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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-10-25, Page 3THURS.,, OCT. 25, 1,931 TIIE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD What Cinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING T1fl LAST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record, Ott. 31st, to and 'carry on correspondence, etc..,. 1894: with a view to having some of this 25 at-home and hoplast money spent' here. The Club a on Tuesday evening was one of the most pleasant events of the season. Last week Bishop Baldwin visited the village of Auburn and conse- crated St. Mark's church. Miss Mary Twitchell' has secured a position in Southampton and left for that town on Friday. The band gave an excellent open air concert on Thursday evening at the corner. of Rattenbury and Albert streets. Under' the leadership of Mr. Shank Clinton can lay claim to hav- ing a superior band. Two rinks of Clinton bowlers went to Seaforth on Friday afternoon and played a friendly game with the boiul- ers of that town .... the game was a draw as will be seen by the score:" Clinton Seaforth W. W. Ferran R. Turner John Harland Holmstead Dr. Bruce T. Coleman H. C. Brewer J. Pierce Skip 16. Skip, 21. W. Jackson J. McMichael M. McTaggart W. M. Gray D. A. Forrester A. Willson J. P. Tisdall, A. Weir, Skip, 17.-133. Skip, 12--33 The entertainment in, the school room of St. Paul's church last Friday evening was not as liberally patron- ized as the, object and excellent pro- gram merited. Rev. Mr. Fairlie pre- sided and the following numbers were given: Chorus, Misses Joyner, Her- man, Holmes and Cree; readings, Mr. The News -Record Oct. 28th Harding; recitations, MissFrom , Mounteas- The , tle; comic song, Mr. Brewer; solo, Mr. W. Taylor up came from To- ronto to spend the holiday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Taylor. Cameron—Fluker—At the home of the bride's parents, on Oct. 26th, by the Rev.' Dr. Stewart, Essie, second daughter, of Mr. and Mrs, William Fluker; to R. J. Cameron of Lucknow. Mr. Nixon Welsh returned to his school at Washington on Monday af- ter spending the holidays at his home here. •He has been doing successful tary; David Barr, Marshal; Jimmy work down there and has been engag- Bingham, 11M,; Wan. E. Miller, P.C. ed for the third term at an increased T. Contrary to the general rule this salary. lodge consists almost entirely of male On Thanksgiving evening seventy - members. five fine, happy young ' Clintonians, When you see a girl pasting a nearly all, members of the Boys' As - scrap book full of cooking recipes out sociation, sat down to a chicken din- of the newspapers you know pretty well that some young man is in a position to be congratulated, and yet, when you think of the recipes,you feel rather sorry for him, too. From The New Era, Oct. 26th, 1894: The town cricketers ,defeated Brucedold on Saturday by a score of 71 to 48. This ends the play for the season. Mrs, W. Constable, mother of Mrs. Wiseman, St. Marys is visiting in Clinton. air. Robt. Goats met with a pain- ful accident Saturday morning, Work men were engaged in repairing the roof of his store and he had been on the' roof to see how the work was pro- gressing. As he stepped on the lad- der to descend the bottom of the lad- der slipped and he fell to the roof be- low, a distance of about ten feet. He landed with the ladder partly beneath him and thus hurt himself across the abdomen and his face was also badly bruised, Although his injuries are not considered serious it will be some time before he is around again. The -death of Mr. Samuel Fowler occurred on Wednesday. Deceased was of a quiet, retiring disposition and had been in failing health for some tin'ie ... He was a native lof Ehigland, and came to this Continent when a mere boy, spending some time in Chicago and St. Paul, Minnesota, coming to Clinton about twenty years ago. WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG Mr. Halpenny; duet, Misses Herman and Cree, recitation, Mr. Brewer. Miss McHardy presided at the piano. Summerhill: The I.O.G.T. election of officers for the corning term resulted as follows: D. Burns, C.T.; G. W. Hill, V.T.; S. Kyle, Chaplain; R. J. Draper, Secretary; J. H. Lowery, A. Secretary; Henry Williams, Guard; John Hill, Sentinel; Chris. Lowery Treasurer; G. M. Kilty, Fin: Secre- A. public meeting called for Monday night to take some definite action in regard to the $31,000 aeruing from the Stavely Estate . . carried the fol- lowing resolution: Moved by W. Coats seconded by Thos. Cottle; that Mayor R. Holmes, Reeve Mcafurchie, Coun- cillors Plummer and Armstrong, and Messrs. G. D. McTaggart, D. A. For- rester, W. W. Ferran, Dr. Gunn, James Scott and the mover be a ner in the Odd Fellows hall, as guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. Jackson, Jr. Stanley:—There was a gathering of friends at Mr. Fenwick Stewart's on Thanksgiving, among them being Mrs, Annie Beacom, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Rathwell and family and 0 isses Myrtle Sperling and Cela Rathwell all of Clinton. *el From The New Era, Oct.. 28th, 1909: In the window = of Mr. Beaton's store is seen a big squash, grown by Theo. Hale of Hallett. It weighs 112% lbs. Who can beat this? Miss Graham has sold her house in permanent committee of citizens to be Orange street to Professor Brownand known as "The Stavely Estate Com- has moved to the rooms in Elliott's mittee," to consuls; together, enter in- Block lately occupied by Mr. and WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS AN OPEN FIRE These are the days when those who have open fire -places are fortun- ate. i If you have'never enjoyed an open fire you don't miss it, but once you get to know the blazing grate you find that it really makes life worth living in the dread days of fall. Kincardine Review -Reporter. NOW WITHOUT HOTEL ACCOM- MODATION Exeter is at present without any hotel accommodation. Mr. Homer Bagshaw, who has been conducting the hotel for the past year has vacat- ed the premises and has taken up his residence on Huron Street. The ho- tel is now receiving a fresh coat of paint and the interior is being reno- vated. As soon as the improvements are completed it will be offered for `s • sale or rent. ; —Exeter Times -Advo- cate, OUR "DIZZY" EC'ON'OMY Mr. "Dizzy" Dean—perhaps so cal- led because he makes the batters feel that way—!will collect the rather at- tractive stipend of $35,800 this year for pitching baseballs over and a- round the home plate • for the St. Louis 'C'ardinals. No one will or should grudge him the money. He earns it by fair com- petition, and no person has to con- tribute to his salary by paying admis- sion to the games if he doesn't want to. g Mr. Dean may be"dizz " pitcher, Y a ,.q, , but he was by no means dizzy when he chose an occupation. The world hands it rich prizes to those who en - ARE SAYING Mrs. Sibley. missioner, has issued authority to the proprietor of a summer resort just across the Narrows from thei town to open a beverage room. Since the ho- tel has hitherto catered to tourists, and is not situated to serve the or- dinary travelling' public, this means that for nine months of the year its chief, if not its sole, business will be that of a beer parlour. As it will draw most of its custom from Orillia, and as this town will be called upon to suffer the consequences of ,its prox- imity, the Commissioner's action, in the light of Orillia's recent vote a- gainst return to the public sale of liquor, cannot be characterised other- wise than as an outrage. It did not take long for this town to begin to experience the scenes, that have followed the opening of the beer. parlours all over the Province. About, midnight on the following Saturday three youths were making their pre- sence known in the middle of the North Ward by their loud cries and strong„,language. In the small hours of Monday night; residents of the West Ward had their slumbers dis- turbedby a couple of rollicking roy- sterers, one of whom was proclaim- ing at the top of his lungs that he was "full of beer," and that he could "lick the whole general assembly.' Orillia has been almost entirely free from such disturbances for nearly a quarter of a century. If they are to :continue, it will be necessary to add to the police force, for the protection of the public. ---Orillia Packet -Times. CASK FOR POLICE COURT ACTION tertain and . amuse it, not to those who feed, clothe and shelter it. Had Mr. Dean elected to be a farm- er or a tailor or a carpenter he would have been lucky if he saw $35,- 000 in the course of fifteen years of hard work. Many aman in one of these, or any other productive cal- ling, never sees more than that in the course of the average working life- time. And thousands, trained to these useful occupations, are now living on relief allowances, while the skillful twirler gathers, in a fortune. for six months' of strenuous but healthy work. There seems to be something in this. --Edmonton Bulletin. LARGE . FISH CATCH MADE' itY LOCAL FISHERMAN What is thought to be the largest fish catch in many years was brought into the local port on Monday night last., The fishing tug, "Onward" owned and operated by "Councillor George McGaw, steamed into the harbor on Monday night, a little late and overdue, with her decks laden with hundreds of pounds of choice. Lake Huron trout. The catch was made off Point Clark. When the fish were dressed and weighed in at the McGaw shanties they tipped the scale at exactly 5950 pounds. —Kincardine News. BEER %LICENCE AT ATHERLEY AN OUTRAGE AGAINST ORILLIA In spite of protests from residents of Atherley, and of promises that Orillia's desire to be free from the liquor traffic would be respected, Mr. Odette, the Provincial -Liquor Com - The behaviour of some of our city friends still continues to be of such a nature that it is still permissible to call it "unmitigated gaul." Last Sunday morning when Maurice and Mrs. Hickey arrived home from church, they discovered three women and six or seven men with a huge truck loading up with the last of the Hickey's apples. Not an apple was left. We are recommending that we in the country arrange to take a truck -load of our farmers into the city early some Sunday morning and carry out the idea of Jimmie Prise, of the Star Weekly—grab all the full milk bottles off the door steps, and hike for home. That's fair en- ough. It is difficult to understand these people who will drive out front the city and go into the orchards and fields and help themselves to what- ever they see. We all know what would happen if we were to remove these bottles from their steps, and it would happen quickly. They are stealing the products that that par- ticular farmer has, produced to pay taxes, rent and . all other require- ments, and those persons guilty should be dealt with as we would be if guilty of the practice suggested. Pickering News. TOO MANY BEVERAGE ROOMS There are too many beverage rooms in Ontario, most of them are open for too many hours per day, and they are the scene of too much mixed drinking in which young men and young women participate. Toronto's city council' is justified in its demand for shorter hours and a curtailment of "authorities." In one respect the beverage rooms are an improvement, and a great im- provement, over the bar rooms of some years ago; they do not sell spir- its, In some other ways they are ev- en more of a menace' than the old bar: They cater towomen as well as men, and cater to both together. They are open later at night than the bars used to be. And they operate under changed ,conditions of traffic. A drunk man "staggering along the road" at the wheel of a motor ear (or, for that matter, on foot) is a far greater dan- ger to himself and others than e drunk man staggering along the street in the days when motor cars were less numerous. It is evident, too, that many of the present beverage rooms have even less excuse for existence than used to be claimed by the hotel keepers who said they "needed the bar to make their hotels pay." A Star man who made' the rounds of several of the new Toronto "hotels" on Sunday found some of them closed tight while others had only a side door open and no attendants visible. The hotel fea- ture of these places is just a pre- tence of the most obvious kind. They dd not exist to give accommodation to travellers. They exist to sell beer and wine and for no' other reason. Liquor Commissioner Odette has an- nounced that he is overhauling the system under which these conditions exist, and that he will have a revis- ed list of "authorities" issued at the end o;f the present month. If he has any regard for the feeling which is developing in all sections of the pro- vince, the new list will curtail not only the number of beverage rooms sanctioned, but the hours of sale. If it does not do so, the legislature may have something to say on the subject when it ineete in January, for strong feeling isbeing engendered through- out the proyince by the' present situ- ation. As'' the Woodstock Sentinel - Review warns the government: "When the House assembles, it can amend the L.C.A., modify the wine and beer sec- tions, or repeal them entirely, as a majority may see fit. At the pre-ses- sion caucus of government supporters, GOD'ERIOH: There is a serious Exeter on Thursday. A disc demon- epidemic of distemper among the stration is being given as an added, canine' population of this town. One attraction, veterinary surgeon has treated over sixty dogs within the past week and six of them, some valuable have died. STRATFORD: Phillip 1VI'cKenzie Seaforth,' was convicted in police ''* * court here Monday on a charge of GO'DERICIi: Transhipment of false, pretences, and was remanded grain ;from the large upper lake for a week for sentence. McKenzie boats to smaller, or canal sized boats, tendered a chowae for $70 drawn on a is to' be undertaken at this port start- Clinton bank to E. W. Fawn, Mitchell ing this week. Three canal sized garageman, in part payment of a boats of the Paterson Line are here, ear, There was no: account in the bank light, to receive cargoes from big ' to meet the cheque, ' boats enroute to the head of the yr ,1 lakes. The elevators here are full to the brim, half of which is American GODERICH: Peter Spain, a resi- grain. dent of this town for 25 years, died on Saturday while on a visit to his ' * * daughter at Detroit, His 'remains EXETER: Both services in Caven were brought here Monday and the Presbyterian Church on Sundaywere funeral' took place oh Tuesday morn - crowded for the 72nd anniversary. ing with requiem high rnass'sung by , , Nagle.rSpain, The. other religious bodies' in Exeter Rev. Fr, M . who was withdrew services to allow congrega in his 80th year, was born at Mar - tions to unite with the Presbyterians. mora, Hastings County, don 01! Pat - The special preacher, morning and rick Spain and Avina O'Meara, who evening, was Rev. Kenneth MacLean, carne from County Tipperary, Ireland. of Wlingham. The :choir rendered ap- Deceased was a cooper by trade and propriate music. Mr. and Mrs. Case came to Huron County when the salt R. Iioward, of New Yorlc, were spe- industry was flourishing, settling at tial soloists while Mrs. William S•il- Seaforth, . In 1909 he moved to Gode- lery, Miss K. Strang, Mr. B. Cousins, rich and' has since worked for the James Francis and Grafton Cochrane Western Canada Flour Mills and also took part. Mrs. J. G. Cochrane Goderich Salt Co. Surviving children presided at the organ. are John Spain, of Goderich, from whose home the funeral was held; * * 'i? Cornelius, of Fort Erie, Joseph; of. Detroit, and the Misses Mazy, Mar- SEAFORTH: One of the 13' orig- 1 gare and Muriel Spain, also of De- inal founders of the Ontario Horticul- troit. Interment in Colborne R. C. tural Society, and for many years a prominent resident of Seaforth, Wil- liam Hartry, died Sunday evening, af- ter an illness of some months. He was born at Greenbank, Ont., Dec. 25, 1852, and in 1879 married Miss Jane Armstrong of Clinton. They lived 10 years in Brussels and came to Seaforth in 1886. For 18 years Mr. Hartry was a director of the On- tario Horticultural Society. He had one of the finest gardens in Seaforth and had done much toward beautify- ing the town. He was on the Colle- giate Institute board for 15 years, for 20 years past a member of the public library board and for 25 years past had been a trustee of North Side Uni- ted Church. He was also an active worker for temperance and commun- ity welfare. The surviving family in - eludes three sons, Howard, with Law= son and Jones, Ltd., London; Ryerson of the Welland 'Collegiate Institute staff; Dr. Russell Hartry, of Fort Francis, two daughters, Miss Maude, of the Seaforth public school staff, and Mrs. N. R. Bisonette, of Strat- ford; and two brothers, Edward of Toronto, and Richard of Los Angeles. The funeral was held Tuesday after- noon from the North Side United Church. * '. . * GODiE'RICH: Robert Harmer, a middle-aged farmer residing on the Bayfied road about six miles -south of Goderich, is in Alexandra Hospital recovering from injuries suffered when struck by an automobile in Goderich. Mr. Harmer was crossing Kingston street during a rain -storm. Hehad his head down to protect his face and walked into the path of the car. One knee cap is severely injur- ed, but it is expected the man will be around shortly. 13•ENSALL: Young People's Sun- day was observed. in. the United churchhere on Sunday, when large congregations were present at both services. .A choir of some 30 voices led in the service of song. Rev. Mr. Moore, of Grand Bend, was the guest speaker for the morning. Mrs. George Hess sang and at the conclusion of the sermon a well rendered duet was given by Dr. I. S. Smillie and Sam Rennie. At the evening service Rev, Stanley Johnson, of Lucan, was the minister. The choir sang an anthem and a duet was given by Dr. Smillie and Mr. Ronnie, while a solo was ren- dered by Mrs. Maude Hedden, and at the conclusion of the sermon a quartet was given by Mrs. Maude Redden, Miss Bella Smale, Miss Gladys Passmore and Mrs. George Hess. 'Dr. Smillie was director and Miss Eleanor Fisher organist for the musical features. els el► ah EXETER: Entries from as far away as Owen Sound as well as from numerous points in Perth, Middlesex ,and Lambton have been received by George McDonald, secretary for the South Huron Plowmen's • Association for the annual match at Woodland Grove. the farm of John Allison, Thames Road, four miles east of it will be the premier's turn to lis- ten, and he may learn that the popular vote of last June was no mandate to flood the province with beer." There was no mandate for that, but it is unfortunately what the govern- ment seems to have done. It has re- introduced public drinking on a scale and under auspices which the electors did not anticipate and do not relish. The tinte has come for a reversal of policy and a restriction of beverage rooms both with respect to the num- ber of them and to the hours of sale. 1 1 r --Toronto Daily Star.. cemetery. HEALTH MINISTER STATES THAT SMALL HOSPITALS. MAY RETAIN TRAINING SCHOOLS Dr. Falconer Advocates Use of More Soap, Water, Elbow Grease in Homes Speaking at a Lions Club luncheon in Goderich on Friday last, Dr. J. A. Faulkner, minister of health in the Hepburn Government, assured his audience that so far as he was con- cered small hospitals need have no fear of losing their nurses' training schools, as was threatened under the late administration. He believed that nurses should receive their training at hospitals closest to their homes and strongly opposed the centralization of authority in larger lentres. "From my heart out I possess that Liberalism that gives equal rights to all and favors to none," he declared. The minister's pronouncement on nurses' training schools in small hos- pitals was warmly welcomed in Gode- rich for the•reason that Alexandra Hospital, with less than 35 beds and no nurses' home, was in danger of los- ing its training school and forced to engage 100 per cent trained nurses. Dr. Faulkner was introduced by W. H. Robertson. He highly compliment- ed the service club, for the good work it had, accomplished for the crippled children of Huron County, and sug- gested as a further outlet for their activites they take over the supervis- ion of homes on relief to see that pro- per sanitary conditions prevail with special respect to sunshine, ventila- tion, fly screens and the education of the family in the use of soap and wa- ter. The minister said that three quar- ters of homes visited and conditions in slum district by Dr. Herbert Bruce's, investigator were not inhab- ited by foreigners as generally be- lieved, but by people of Canadian and British extraction, Speaking of diseases and their treatment which produce' crippled children, rickets, tuberculosis, infan- tile paralysis and improper care of the mother at child birth, Dr. Faulk- ner said that if proper sanitation pre- vailed in the handling of milk from accredited cows he could see no need for pasteurization of milk. "The country has become machine - made, What we need today is more soap and water and elbow crease," he declared. Dr. Faulkner was accompanied to Goderich by Dr. MeGhie, his deputy minister. Lion A. L. Cole presided at the luncheon. The soloist 'was Mr. Cameron Geddes, of Toronto, and H. Livens, the accompanist. PREHISTORIC FOOTPRINTS, COME TO LIGHT IN NOVA SCOTIA Footprints in the . sands of 250 million years ago have been found at Parrsbaro, N.S., of a prehistoric ani - Mal who lived and died in the days when that part of Nova Scotia was a low sub -tropical swamp with hot and humid elimate and great ferns and horsetails. Fossils of these plants have been unearthed at Joggins in the coal mining which is carried on in that district. One hundred and eight clear impressions of the foot - tracks were found which were all photographed; and piaster casts made by an expert from the Department of Padeontology of the National Mus- eum, at Ottawa. Just what kind of an animal made the tracks has not yet been determined. . The first evi- dence of air -breathing animals of the carboniferous period ever found was at. Horton Bluff, King's County, N,S., in 1811, by the celebrated geologist, Sir William Logan, 1 1; "Our Heritage" The Report of the British and For- eigu Bible ,Society for 1934, by the Rev, John.. Patten, M.C., M.A., Liter-, dry Superintendent. "The Bible in the mother tongue is the rightful heritage pf all men." A- round this principle the current Pop- ular Report of the 'British and For- eign Bible Society centres. Seldom has any report of ,any Society con- tained more useful information in re- gard to its activities, linked as it is with an historical survey of the pro- gress of Bible tranlation in the Eng- lish tongue, and the power this Book has had when translated into the mother tongue of many people.s The titles •of the chapters are indi- cative of .the contents of the report: "The Priceless Heritage of the Bib- le"; "Sharing The Heritage with the British Commonwealth"; "Sharing the Heritage with the Whole World"; "The Blessing of the heritage;" "The Heritage of the Mother , Ton- gue"; "The Cost." The booklet is well illustrated . _ and beautifully printed and produced, the ,frontis- piece representing the last. moments in the life of the Venerable Bede. A section, shortof neeessity, is devot- ed to Canada and the spread of Bible Society activities in the Do- minion. Each chapter is prefaced by quotations from leading representa- tives of the various' churches, and some very apt quotations from poets and writers, ancient and modern, as diverse as Aristotle, George Herbert. and V. Sackville West. The cost of this world wide task of publishing and circulating trans- lations of the Scriptures is emphas- ized, and the need for increased sup- port clearly indicated. In this re- spect the report concludes with a sentence from the late Sir Henry Jones, "How they are to be envied who, having the ability to do this land of thing, have also the heart to do it." This second report from the gift- ed pen of the Rev. John Patten jus- tifies the favour with which his last year's report, "Tell the Wiorld" was received by the general public, and none can rise from reading it with- out feeling haw great has been the, influence of the Bible on the British race and all its institutions; how dangerous it will be if that race mis- uses or neglects that heritage; and how urgent is the call to make this Book the heritage of "all kindreds and peoples and tongues." GODE'RICH: Reginald A. Pridham former treasurer of the Western Can- ada Flour Mills, died in Toronto on Monday after a lengthy illness. He was 41 years old. A native of Gode- rich Mr. Pridham was educated here. When the Great War broke out he enlisted with the Canadian Exped- itionary Force and served overseas. PAGE 3 Upon his return he became connect- ed with the milling company and re- mained with it until a few months; ago. For several years he served his company in Western Canada, lat- er moving to Toronto where he finally settled. He was a .member of the' War Veterans' Lodge, A. F. and A. M. and of the Granite Club; Surviving him are his daughter, Dorothy; a sister, Mrs. A. P. Reid, and a bro- then, M. F. Pridham, all of Toronto. ADVICE TO MR. ROEBUCK We would suggest' to the Attorney - General that if there are any other prominent Conservatives with a country wide . reputation for writing and clever argument, he had better fire him off the civil servioe at once before another argument starts. -Fergus News -Record.. BULLET IN PIPE BOWL :IS SURPRISE TO SMOKER Moose, Jaw, Sask.-Manley Mea- dows got the scare of his life' when his favorite pipe exploded without warning. His hat was knocked off, but Meadows was unhurt. It seemed' he had carelessly packed a ,22 -calibre rifle bullet into the bowl with the to- bacco. His fedora was perforated by the bullet. The advertisements are printed for your convenience. They inform ands save your time, energy and money. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *• READ THEM * Many absent readers say * * they read the advertiesments * in The News -Record, to keep * * in touch with business life in * Clinton. Those who reside * here miss a lot if they do not * .read these ads., as they can ofw * ten save money, save themsel- * ves inconvenience and put * themselves in the way of ob- * taining unexpected good for- * tune by attention to such read- * ing. * Read the advertisements of * the merchants. * — * Read the professional cards * of professional men. * * Read the little transient ad- * vertisements. They are as in- * teresting as the news columns * and often contain very special * . announcements. * * * To the few who do not read * * the ads., we say — READ *' * THEM FROM NOW ON. " * " * * * * * * * * * * • * * • • 0 <SNAPS4lOT BUIL SNAPSHOTS AT NIGHT 'J'NTIL recently, the idea of mak- ing snapshots at night r•anked alongside that other classic picture - taking impossibility—a snapshot of "a black cat in a coal pile at mid- night". But now, with the new ex- tremely sensitive films and brilliant, inexpensive lights, snapshots in- doors at night are as easy as any others. Let's say you want to snap Sue at the piano — assuming that Sue looks and feels natural there—tak- ing your stand, with camera, off' to, the side of the piano. There's an or- dinary floor lamp — one of those three -light affairs just beyond the piano and another on your side. Both lamps are just beyond the field of your -.camera finder. Tilt the shades so that the light' reaching your subject is unshaded. Put two or three photoflood -type lights in. the lamp that's beyond your sub- ject, one in the nearer lamp, turn 'em on—and blaze away. If yours is a box camera, better nee a photo -flash bulb. (The method is described a few paragraphs ahead.) On the other hand, if you use a more advanced camera with. a lens that's "faster" than f.6.3, you won't need the photofloods quite, so close to the subject. The regular snapshot exposure- 1/25th ofa second—will do the trick nicely, assuming your lens has an opening of f.6.3 or greater. The diagram above indicates ,the relative placing of subject, lights and camera for the picture of Sue at the piano. .Naturally, you will arrange the lights as you see fit, but keep in mind these simple rules: Just a few bright lamps and a little care make Indoor snaps like this easy. Arrange- ment of lights, subjects and camera indicated in the diagram. First, light intensity decreases. rapidly as the lamp is pulled back. front the subject. Six feet away, a lamp's picture making brilliance is only a quarter what it is atthree feet. Second; shield your camera lens. from the direct rays of light. Third, while you can use photo- floods (they cost a quarter and are good for at least two hours of pic- ture making) in ordinary fixures, they are more efficient in reflectors —either home-made or inexpen- sively purchased. Fourth, don't try to light up everything in a picture. Shade is. just as important as the highlights.. Fifth, avoid lighting that illu- mines both sides of a subject's face equally. The result will be flat and: unnatural. Sixth, always use modern, super- sensitive film. It's available in the standard makes, at very slight extra cost. Indoor snapshots may also be made with photoflash bulbs. If you want to stop ping-pong .players in action, for example, these handy, safe, inexpensive flash bulbs are just the thing. One of the medium- size bulbs will do very well in an average room. If you haven't a bat- tery-operated holder for flash bulbs,. you can screw the bulb into any standard electric light socket and,, when all's set,: turn on the current. The possibilities for indoor snaps are endless. If you haven't tried your hand at this kind of snapshoot ing, you're missing a lot. And that's. too bad. JOHN VAN GUILDER.