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The Clinton News Record, 1936-06-04, Page 3THURS., JUNE 4, 1936 CLINTON NEWS -RECORD " PAGE: WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE ir. GAY NINETIES Do You RememberWhat Happened D1I ing The Last Decade Of The Old Century? From The News -Record, Jane 31'd,. 1896: Mr; Richard • Finch, who has, been working in the mechanical department of The News -Record for about eight 'years, for several years as foreman, left this week `for Flint, Mich. . We, have lunch" pleasure in wishing him a prosperous future. The London Free Press has the following: The other evening a num- ber of the friends .of Mr. A. J. Grigg gathered around the festive board at the Arlington, Ridgetownt to bid farewell to that esteemed townsman, who has since left for his birthplace, Clinton, where he succeeds to a Inc- . restive business. At the regular monthly meeting of the Town Council the . mayor and treasurer were authorized to borrow of the Moisons Bank a sum not ex- ceeding 84,000 to meet current ex- penses: A. T. Cooper; C.P.R. ticket agent, reports the following passengers: Louis Aldworth to Minneapolis; J. T. Churchill to Indian Head, N. W. T.; Henry Farrow to Brandon; J. W. Bentley and wife to Winnipeg, via steamship to Fort William; Wm. Scott to Sault Ste. Marie. Twitchell --Bell - At the manse, McKillop, by the Rev. P. Musgrave, on. May 20th, R. J. Twitchell'of Clin- ton, to, Miss Lily May Bell of Sea - forth. A meeting was held in the inter- ests of :the Liberal -Conservative can- didate in West Huron, in the town • hall, Clinton, on Thursday., evening. Sir James Grant was the speaker, besides the candidate. Dr. Freeborn acted ad chairman. From The New Era, June 5th, 1898: On Thursday of last week Mr. W. Wise of Goderich township left us a - quantity of nice, ripe cherries. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hartt leave here this week for the Western States, where they will reside in fu- ture. Messrs.: A. Holloway and 0. John- son attended a Masonic Lodge of In- struction at Seaforth on Monday. A compliinentry banquet was ten- dered to Mr. A. C. Crewes at the Waverley Hotel last Friday evening, prior to his leaving town. A most exciting game of bowls was played on the local green Wednesday afternoon between two teams skipped by Messrs. Farrah and Ransford, composed of Messrs. Forrester, Har- land, Taylor, McTaggart, and Messrs.• Tisda)l,-Jackson, Johnston and Brew- er. Mr,_Farran's , team. played a plucky and,spirited •game throughdut but were finally beaten 20 to 5, When The: Present Century Was Young From The News -Record, June, Ism, 1911: Mr. Frank Herman, who has been attending Wycliffe College, will, dur- ing the long holidays, act as substi- tute for the rector at Markham; who is away for a three months' holiday.. Mrs. Herman and children are with him in Markham. (Mr. Herman is now rector at Markham.) On .Tuesday The News -Record was shown a head of wheat grown on the farm of Mr. Henry Peck of the Bay fiel road, Stanley. It was already half filled out and veterans of the farm assure us that it the earliest they ever remember ,having seen, In many places through the length and breadth of Canada Coronation Day will be loyally. observed. .What about a celebration in Clinton? From The New Era, June lst, 1911: During the past week this com- munity has been swarmed with beet- les and during the evening the air has literally been alive with them.' Quite a number of the farriers and, townspeople have set out 'a light and a tub of water and so have caught a number of them. A few boys caught enough to fill a half bushel wasket. Last Friday as Jacob Becker was on his way to work at'Stapleton he fell into a ditch on Ontario street which had been opened for the Iayrng of waterworks pipes and in trying to save himself had the bone in his right wrist cracked, The annual meeting of the South I:Iuron Farmer's Institute will be held in Ross' hall, Brucefield, on Friday, June 2nd. The Government has proclaimed June 3rd, the Icing's birthday, a le- gal holiday. The banks and law courts will probably observe it but it will not be observed as a general holiday, It will be an "official" holiday, WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING r••111•1) ULTRA SERIOUS "People take life too seriotisly in Alberta to have any fun, observed a local resident who 'returned recent- ly from California. The statement aroused my interest because I don't think we get half the joy out of liv- ing we should. Perhaps it is the "frigid north" atlnosphere which seeps into our souls to the extent that we don't get warmed up until we ' start to cool off again. On the other hand' there is, the possibility we do take life too seriously. Fear has a great deal, to do with it. Fear of not being able to make enough to keep. a roof over our heads and for food and clothing. But what joy is there in life if one goes through it with that attitude. Many a true word is said to have been spoken in jest and many have also been - spoken in music., "Live, love and laugh" were woven into a popular song and Albertans might do worse than add it to their theme for living. Yours for more joy in life,—B.)3, in the Lethbridge Herald. PLAYED ROUND OF GOLF ON HIS 84TH BIRTHDAY Toronto papers carried a story this week about a golfer who played the old and ancient game on his 84th birthday. That was on Saturday ,of last week. Mitchell Golf Club can boast the same feat performed on its course by Mr.:Anthony Gettler of Fullerton, who had a good game with Messrs. George .Prueter and H. D. Davis, on the same day, and on his 84th birthday, Hats off to Mr. Gett- ler and" may he enjoy many a round this summer an the local course. —Mitchell Advocate. A NEAR CALAMITY ' What aright have been a drowning accident with fatal results happened at the arch of the C. N. R.,: on Monday afternoon. It • seems that Master Donald. Morritt, son of Mr. and; Mrs. Jas. Merritt, was berthing- With inns brother, Garth, and while. riding a log slipped off into the deep water and sank. Garth who could not swim tried to rescue his .EAT'. x;''•,•:111:1•1th.:•.• YOUR WORLD AND MINE by JOHN C. KIRICWOOD -•; (Copyright) V.-. •.rr • *V• l.• .fin •. ••••••....••••aa". • • . r%■••..•.. • a •"iee,r'...Y. • •`r The' following news item < taken from a New York newspaper greatly interested me: • The tricked -urs entrance hal;, basement game room,' dining alcove off. the kitchen, and many another fancy thing considered necessary to the small house of the 1920's, are just as out of date now as the iron stag, the gingerbread porches and the cozy corners of the 80's -so a survey by the Architectural Forum' in- dicates. • I read this item just after I had been studying ;the house plans sub- niitted by a large number of Cana- dian architects in the competition sponsored by the 'Dominion Govern- ment --a competition designed to ob- tain plans for houses to cost below $5000. Many of the plans submitted in the competition showed dining aI- coves in either the kitchen or living last August and started life anew with a host of warm friends and well- wishers, with . a good job and every- thing that a • down and outer could desire. It is appalling that in spite of everything, he led a double life, be- trayed his friends and showed him - 'self in spite of his pleasing exterior to .be as black -hearted as ever. The public attitude will be affected . by the Ryan experience and his fellow prisoners at Kingston will have ' a smaller chance for parole as the re- sult of Ryan's perfidy, • —St. Marys Journal -Argus. GOOD OR BAD? There's good• luck and had luck, but most people get more of the lat- ter kind than they wish. It was a ease of both to a local, citizen last week at the Carpenter's and Joiners' Dance. There was a keen interest throughout the evening as to who would win the lucky door prize and when midnight arrived the draw was made by Ozzie Williams, leader of the band. The winner was Ted John- ston and his joy knew no bounds: All went well for a moment until a coin- pauion went to congratulate him— Ted's glasses fell to the floor and were broken, necessitating buying a new pair. Now he is wondering whether he won or lost on the deal. Kincardine News. brother, but his efforts viere of no a- vail, but luckily George Haggitt carne along and seeing the predicament the boys were in came at once to the res- cue and soon' had the young boy on shore. But there is no ,doubt if he had not appeared on the scene when he did Donald would have been, drowned.—Blyth Standard. PHYSICAL FITNESS A prominent New York doctor says that careful: living during the first thirty years of existence is the sure safeguard for mental and physical fitness during the balance of the tern. This sounds like a body blow for the wild oats propaganda. fa, —Brantford Expositor. NO MAY DAY ROWS Do Canadians ever stop to think what a haven of peace their ,country is'1 On May lst all over the world there were ,militant demonstrations: Red • armies marching in Moscow, strikers marching in France, Nazis parading in Germany, Communists demonstrating, in Belgian anti Spain.. Here. in Canada, May Day was just another day, with all the promise of Spring, with Hien at work peacefully in factories, on farms, and in of-, fices. Truly we are a cozy corner of the world. -Ottawa Journal. AN EXPENSIVE ECONOMY It is said that some of those , who used the so-called safety deposit box- es in the office of J .J. Huggard, the missing Seaforth lawyer, were influ= enced to do so by the fact that the price was a dollar or two less than is charged by the banks. As it turned out, it was a dearly bought saving: Bankers may once in a while, ascond, but the bank, remains to stand 'good for any loss by its clients. 'A dollar saved is not always a dollar earned. —Goderich Signal. MADE IT HARDER FOR OTHERS No •criminal ever got - a luckier break than "Red" Ryan who was paroled from Kingston. Penitentiary A BOWER OF BEAUTY No person could take exception to the appearance of the Goderich Star office last Friday and Saturday, when both front windows were occu- pied by a Horticultural Society dis- play. Printing offices are not re- markable for the beauty of their surroundings and some are worse than others, but The Star's windows on the two days referred to, -were bowers of beauty, being fined with although it is practice which is dying red ;white, mauve, yellow, pale blue out. rctssus lili • room. Now,, speaking for 'myself,; l quite approve 96 there being a• din- ing alcove iii the kitchen—this in ad- dition to a 'dining room proper. But I am not so sure'that a dining alcove Off the,. living 'room is so desirable. I incline to the separate dining room—and a dining room which can' be entered from: the front hall. The kitchen dining' recess'' can be justified, especially when the family consists of only two persons. Quite. often there is only one person' in the house at midday—thehousewife,. and, assuming that she does all her own housekeeping, she will be quite content with having her solitary heal in the kitchen — this to economize labour and steps. Also, in the morn- ings a meal for two people may wit- lingly and preferably be taken in the kitchen—in an alcove designed for the purpose. I,, am not suggesting that the evening meal and meals at which guests may be present should be taken in the kitchen, but I can see nogood reason why some meals should not be taken in the kitchen— in a recess specially devised for this purpose. Also, there is this circumstance: some kitchen work can be performed sitting down—shelling peas,. peeling potatoes, whipping cream, and so on,. and so there should be provision made for sitting -down work. ' If . a maid is employed, and if she has no adjacent sitting room --adjacent to the kitchen, then, certainly, there should be provided an alcove with table and chairs, for her use and for her own meals. About "tricked -up" halls and base- ment game rooms, I have nothing to say, except that it is uncommon to meet with either nowadays. Time was when "reception halls" were popular, but they seem to have gone out of fashion. Children's playrooms in basement or attic are quite legiti- mate. Billiard rooms, once regarded as a sort of necessity, are now sel- dom inet with. The temptation is to over -use the kitchen dining alcove, using the din- ing room, proper Only when there are guests. This temptation • is one to be resisted, as are all temptations which, when yielded to, tend to take away from. nice habits. The niceties of life call for faithful observance. Going about the house carelessly clad breeds the habit of carelessness in other things. 1t may be more com- fortable for husband and wife to go about the house in pyjamas and barefoot, or for the husband and wife to go about half-dressed, but such departures 'front the niceties of life are to be discouraged. It is more than good manners to maintain appear- ances; it is a contribution' to self-re- spect. Dressing for dinner on board ship, or at hotels, or even in one's -home, is practice to be recommended, and dark blue tulips, na , es of the valley, pansies, duehea, apple blossoms and other gorgeous flowers. Of course the windows were given an extra polish so as not to mar the ,dis- play, but. that was just an incident. A :climate that can produce flowers In such magnificience, beauty and profusion, doesn't deserve the ,oppro- bium that was heaped upon it last February and March, when the world seemed buried in snow. P'ossibiy we are now reaping the benefits .of those week of storms, because no human skill could develop flowers of such delicacy and beauty as those that this season is producing, -.-The Goderich Star. APPOINTEDTRUSTEE Nelson Hill, insurance agent, Gode- rich, received word last week of his appointment as trustees under the Bankruptcy Act for the year 1930. The appointment is under the Federal Government. -Signal. WAS ACTIVE YOUTH Harry Checkley, who with his com- panion, Norman "Red" Ryan was shot and killed while •attempting - to rob a Liquor Store at Sarnia on Sat- urday night is remembered by many citizens of Kincardine. For several years during the war time period the Checkley family resided ` on Mecha- nic's Avenue while Mr. William J. Checkley was ensployedas a munition maker at the shell, factory. Younger men around town recall Harry's school days at the public school. He passed ,through several grades before the family moved to Lindsay at the terminationof the war. Probably a little older than his com- panions Flarry was aIways active and took part inschool sports. Ile always had a love for real action and a for- mer school mate recalls i a noon hour fight at the school when Harry was soundly flogged for pulling a knife on a companion. It was '- also recalled that Harry became sort of a school hero when he tumbled from aol apple tree and broke his arm. Checkley was, in trouble once In Kincardine when he stole a bicycle As he was quite young at the time no action was taken.—Kincardine News. Dungannon H.&S. CLuh DUNGANNON IIOME SCIIOOL CLUB EDUCATIONAL AND, HEARS STATISTICS ALSO PROPOSED 'LAW DEFINED Much interest centred in the regular Meeting' of the Dungannon Home acid School Club, held in the school house Friday evening' with:a large atten- dance. The Dnng'annon, school Glee Club rendered two ntenaers, one with- out acconpaniment and the other with piano accompaniment by " their instructor, Gordon S. Kidd. The roll was called by Mrs. John Chisholm. Mrs. Alton reported an, increase of two in membership. Mrs. Bradford reported for the • Social Committee. that a successfel,,sale o£ home-made baking and afternoon tea had been held which netted $8.50. Souse interesting and startling facts were brought to light' by Mr; Kidd with regard to educational costs as compared with. other things. These were collected from authentic statistics and are as follows, caleulat- ed on a per capita basis: Dominion debt, $243; provincial debt, $157.00; 'municipal debt (includ- ing school debenture debt of ($24.00) $143.00; the school debenture debt Is less than 17 per- cent. of .the munic- ipal debt, and only 4.4 per cent'of the total. ' But to return to houses and their planning: I hold this view, namely: the back and sides of a house shduld be as attractive as is the front. Lean- to kitchens at the rear are an abom- ination. The back of the house over- looks the garden, and so there is justi- fication for making the back of the house just as attractive as is the front —. indeed, : making it more at- tractive. The living room should, . in my opinion, look out on the garden, and the garden itself should be made . a place of beauty. .But when the back of the house is ugly and when a shab- by lean-to thrusts itself toward the garden, there is small inducement to make the garden a place of beauty. One's garden is a place of privaoy, and should be a place of rest --rest for .the body and the spirit. And se the Verandah, if there is a verandah, should be placed at the rear of the house rather than at the front. Comparisons for Ontario on per capita basis, cost of publicity con- trolled education (1933) $14.40; (fur- ther reduced 6.4 in 1934); expendi- ture for alcoholic beverages (1935), $12.00; gasoline sales, including' tax, (1933), $15.00; motor vehicle licenses and permits (1933), $2.40; motor ve- hicle value'(1933), $105.00; highway debt (1935) $52.60; school debenture debt (1933) $24.00; provincial main- tenance highway costs (1933) $1.65; provincial grants for publicity con- trolled education (1933),$1.70; tele- phone rental (1933) $7.00; Ontario wealth, not including undeveloped natural resources, $3,188.00; cigar- ettes, per capita. for Canada (1933), $3.75; race track bets (1933) $4.50; maintenance per convict in Canadian penitentiaries (1933), $594.00;' war expenses (1915-1920), $1,677,396,283. E. C. Beacom,' B. A, I. P. S. for West Huron, was the guest speaker and gave' a very clear interpretation of the "Intermediate Schools' Act," as proposed by the Department. In his opening remarks he congratulated Dungannon Home and School Club as being the first rural organization in the' County of Huron. There are four others -all in towns. He also con- gratulated the Glee Club and its teacher, Mr, Kidd, upon the splendid rendition of the numbers given by them, and it was the Inspector's sin- cere wish that anisic would soon be - conte more generally taught in the schools of his inspectorate. "While than," he said, "is very progresive along lines of styles in dressing, methods of transportation, religious services and amsuements, yet lie has been very conservative to methods, of edseation. Little change has taken place along these, lines for many 'years, in fact, ever since the time of Egerton. Ryerson. Our edu- cational system is crude as the wagon that rumbled over the rough roads of pioneer days. The weakness of our present system is three -fold: (1) Ov- er 50 per cent of the children leave school at 16 years of age, and have made no definite completion of any course of a practical nature; (2) The costs of secondary education are out of proportion as compared with public schools (no reference to teachers' salaries meant), (3) The true func- tion of secondary schools is lost sight of and is not keeping up with modem tithes whiclr have changed g'r'eatly since early days. The proposal of intermediate schools is made to overcome these Weaknesses in the .present system. The school would take cave .of the fourth book classes and two years after the present entrance — four years in all—with the children' grad- uating from them at about the age of 16. The 'courses would be of a three -fold nature, naively, academies, commercial and industrial, and would Include optional:studies ' such' ,as languages, courses in health, •Eng The three major rooms of a house are the kitchen, the living room,' and the bathroom. All other rooms should be sacrificed in size and •costliness to the three main rooms. The living room should' be just as large as possible—a roomof spacious- ness. It should be the supreme fam- ily room. Here maximum contort should be found, and the family treasures of pictures and art objects and books and furniture can find a hone here. Yetthe room ought not to be clattered up with en excess of brie,abrac, furniture, and "decora- tions." There is the kitchen. If one can plan one's kitchen—giving it its size, Its dimensions, its relationship to dining room, front hall, cellar, and tradesman's entrance, then, -of course, one has not much excuse if the kit- chen is badly planned and dark. In any, event, the kitchen. should be most carefully devised and equipped in order to diminish physical labour, drudgery, and steps... In my judg- ment, when a new house is planned, the kitchen• calls for first attention. Quite too often it is miserably 'posi- tioned, lighted and planned. It should be a well -lighted room, with a cheer - iish, manual. training, h'ouseholdse - ence,- music and many other things which would. bo of a jn'actical nature. Thus,' provision ,would be, made :ton; the education of m large percentage of pupils who never would attend se- condary schools, the courses of which at •present prepare for •Normal En- trance or the professions. "The proposal would : not nec'essl- tate the erection of .new schools,. would not- be compulsory, and woull be carried out as conditions would warrant. There would be a saving in Cost, pupils would be near home and more practical subjects would be taught, which' Would prepare a larger In all of the provitrees, except' Prince percentage of pupils. for something Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Br'i- more definite."—Dncgannon Cor. Bea- tisk Columbia, these schedules are con -Herald. distributed to the fanners through: the rural school teachers.. In these three provinces, the cards are mailed" direct to the fanners, The acreage of field crops, in par- ticular, are the real foundations of the- • The value of the dairy productlot Government's scheme of agricultural" production statistics. Only slighu r less important in national planning- - ;is the necessity of having correct: knowledge of . the,` numbers of live- stock eous dairy products, such as concen-lon farms. The accuracy of Crated milk and its by-products,and compilations in both these classes is largely dependent -Upon the obtainin ice cream all registered some increase g Y pg' in production in Canada in 1935 ae of completed cards from a fair sem- cording to the provisional estimate., pre of the total number of Canadian Dairy butter,showed a decrease. - . farms. ' So the fanners are respect The production of creamery butter, fully urged to give .the information in 1935 is preliminarily estimated at, asked for. It is used exclusively ice 238,854,600. pounds, as compared with the purposes stated and each returni.%. 234,852,961 pounds in 1934, an in crease of ' 4,001,639. pounds, or 1.7 per cent. Dairy butter decreased from 109,918,000 pounds in'1934 to. 106,949,000 pounds in 1935, a .differ- ence of 2,969,000 pounds. However, the total production of butter increas- ed from 344,770,961 pounds in 1934 so 345,803,600 pounds in 1935, an. ad- vance of 1,032,636 pounds. Charles Mew, a Decoration visitor - Factory cheese is estimated at from Jackson, Mich., in Goderich on: 100,3GD,30'0 pounds in 1935 as corn Saturday, after an absence of twenty - years, got the surprise of his life: when he read his name on the ceno-- taph, in the list of those killed in ae-• 1,018,300 pounds in 1935, only 7,000 tion in the. Great War. pounds higher than that recorded In I thought you were dead," CoL.. 1934. 11. C. Dunlop greeted' him when Mew - Concentrated whole milk products walked into the Dunlop Marc. are provisionally estimated at 77;- Not`a bit of it,"said the war vet 879,000 pounds in 1935 in comparison van. I just came up to see what. with 67,721,530 pounds in 1934, an it was all about." advance of 15.0 per cent. Concentrat- The pair walked over to Court ed milk by-products are estimated at House Square, just across the road,. 26,964,000 tironncls, an' increase of where the war memorial is located. 26,964,000 per cent over 1934, Ike cream Mew said he felt funny all over, ex - made in dairy factories advanced planning that he was reported missing from 4,120,911 gallons in 1984 to 4,- after the Vinry scrap, was in hospital' 514,998 gallons in 1935, representing a long time and after being nnvalidecb an increase of 9.6 per cent. house went to live with relatives its. The total value of dairy production Jackson, Mich. H$ had heard his in Canada in 1935 is placed at $191, - those was cut in stone in the list of. 495,823, an increase of 4.2 per cent those killed in action, but wanted to. on 1934, and is the highest recorded see it with his own eyes, hettce thea since 1930, representing an increaseivisit. He enlisted from GodericTr. of $32,421,690, or 20.4 per cent over' The Goderich Signal, which daring.• the abnormally low values reported the war neglected to catalogue irr_ cuts of soldier boys who enlister' in 1932. I has of recent weeks been reprodttcing • them under the heading "Who is. PRIVATE REPORT this." Mew's photo was printed three. weeks ago asking readers to name: Friend—"There wasn't a very big him. A copy of the paper was sena.: account of your daughter's wedding him by friends and subsequent coat -- in the paper thus morning. j spondence lecl to the discovery that; Father (sadly)—"No, the big ac- his name was cut in tire• stone with count was sent to mel" i the list of the dead. {''ai vey Of Crop And Live Stock June 1936., In June ,of each year, the Dominioru Bureau of Statistics, in co-operation. with. the Provincial Departments or Agriculture. distributes 'cardboard: schedules to farmers for the purpose:_ of collecting statistics of acreeges•un- der crop •and the numbers of live- stock and poultry on farms. ' An in- novation of 1931 extended' this survey.' to covey the breeding and marketing intentions with regard to live stock.. DAIRY PRODUCTS HIGHEST SINCE 1930 of the Dominion. in 1935 is estimated to: be the highest recorded since 1930. Creamery butter, factory cheese, farm -made cheese, and miscelian ful outlook, and it should be plan- ned with an eye on economies of ail sorts. The utmost care should be taken in planning it with regard to the positioning of the sink, the re- frigerator, the range •and perhaps, too,a kitchen cabinet.. The bathroom should be just as large as itcan be made, and tub, w.c.' and basin should be as good as. one'spurse will permit. About the basin: it should be of generous size. Most basins you see are too small- mean, indeed. Bedrooms, being places to sleep in, need not be large. Always there should be ,a box -room -aplace for the storage of 'trunks and bags and boxes, and 'perhaps al- so of unwanted clothes. Box -rooms are not provided for in most plans. I am writing' of small and inexpen- sive houses, not of large houses. Here's' a .point: when you build a house, keep in mind that some day it may pass from you to a purchaser. So plan your house ']raving a pur- chaser in mind -a house which is sp sensibly and economically planned that the purchaser won't have much reason to find fault ,in its planning, treated as strictly confidential.. WAR VETERAN SEES NAME CARVED IN LIST OF DEAD IN GODERICH SQUARE'" pared with the final estimate of 99,- 346,617 pounds in 1934, which repre- sents'an increase of 1,013,683 pounds. Farm -made cheese is estimated at ieSNAPSNGT CUIL Use Your Ca mera for Other Hobbies An amateur photographer -entomologist had fun making this picture of a ' Grasshopper Night Club" (note the fan dancer). He Used amateur equip- ment. It was a time exposure with a 25 -cent floodlight for Illumination• HAVE you another hobby besides your camera? If to, why not in- troduce them to each other and double the pleasure? Why not make photographic souvenirs of the changes in your garden, your an- tique collection, the growth of your miniature railroad, your new ship models, or what have you? We know a man whose other hobby is entomology — bug -hunting to his friends. He gets a tremendous lot of fun photographing his insect specimens. Some of hie pictures of these tiny subjects are remarkable. The most surprising thing about them is that they were made with the simple ap- paratus used by the amateur photog- rapher. Not only does he make seri. ous "portraits" of individual in- sects, but, having a flare for the dramatic and the amusing, he photo- graphs groups of them theatrically posed to represent the goings, on of human beings, as in the picture of the grasshopper night club above;. or it may be a June -bug wedding, a tunable -bug football g a e, spider spooks haunting a graveyard, grass- hoppers playing leapfrog—he finds the subject possibilities are endless. The pictures he displays' are, of course, enlargements. You don't have to be an entomolo- gist to make pictures like this your- self, if you, or some one for you, will but collect the insects. here's what he does: He builds a "set,"'a la Hollywood, to fit into an Imaginary box 15 inches long, 10 wide and 12 high, sometimes using fine grass, small stones, twigs, etc., for scenery. Ad- mitting that he has not yet been. able to persuade his insect actors to. play leapfrog or otherwise perform; at his bidding, he has them chloro formed by the druggist from whom he buys his films; then with quick - drying household cement he mounts. them on his stage in the poses he wants. To light the scene he finds: a sin. • gle floodlight bulb in a reflector is. effective. The light should be about two feet from the set, placed high: for simulating daylight or low in, front for a dramatic effect. Stop the camera lens down to 6,8, put on a. portrait attachment and then photo graph your 15 by 10 by 12 -inch seen close, up, according to instruc Sone with the attachment. Fine grained panchromatic film is to be preferred for sparkling results in en- larging. Exposures will vary with the scene;:eo, until experience has been gained, three or four exposures (say, 2, 4 and 8 seconds) had better be made and the best one chosen for enlargement: Our entomologist-camerist says you will have: so much fun making these pictures that,, even if you don't care to become an entomolo- gist, an ambition to become a theat rical producer will surely have to ;.. be curbed. 91 `" JOHN VAN GUILDER