The Clinton News Record, 1937-01-07, Page 4VIIURS., MN 7, 1937
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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WHAT ` CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
Do You Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
From The News -Record, Jan. 7th,
1897:
Mr. Sid Smith has accepte.l a posi-
tion with Mr. P. C. Crews. •
The Twenty -Five 01,1b had a most
delightful time on New Year's Eve.
Theilast hop of 1896 and the first' of
1897, .k large number were present.
Messrs. Horace Jackson and Frank
Bowers have secured the skating rink
for the season.
The council for 1897 :s comprised
as follows: Mayor, Robert Holmes;'
Reeve, D. B. Kennedy; Deputy -Reeve,
S. .S Cooper; Councillors: J. C. Gil-'
roy, Jacob Taylor, J. B. Hoover, Geo.
Swallow, Thos. Walker, James A.
Ford, S. G. Plummer, W C. Searle,
Public School Board: R. S. Har-
land, J. C. Stevenson, J. W. Irwin, P.
Jackson, Jr., W. G. Smyth, Isaac
Jackson, John Gibbings, R. Agnew.
Reader's of The News -Record will
regret to learn of the death of Hor-
atio Hale in his 80th ' Year.. .. He
was able to be out on Dee. 23rd and
passed away on the 28th. (A lengthy
sketch followssetting forth the his-
tory and achievements of this emi-
nent man.)
From The New Era, Jan 1st, 1397:
We are pleased to congratulate Mr.
Abner Cosens of Egmondvillec on his
success in winning the third prize in
the Autumn Friends sand Neighbors
Club of the Montreal Witness. The
prize is $40 in cash.
A respectably dressed man is go-
ing through Huron County represent-
ing himself as a Government loquor
tester. Many think he is a "free
sample" fraud.
A Watchnight service was held in
Rattenbury street church on New
Year's Eve, being a union service of
the two Methodist churches. Rev. W.
J. Ford preached.
When The Present Century
Was Young
From The News -Record, Jan: 4th,
1912:
The News -Record was boosting Mr.
David Cantelon .for 'warden in this
issue..
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kentp and
Mr. and MTS. George Kemp of Lon-
don were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Kemp over the 'holidays.
Mr. T. H. Hardy returned on Tues-
day last from a visit of several days
with relatives at Lindsay, his birth-
place being in that vicinity.
Mr. J. P. Sheppard was in Hamil-
ton on New Year's Day visiting his'
son.
Mr. Eldred Archibald of the staff
of the Daily Star, Toronto, was the
guest of his aunt, Mrs. Ferran, for
New Year's Day.
Mr. Frank Sloman, who has been
in the west for sometime, visited at
the parental home last week.
The rink is now open and as it is
under the careful management of
Mr. Robt. Sweet it will no doubt be
as popular as in past seasons.
The Huron Poultry show will be
held in Clinton on Jan. 16-17-18.
The contest for the mayoralty was
an unusually keen one and for the
reevseship only a little less so. The
results are as follows: Gibbings, 291;
Cooper 231, Gibbings elected mayor
by a majority of 57. For reeve,
Cantelon 302, Smyth 220.
On. Sunday evening last at the last
service of the old year the choir of
St. Paul's was vested for the first
time. For greater decency and great-
er accommodation an old door leading
from the vestry to the church was re-
opened -and enlarged. Through this
the choir entered the nave to the
singing of the processional hymn "On
Our Way Rejoicing." Four boys led
the procession, Douglas Erskine, Har-
ry Lawrence, Fred Lawrence and
Willie Fulford, followed by the so-
pranos, altos, tenors and bassos in
double rank.
From The New Era, Jan. 4th, 1912:
The first hockey match in this dis-
trict was played in Goderich on Mon-
day night when Seaforth defeated the
home team by a score of 6-2.
People are talking of the weather
at Christmas this year as memorable
on account of the absence of snow.
But although unusual it is not unpre-
cedented. In 1876 a schooner made its
way from Sarnia to Goderich 'on New
Years Day.
The following will comprise the
county council this year:
Ashfield: Thos. Stothers, Wm.
Hunter.
Bayfield: George Lindsay.
Blyth: Dr. Milne.
Brussels: John Leckie.
Clinton: David Cantelon.
Colborne: J. Kernighan.
Exeter: W. J. Heaman.
Goderich: Dr. Clark, B. C. Mun-
nings.
Goderich Township: J. McClure.
Grey: R. W. Livingston, Jno. Brown.
Hay: L. Kalbfleisch.
Hensall: C. G. Petty.
Howick: J. T. Winter, J. Under-
wood.
Hullett: James Leiper.
McKillop: John Govenlock.
Morris: J. Shortreed.
Seaforth: W. Ament.
Stanley: William Glen.
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
SERIOUS PROBLEM
Because .we have studied water
conservation so thoroughly in our
own Grand River Valley, we feel sure
about something which Canadian
governments don't seem to have learn-
ed as yet. The plight of the Grand
River is made worse by two factors—
the unique network of drains in the
clay -bottomed table -lands, and the
density of population along t h e
stream. These things are forcing
action along the Grand and steps
must be taken to save the water for
the summer months. But these are
only two of the factors. Others are..
common to all the streams of South-
ern Ontario. The water -in the soil is
becoming scarce, This isn't readily
apparent, because it can't be seen
', and is hard to measure, but the re-'
sults will be far more serious than
the surface problems of flood control
and sewage disposal. Within another
generation, it will be necessary to
take general steps to restore the
ground water, unless we should have
year after year offexceptionally hea-
'vy rainfall.—Fergus News -Record.
to his home.
After the dinner the company pro-
fceeded to the armories on; Hamilton
street, where Major Jane received
a handsome gift from Lieut. D. R.
Nairn, with the compliments of the
men of the company.
—Goderich Signal,
THE FOLLY' OF IT
Germany thought she did not get
a square deal after the Great War.
But what of the deal she gave Bel -
glum? "You see, you've lost every-
thing!" the Kaiser said to King Al-
bert. There was nothing destructive
Germany could do to Belgium and
her allies that she didn't do. In the
opinion of the best statesmen of that
day Germany got precisely what she
had earned. Indeed many serious
men said that the Allies should have
gone into Berlin. Instead of learning
her lesson and winning her place in
the sun by industry and observance
of the moral law, • she resolved 'to
cultivate hatred to all mankind and
to teach her youth that the sword
could and must win back what the
sword had lost.
The,consecuence? A starving Ger-
many! For months her people have
been rationed. Every hour of the day
her rulers hope that some false step
on the part of other nations will pre-
cipitate a war. Her false guides lie
in wait to replenish her wasted stores
by plundering some peaceful nation.
What folly! What a pity! Mean-
while the rest of Europe would be
friends 'with her were they sure she
would be trustworthy. Revenge,
hatred, the war spirit fill a land with
desolation. •
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
• MAJOR JANE HONORED .
ON RETIREMENT
Major A. H. Jane, whose retire-
ment from military service became
effective New Year's Day, was guest
of honor at a banquet tendered him at
Wong's Cafe on Monday evening by 1
the officers and men of "C" Com-
pany, Middlesex -Huron Regiment, of
which he was commanding officer. A
veteran of two wars at the age of fif-
ty-six, Major Jane's military career
began thirty-nine years ago.
Thirty-nine persons were present
on Monday night, the guests,' besides
Major Jane, being Lt. -Col. H. C. Dun-
lop, Lt,- -Col A. F. Sturdy, Regimen-
tal Sergeant-Major Geo. James and
Padre Archdeacon Jones -Bateman.
Lance -Corporal Jack Iiuckins, who
was injufed in a motorcycle crash
some months ago, was remembered
by his comrades, who sent a dinner
STORE HOLIDAYS
The confusion which so often
marks holidays for storekeepers was
again exemplified here last Satur-
day, when the majority of business
people agreed to observe "Boxing
Day," while others refused to close.
is only a month or so ago that
similar confusion . prevailed as to
the observance of Armistice Day, and
there is generally disagreemnet too,
when the summer half -holiday peti-
tion is being circulated.
Impressions we have gathered
from observing these continual diffi
culties, and from 'conversations we
have had ''with local 'merchants, as
well as considering the matter from
a public standpoint, : indicate that
there should be a definite understand-
ing , and not a hit-or-miss system
which creates confusion.
Frankly, we do not think that food
stores should have been asked to
close Saturday. A three-day holiday
week -end, with calls for extra food
Supplies for unexpected company,
was too long, and there were bound
to be many housewives who found
their larder running short and who
had to get further supplies on Sat-
urday.
Nor do we think the whole town
should be closed up every Wednesday.
afternoon during the summer. The
everyday calls for supplies by far-
mers and townspeople do not vanish
just because the stores are closed,
and, with many tourists travelling a-
round during the summer, business
places should be open .for business.
As far as Remembrance Day is con-
cerned, it has only been observed
half-heartedly all over Canada.
Having said this, however, we wish
to add that business men should es-
tablish reasonable hours of service
and treat their clerks with the same
decency as industrial employees are
treated. We do not believe in the old
system of having stores stay open
until midnight every night in the
week, nor do we admire the man who
is willing to sacrifice his evenings in
order to "hang around" in case he
can grab an extra nickel's worth of
business. If clerks are entitled to a
half-holiday—and we believe they
are, since they "make up for it" on
Saturday nights—why cannot they
be given a half-day off during the
week without closing up the store?
- It may be that in small towns there
is a good deal of business jealousy—
one fellow is always afraid the oth-
er fellow will "get ahead of him"—
that if he closes, business will go to
his competitor—and so they both de-
ny themselves the chance. of getting
away for a day or an evening during
the glorious summer weather and in-
stead stay around the store in order
to catch the odd' little business that
may be offering. In short, we feel
that this attitude is terribly narrow.
Service to the public is the business
man's major policy, but the public
will respect deeent treatment of
clerks and reasonable store hours.
There were reasons why food stores
should have kept open last Saturday,
but this is not to say that other
stores should not have given .their
clerks a holiday after having been
open several nights before Christ-
mas, but if other stores could reason-
ably be closed, why close food stores
which could reasonably remain open?
Why close every store Wednesday af-
ternoons and disappoint shoppers
when "staggered holidays" could be
arranged for clerks, during five days
of the week? Chiselers, like the
poor, will always be with us, but they
should not dominate mercantile pol-
icy, which should be broad, decent
and honorable,—Hanover Post,
A GOOD TRAINING
The editor of this paper attended
a township nomination meeting on
Monday and listened to speeches by
councillors whom he had heard make
their public debut three or four years
ago. But what a difference. " On the
former occasion the best they could
do was to make a few faltering
words announcing their candidacy.
This week these same men stood up
and discussed the township affairs
with fluency and intelligence. The
municipal council is surely a great
training ground for men in public
speaking and in developing qualities
of leadership.
—St. Marys Journal -Argus.
TURKEY ESCAPES
" THE AXE,; BUT -
A turkey which "flew the coop" in
the west end yesterday in an attempt
to escape the New Year's dinner ta-
ble escaped death by axe, but met its
Waterloo before an expert nimrod
after an exciting chase. -
Unknown to its owner, the turkey
had crashed through a window •in
the coop and was heading for the bush
on the lake bank when several boys
and young men gave chase.
The gobbler finally was Cornered
in a field, but the occupant of a
nearby house ran out armed with his
trusty shotgun, thinking he had a
wild turkey on his hand.
But the turkey Wasn't nearly as
wild as the owner, when he discover-
ed his loss. Some tall explaining
and the cash equivalent of the bird in
the irate owner's pocket left the
marksman with one turkey gobbler',
liberally surinkled with lead dressing
and not quite ready to serve.
-Goderich Signal.
•
QUESTION OF BOXING DAY
HOLIDAY WILL NOT RECUR
FOR AT LEAST TWO. YEARS
The ,question of observing Boxing
Day as a public holiday will not rise
GODERICH
The Octagon City—A Picturesque Summer Resort.
—The Indian Necropolis—The Irish War, and low
Lewis, M.P., Got Between the Devil and the Deep
Blue Sea. '
(Reprinted from a copy of the To - on the level piene that extends south
ronto World dated Oct. 10th, 1907, from the headland bluff overlooking
the great lake, and south from the
high banks whence the observer looks
down upon the waters of the river,
circling about the several islands in
its broad channel. The view, of the
wooded bluffs, of the river with, its
green islets, of the basin at its
mouth which thegovernment has
made into a harbor of refuge, and
the stretch of lake sands, is every-
where picturesque. This, with its
elevation, its facilities for boating
and fishing upon the lake, and its
mineral springs constitute it an at-
tractive summer 'resort, and a large
hotel upon the shore ,proclaims the
fact that the public has made the dis-
Icovery. .
The centre of the town lies south
kindly handed us by a subscriber.)
Long ago, when the first white
man, Champlain t h e Frenchman,
found the mouth of the Mensetring,
now called the Maitland, in 1618,
when lo! "the poor Indian" was a
warrior brave and called. the "noble
red man," the numerous tribe of Hu-
rons had a village,there and upon the
high headland buried their dead. They
gave to every locality or stream some
appropriate name, and the River of
Islands described that at whose mouth.
Goderich is now located. The mem-
bers of the Canada Company, which
purchased all the western portion' of
the Huron tract, seemed to be pos-
sessed with a mania for perpetuating
their names and robbed the stream of
its not only appropriate but musical
cognomen to tickle the pride of a
Mr. Maitland. It and the Saugeen
were the two great highways by
which the the Hurons entered the
wilderness to the east, which 'up to
a compaiatiely recent period was pro-
lific in game. At a later period when
England and France struggled for
possession of all this northern ter-
ritory, and to accomplish their sev- •
eral ambitions, stirred up strife be-
tween the tribes, the fierce Iroquois
of the east, aided by the guns which
the white man furnished, exterminat-
ed the Hurons, and for a century it
remained unpeopled save by hunting
parties of the Choctaws, from the
northwest. The Canada Company
early recognized the mouth of the
Menestring as the natural site for a
town, and doubtless thru its agent,
Galt, and the eccentric Dr. Dunlop
had an idea of its topography. So
the form width the future town
should take was not Ieft to chance,
but carefully plotted at York in Eng-
land. It is in consequence not only
artistic but unique, So far as the.
writer ]mows, there is not in the Do-
minion, nor for that matter, in the
world, a city or town laid out upon I
the same plan, and the name of Oc-
tagon City would have contributed
far more to give it notoriety than '
the homely name of a Mr. Goderich,
whom the Canada Company wished to
honor. Such a plan was possible up-
-10 east o2 the lake
I shore, less than a ten minutes' walk
upon one of the cement pavements
that run out from that centre in eight
double lines, to every point of the
i compass. The public square, which
is not a square, for there is not a
'rectangular corner in the whole town,
is about nine acres in area, with the
large court house in its centre, cros-
sed by walks and shaded by trees. It
lis bounded by a broad street forming
,a perfect octagon, from whose obtuse
angles run broad streets, separating
the town into eight sections, parallel
streets cut these several sections,
maintaining the octagon form, and
reminding the stranger of the work
of the instinctively cnathetnaticaI spi-
der.• Solid brick business blocks en-
close the octagon and, divided as they
are by the eight broad streets, one
can see that a very destructive fire
could scarcely occur in its business
centre. Within this octagon has tran-
spired in the past all the tragic judi-
cial scenes that have occurred in the
county. They live in the memory of
one old man, Mr. E. Woodcock, who
is 86 years of age, with memory and
mental faculties unimpaired.
again for a couple of ;years. In
1937, Christmas will fall on Satur-
day, and Boxing Day on Sunday.
That settles that. In the following
year, Christmas will fall on Sunday,
and, automatically, Boxing Day will
be a public holiday. Then, ifthe
new World Calendar should come in-,
to effect in 1939, as planned, Christ-
mas will always fall on Monday, and.
the second holiday in the week will
come at the end, between. Saturday.
and Sunday, and will be called "Year
End Day." It will be the additional,
day cut off without a date, so as to
keep the calendar uniform, and en-
able it to be divided into four equal
quarters.-Orillia Packet -Times.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' FARM CLUBS
There are 2,098 boys' and girls'(
farm clubs in Canada with a total
membership of about 35,000. The in -I
terest that the boys and girls have
shown in the past few years in farm
club' work is worthy of special men-
tion. If our youth continue taking
an active interest in the work of such
organizations there is no doubt but
Canada will benefit by the knowledge
they acquire when it is put to the
practical test. We cannot overlook
the fact that we are an agricultural
country in the main and the farm
youth of today should be encouraged
to link up with the Boys' and Girls'
Farm Club movement.
Winghanr Advance -Times.
LET'S HAVE A COMMUNITY
SING
Not so long ago this column came
out in favor of holding a community
sing, or even a series of such sing-
songs. But the suggestion was re-'
ceived with frigidity, and when in
conversation with business men the I
subject was again broached, our
community sing sales -talk was in-
variably countered with the query:
"How will it put money in our poc-
kets? It won't pay. With which
argument' we simply cannot agree.
Backing a community sing series is a
golden opportunity for our business
men to put harmony on a paying
basis—but by that we don't necessar-
ily mean in dollars and cents, but
more perhaps in creating a friendli-
ness and co-operation between seller
and buyer. It is always true that
when a groupof people get together
and sing, there is a congenial spirit.
created that is equalled by nothing
else in the world. The :singers, re-
gardless of whether they have good!
voices or not, seem to radiate good
will and a cordial friendly feeling to, I
ward one another. And, the heartier'
the singing, the heartier the compan,
ienship.—Paisley Advocate.
"There have been," said he, "some
five or six men hung here for as
many killings and I can recall but
one that was not the result of parti-
zan or religious rancour. That one
was the Milady ease in which a young
man murdered his step -mother on
discovering that she was about to
become the mother of a child who
might take under will or share the
property of his father. The rest were
all Irish. Ah, I remember, there
was war then in the south of the
county, the Townships of Bidulph,
continually. It was settled by. Ro-
man Catholics chiefly, with a few Or-
angemen. The latter occupied neigh-
boring townshinps in considerable
numbers, and whenever two or three
or more of both parties were gather-
ed together, in the name of Christ, as-
sumedly, since it was a contention of
creeds, they went at it hammer and
tongs. For the man who was killed
in Bedulph, another was hung on the
public, square. The Dr. Dunlop,
whose name was associated with that
of Galt, settled here. lie was a
moat eccentric character as his will,
which you find copied in part in the
county atlas, demonstrates."
The will to which Mr. Woodcock
refers, read, in part, as follows:
"1 leave all the landed property I
may die possessed of to my sisters,
Helen Boyle Story and Elizabeth
Boyle. Dunlop, the former because she
is married to a minister whom (God
help him!) she henpecks; the latter
because she is married to nobody,
nor is she likely to be,`for she 10. an
old maid and not married wife. I
leave my silver tankard to the eldest
son of Old John (perhaps John Galt)
I would have left, it to old John him-
self, but he would meltit down into
temperance medals and that 'would be
sacrilege. However, 7 leave my big
horn snuff box to him he can only
make temperance horn spoons out of
that. I leave my brother, Allen, my
big silver snuff box, as I am inform-
ed he is rather a decent. Christian,
With a sway belly and jolly face. I
leave John Cuddle a silver tea pot
to the end that he may drink tea
therefrom to comfort him under the
affliction of a slatternly wife."
"There was a settlement of some
Canada -French near the scene of war
but they took no part in it. They
were mostly Tipperary Irish in this
section, largely Protestant, and a
Belgian priest, named Schneid''er, kept
his flock here in good subjection, so
that peace prevailed in the new town.
In those days, we had no connection
with anywhere except over well nigh
impassable roads, and altho we enter-
tained large expectations, they anti -
dated both modern enterprise and
modern inventions, and the IiveIiest
imagination could not have pictured
such town as we have today. We
might have anticipated a time when
brick sidewalks would replace the
wood about the square, but broad ar-
tificial stone pavements, not only a-
bout the square, but laid upon every
street, out into our suburbs and down
to the harbor, was simply inconceiv-
able. So many of our industries were
not possible of conception. We might
have imagined organs being made
here, but such a specialty as bath-
room furniture, a product of the God-
erich Organ
od-erich'Organ Factory, employing some
hundred or more men, did not exist
as inventions'' such appliances for
comfort were not known anywhere. 1
The world had not then developed
woodworking machines, and the Ken-
sington Furniture' Co., which, by the
way, is owned by F. G. Runball, an
ex -mayor of London, and is now
doubling in capacity; could not have
been imagined. That a concern like
Ithe Wheel Rig Co., a brick factory 60
x300 feet, would be used to make ba-
by carriages, was not likely to be
imagined. Rolls for the making of
flour had not then been thought of
nor invented, and a gigantic strue:
ture such as the Western Canada
Flour Mills, producing 1500 barrels
of flout daily, could not enterinto.
any picture we could draw then of
the town's future . Even such an in-
dustrial plant as the Goderich Plan
ing Mill, Sash and Door Factory was '
not conceivable, because the power
planer was a machine as yet un-!
thought of. Such plants as the Gode-:
rich Sawmill, or even the Doty Engine
Works, making marine engines, might
not have required much stretch of
imagination, but, of course, we could
not have imagined it housed in two
great concrete buildings, for Portland
cement is a modern product, I un-
Iderstand that a large boiler works is
in prospect in connection with this
!concern, You know that in those
days tailors sitting cross-legged made
all the clothing, except what the
mothers made for the boys, so you
see that even the Jackson Boys'
Clothing Factory 'could hardly enter
into our expectations for the future.
Our waterworks were not inconceiv-
able, but our electric light and power
1 plant could only have been the sub-
ject of a fairy tale. We, upon whom
these wonders have crept slowly, only
realize how wonderful it all is by go-
ing back to the days of our youth.
Piave you seen the great concrete ele
rator down at the harbor? I am told
it is the only concrete structure erect -I
ed for that purpose. It is of great
caparlty and built for the future: We',
had hope, of course, of a railroad as
early as 1854, perhaps, but no expec-
tation that we should become a ter-
mirus for the two great systems of
the Dominion.
left to jeopardise the future of a poli-•
tician who may make only a very lit-
tle mistake."
The old man smiled as the thought.
came to him.
"Do you know how E. N. Lewis, M.
P. for West Huron, got between the
devil and the deep blue sea?"
i "No, I neither know the gentleman.
nor the how. How was it?" enquired.
the writer.
"Well, his father was clerk of the:
peace here for 30 years, and when he.
died, not so long ago, his son, E. N.
hastened to separate ' all family pa-
pers from those of•.official character,.
before the arrival of the inspector. He
was absorbed in this work when
someone entered and asked him to -
witness some paper. It turned out.
however, that he was wanted as se
curity for a stage driver, who carried
the mail. It was only $50, and, mix
-
ions to economise time, he signed, and
forthwith forgot all about it. When
elected an M.P. this forgotten thing -
never troubled him until the bill for -
the partition of the school fund in.
the interest of separate, that is, Ro-
man Catholic schools, came up. Lewis.
applied at the postmaster -general's.
office to have his name as security-
withdrawn
ecuritywithdrawn and new securities, which..
he proffered substituted,. but was told'.
that he -was alarmed without cause-.
Since the government would not con-
sides a matter of so little moment.
The substitution was not made, and'
when the bill was up a member arose•
and made some significant enquiries,
from which Lewis perceived the trick
that had been played upon him, and'
that he stood, as I said, between the
devil and the deep blue sea. It meant
that Mr. Lewis must either vote for
the measure or lose his seat, since the -
mail carrier's bond, tho only for $50
to oblige a stage driver, was kept on
file and would prove quite as fatal
as if it had been for $50,000. Inso-
much as it was a government meas-
ure, with a large majority assured,.
Lewis elected to vote for, it and try
and explain to his Protestant electors
afterwards. Oh! the tricks of the
politicians. Angles no doubt weep
over their depravity, but the wicked
victim pulls' his hair, and the wicked
victor laughs."
The spirit ot enterprise has taken
fast hold of this town, as is evident
from the fact that several of the in-
dustries referred to by the 'old gentle-
man have been subsidized by it, and
a liberal spirit pervades its council.
"Yes, yes," continued the old man,
barking back to the Irish wars,
"`there is greater tolerance now, but
quite enough of the old war sentiment
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Memory Pictures of Home
Home "interiors" less photographed than most subjects, become precious
In after years. They are easy to make if time exposure is Used. •
RARE is the person of middle age
who retains a good memory.
image of the home or homes in which
he lived as a child, and who does not
wish he could.
How the exterior of the house
looked is not so difficult to recall,
but once -familiar details of living
rooms, how the furniture was ar•
ranged, what pictures were on the
walls, the appearance of the fire-
place, how the stairway looked, how
the windows were curtained, grow
vague with the passing years—un-
less photographs of these rooms
taken at the time are available to
refresh the memory.
Chances are, in the ease of most
grown-ups of middle age and older,
no such pictures were taken. But in
these days when there is a camera
in almost every household, -what a
pity, really, to let youngsters grow
up and leave home, without any pic-
tures ever being taken of the living
rooms and bedrooms in which tbey
spent- so many of their childhood
, hours! It is probably because such
pictures can be made at almost any
time that we are apt to postpone
taking them. Since they can now be
made easily with any camera, by
artificial' light at night, as well as
by daylight, why, with all this time
available, should we any longer neg-
leet to take them? Here are a few
hints on taking views of interiors:
Since no movement of the subject
needs to be considered, ,time ex-
posures are best, whether by day-
light or artificial light, the time de-
pending, of course, on the Pilin used,
the amount of light and the Stop
opening in the lens.
A small stop must usually be used
in order to obtain sharp images of
objects at . various distances from
the camera.
Leave all the furniture in its usual
place, as far, as possible, and takes
pictures from several viewpoints.
Do not orowd a lot of furniture in.
a small space just to show it off. It.
will not be the natural arrangement,
that you want to remember. Leave
clear floor, space in the foreground..
This may require the removal of a.
nearby piece of furniture for some,
views. Watch out for distracting re-
flections from mirrors or pictures.
Have the cameraon a tripod or
other rigid support, and placed low
enough so that more of the floor than
the ceiling can'be seen in the finder.
If the whole area of the picture is
not clear in the finder because of
dark tones and walls, have someone
hold.a light near the wall until you
have fixed the view exactly.
For interiors taken by daylight
coming from only one window, a re
Hector (of white cloth or paper the
size of a window shade) will in-
crease the illumination of the cor-
ners of the room. Floodlight bulbs,
may also be used in conjunction with,
daylight to considerable advantage.
Interiors at night may be taken at.
"time" with the illumination of three,
or four ordinary electric light bulbs,'
but the inexpensive floodlight bulbs
now available for indoor picture tak
ing will serve the purpose better.
Care should be taken with either
kind that an unshaded bulb is not.
included in the picture or "fog" will,
result,
114 JOHN VAN GUILDER..