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,8EAFORTH. .- - ONTARIO
Branch Office - Henea11
Henean • Seaforth
Phone 113 Bone 1.78
MEDICAL
SEAFORTH CLINIC.
DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B.
, Graduate of University of Toronto
PAUL L BRADY, M.D.
Graduate of Univ4reity of Toronto
Thea Clinic is fury 'equipped with
complete and modern X-ray and other
np-to-!late • diagnostic and therapeutics
equipment,
Dr. F. 'J. R. Forster, Specialist in
diseases of the ear, eye, nose and
throat, will 'be at the Clinic the first
Tuesday in every month from 3 to 5
pm. . •
Free Well -Baby Clinic will be held
on the second and last Thursday in
every month 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
• MARTIN W. 8TAPLETON, B.A., M.D.
Physician arid Surgeon '
Successor to Dr. W. O. Sproat
Phone 90-W - Seaforth
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
Toronto.
Late assistant 'New York Opthal-
'fi lei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's
Eye and Golden Square _Throat Hos-
pital, London, Eng, At• COMMERCIAL
HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED-
NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.m.
to 4.30 p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic
drat Tuesday of each month: 53
Waterloo Street South, Stratford.
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AUCTIONEERS
HAROLD JAC S
Specialist. in, Farm tntd Ilousehold
Sales.
Licensed Huron erih Coun-
ttes. Prices reasonable; satisfaction
guaranteed ;
For information etct' write or phone
Harold Jackson, T4,411 661, Seaforth;
R. R. 4, Seaforth.
8768 -
EDWARD• : 'ELLIOTT • °
' Licensed Auctioneer For, Huron'
Correspondence promptly answered.
Immediate arrangements can be made
for Sales Date at The Huron Exposi-
tor, Seaforth, or by calling Phone 203,
erlinton. Charges •moderate and satis-
faction guaranteed. .
8829-52
LONDON and WINGHAM-
NORTH
A.M.
. Meter 10.34
Hensall .-,- ,• 10.46
$ippen 10.52
Brucedeld' 11.00
Clinton . , 11.47
SOUTH
P.M.
Clinton 3.08
Brucefield 3.28
Happen a 3.3S
Hensel' 3.45
Exeter 3.58
C.N.R. TIME TABLE
EAST
A.M. P.M.
-Ooderich . . ° ... , 6.15 2.30
Holmesville . 6.31 2.48
. Clinton 6.43 3.00
Seaforth 6.59 3.22
St. Columban 7:05 3.23
Dubiia .. 7.12 3.29
Mitchell .7.24. 2.41
WEST
Mitchell 11.06 9.28
Dublin 11.14. 9.36
Seaforth 11.30 • 9.47
Clinton ' 11.45 .10.00
Goderich 12.05 10.25
C.P.R. ; 'TIME TABLE
EAST
P.M.
'Qoderich 4.40
Meneset ............. , 4.45
111cGaw 4.54
Aubul°n , 5.03
Blyth , 5.14
Walton 5.26
liteNaught ...... .. _:_.. _.._ _..__...-Qi. 7
Toronto ' 9.45
WEBT
A.M.
Toronto .... a ..• 8:30
1;'',112,,
McNaught T2.04'
Walton 1,111
Bleth .......a..............,. 12.28
yAubttrn . .........a....rr.iy.. 4,42$81.
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CHAPTER 111
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A man Identified. ed , ae. Joseph
amu., is. found owed in the
Hu¢sun river- mar om, N. Y.
Slinn ;was insured �Atthe Protec-
tive Lite' Ineurance •cbmpany, and
his ,beneficiary is a man named B.
B. Twombley who lives Ito Troy.
The company's Albany agent, Car-
lin, identifies the body, and the
insurance money Is paid to
Twombleyi But Jerry Glidden, is
not satisfied. He believes there
is something wrong and ,suspects
,.that .Slinn was murdered..,, Con-
vinced that he is right,. Jerry
goes to Albany. Arrivi there
he learns -that-Carlin has, left for
a. vacation in Maine. Jerry then
goes to Doncaster, Pa., Slinn's
birthplace./ He finds an Angela
Slinn Iisted in the telephone di -
.rectory of the nearby town of Ir-
onburg. '
One train more: Ten miles, to Am-
ericus. Then a motor bus.
Ironliurg wasn't a burg; it' was a
few scattered frame ,houses, in need
of paint, grouped about a general
store. Jerry, suitcase in hand, was
the first passenger to descend. He'
hurried through the doorway.
A blackened counter, with barrels
of sugar, coffee and dried fruit in
front of it; upon it, smoked hams un-
der wire -net covers; .. behind it,
shelves of canned food. One end . a
cage surrounded and was labelled:
"PO'ST OFFICE & PUBLIO ;.
- TELEPHONE'
'Nobody here.. -
"Hello." •
He turned. tarrying a mailsack,-a
girl was entering -and such a girl
that he marvelled how he could have
passed her op. the porch without stop-
prag to. -look at her.; ... _ _• .......
Brown hair and eyes, mighty pretty,
but -What was especially astonishing
in this rustic and old fashioned frame,
-entirely modern:
"Her, hair was nicely dressed, in the
latest • style. Her skirt was short -
but not too -short. Her stockings
were the `correct shade. Evidently,
there were radios and movies within
reach of Ironburg.
Jerry gasped. Angela Slinn? He
hoped not-!
•
."Can I help you with that bag?"
She laughed. "Nope.". • Not any
verbal "Thank you." Easily she flung
the sack into the cage, went around
the counter and confronted him.
Mighty pretty.
"Weill?"
"My name's Glidden."
-She let the introductioxr •pass with-
out acknowledgment. Nor did she
tell him who she was. Ing fact, she
said nothing. ,
Those little 'success booke didn't
cover such emergencies as the pres-
ent. "I+m here on a sort of 'vacation,"
Jerry explained, "and I thought this
store would be 'a, good place to get a
etee#orae `Zle. picked u •suitcase• end.
lett., • AAs,. haweveri. he m1 ed the ho
teLLeps,, the charm, of that stare girl
pulled him around.
,mother person, on the point of
entering the • store, stood looking at
Wtim; in turn.
The sung being opposite • . to •where
it. had 'risen, bathed In level, blood -
red. • rays a ; e'quat, solid, large :boned
and. big, melded woman of„ middle
age• and long acquaintance 'yvith .toil.
*}inbonnet, . xnoth,er. hubbard, bro-
gangeeno urban modernity about her,
at all events, • The sunbonnet shaded.
her.; broad face, but among its sha-
dows played two restless greenish
flames: her eyes.
The woman 1 hooked out a corncob
pipe against .a pillar of the stone
-porch. , Couliif • • she . • be, that,, girl's
mother? Old enough.
"Dm a fool," Jerry concluded. "The
'phonebook gave two names. This
older one's the postmistress, of
course. It's queer how nobody gets
a name that fits in this world. The.
peaeh is Angela Slinn, for sure, and
here's- her' boss, 'Rose Walker.
He tried to stroll nonchalantly in
t� • the .darkened hotel office and as
nonchalantly hire a room ' that over-
looked the post office -the maeant the
turnpike.
"And who's your friend Sunbonnet
Sue glowering at you from the store
steps?" he inquired, merely' by way
of making talk.
The proprietor craned a cross-
hatched neck. "Oh, that .there?" he
mumbled, pulling a' drooped•mustache
that ways white where it wasn't stain-
ed by tobacco juice. "'That there's
Miss Angela Slinn."
"WHAT? That .one?"
It was a relief to find that the pret-
ty girl hadn't the ugly name. Host
Hassler of the local • hotel smiled.
,knowingly- -
"You're wondering about the ozzer.
I seen you come out 'o' her store.
Well efferybody likes the loo
ks o'
Rosie."
Jerry was wondering .about - Miss
Walker. He knew that his 'interest
ought to center on this Slinn woman,
but he was quite content to hear
whatever his loquacious landlord
would tell of the younger person.
It had to do, more or less, with
that.ore mine which, at a distant and
happier day, gave Ironburg its name
Merrily launched by a firm of Phila.-
delphia promoters, the Break 0' Day
Iron .Company -people around here
seemed to like the morning -started
with a yield plentiful and high grade.,
Then the Philadelphians gtiietlyi un-
loaded, and Phineas Walker, a rich
man for those times, used nearly All
h. o un torbuyin.
his f rt a
_
"I• •ean guess . the -answer," said_
Jerry.
Precisely. The 'quality of the ore
became useless for industrial purpos-
es. The mine was flooded., too; •a
mysterious lake 'appeared, bottomless,
folks said, sritliuut inlet or outlet.
Then the inevitpbie, a receivership
with nothing to receive except Wal -
I
The peach is Angela Slinn for safe°
line on the best betel." . •
"The best? There's, only one, and
it's got exactly six- belirooms with-
out, bath'." She 'pointed out' of the
window to a dejected hostelry across
the way; fallen into permanent mei;
aneholia: "You couldn't have missed
it." !
All very fine, but not business. He
therefore said: "Thank you - Miss
S1inn." -
She shot him a quick glance -no
more.
"I haven't often heard that na'uae,"
he persisted:
. "No?"
"It doesn't suit you."
"Nothing does.' I'm hard to please."
. She turned her 'back abruptly.
She went into the cage, emptied
the sack of its scanty contents and
:began to sort 'letters.
She •seemed to have forgotten, not
lin 'ospeoially, but everything ex-
cept this occupation. Yet. rudeness
had nd part in her manner.; her
aetren sinipiy announced that, there
beidg.Vvork to do, it must be done- '
- t111ddeirhad no recotlrse save to go;
after all, what you Couldn't land out
about a vill`age's' `inhabitants ;at that
Village betel mast ,be scarcely worth
4,lie, seelttiiig.
Sol ; • ottgh he felt •somewhat like a
'e>veatCandidate -cin tile..,dh,+yrj .vile
ker's beautifully engraved stock cer-
tificates, and no money to redeem
them. Walker*died of a (broken heart.
"So your pretty postmistress is his
daughter?".
"Granddaughter. An orphan, ' in-
heriting a practical head from her
mother. When she grew up, there
was just enough money to buy the
store, and she bought it. "Congrese-
m,an. Phallus,- down to Doncaster, got
her the p.o. She's a smart girl; she's
dein" fine ."
Hassler wandered ori to other and
less interesting topics; hard hotel
times, the heat.. This was the dis-
trict's driest summer in thirty years.
His guest pulled himself up, short.
What was the success maxim•? "The
boss' business is your business." Es-
pecially Whet he's trying to ere you!
"What," asked Jterry, "about this
Blinn woman?"
"Oh, Angie just helped Rosie 'tend
store now an' then. Lived, rent free,
in a Walker shaoit out around that
old ore mine."
"Does Mrs. Slinn--"
"'Mi'ss.' Anyway's, so she calls
herself. And then les' look at cher."
Jerry, coi1litn't, luektly, es Angela
Mtn had gone 'indoors.... But: lie quite
realized site wasn`t the 'sort men
notify.
'.
'titres eione?"
7°
opoci31 ebeidr4-ye.,�4 t:;s•'uw•i$l
desolate. like.', efli l tjOA eve' *W.
vale, a Iatkein it vieeet ;ppttom. Ain't
antis, ger house fer a ant a around. An-
gle's got a tjtohen, garden,. but it
dakes her to farm, it."
`Any relations?? . '_
"Neter heard tell o'.none. She don't
petong here. Ve •• don't know vere
she's from, she's that ;e1ose mouthed:
She talks like Rosie of yon" -Hassler
consulted; the register, that Jerry had
just signed, the fitret arrival in two
months --"or you, Mr: Gliuiden - and
she kin .swear like a motorman."
"When did she come . here?"
-"rife year' ago-mebble 'six."
Of course there was not one chance
in a thousand that. - this creature
should turn out to be a near relative
of' the ;deceased. Joseph.. In .his ap
plication for insurance he had writ
ten himself down as aR only child,,
and any discovered lies in that ap-
plication 'would invalidate the policy.'
Nevertheless, there' appeared to be
some. .mystery about her. She was a
Slinn; Doncaster, where Joseph had,
said he
was born, � la � •no y t too far
away, and, :finally, she was the sole
clue, toinformation. obt•,ainable.
Jerry must somehow find out more
about the dead man ,before he took
up the beneficiary's trail. For this
reason alone had he come to Pennsyl-
vania.
So the store was not longopen
next• •day before he entered . it. Only
its brown-ey4ed proprietor• was. present.
"Good morning. I -I was looking
for Miss Slinn," stammered Jerry,
"and now they tell me' she's -she's
the other one."
"Not here." •
"Do you know' where I can find
her?"
"At her place,''I guess. She's al-
.
ways there • when she isn't here, and
she's only here ,when she feels like
it." _.
"Do you happen to know whether
she ever lived in Doncaster?"
The girl behind the counter looked,
at him sharply. "Is this an unex-
pected inheritance'or just an old
bill?"
"It isn't either."
"Then you'd better ask Angie."
Jerry inquired the way and wished
it took longer to- tell.
What could he :buy? He did 'want
to prolong this interview. „ '
"I got in some first rate pepper-
mint stick last night." •
She was laughing at him. He left
her and started out to pay a call on
Angela Slinn. '
A cloudless. day and peaceful. The
empty' turnpike ran between wood-
lands n s where .the oaks and button-
woods. were green, and where the
bl Jkliirds sang.'" :r- __._ .
Jerry turned off along a designated.
bypath. It had' been a road, but it
was overgrown, and the trees met a-
bove it. For an hour he followed it.
then came out upon a landscape , of,
An entirely new charaetern
Desolate, Hassler had usedthe
right word -desolate even under this
summer sun.
Between black hills spread a wide
tableland. Something over there
that Looked like long abandoned geiar-
ries. Here were the last ruins of a
feet frame houses, too dilapidated to
invite a rat.'
No other token. of human habita=
tiee save`. one distant, but scarcely
better than these.
The other hut stood perhaps half
a mile off, beside a thick plantation
of pines, the only, trees that could
take root here.
•Angela's bailie ,was roofed by tar-
paper, and its sides were 'made of
laths and 'clay. How anybody could,
inhabit it during the winter, Glidden
couldn't surmise. It was about thirty
feet long by twenty wide,, had no win-
dows and contained, certainly, not
more than one room.
As .ferry walked across to it, not a
sign of life was visible.
There was, 'as Hassler had, said, a
kitchen• garden around it -a rather
ailing kitchen garden -and a stove-
pile issued from one wall and mount-
ed skyward.
But nobody was in the garden, and
no smoke rose from that improvised
chimney.
There was a door, of sorts, on the
farther side. He tried it. It even
had some kind of lock, and the locks
was in use.,
"Now then," said .Terry ironically,
"remember w t Mr. L. ,ie•^ always
)preaching: 'Or rtesy counts.'" He
lifted a fist an knocked. as gently
as he knew hbw.
• (Continued Next Week)
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eg:elation$ '
Unchanged
Blade necessary owing' to teanspor-
-tation difficulties, the me*" sugar 'ra-
tioning order of May 26'G'h Cute, down
the arnount of sugar perniittea em i'
person • ' from three-quarters of a
pound to half a pound each week.
This order .does not affect the one is-
suedi 'earlier in regard to extra envie
for canning fruit. It is permtdeible
ter use one-half pound Of might for
eaoh pol1!fd Of fruit• in ottdding of lire-
,,se vIng;. and threerquantel! of . a
pollrt�.a. of °agar Per pound of fru&t td>•,
7nakilig WO ant a less. .
• trate Ple.litings
p" In 1990. tints of auatta file ager
garden wi'l'l ?low e.' auted With;.
he earlier types of vegetables and;
0 ►werree.. This doe's.. net meal!;. how-
O'er, that ie is too • ato tp .p3,41W a
start. A0 :a matter of .act_, most anti+.
orities •s,to,Ge, !he. ayerage,,begivaerr:
,mattes ';.mistake in Teasing; planting
too soon,' If .one - desires continuous
bloom throughout the season or a.
continuing supply of really .fresh veg
eteltdese plantigg should be ,continued
right up .to the flet of Dully.
This , is,, .especially true ,of,, vege--
tattles, particularly the semi -tender
thio,gs like , beans, carrots, .beets',. corn,
crbage; ; ete.: Most vegetables , are
best - when_ they„ just reach first- mo,7.
turity, and. if one 'wants to continue
eating the finest- cariots, Corn, •beets,
„beam -pegs, etc., all through the
sea
Cbn then planting .should be continued
at • intervals -of • from,- two -to -three
weeks right from the time, fiche soil is.
tract ready up to about the first week
in July.
With flowers, it is still not too late
;n"e•most .parts of Canada, and only
early enough in the colder sections,'
to plant nasturtiums, gladioli', dahlias
and to set out well -started bedding
plants of , cosmos, zinnias,' alyssum,
etc., obtainable from the nearest seed
house, nurseryman or greenhouse.
These started plants in both vege-
tables and flowers will allow one to
have blooming flowers ' or maturing
vegetaible gardens in a' few weeks.
- Victory Gardens •
There has been a good deal of 'pub-
licity in the newspapers and over the
radio this year about Victory Gar-
dens.. Many ..Canadians are planting
vegetables for the first time.' Quite a
lot. of this publicity originates in the
United States, and while the informa-
tion is highly suitable for the States
it. may not be adapted to our more
rigorous Canadian conditions: One
should. be careful in using varieties
mentioned. Many of these are not ob-
tainabl'+in Canadian seed stores for
the 'simple reason that. these varieties
have not been tested and approved
by 'Canadian government authorities.
Garden Enemies
Weeds, insects and disease are the
natural enemies ,of the garden. If
countered quickly by continuous cul-
tivation, some quick -acting commer-
cial fertilizer and verious sprays, and
dusts, there will be little trouble. The
main thing is, to start the counter at-
Changes in Business
Mr. • B. 'F. Thrower, proprietor of
the IKozy Grill Restaurant, has pur-
chased the, Cooper„ building, recently
occupied by Gliddon's Cleaning and
Pressing establishment. Mr.• Thrower
intends tearing the buildink, down and rebuilding a restaurant. Mr. Len Win-
ter,' who' has 'for the past few 'years
been renting the bowling alley and
billiard room' on Isaac 'Street- from
S. S. Cooper estate, has purcheeed
the business. Bert Glidden has mov-
ed his cleaning' and pressing equip-
ment from the Cooper building beside
the hotel, to across the street in the
:back . part of L'ayton's Garage. Glen
W. Cook d.ispose,d of his • restaurant
business on Victoria Street to John
W. (Wick) Elliott about three weeks
ago: Last week Mr. Elliott sold the
business back to' Mrs, C ok. We un-
derstand Wick is of military age, that
being his reason for selling. -Brus-
sels Post. -
Pruning Tomatoes
Experiments to determine the best
time and 'method of pruning staked
field tomatoes were recently conduct-
ed atw'the Dominion. Experimental
Farm, Agassiz,- B. 'C. These factors
have a considerable influence on the
earliness and size of tomato and crop
obtained. It is pointed but by T. H.
Anstey of that farm that with the
Bonny Best variety maturity is has-
tened and total yield decreased in
proppertion to the amount of pruning.
There is an inerezd yield for the
first four weeks and a greater size of
the individual fe ihit as a result of
pruning. If low plants are desired (4
to 6 trusses) - highest yields are ob-
tained if the plants are allowed to
develop two stems of 10 trusses each
ant then headed duck to the desired
number ,of trusses. On single stem-
med plants, highest yields have been
obtained when pruned to 8 trusses.
The single stem is considered by
many workers to be the best method..
Pruning may be started as soon as
the side growth .start"s. This will re-
quire eight toten operations through-
out the season. Thinning may be de-
layed, however, which will result in
fewer operations and a saving of 'lab-
our. It has also beep shown that de-
layed pruning increases yield's over
early pruning. In pruning, all lateral
growth in the axil of the leaves
should be removed as close to the
main stem a's possible, leaving the
blossom trusses, of course. In head-
ing back to the desired number of
trusses, the top is cut off just above
the desired truss.
Wooden or steel stakes may be us-
ed, tying the plants in position • vitll
soft twine or raffia. Wire trellis is
used by some growers to advantaf*
Other experiments have shown that'
the greatest yield from pruned staked
tomatoes has been obtained when'the
,,plants are- placed 12 Ili hies airarit In
:t.htee•foot rows. 1
tae `before I enemies get e
fen � ive uuderea
tt is a sim le n atter' f'It .?nsl a
to Ipotatoe$�r ,nd'iit done. -,us
soon: es the secot1tt'net fit` leaves de
Vele.% and followed., ,;awn °at inter•+
vais o.,t-(wo „weeks during the early;
period, of growth, 'ti'e will. beno;;
trouble:. The same ,;is; true writ,,
dew on roses, and ° ot10 •plants, with-;
attacks. of ' aphids.. wilt ani. •,r. title ,;war
inns inseetswthat pray on so many of
oar cultivated plants. • ,
Thorough and early ' eultivation will
semi check weeds and will encourage
growth of the' things . we are trying;
to wove. If at the time,of these first
eultiva, tions a little -garden fertilizer,,
.is added carefully, Klose to, . but. not
actually touching, the plants, favor-
able growth will be further encourag-
ed-
General Care
Once the garden, bothe •-vegetable
and flower,: is fully planted, late care
will be principally° cultivation and
dustittg or spraying as mentioned
earlier, and thinning•and staking. One
can hardly 'over -emphasize the impor-
tance of thinning. Those small seed-
ed, vegetables like lettuce, carrots and
beets; for instance, should, never be
allowed to grow as they usually germ-
inate. The same is true of flowers.
whose seeds are so fine that it is im-
possible to prevent their being plant-
ed too close. Carrots, beets, lettuce,
etc., should have two to three inches
apart in the row, and the fust har-
vest should take out every other plant.
to give the survivors more room:
With flowers, give at least half as
much room between the plants as.
they will finally ,grow.
Garden Wastes
Leaves, weeds, grass cuttings, -sods
and 'kitchen refuse, . which are 'so..free
quently thrown' out and burnt, should
be conserved and returned: tb` fIie soali.
Many gardeners have a "rubbish •pgile"
upon which all these . wastes are
thrown. If, however, this - rubbish
iie is turned into a composte heap
it will, within a short time,.•pay good
dividends. .
It has been shown that wet cel-
lulose material in the plant tissue is
generally not attacked by bacteria.
These bacteria, to be of use, must be
alive and plentiful.. They, require
food as do other living organisms and
it has been found that by adding a'
little. commercial. fertilizer to the
composte heap p this food is supplied.
T.' H. Anstey of the Dominiolf Experi-
mental Farm, Agassiz, BC., points out
that the' amount of fertilizer usually
reetiiniste:dacd> is ,a
ounee Of sulphate .R' t
half, ounce: >.01 superpho ,jp
ounce of ..ground limestone;
yard. to .lire applied; to e+ue:'
three incl es'of'eontposte ..TA
materiel- should be --laid bowl
watered aril. Ranked wetlf 11e,
tilizer .can..•.tb.en bee ,s,read;•.ever,: a
the whole re -watered A light dre
ing of soil between each 'layer-' 1e' a,d-
vantageous. This . carr be repeated un j'
til the heap. is. built up.to. about,:four
feet.
The sides of the commposte heap
should be kept •perpendicular;;'and itll '`.
order to.. do this a bin can, be +built•
either on tap. of. the ground: or, e„ ,Ir
into the ground one or t o. feet.. Thisx
bin also conserves ° moistu .e and .pre
inuts losses ' of ' plant rill '
ant t '
p R��" 'by'
leaching.-
The, spring' is; ,the . time this interne
poste heap should be started,- and by '.
fall it will be ready to turn and mix. -
By next spring . the decayed : material
will be ready for use as a top dress-
ing for lawns or garden beds.
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C]iieSNAPJOT GUILD
A PICTORIAL ROUTINE
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If you want to cons3istently make snapshots as technically fine
establish a picture -making routine and follow it.
•
t�7IiEN most people get their first
good camera, they immediately
expect something 5wonderful to hap-
pen. They feel that all their pic-
ture -making tro ties will drift
away with the Ind, and simul-
taneously they exect their camera
to start producin !pictures like our
illustration-•-perfe tly exposed and
composed, and replete with human
•inter pt.
There's no doubt that the camera
=any good camera -is capable of
doing that. But there's one other
factor which must also be con-
sidered -that Is, the mind behind
the camera. A camera won't think
for you. You're the one; whe has to
do the thinking, and If you don't
think things through you're *likely
to let your camera down.
Basically that means you can't
be careless about- any' a8peot of
pieb4rre• making, and get good Ped
tures: And for that reason Fd slag
gest that you, establish a routd'ne
covering the Meat • im'portaiit Steps
in your picture +liaising,- ant-tdeltibie
chslk each Step Until 011 see.
then All by Iwai t.
as thld..
Begin by asking ~yourself if yen
have selected a subject which is
really interesting? Does it tell a
story in itself, or is the picture
part of a longer story you are tell-
ing with your camera? Have you
get everything in the picture that
you want, or are you taking in too
much?• Have you chosen a good
angle of view? Is your composition_
pictorially sound, like the picture
above?
When you're certain o4 those
points, cheek up on your focus -is.
it sharp? Measure the distance it
you're lit doubt: Then look to your
shutter speed -is it -fast enough tee
stop any moveAihilt by yours snfi-
ject? Are you gild,* a Full noriiial
exposure? Finally, are YOU Melte-
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cies-ing the shutter so gently that the
camera will not be erred: lie the
picture is taken? '
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