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The Huron Expositor, 1939-07-28, Page 7Lys itis but se- atIt nd- za- aus las tgo ,a Ex- ut: so me :en vas ait- oc- ing ily, nd- me to ace the rad ace ved file ed. 18 les - to •i ie In the so in, eat ing iI e her lis - east d's the rid riGhr 'ith Au- tar- teca eta arty foe L a Cot al- o-ia ere, tar. ride ace - zed ike no - dry t!rt- Ion the a'p" so at Ihte :hs 11t• erg zee ay. tea a and towdor ins the the t!Q- Ito It33 va- lid' ire Pre t iitC tad. to 1s- ey rein no ode k7 t 939' it LEGAL MUM, D. BELL, B.A. uceessor to John H. Best ter, Solicitor. Notary Public Sodert'h • Ontario 13-31 McCONNELL & HAYS Banisters, Solieltorte, Hro. Petrick D. McConnell - H. Glenn Hays SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 11698 - VETERINARY A. R. CAMPBELL; V.8. Graduate e2 Ontario Veterinary Col- lege, University of Toronto. All dis- eases of domestic animals treated by the most modern principles. Charges rearronablre. Day or night calls promptly attended to. Office on Main Meet, Hensali, opposite Town Hall Rhone 116. Breeder . of Scottish Ter niers. Inverness Kennels, Hensall. 13-37 MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC DR. E. A. MOMASTER, M.B. Graduate of University of Toronto J. D. COLQUHOUN, M.D., C.M. Graduate of Dalhousie University, Halifax, The Clinic is fully equipped with complete and modern X-ray and other lip -to -date diagnostic and thereuptic eelltRineat- Dr. Margaret K. Campbell, M.D., 1...A.B.P., Specialist In diseases in in- fants and children, will be at the Elieie last Thursday in 4very month from 3 to 6 pm. Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in elleeases of the ear, eye, nose and throat, will be at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every month from 3 to 5 Free Well -Baby Clinic will be held on the second and last Thursday in every naontb from 1 to 2 p.m. 8687 - JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. - Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phone 5-W : Seaforth W..C. BPROAT, M.D., F.A.C.B. Physiciana'ntd Surgeon Phone 90. Office John St., Seaforth. 13-31 OVL HUGH H. ROSS Graduate of University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, member of Col- lege of Physician's and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate course in Chicago Clinical School of Chicago ; Royal Opthalmi a Hospital, London, England; University Hospital, Lon- don, England. Office—Back of Do- minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5. *eight calls answered from residence, ietorla Street, Sepforth. ' 12-36 DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and .Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Taranto. Late assistant New York Opthal- rmei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye ani Golden Square Throat Hos- pital, Laindon, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED- NESDAY in each month, from 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. 12-37 AUCTIONEERS HAROLD DALE Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in farm and household sales. Prices reasonable. For dates and information, write Harold Dale, Seaforth, or apply at The Expositor Office. 11-37 A friend met a cheerful Irishman w,ho had plainly suffered stone hard knocks. "Well, Pat, bow are you getting ,tn now?" he inquired. "Oh, Oi'm still Chard up, but Oi've s fine job in Honolu'lee, and fare paid, 01 sail tomorrow." "Sure, man, you'll never be able to work there. The temperature is ,a hundred in the shade." Pat Brad endure$ too much cheer- fully to be discouraged. "Well," 'he replied, hopefully, "O]'!1 not be workin' Jan, tit' sthade all th' toimet." • Bobby's mother took 'him into the bank and when he saw the piles of bilis beside the paying teller he in - gulped: "Ma, is it because rich'e's lave wings that they keep all the money in a cage?" • Said Macpherson, entering the nur- sery garden: "Have ye a nice al cumber?" "Aye, here's one," said the garden- er. "That will be five pence." "Too much. Haven't ye one for tuppence?" Ye can have this for tuppence." "All right, there's the money. But don't cut it off; I'll be calling for It • in about a fortnight!" "What were those unusual greens iwe bad tonight, Cook?" "You remember, ma'am you said those geraniums In the gardten look see so lovely you could eat them?" "Yes?" • Alden vrvn Tia .vwi" INTO THE SU;': -SET BY JACKSON GREGORY FOURTH INSTALMENT SYNOPSIS Barry Haveril--;leaves his Texas home to see true t country, meets a man wihlo hats just been shot -who turns out to be ,a cousin of his, Jesse Conroy. Barry helps take care of his wounds and Jesse gives Barry ibis gun, a very un- us'tral one. When they, part Bar- ry leaves for home but finds the family is no longer there. When the is leaving he suddenly comes across a dead man who turns out, to be his brother Robert. Barry starts searching far the murder- er and goes into the mountains to find gold to use. tor continuing his search. He finds a good spot, gets gold and groes to Tylers-• viLie to get money for it, There he meets Judge Blue and his d'a'ughter Lucy, who help him to get $450 for this gold. Judge Blue also teals him that the gun Jessie gave him is the gun of a mer•dered known as the Laredo Kind. The Judge invites Derry up to visit him and there Barry dds- oovers tube horse' and saddle which was, stolen from his bro- ther Robert when 'he was killed. He finds out that it belongs to a cowboy who will return that might. He waits outside the 'stable and finally a rider comes up who turns o'ut to be Jesse Con - Tory. • Jesse Conroy whirled, as swift as a cat, and crouched and whipped out the gun riding, loosely in its holster. "Oh, itt's you, Sun'do'wn!" said Jes- se. His band was lowered. Mere was an irritable edge to has voice: "Yule made eve "jump purty near out'n my boobs, Cousin Barry. Y'want to look out, scamin' Poles like that, leos'n one starts shootin' before he thinks.", , "Why should you, 'start 'shootin'g, Cousin Jesse?" asked Barry. Jesse laughed and at Last slipped his gun back pinto its place. "Want to sell that black horse you left here last night, Cousin Jesse?" "What's come over yuth? I thought yuh didn't go in for hosses yurhse'f, li kin' them Long lai'gs better." "That's a real nice 'horse," said Barry. "What's on yore mind, Cousin Barry?" said Jesse, and_ again his voice was edged. "That saddle, too," said Barry. "I was looking at it tikes evening. The fancy Mexico one. Where'd you happen to get that saddle, Cousin Jesse?" Jesse ansrwered in an off -hand way, "That saddle? It's one I picked up down to Laredo one time. Why?" "Wlhen?" asked Barry. "You been down to Laredo sdnrc.e I saw you? Lt's quite, a ways from ,here." Jease's answer hung fire scarcely a noticeable lest -ant. "It's one o' my of saddles; I've l.utid it two -three year.'. "You ,lie, Cousin Jesse," ea i d Barry- steadily, and pulled his six- gun out of its holster. "That was Tex Hu'mphr•ey's saddle; so was that black Tex's; and you killed my brother Robert to get them both. Kill- ed, him bike a dog just for a horse and saddle. Now, if you think you've got any more killing to do—" A man standing close behind Bar- ry brought a Colt revolver down bru- tally on Barry',s head, and the boy slumped down. A commanding voice said: "Pocket your gun, Laredo! And put out that 'damned light. Quick about it!" "I'm damned!" muttered. Jesse Con- roy, Slowly he obeyed botib orders. Then through the sudden dark his voice ,came quietly, "What's the game this time, Judge?" "So you killed young Haveril's brother, did you? Just for a !horse and saddle!" "Yuh're a fine one to talk," sneer- ed Jesse. "Well, l'.m not sayin' whe- ther I killed, young Haveril's'brotdher or not, but I'd shore shot 'young Hav- eril deed if yuh hadn't knocked him out t]he minute yob d'id-" Mg to it. And it's my pressing af- fair to fled out Where he got it." Jesse whistled softly. "A.n' I might harve killed him before yuh fount out!" • Then eager and alert, he added, "But Judge, he'll be lookin.' up has' folks, across to yore new ranch; au' she'll be tellin' the crowd all be. knows--" "He won't be seeing anybody but me for a while," paid' tike Judge. "I'm, keeping ham sbut away. In the morning, if he's feeling like trravelling, 1']1 put hem on a horse, tail shim we're headed for the ranch, 'and handl him over to you. And ylou'L1 be over at the 'sthack in Encina Cavern You and I will work this together, Kick And when we've won it, I'm paying you off, and you're handing back to me what's mdne— antd after that if we 'ever meet up again—well, fill your hand, Kid, that's all." Jesse la,;ug]hed tauntingly. "Tthere's one more thong, Judge," he said. "I got a good look at the girl the other day. When I band yuh back what's yore'n, y'outh're godn to hand me th.e girl along with the res' o' my pay. I got a hankuertinf—Judge, I'd marry her even!" For a while it was very still there at the stable. After a while the Judge drew a long breath. He said in a vtoice which was not quite so steady: "You're getting a swell -head, Lare- do. It's a disease that's 'sometimes 'fatal. Better slow down." But the Laredo Kid, reckless and arrogant young devil, mocked him drawlingly. "Better be on your way, Laredo. And if you're• not just trying to be funny—marry her? Wel], we'll see later. Tomorrow evening early I'll be at Encina Canon, and young Hav- eril will be with me. We'll talk. And one thing more: better get rid of that horse and saddle tonighat." "I'm on any way in two shakes," returned the rather. "Drag your man off and sthut the door so's I can have a light. Mebbe yuh'd better shine a light on him now to make shore whether he ain't play -in' pos- sum." "I've had a hand on him all the tame," said t]he Judge. "H•e's out 'cold- Get going, Kid. Y adios." Barry regained c'o'nsciousness lying fully dressed on. the bed which eari- ier he lied been adverse to mussing. There was a cold wet towel on his head and the Judge stood over frim. "Well, young Haveril," he said. "Alive, are you?" "What happened?" said Barry, 'can - fused. "I got up' for a drink of water," said the Judge, "and thought I saw someone prowling outside under my window. I went out to see about it and was 'just is time to see you standing in the stable door talking to somebody; and just when rt looked! like shooting, some other fellow jumped up behind you and knocked you out cold with a club. Then they were off like a shot, the two of there'. 'Whrat was it all about?" "The man in the barn, with the Lantern, -I -know ham, Judge?" "Can't say that I do," answered the Judge. "He was by 'Mere a Month or so ago, looking for work. That's, all I kno'w about him: Who is he?" "I don't. know much about him myself. I met up with him not long ago; ire told me his name was Jesse Conroy and we sort of figured out we were relations." "What were you two getting ready to fight about?" Barry shut his eyes and lay still a moment. Without opening them he said, "My 'head hurts, Judge; it's hard thinking straight," The Judge nodded understanding- ly. It was nearly an hour later when Barry had his second visitor, A slim white figure bent over him. It was Lucy in. a long nightgown with something thrown o'ver her shoulders. As hie reared up on his elbow she said, "Sh!" almost at his ear. Incoherent at first, her rushing tvordts only perplexed him anew. But he caught, "Go! Oh, go quick - "He's out cold," said the Judge. "No," said} the Judge. "No. You hear me, Laredo? I've got plans of my own for him." Yes?" said Jame •sand sounded' frankly mystified,. "Want to make me lauhged Judge Blue wastin time ever this kid? What in hell's he got that I overlooked?" He 'ended peer- irvgly. "He ain't, a prince in disguise or s'omtetthin',' is he?" "Some des, Laredo," said t h e Jades more quietly, yet .in just s, deadly and cold a voice, "we'll may- be cut loose and kill each Other. Now if you'll ke'e'p your shirt on I'll tell you about thits young Haveril. He blew into 'town today with a fist full of gold with the dirt still stick - t, w+n ' et• L,.. ly! Get up and go! You 'must— You can, c'an't you? . You're not hurt too badly, are you?" He scat on the edge 6f the bed and Lucy's face was so close to his, own that, in what dim light filtered:. in 4'rorn titre stairs• he could' 's'ee cher eyes In a white face, and Quer eyes were big with fright. Even >her voice, whispering as it was,' was charged with ',terror. Lt cane in a wild jumble of words. There were things; which she want- ed to (hold •back, which she had not thought that she could' speak• of to anyone, and yet in h'.er frantic state before Abe was through he had near- ly the whole story. Furst of all, she tlra ' known that the Judge lied tide afternoon when he told Barry that Zae'bery Blount had taken Barry's sister out of town —for Lucy herself hada seen Zaohary and. the Judge together going into a store just 'before the Judge joined her to drive (home. And she bad seen and overheard what occurred atthe stable. "'Het—,tjtart mal!r—your cousin, he is the Laredo Kid'!" site told Barry 'fearfully. And then site told the rest of it, and enrded, with her frantic tplea: "You'll go! Oh, Barry, I'm afraidi—Promise me!" "Yess," said Barry, and slipped from the bed, groping for 'bis hat and the new carbine. "I'll -stip out and go now." She clutched him, and whispered shuvevrnglyr. "I'm scared' to " death. Barry." "Then come with Sthte seemed for a moment, while their hands were 'locked so tightly tcgebh,er, to be of a mind to go with !hi'm. But. "No," she said. "I'll be all right. Anyhow, for a while. Un- til the Laredo Kid comes back and —Oh, Barry! He want me!" Barry said, "I won't go without you!" "You must! You 'neat, Barry ! And quick!" "Then I'l'l come. back—" "Listen, I sometimes ride back on the mountain to look at the sunset. There's a trail up to Lookout; it's a plateau bethdnd the house with the cliffs cutting across it. Meet me there, , Barry—at sunset—" "Tamonnow ?" "N-ot. Not so soon, They 'may be watcohing for you. In three days, Barry?" The eventing appointed for the meeting with Lucy founds ham at Lookout Point, high on the mountain side above the Judge's fine house, hidden in a brushy thicket from which he could watch the steep zig- zag trail. Dark came and there was no sign of Lucy. He waited an hour, then withdrew higher .up into the moun- tains. He came back each sunset time; on his third coming he saw something which had been bete all the Lime, waiting far him, passing unnoticed. Dear nnoticed- Dear Barry, if anybody finds this it wiI1 be you, .because no one ev- er comes up 'here. I am writing this the very next day after you left. 1 am to be taken away this very dray—and I don't know why and I dealt even know where! Oh, I hope you are • alt right! And, Barry, I do wish I had gone with you. You will come .back when it is safe, won't you? P11 ride up and leave this now—I'm 'telling tern I'm going to say goodbye for a while to Lookout. I'll put it half under a stone and I hope you find it.—Good-bye, Barry. LUCY "Tomorrow," meditated Barry, mak-ing his swift silent way through a bit of forestland where he crossed a tiny u'pla-nd valley toward his new thuid'eaut, "I'll go see my folks. I've got to tell them about Robert." As he passed tbrough a small open glade a shot rang out and a bullett cleft the air, close to his ear, and with it came an exultant shout: "Got you, Laredo! Got you, you dog!" Barry • leaped a,s. a deer leaps, 'clear of the opening among the trees and into a patch of brush, and leaping fell, and rolled. and brought up crouching- bis own gun in 'hand, in a shadowy gully. A second shot and a third whizzed over his tread. "Hold, it, or I''ll burn you down! I'm not Laredo. You've got the wrong main!" There was a silence out of which finally a puzzled voice, sounding dis- gruntled, muttered: "Not Laredo, huh? Who says so? You'd say so if yuh was Laredo." "Don't be a fool," grunted Barry. "If you know Laredo, you know his voice, don't you?" Reluctantly the voice tale:rated.: "Yuh don't sound Like him, that's a fact. But yuh looked sort of like he Joest— And what yuh prowli'eg around like this for if yuh ain't •Laredo?" "You 'make me slick," snorted' Barry. "You came mighty close knocking me over, you jackass."' (Continued Next Week) Razed Eyebrows Some day, perhaps soote, women will look in ttheir mirrors and give up the childish wish to look like someone else, someone who repres- ents glamour --hateful, pitiful word! —and, glitter and unreality. The first step will be to let their eyebrows grow again. They will be surprised and pleased to find bow much more they look like individuals and, not like sad, comic imitations of Holly- wood bright lights. With the eye- brows in evidence, eyes will seem deeper and Harker, thick noses less prominent, big mouths in better pro- portion, high cheekbones will recede a bit, and the whole countenance will recover its lost balance. For the eye- brow is part of the natural destgl'i of the faceand when the eyebrow' is altered the design goes teo—the de- sign of the individual. The eyebrow is, first and always, a feature to mtark character, and its, absence wipes character from the Whole face, gives it a masklike qual- ity and Weakens it. John L. Lewis without 'h'is furious. eyebrows would be • (4,9014-1),4t a fa .0 04 too Viotor Nvo.rp' much Of i1.It tsuccess to tits l le braaldieih ofjbose Stripa of • hos eyed: Plyebl+ow pLiteltiug, . Oktaviing and s'h'aping are nothing new, t leopa,tra did it, and in China it's aI faa314o a a old as China h•e:neef. Diet trite Alla erican shou'd avoid it. There's motl ing ori'enta _ dent ut the average girVs face. The-.o.:e:rr woman needs all the' facetal c•xprese'ion she can con- trive, and there lo no greater aid than a pair of real eyebrows, Be- sides, what is to beeomae of the eye- brow. quizzical, the lovely flying eye- brow, the eyebrow elegant, the eye. brow noble, the eyebrow merry or mournful, if they are all mtade to con- Banm to 'a Hollywood whim—Sophie Kerr in Liberty. Hopeless Cases ''Doctor, we want you to select from a foundling asylum a boy and a girl whom we can adopt. We do not -want attnacti"ve children, who get opportunitiei3 for adoption. We in sist 'on leaving the • most hopeless cases! We will give these children the benefit of living in the country, witch healthful 'surroundings." This seemed the strangest commis- sion ever given a medical mail, yet I recognized the integrity of my visi- tors. They were Mr. and Mrs. Robt, Erskine Beall who, ' having married late in lite, realized it would be im- possible for them to have tehildren yet believer that they owed childhood a debt. I selected a boy and a girl; each was cross-eyed, bow -]egged, rickety, and had other congenital deformities. I feared thta't when Lord and Lady Bountiful saw them they would aban- don their plan, but I was mistaken. They legally adopted both children. Specialists were called in; eyes were straightened, adenoids and tonsils removed, and a harelip on one of them made 'almost normal. Sopleased were the parents with the results that after two years I was again invited to .select two children; and, later, still two More. I have watched the growth of the six chil- dren year by year,' and the changes wrought in them are beyond belief. The last time I -met the Beales, I asked if they would soon be ready for two more babies. "Very soon now," was Mrs. Beall's prompt reply, "but this time we want two black babies." ' A Smile or Two "Say, haven't I seem that face of yours some place else?" "Nope, it's never,bean anywhere but where it is now. • "Last night Jack asked me to mar- ry him and make hila the happiest man in the world." "Which are you going to do?" • • "They say that wthent this play- wI'ight has finished his plays he's us- ually sually dissatisfied with certain lines?" "Yes, the lines at the box office." •• "Darling," said the tactful husband, "could you find me a shirt to fasten to these few buttons?" • Sergeant (to raw recruit): "Mark time there, you!" Smallish R. It. (whose shoes are too big) : "I'lease sir, I am, sir! In- side me boots!" • Customer:. "I want to exchange this unbreakable doll." Clerk: "Is there something wrong with it?" "No, but baby's broken everything else in the house with it." • In order to play "Rosemary" some years ago, John Drew shaved off his moustache, thereby greatly, changing 'his appearance. Shortly afterward he met Max Beerbohm in the lobby of a Uondon theater, but could not then just recall who the latter was. Mr. I3eerbohm's memory was better. "Oh, Mr. Drew," he said, "1'm afraid you don't know me without your moult ache." • On one occasion Sir Alexander Mac- kenzie was conducting an orchestral accompaniment for a soloist whose ideas of time ar.d rhythm were but rudtimentary. "For goodness' sake," he exclaim- ed, "remember that this is an orch- estra and not an elastic band!" • Minister (to flapper): "Would you care to join us in the new misasioy- ary movement?" Flapper: "I'm crazy to try it. Is it anything like the .fox-trot?" • In his announcements one Sunday the clergyman' regretted' that money was not coming in fast enough -but he was no 'pesse iet. "We have tried," be said, "to raise the necessary money in the 'usual manner. • We have tried honestly. Now we .are going to^ see what a bazaar can do." • David's mother was preparing for a large party and the lad was very much interested in the plans. A friend -somewhat older tried to get the child to come and play, but David refused saying, "i have to help my mother get •t'ea.dy for the party." Huh, what can you do about a party?" asked 'the older boy in a dis- gusted tone. "Well, I can taste the eats," con- te'nded David. O'lt :':aunty 1 t9 av1fI'allra}ta .:taO1 an the , ,t''tat l eSt 1!11,' 'me dearth of t ;Mit blow to Quee?t. Ma.1'y, 1311' ap is. one waa to tol4Mpw. Shp mor! `,`David,' her dauntless and Intetijaven tlonel eldest sou. With his father"`1ie was leas! popular. During this career in the Navy, "the s'arditte"—as'• his` fellow midshipmen 'called Drill—wa - aiways inciting • his colieag4ea to breaches' of order. Hie father would be furious: But -'.'with Queen Mary's interoestsion, His Majesty would , final- ly say with a srigth "Takes after his grandfather, I suppose." The full ;history of the desperate family councils' preceding the abdica- tion will probably never be written. To the Quern Mother it meant not only the loss of her favorite sma— ller pride and joy—but the destruc- tion of the ' prestige of monarchy whiell. ste had' - worked so had ,for so many years to build. When Prime Minister Baldwin came to her with the final news of the abdication, he found a broken woman. With chok- ing voioe, she dictated her message to the nation. England should not judge her "beloved son' too harshly and should remember and be thaaakfte for the great services he had done his country. But Queen Mary did not lay down her burden. If ever the monarchy needed a strong 'hand on the helm, it was now. And it was she who steered the ship again into clear wa- ter. Outwardly calm es ever, she at- tended to her Christmas shopping, 1 demonstrating to all of London that business would go on as usual. Im- mediately she took Queen Elizabeth in hand, showed her the routine of the Palace, instructed her in the hun- dreds of little thing's that the mis- tress of Buckingham must know. With the new King and Queen, Queen Mary set to work to rebuild the position which Edward had blast-' edi Her success has been extraord- I inarily rapid. "Bertie," the shy nen-' vous boy, 'has changed into a graced ful, dignified Monarch- During the recent Royal visit to Paris, Queen Elizabeth did her job like a veteran. "It was amazing," a French diplomat bold the writer, "to see her always do the right thing at the right mom- ent." The Queen Mother has reason to be proud of her work. -Convensations with bankers, tradesmen, clerks, far- i mers and barkeepers all over the country, will show the 'inquirer that i England again trusts its King. The pomp and eeremiony of the, Palace, the happy faanily life of the monarch, the Royal stables, and all the other symbols which the Englisirrpan de- mands have been restored. And that, cOL: SI RI WRITE TAIC,L �A O•S' u*k .lir foots DEPOT 011. W$IAR# t i 1J ti as the officials along Wp?iteifuail fiat; ly say, will stand. the Ernpire he gee, stead during the coming hard y+e rs When Queen Victoria drove areund London in her Jubilee prOdatSaoath=r, the greatest triumph a British. Drat-. arch ever hall—someone in: the c rowel ; yelled "Go it, old Girl, You've done it well." That is . 'the feeling that many an Engle ahman has in his heart for Queen Mary. Shale done it well. Who sary,�s freckles aren't useful? They will bring some lucky young- , s'ters nice',prizes thus' sum?ner fJhet f if they 'btaye enough .of them! Which means that the Freckle -Faced Kids Oom'petition..;is' ons again at the. dam - dam National Exhibition. So better write away for an • entry forma'—•en tries close August 24th. eer evr Sales Books 'are the best Counter Check Books made in Canada. They cost no more than ordinary books and always give satisfaction. We are agents and will be pleased to quote you on any style or quantity required. See Your Home Printer First THE HURON EXPOSITOR Seaforth, Ontario. CeS'NAPS[4OJ GUIL BETTER CHILD PICTURES date>i:'. Your child pictures will.be more interesting if they "tell a story." Show the child busy at something—such as this repair job. And don't stand too far back. VIRTUALLY every parent takes snapshots of the children—and would like to take better ones. It's not difficult to take a good child pie- , ture, and there's no subject more appealing. But most of these pic- tures can be made still better, if at- tention is paid to a few common, easily -corrected faults. The commonest faults are: lack of "story" interest, wrong choice of background or setting, subject too far from camera, and movement which blurs the picture. Almost any child snapshot will be better if it "tells a story." Simply give the child something to do- dress a doll, draw a picture, fix a toy wagon wheel, blow soap bubbles. Such activity adds interest to the picture—and also makes picture tak- ing more interesting for the child. Give a small baby a rattle or bright - colored object to play with—it will arouse his interest, and you will get livelier, more expressive pictures. Be careful in choosing back- grounds. Look beyond the subject— your camera lens will. Avoid a back- ground that has a definite, obtrusive pattern, such as the side of a clap - boarded horse. And try for good conte trast with the subject. For e7tample, if the child is wearing light -Colored clothes, a dark hedge may make a good background. A hilltop with the child against a sky background is also good. Examine the child snapshots you have taken. If the subject appears too small in most of them, you're taking pictures at too great a dis- tance. See if you can't get closer. It's easy with a focusing camera, or an inexpensive box or•folding type that has • t "two-point" focus setting. A portrait attachment is also useful for "close-ups" at three and one-half feetl.or even a bit nearer. You need not fear cutting off part of your sub- ject, provided you locate the subject accurately 4n the view finder and then do not move the camera when making the exposure. Movement—either of camera or subject—blurs the picture. Take' care to hold the camera still at the moment you snap the shutter. And, with a box camera, pick a time when the subject is not moving rapidly. If you have a finer camera, use a shutter speed of 1/100 second or faster, with a correspondingly larger lens opening. Watch these points in taking rYiliI4, snapshots. They're all tsinilliet`�&' trouble -and they'll lii8ure,.yott ter pictures. 3ohti wan {hili e244t 'ti ttt ttI