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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1938-12-30, Page 7ere),cyrca4t .4 RFA, t „410,0 ,tele:).tr.ki•lee.",„"teierite • ")is' :HAYS id; MOH *eeding It 43. Hari) . • Bataistera, gobleiten, COnveYanceirS Sad „tkilog3O� Pubite. gielletters for tb�i DeMitdolt Rank Office in rear of the ,ThnuittlOn Rnk, Sefcath. Money tO DANCEY & HOLSBY BARRISTERS, SOLICTORS, ETC. LOFTUS E. DANCEY, K.C. P. J. BOLSBY GODERICH • BRUSSELS 12-47 ELMER D. BELL, B.A. Succeesou to John IL Best &mister, Solicitor Notary Public. Seaforth - Ontario 12-86 McCON1VELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc - Patrick D. McConnell - H. Menu Hays SEAFORTH, ON. Telephone 174 3693- VETERIARY A. R. CAMPBELL, Vali.' Graduate of Ontario Veterinary Col- lege, University of Toronto. All dis- eases of domestic animals treated by the man modem- principles. Charges neasorable. Day or night calls promptly attended to. Office on Main Street, Hensall, opposite Town Hall. rhone 116. Breeder of Scottish Ter- riers, Inverness Kennels, Hensell. 12-87 MEDICAL SEAF'ORTH CLINIC DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. Graduate of University of Toronto J. D. COLQUHOUN, C.M. Graduate of Dalhousie University, Halifax. Tbe Clinic is fully equipped with complete and modern X-ray and other up-to-date diagnostic and thereuptic equipment. Dr. Margaret K. Gainpbell, M.D., L.A.B.P., Specialist in diseases in in- fants and children, will be at the Clinic last Thursday in every month from 3 to 6 p.m. Dr. P. J. R. Forster, Specialist in diseases of the ear, eye, nose and throat, will be at the COIIIC the first Tuesday in every month from 4 to 6 pant ' Free Well -Baby Clinic will be held on the second and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 p.m. 3687- W. C. SPROAT, M.D., F.A.C.S. Physician and Surgeon Phone 90. Office John St., Seaforth. 12-88 DR. F. J. BURROWS Office, Main Street, over Dominion Bank Bldg. Hours: 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m., and by appointment. Residence, Goderich Street, two doors west of the United Church- Phone 12-86 DR. HUGH H. ROSS Graduate of University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, member of Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; :pass graduate course in Chicago Clinical School of Chicago; Royal Opthalmie Hospital, London, England; University Hospital, Lon- don, England. Office -Back of Do- minin Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5. Night calls answered from residence, Victoria Street, Seater -Mi. 12-38 DR. P. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate In Medicne, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- mel and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- pitals, London, Eng. At Commercial Hotel, Seafortb, third Wednesday in each month, from 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. 53 Waterloo Street South, Strat ford - 12 -37 DENTAL DR. J. A. McTAGGART Graduate Royal College of Dental Burgeons, Toronto. Office at Hensel', Ont. Phone 106. 12-7 AUCTIONEERS SYNOPSIS Jepelya Harlowe, raised in a Aorench convent, at tile. age of eigbteexi, joins her mother, Max - cella, in New York. Worried about her safety, bieceuse she is unfemIllar with the modern World and has developed into a beauti- ful woman, her'Smttees first wish Is to get heraftry married. At- tending lier firs ball. Jocelyn ' Meets ,Felix Kenterielt, handsome and nineteen years 'bider than herself., Eacouraged 9y her mother, she and Felix quickly be- come engaged. Alone in her apartinent one night, a cripple, Nick Sendai,- enters by the ere - escape, eon:Odes in her that he is her, father and that her real name is Lynda Sandal. Uncer- tin about wbethei she wants to get •naiarried so quickly, Jocelyn goes to talk thinas over with her mysterious father. There she meets Jock Ayleward, a gambler, Who gradually interests her more and more. When she mentiona the 13 atme Felix Kent in, front' of him he acts greatly shocked but says nothing. One night, alone in ter father's retains, a stranger en- ters whom see sees 'going through the desk. She spetakato 'him and in answer to his question says 'he 'le mailing there for ber father. "S am Mr. Sandal's daughter. Sine -ate is not at home 1 will take your mestsege, Mr. Quayle_ Perhaps be Will see yiou if you call again wben tie comes back. He probably will not be very late." "Then I'll wait." "Mr. Quayle, I must ask you to go. I am not receiving callers to- night," "Nick's an cid -friend of mine, mites. There's another room if you don't like my ocaopety. Say, don't he keep his cigars in that desk drawer? Nick always forks me out one of lea Havany's, May I help myself?" "If you insist upon staying," she said, "1 will go late the other ,roaut." "0, K., 0. K., girlie. Don't mind me." She t -ad taken a step in that direc- tion when, something told her that if she, went into that bedroom she would ,be ramie a prisoner there un- til the outer room had been rifled. She paused. "I 'have some mending to do. I'll sit here on the sofa." He moved over and placed himself beside her on the sofa. • See ;started to rise. At that one of the bands settled like a slug on her wrist enrj she found herself as though she had been smothered' in the streng-eh of a vast jellied weight, incapable of rising. "Now just you set there sweet ness, and let me feast my eyes on you.You got the prettiest little--" His compliments came into her ears like poison and filled her veins with, eicknese. "If yren won't go into the bar- room, darling," he told her, "you got to ise entertainin' to Nick's friends. Hanged if you ain't goin' to be en- ter -Nene"' to me anarway. Lynda lost her head and struck at him. "Let me go. I will call for help." He seemed not to have felt her blow but at her words he wrapped "her in one of his thick arms tram which she could no more ,free herself than it it had been a swathing of - tough rubber. 1m itnin' to kiss you. If you kick up a row Mr. Quayle will be vurey, vurry rough with you. baby" He dropped her like a hot coal. Jock white as chalk, wasin ate room with them. After Jock's sudden entrance neither of the men said a ,yllable er made a sound. Jock struck at Quayles china -doll face. It snapped aside and back again very cleverly. He landed a fist somewhere on the thick body which took that bea.vy blow as rubber might have taken HAROLD DALE Licensed Auctioneer SPeetlanst In farm and household Wee. Willett resonable: For dates sad %ortnation, write or phone Bar ad le. PhOne 149, Seafortb, or *POI at The Expesitot Mice. 12-47 Wb he Wards roots?" "To make the language grew, of enures." • ' SinoB Loren) was sent to the door to telt the ) vegetable Man that big imother did not need any vegetables that day. Exultantthat he hiad been VetPitted to censurer the door for ini0f4t, , einneltheed: • 'He fetid ine dM We went any- thb/Odat..... Vt00-• 46!" 7a1r: "Something told me to come back ronto," . . .he meant, to rob you." "Sure thing. You got hint. 'Pets nian's a tereee. And he's got it in for Nick" He t not . . he, centuot be Nicks friend?" "Friend? Miss Lynda! He's one of those colorless things that live under stones." 'But eau . • yea live le a world where such things, can touch ytou, can come into your romps and call you by your Darner The young man sitoocl before her helplessly, He had no answer to ties. Nick foundl them-Lyndia sadly contemplating her, silent and disor- dered chamion. "Yes," said Nick when he had lis- tened to her experieuce, "that's the end of your visits, to thisdelightful spat, ury dear. Where'll we move to now, Jock?" A few days. later. Jocelyn wrote a note to Nick Sandal which she drop- ped with her own hand into a letter- box: . „ • , "Dear Nick: "My mother is away. Cousin Sara Muller has to leave me for one day and oight this week -Thursday. I can send Mary out; The elevator boy who would bring you up to our floorewill be leaving, 1 am told, two days after-. ward. All this surely would make it perfectly safe for you to come to me here. It would make roe very happy if you would do this. If I can see you here I think I can make you un- derstand me better. I do need your advice. could explain the question to you there. Please let me have your new address and your telepihone num- ber. Will Jock be -living with you in your new root:nee Don't write. Conte with your answers to all these ques- tions anti requests." She waited for him that Thurs,clae evening in a cruel suspense. She had dressed herself very carefully in the semblance • of Marcella's daughter, jocelyn, choosing, however, not one of the debutante frocks but a new dress from her trousseau. Remember- ing Nick's interest in jewels she wore her one ornament, e heavy golden chain about her neck. Since her last visit to Nick's rooms she had not been able to find the wrist watch which was one of Feli's gifts. She thought Quayle had stolen it - a troubling conviction that cost her tears. Mary had been sent out, so when the doorbell rang Jocelyn started for- ward,to answer it herself. She stared unrecognizingly at the man who stood there in the handsome empty Mae vestibule of the apart- ment building. During that moment, seeing him in outline for the strong light was back of him, she thought I had made a straight report on a this figure of a stranger, noble, pat- good mine. I believe, Mise Sandal. ient and mead. teat any other engineer would have handed in, just such a report as that was Kent was forming a corpora- tion to take over this mine. Cap- talzed it at two million dollars" "He proposed to sell this mine to his townspeople --my townapeopio too -at par that is, two million dollars for the entire issue. I know now that Algernon Talley was willing to sell the mine to Kent for one million dol- lars. My report -you see my name, my father's name, was good' --was printed and circulated. I was elected secretary of the oerporation arid con• suiting engineer. They gave me a small block of stock. I fancied my- self soddenly rather a big man. "It is, necessary before a stock is actually sold, Miss Sandal, Poran of- ficer of such a corporation to make an affidavit to the Secretary of the 0cmmonwealth based on his personal knowledge and setting forth the exact value or the assets upon which the stack is issued. Keret got me to make this afficlaeit "The making of such an affidavit falsely or heedlessly subjects the maker to fine and to imprisonment. 'That mine turned out to be ro goods, Mies Harlowe. The etockhold e re -my townspeople, my father's friends, my friende-lost their invet• mere. 1 was prosecuted by the Com monwealth under a law. you may have heardof it. It's called the Blue Sky Law. I used to think of its name of- ten afterward. I was found guilty of false or heedless affidavit and sen- tenced to three years in 'Ake's pri- son" Lynda %poke with a certain diffi- culty: "You were guilty. Yoe had made the report." (Continued Next Week) for Some time .withoet looking et. hint Tilton she sew his tatirety fief- argetuel face. Her throat cntra.cted. at the sight of. him. Tile last soft chondl went sieging' into lovely aflame% Be stood' up and came to the piano. Wel, you go one! With her eyes upon him she played and sang "Le rOil DOSSol." She •thad a purose. "In heaven's name, What a horrible song. Who tatight you that?" "I made the music myself. The words -eta an old Freneh nursery "Vien:t se placer derriere moi," he murmured, "You let such a inonster haunt yrs& mind.? 1 eviab you'd play me something el•se, �f your own, to get the soiled of that humpback's • step out of my ears."' She played a dancing melody. That's better. "You, play betimes fully. Do you know 'May Night'?" She playett it, still 'festinated by his face which she watefhed steadily. As he turned at the end of her play- ing his shoulder struck against a framed picture anti he knocked it down to the &Mr. He hastened to, pick it up and stood still, with a changed face, staring at the phote- graph, of Felix Kent. Youth. and the peace of, his listen - log were smitten, into the likenessof demonic .jaat:e. He controlled the con- vulsions, set down the picture and moved down the full length of the rem to stand by the window, his beck turned. "How terribly you bate that man," said Jocelyn. "I wish you'd tell me why." He turned from the window "I told you I was a professional gambler," he said, "so I think may tell you why thieve become one. I know the chances are against your believing me. It doesn't matter." "Wihy doesn't it matter, Mr. Ayle ward V "What cam matter between you and me?" To this she said nothirtg. "Kent came from my ,town -Rap - Pei. In Illinois. My father was a clergyman there. Kent was ten years older than I. He took a big brother - 1Y interest in me, a sort of senior warden's interest. When I got out of the school of -mines -mining en- gineer was my 'original profesion- he got me my first job. An import- ant one. "Kent had me sent down to in spect a zinc Mine. I went over the Mine with its owner, a man named Talley. Came back to Rappel with my• report. it was a first-rate mine. A sure-fire investment. Everything the owner bad showed me was. 0. K. I was optimistic and cockshure Had no reason that I knew of not to be. "Does Miss Lynda. Sandal live here?" he asked in a low repressed sort of voice. She recognized Jock Aylewara Vexation, -anxiety, alarm in ewift sue- ceseion sent alt her pulses jumping. "Please come in." She moved •back into the mem before him but neither sat down herself nor offered him a seat. "My fateer is ill? He sent your Aylewaxd laughed out in a quick low tone:- "I didn't know you! Miss Sandal- i t's extraordin a rye "Please tellme quickly "He 'is ilf-not seriousty-bu.t ton eI to come.. An attack of pain and -fever; the • exertion of moving per haps. We're very respectably quar- tered at present." &he saw that his eyes had swiftly taken in all the detail of the apart- ment. They moved, over to the win dow .and looked out. She heard his breath catch. "rhat's beautiful." See forgot her annoyance at his be- ing hero, at his encountering- her in tle blence of Jocelyn Harlowe, and she went over to stand beside Nm. He looked back at the room anti again at bee "may 1 stae just for "What - can matter between you and me?" .1.• • .• 44 it. For a second Lynda thought he was knocked out. He went back a- gainst the wall, gray and bleeding, came forward with a demon ohange upon his mouthand eyes. During that instant's resite, QulaYie made the door. "Seo eau again, one of these days. Dory. Nice eittle bag of tricks you got there." Thee. she heard '‘dock saying be- tween hard breathing, "Don't come here again," and ' presently under- stood that he was saying it to her. woret," she gasped nt hitn vio- lently. "1 got scared about you," ne panted. Site felt his hand touch her a Little while? It's been all age since I was in this sort of place talking to ties sort of girl." "Perhaps you wouldn't take this, sort of girt to dance in Toni Pa - drone's favorite speakeasy." "Perhaps. not. Miss Sandal, has your father ever Peen you like this?" She snails& "Yes. Twice. Once when I was coming out from my first 'ball and Mace when he came here. I Was playing" "Playing? Oh, the piano. Would gou play now?" He wag so eager and so curiously simple in his eagerness that she wont overt, with answering simplieity and sat town before the keys, She played Spanish Potatoes Cut cold boiled potatoesi in email pieces anti cook in a thin white sauce until the sauce is thick, taking care not to let the potatoes burn. When ready to serve, eprinkile with) paprika until time potatoes are a deep pink. Serve hot. French Fried Pare potatoes, Cut lengthwise into eight or ten pieces. Lay, on a towel to absorb tthe moisture. Fry In deep fat. Drain on erumblee unglazed pa- per. Sprinkle with salt and serve. Dry Bean Crop Dry bean yields are substantially better than was anticipated earlier owing to the excellent growing Wea- ther during the Fall. In Huron, Coun- ty a period of wet weather caused diseoltoration andl in some oases sprouting, but in other counties the quality is for the ;most pert good. The average yield pet acre is reported at 22.9 buseeli; and total produetion of 1.366.000 bushels, ami coMplarell with 19 3 hfishels per acre and a total crop of 1,105,700 bushels in 1938. The priee being paid ranges. from 95 cents to $1.60 per bushel at the farm for white pea bens. ......„.e....etereiseeree.S.e;),ereseeee""e'W0e4!„)14.i''.N)Nkiiii" • , • „ . rg!. &lea' 7, ' • ost nertaa the0We' YuoSe haven't bcr. goto figttre • akateto iff.1 eeellet,114ar ...We the ;fleted Sta,tee mut Cateettlee1e. tie l• teg.).11001fe .W.4044ste. pea- Erwin. Wea..agtOtlitd. •..1P-F-97,F:01c00' thg people withiWslereataleeg eee Nolte iisitatee way' back before WO Civil Wx. But 'ais feUw Americant), still ail/gently. prootioing aline -sterner tiorary figures en tee too, gunxight it aburd to all Haleete'• fantastic leaps and eples figure skatng.felted to go to Europe to find aPpreciation for els origrivel style. Now, the Jaiteoi. es spin is includedin the reper- re of evety exhibition skater, and. ckso,n Haines, writh this grandiose mannerand love of fancy eatuMes, is the name to invoke when you sit dovvn hard on the ice. 0‘n the frozen pondsand rivers of New England, on the lakes and-baya of Michgan, Sielisiereneire Mnreeta, Wherever . there wes. a Patch .of. eve the Mee of a pocket harldkeeeletae country boys and .giris- have, t.aireted tee joy of skimmiug along on....4)te.al bladeswith winter winces stingiegthe red rito cheeks and noses. Cityyouth has waited rian.patieirtly for the "Ice Sketing Today" flag to go up. over skating rink or park lake, or, lack- ing either, youngsters have flooded a vacant lot with a garden .1toee and hoped for freezing weather. But theme hare been, children in America, with, ite varying elimates, who never saw an ice rink, never owned a pair of skates): The nearest they came to skating was, to hear Granda, raised 'back East" or ...eup North," tell of the fun he lad • e boy with bis home-made skates, of how Jae ventured on "rubber -ice" and of his adeeneres. in air holes. Of the wonderful caters- lee cut when he 'bad mastered the Circle eight. "I could show you some pretty figures evennow, if 1 *as to get on a pair of skates," be assured • les ldsteners, and he probably could. Skating is bike -swimming or riding a bicycle. If you once get the teehnique you never forget it. Times have changed since Grand- pa's. dee. Mechaeicee refrigeration, the movies and the spectacular ice sihows Lave made the whole country skating conscious. High-speed ma- chine, pumping freezing bri n e through miles of pipe laid under the floor, have made skating rinks pos- sible in any climate at any time of year. Millions of perseme have seea the skatingfileas and ice rees. Boys and girls dream of becoing Roy Shripstatie or Sonja Henies. Older people have learned the fascinatien of dancing on skates. New York, Chicago, Boston, Detroit -nearly all the bie cities and many of the smaller ones, such as Hersey, Pa, now have modern ice Oaks, The amateur Orating championshipswere held last February on Philadelphia's brad new rink. Miami, Florida; Westwood, Calif.: Huntington, West Va: White Plains, N. Y.; Colorado Springs and Los Angeles are some of tale widely scattered places that put in new rinks last y o a r. The New York World's Fair, 119, bus con structed a huge encl .1 [-ink for ex- hibitions during the f ••:-. It is to be Left afterward for pub: c ekating. Fig- ure seating was one of the moat pop- ular amusements at Lake Placid, N. Y, laet summer. It is estimated that about 16,000 rocker or figure skates in addition to 250004) tube skates were sold in the United States last year. Although seve: al of elle leading skate manufac- ture. s have built additions to their plants, the demand is increasing so 'swells- that a shortage of skates is predicted for this winter. 'rhe Ice Follies, One of the skating revues, played to over a million peo- ple last year. Several of the Holly- wood studies are busy on ice pictures. Twentieth CenturyFox has released foto seating films starring Sonja Hen - ie. Metro -Goldwyn -Mayer is now mak ing one called the Ice Follies of 1939, featuring Bess Ehnbardt, Roy Ship - star" an,d, other skaters in combina- tion with several Hollywood stars. Having discovered , figure skating, America is going about it in a char- acteristic mass production way, turn- ing out dozens of tp-notch skaters every year. How should you go about Learning to figure ,skate? I asked the question of several experts. They all agree on orae tlhing. Learn straight skating first. Tee person who attempts fig- ure skating before mastering straight seating never gets the smooth, glid- ing, effortless motion that distinguish- es the geed seater from, the poor one. Watch the hockey player. See how he gains speed by a mere shift of ht s body in the direction of the stroke. Note that he pushes with bhe side of the skate, not from the toe. This keeps the seating foot from slipping uselessly back aa it does viral some figure skaters. The hockey or speed skater straightens bee skat- ing knee before he makes the next stroke and e.eatly bends the knee, of the other leg. Thiscenter-moue bend- ing and stretching of the knee is ttec- eeary in graceful figure skating. When you are ready to take up fig- ure skating you should have some lessonsi from a good teaoher. • Many former European champions are teaching in the 'United States. There are half a cloven atthe Iceland Rink at Matteson Square Garden anti they a re oonataratly in. demand. I went to this rin.k one day ;soon after the fall opening. The Rink -on - the -Roof they call it It is a delight- ful place. Sunshine filtere through the glassed -in, wallsand sparkles on the &moth, ice surface. The air is so cold you could imiagine you were reality out of doors Oil a winter's day. It was junior afterterion and a score or mere girls in their 'teena were putting in an afternoon of free skat- ing, combining the figures of their re- pertoires to suit their individual fan cYs They were a pretty sight, with their sturd. lithe, young stiokes, their gracefill Motions. Some wore fahey skating dresseg, but more Were simple, bright wool ervreaters and dark Skirts, the skirts full and rip - i .• tASI.t " ree e of soft, PROW' reed ettteP, bad. a 000.11007# tga"49i1r4 a Tong. tiMe an160;1#0474iWr, tiba4. you tare at14- OPI,0004.10,4911. Shoop every eine neeneire.')Aee*Pere you Must have beetle' Oak ..peeefeelar 11, adeutlate .suPPoirt "Teen YOU etrat4hilhg, those intricate lents gp1is, Over at one side .of the rink •„g-ri in dark blue „ellirt with. Metebg shorte and white sweeter weetak* a leastat in the Arbesow epee oat lovely eguee•wthere, the. Skater. bend ing low with outstretched arena des- cribes delicate loops and choice. Tevice.. the girl fell. Eaelt time.all up in a jiffy,..While the teen. a goteefal • compactly-buRt hair, skated. over,)p' the spot to l'ok with. mock settle:4*as for a crack in elle ice- Therjeacher wa.s WIlIli Beech', for- mer Austrian star, four times world champion. "Weren't Poe rather atreimous with Your pupils?" I asked him when the severe two-hour lesson was finished. "Oh, no," ere replied smiling. -"You can't throve anything in this world for nothing. Figure skating requires hard work. The fundamentals, the brackets, counters and loop, the school, figures, should be skated two hours every day. Les like learning the piano."You must practice until the tetchnatme becomes a subconscious thrieg. Then you are relaxed end wi- ly then can you play," "What is the first thing to strive for in figure skating'?" I asked. "Co-ordination.," he said without hesitation. "Do some people have it natural - "Yes, But it Call be acquired. In skating, the knee action,,that continue eta bending arid stretching, must be co-ordinated with the motions of the arm and leg, so that all three, are perfect rhythm." "Does mastic help?" "The right kind is important R ehould be smooth, Jazz end swing are not good for skating" "What about the position of the body?" "It should have a good slant to- ward the inside of the circle. Tilie pegs° and swing of the body in skat- ing are much like the nuitions of golf. That's why so many skaters are good golf players." "Six years is not too young to start if a youngster is aiming at exhibe time or competitions. My miMher taught me' to skate when I was four. I started figure skating at 12. I was 20 when I won my first World figure seating championship. Nowadays things go so fast, if one is not a champion at 17 . . ." Willi finish- ed las sentence with an expressive shrug. "But," he added a grain of oomfort, "we have many people over 40 learning to skate here. They skate well and get much pleasure out of it, especially in dancing. Oscar Rich- ards, who is 84, skates here three Vag 4,1$11,14 LONDON and Virili„ nath Bengali ....... ...... • Kppen • • • • • • • b• Ow*, BUee0e1411 Clinfon Londe,sboro Blyth Belgrave Wiriaham Londesbono Bruaintbmiefield . Belgrave Blyth Winghata Exeter3.584e Iensall C.N.R. TIME TABLE East 101, P.M. Goderrich •• • 6.35 - -2.30 HolmesviRe ..... 6.60 2.53 Clinton 6.58 3.00 Seafarth D I 7.11, 3.16 St. Colum -ban 7.17 3.22 Dublin ... 7.21 3.29 Mitchell 1.30 3.41 West Mitehell • 11.06 9.243 Dublin 11.14 9.36 Sestet/O. .... 11.30 9.47 Clinton .. . 11.45 10.00 Goderich 12.05 10.25 C.PR. TIME TABLE East P.M. 4.20 4.24 4.33 • 4.42 4.52 5.05 5.15 9.00 Goderich Menaet McGaw Auburn Blyth Walton McNaught Toronto West A.M. 'Toronto 8.30 McNaught 12.03 Walton 12.13 Blyth 12.23 Auburn 12.32 McGaw 12.40 Monset • 12.46 Goderich 12.55 SNAPSI-UT CUIL A NEW CAMERA YEAR Progressing -moving upward into the light-ths striking picture could well symbolize the serious camera hobbyist today. H0W much did you learn about picture -taking in the past year? How much will you learn in the New Year we are now entering? This is a splendid time to take stock of yourself, examine your cam- era progress, make plans for the future. Could the figure on the stair- case above symbolize you? Are you standing still -or ere you moving upward into the light, readinganore about picture -taking, studybag your pictnres, tak-ing more, and constant- ly trying to improve? Much of value is being written these days about taking better pic- tures. Simple, practical handbooks about photography are readilyavail- able. Photo megazines contain much useful information. Manufacturers of cameras and film offer dozens of free pamphlets -not advertising; but practical instruction booklets, Every camera hobbyist should avail himself of these aids, for' 'Wider knowledge helps one make better pictures. Is it your habit to study light and hadow-not just when taking 0, pia ture, but in everything you see? Light and shadow are the Sub- stances of which photpgraphs are made. Observe them, codipare fheir variations in morning and evening, on sunny and hazy days --add you will learn much about finding pic- tures that please the eye. What do you know of eplor filters -the little devices which, slipped over a camera lns, account for many of the Striking "effect" pic- tures one sees today? Have you studied the simple rules of compo- altion that help you arrange pia - tures se much More pleasingly? In- epensive, elementary books on howm to make pod pletures explain all these things in a manner that any picture -lover can understand. Why not make the new yett period of stUdy ak welter; ot tthe taking? 33road knowledge It heh needed te get pleteree, Wit 441 obtain pletutes that ire belttet, Plething, nioelitrdnffgT. ra,d sOch knowledge te tithe! • M., • Min - - • e. Serer erereeS steleeie) ttt