sends The Gazette to a friend
and ,,had to rub the label off before
sending it.
So there you are. What would you
do if nice folks got behind with their
subscription? Oh, you would, would
you? Well, I believe nearly everyone
intends to pay, wants to pay. Some
are careless; some get hard up. Sure,
some are just mean. Some are so
mean that when they get behind they
don't even write us; they just refuse
it at the postoffice. You know the
kind of • people -I mean. But T feel.
sure there are a good many whose
subscriptions are clue who can send
us the money. Please!
Bracebridge Gazette.
BEARS REPEATING
Of the speeches delivered at the nn -
veiling of Canada's war memorial
on Vimy Ridge by all' means the most
happily conceived and phrased was,
that of the King, who has evidently
inherited his father's aptitude for
saying the right thing on state oc-
casion. It is a deliverancethat will
bear reading again and again, and we
have pleasure' in reprinting it in or-
der to ensure that all our readers
may have that pleasure.
—Orillia Packet -Times,
HOLIDAYS ON THE FARM
Much has been written about the
drudgery and long hours on the farm,
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LOOINO BACKWARD
WITH G. S. ,ROBERTSON'
By Rev. A.Nicholson
In The Lucknow Sentinel
, a ..;,. , , c',•, :,- 4:4 1141.4..
A TRII' • TO: SCOTLAND i city. Ile saw Scottish industry dem-
(Continued from last week) cnstrated. 'Highland lassies came
walking along in pairs each oue busy
In 'September, 1873, Mr. Roberson knitting as she walked along after
set out for Scotland to visit his the -day's work in the factory,
clansmen. Travelling on a second-class
steerage ticket, he soon !net a medi-
cal' doctor, Dr. • Howe, later a well-
known surgeon in Guelph. Howe was
going abroad for post graduate
study, but was anxious to see the fu-
ture Mrs. Howe before sailing. Mr,
1•Iowe, Sr., did not approve of his,
son's choice and objected to the pro-
posed visit to Detroit" where she
lived. But love would find a way then
as now, A large crowd had gather-
ed at the Guelph station to say "bon
voyage" to Dr .Howe. IIe was to tra-
vel First class all the way, but had
not received his ticket, nor the money
for the passage. But at last a roll
of bills was handed over by the elder.
The young traveller bought a. ticket
to Rockwood and smiled to himself
as the train pulled out as his friends
wished him a good trip. He got off
at Rockwood, took the first train to
Detroit, and caught the next boat at.
Quebec, rather • than the, one he was
supposed to have taken. It was some
time before Mr. Howe knew why they
were so'long in hearing of the doctor's
safe arrival in the, Old Country.
Mr. Robertson enjoyed every min-
ute of the trip across the Atlantic.
Another passenger he remembers well
was Thomas Ballantyne of Stratford,
who went to Great Britain . with a
large shipment of butter and cheese
to secure a market for Canadian dairy
produce.
Mr. Robertson sailed o n "The.
Prussian" one of the Allan Line who spent part of his time near 111
boats. He thought highly, of Captain len and the remainder of the year
Dutton who was in charge of the near Balmoral Castle, Queen Victor-
ia'sliner'and recalls that Sunday services
and a mid -week prayer service were and Robertson became fiends at once,
held during the crossing.
Robertson landed at Londonderry
and travelled on a cattle boat to Glas-•
weeks. - On reaching Braemar they
gow: There were a great many Irish
youth travelling to Scotland in search
of employment. It was amusing to
listen to their conversation. Some had
seen a city for the first time and
were boasting of the long train trips
they had taken. Some had travelled ability. A brother
for more than two. hours. They'
laughed when told that the Canadian was no difficulty in scouring admis-
sionhalf travelled for over two days from
his home to take the boat. That
sounded like an Irish yarn. There
were more seasick on the Londonder-
ry -Glasgow crossing than between
Quebec and Ireland, The cattlemen,
however, were seasoned sailors and
they entertained the few who were
well with stories of big fights at the
Irish markets.
Afraid of Canada's Bears and
Wolves.
On reaching' Ellen, he asked an
elderly woman :for directions. She
recognized him: at once as the son of
Belle 'Shevas, although, she had not
heard anything of the Robertson's af-
ter leaving Scotland. Neither his un-
cle tion, aunt could see any family, re-
semblance. He talked to.them for a
long while before they came to the
conclusion that he must be their nep-
hew. Conditions in Scotland were
far from', ideal and George was anx-
ious to boost for the land of his birth.
His aunt was not interested in the
new land and said "D'ye think I'd
gas oot ta' Americy? We'd be there
mac time till the .bairns would all;be
Indians." AAshepherd`later expressed
similar sentiments. He said he would
consider going to "Americy' if he
could be sure he could land in the
morning, so that he could have a log
shelter built' before dark. "But if
they would land us in yon place to-
wards night, the bears and wolves
would have everyone of our nine
bairns afore mornin',".. said the shep-
herd.
G. S. Robertson at the Queen's Castle
The shepherd who dismissed the
emigration question had working with him a young man called Patterson,
favorite holiday place. Patterson
The Canadian was invited to go up
the Dee with his friend for a few
heard that the Queen and a large
party were at Balmoral for the grouse
season. Patterson said that John
Brown the Queen's favorite footman
was a Scot who had been selected by
the Queen as a result of outstanding
W'illle Brown, was
a good friend of Patterson, so there.
to the royal estate, Patterson
and Robertson went to Willie Brown's
place nearby nearly every night, and
often the three went to The Castle
to visit John Brown in his quarters.
At Glasgow, G. S, purchases] a tic-
ket to Ellen via Aberdeen. In the
granite city of Scotland, he saw a
strange sight for a country lad. At
six o'clock the workers came from' the
factories by the thousands. He had
not realized that so many people
eonld find employment in a single
•
but, after all, life is just what we
make it !ii rural or urban centres.
The Oshawa Times tells of a South-
ern Ontario farmer who has given his
help a week's holidays and believes
they will return to their work with re-
newed energy and spirit. The far-
mer who has a system of work can take
a holiday while his crops are grow-
ing, and life need not be a drudgery.
There has been vast improvement in
lural life within the memory of many
of us. There is the rural mail, elec-
tricity for power and lighting, the
radio, and the motor cars, all of
which have helped to make life more
congenial on many farms. The giv-
ing of a holiday to employees on the
farm, however, is something• new, but
it will go a long way toward. solving.
our rural problems.
Barrie Advance.
A PROTEST
With due respect to the court, we
do not feel it would be altogether
consistent with the attitude assumed
a couple of weeks ago on the sub-
ject of penalties for violations of the
motor • regulations to allow the fine of
$10 imposed for "reckless driving" in
the police court on Tuesday to pass
without protest. Here was a case
where a pedestrian who oris -calculat-
ed the speed of an -oncoming car was
tossed high in the air, sustained in-
juries which kept him in the hospital
for several weeks, and was lucky to.
escape with his life. There was evi-
dence that the offending car had been
travelling faster than sixty miles an
hour, and the Magistrate found that
at least the speed was such as to con-
stitute "reckless driving." Counsel
for the accused aggravated the of-
fence by suggesting that his client.
had the right of way. After finding
the driver guilty, MVIagiatrate Bick
imposed a fine of $10 and costs. True,
the costs amounted to $34.60, But
human life is surely not so cheap as
that in Ontario. It would tend to
discourage such "accidents," as well
as give a sense of just retribution, if
in cases of this kind the driver con-
victed of causing injury and loss of
time to an innocent person were com-
pelled to spend in gaol a period at
least corresponding to that which his
victim has to Be in hospital.
Orillia Packet -Times,
One afternoon, George went over
to the Brown home. As he was walk-
ing in the footpath, the Queen's .car-
riage drove out the drive. Had he
been fiveminutes earlier he would
nn n7 es
have' met her Royal Highness coining
out the door. Mrs. Brown said "Come
awn' in laddie. Sit there. That is
where the Queen sat not ten minutes
ago. ' These are the scones and cakes
that were offered to her. This is the
same pot of tea that I'had for her."
Apparently the Queen delighted in
calling on her highland friends un-
expectedly and having their simple
fare. Mrs. Brown was proud of a
gift received by her elder son, John
Brown had given the younger boy
five pounds. The Queen left a simi-
lar gift for the elder boy who did
not have a birthday then.
One night when they were visiting
John Brown at the Castle, he said
"They are having a big banquet here
to -night, would you liketo see the
banquet table set?" There had never
been such a table set in the Queen's
bush in Canada. More than fifty
people could sit down at the great
long table, set with heavy silver and
good things to, eat. They also saw
the wine cellar, and needless to say,
the supplies were adequate.
The staples were better than most
houses. Fifty snow white horses
stood in the stalls. Half, of them
were kept harnessed day and night
while the Queen was in residence so
that car•iages might be ready on a
minutes notice.. An elderly couple
looked after the eight cows and dairy.
The milk was kept' in an octogonial
shaped marble building. Spring water
ran under marble bowls containing
the milk. The shelves too, were of
marble.
The Queen attended Crathie church
while at her highland home. Robert-
son sat with Willie Brown in the
transept, where they had a splendid
view of the royal pew. During the
service, the Queen turned to . notice
George staring at her. Later that day
she enquired of her footman regard-
ing the stranger who was with his
brother.
Before returning to Ellen, Robert-
son walked up the Dee to where they
could step acoss it. They spent a
night with an elderly couple, who
were glad to see anyone from Am-
erica: "Our boy, Donald has gone
out to your' country. I suppose yen
have mgt him," said the inother, "Do
you know where he is living?" asked
George. They were not sure wheth-
er he was in Canada or United States,
but they expected their guest would
know him. He didn't.
Eight very delightful months were
spent in the Land of the Heather, but
in June 1874, Mr. Robertsonreturn-
ed. to. Canada, bringing, :with him a
Clydesdale stallion, "Lord Aberdeen."
(To be continued next week)
INTRODUCING HARRY NICHOLSON,' ' PERCUSSIONIST, , WHO TAPS!::
THE DRUMS AND SMACKS THE CYMBALS WITH ALL TII1 IN-
-
GENUITY'THAT'HAS TRAVELLED DOWN THROUGIT THE AGER?
FROM HIS CLUB -WIELDING FORBEARS,
Barry Nicholson is one of the most
good-natured musicians on the Cana-
dian airwaves, and certainly one of
the most conscientious chaPP ies on 1
land, sea, or air. :His grin is in his
work and he's never had time to tone
down that' cheerful beam which has a
way of setting a studio -aglow..
Harry• was a percussionist when he
left the' pit of Loew's Theatre, Toron-
to, to' join Vincent Lopez' orchestra
in New York, He was sinning plen-
ty that day and his smile was just
as broad when he ducked it all a year
later and hopped back home because
his wife was lonely. New Yorlc night
clubs or the honie town movies it
was all the same to Harry, just as
long as he had a job. And this creed
has almost landed him with more than
he can handle. But Harry's ten fin-
gers are equivalent to as many hands,
so he taps the drums and smacks the
cymbals with hardly a free evening
[n the year, -
After years with theatre and dance
bands, introducing the pulse and
excitement of his own particular art
Into smartly arranged numbers, Har-
ry cast an eye etherwards and, of
course, the air said: "Yes, indeed!"'
Harry has been airminded since 1930
and Canadian radio is richer for his
personality and for his art.
It is characteristic of this ' wirey
Little wizard that he knows more a-
bout drums than the roll they make.
He has made a real study of the
drum from, the primitive days when
savages used them to express the
sounds they knew;. the roaring of the
wind, the slapping of the waves, the
rumble of the thunder.
"And that's how rhythm was born,"
declares Harry. "The drum is the
oldest musical instrument and rhythm
is the oldest element of music.. The
savages banged two sticks or two
stones together and he liked the sound
it made. He persisted with' his taste
for rhythm until he bad the bright
idea of hollowing out a gourd, filling
it with stones and rattling it. After
centuries of slow progress he reached
the height of ingenuity not far sur-
passed today—he hollowed out a log,
closed the ends with skins and beat it
with clubs. Whole tribes invested the
drum with a "Spirit," decorated it
and worshipped it. Great ceremonies
grew up about the dram. The bell
grew out of it and bell ringing and
drum beating have been traditional
usto
c iin
s through the ages. What:.:
would a parade' be without a drum to- -
day, or a wedding with a bell V'
Harryhas a good deal of native in--
genuity himself and some of it iuus'
have travelled down throe h the ages.
es.
g'
from his elub wedding forebears:. Hee
has a genuis for making music • out::
of unorthodox instruments. Witness..
"Little Bits of Everything," on Fri—
day nights over the Radio Commission.
He has also a mighty regard for hist;
percussion instruments; they are his%
most treasured possessions.'
If Harry hadn't been a percussion --
ist he would have been a triumph, as.
an entrepreneur . He used to spend
all his spare time in the theatre
teaching new steps to the tap dancers •
and coaching them in their routines.
Today, he is teaching a buncht of
youngsters the real art of beating• then
drum,
How did he start? WenI, Papa
, Nicholson, also a percussionist of se--•
nown, had two jobs to do one even—
ing. He said: "Harry, you'll have tee
do one of them." Harry donned ec.
long pair of dad's trousers, shoulder—
ed the drum and went to work. There;:
were never less than two jobs for the•-
Nicholson's after that.
Exports of Canadian cattle to the,
British market and to the United"
States from January 1 to July 9, 1936'
were: to Great Britain,17,603 head,
compared with 4,817 for the corres—
ponding period of 1935; to the United.
States, 159,006 head, including 33,075"
calves; in comparison with 84,388 head'
including 2,107 dalves, fo the comes --
ponding period of 1935. The United"
States cattle inarket felt the effect.
of the drought through the receipt
of large numbers of cattle from the.
stricken farms forced into the inarket-
HIGHER UP
The gallant captain was showing;,
the fair maid over the ship.
"This," he explained, "is called the
quarterdeck." -
quarterdeck."
"Indeed!" rejoined the sweet girl!
graduate. "And where is the 50 -cent -
'deck?"
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The -effect of altitude is en-
hanced in these two pictures,
(below) by including in the
foreground the brow of the hill,
and (right) by the shadow of
the building '(Empire State)
from which the downward shot
was made. The pictures were
taken at exposures, respective-
ly, of 1/60 second at f.16 and
1/26 second at f.16.
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IN RECALLING your vacation
tours, did it ever occur to you how
often you were taken or went to high
elevations for a view? The summit
of a hill, the edge of a precipice, the
mountain peak, the skyscraper,' the
lofty monument, the church tower,
the crow's nest of a ship, not to men-
tion going aloft in airplanes.
Therein lies a picture -taking idea
for the next time you start going
places. Forgot not your camera, and,
whenever you lind yourself "on top
of the world" somewhere, make your-
self "monarch of all you survey" by
snapping the picture below. Reserve
a part of your album for such pic-
tures with an intriguing title—
"Jumping Off Places I Have Known,"
"Scenes from High Perches," "My
Camera Goes Aloft," "Topside
Snaps," "Hitting the High Spots" or
what better can you think of? If you
will, take advantage of such oppor-
tunities—and once you get started on
this hobby, you are likely to see that
you go to high places purposely for
picture-taking—you ;will soon' have
a collection of compelling, not to say
dizzy, interest.
The impression that you want to
give in these pictures is that of eery
altitude. To do this it isn't necessary
to teeter on the brink of your perch
or otherwise to risk your life while.
you snap the picture, It is better for
you and the picture to stand far
enough back to include a little of the•
brink in the foreground, thereby iu ..
tensifying the feeling of height. Hav :.
ing the horizon line well toward the
top of the picture also helps by add—
ing distance and vastness,
You may be tempted to poke:
your camera over the edge of a.
retaining wall or window ledge
and shoot down. 3f it be a coun-
try landscape, shooting down will .
not usually give the perspective
that conveys the, effect of great alti-
tude, so well as shooting with the
camera held level, although the pic-
ture may still be interesting. In any'
case, when you do shoot down, the, -
effect will be helped by taking in a
nearby object located on the way,.
such as a protruding gargoyle from
a church tower, a jutting rock from
a precipice, or a bit of the wing or
wheel of your airplane. Have the,
sun at your back, because the shadow- •
of your elevation on the terrain be-- •
low also helps to tell that you were
high up when that picture was taken.
In all such snapshooting itis ad-
visable to use a small lens opening, .
otherwise, you will leeea little detail
in the distance. Frequently, too, it is,
worth while to use a inter, particu•-
larly if your picture is to include a•
cloud -studded horizon or if there is .
haze.
94 JOHN VAN GUILDER