The Clinton News Record, 1936-06-18, Page 3THURS., JUNE 18, 1936
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD:
WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN- TIIE
GAY NINETIES
Do You Remember What Happened During The Last.
Decade Of The Old Century?
From The News -Record, June '17th,
1896:.
In this issue appears the picture of
a ballot, with the names of the candi-
dates contesting the election soon to
be held, Malcolm Colin Cameron,
barrister, Goderich, George M. Ki:lty,
Hullett, teacher, and Robert McLean,.
merchant and cattle exporter, Gode-
rich, with the cross marked opposite
the latter name, to show electors
how to vote. The latter was, of course,
a Liberal -Conservative, and his can-
didature was strongly :supported by
this paper.
On Monday'there was a very inter-
esting bowling match. B. Tomlinson
and J. W. Irwin picked sides, four
each, the score being 15 to 20 in fav-
or of Mr. Irwin. •
.H. B. Chant and I. W. Moore are
attending the Grand Lodge LO.G.T,
in Toronto this week,
son leave this week on a trip to Cleve-
land, Detroit and other )daces. t
Rev. J. F. Parke„ W. Stout and J.
Ransford are attending the Synod of
Huron meeting in London this weak,
(This paper, which is supporting
Cameron as zealously as The News-
Record supports McLean, also .has a
picture of .a ballot with the three
names, with the X opposite Camer-
on's name)
This is the first time that a Ro-
man Catholic has' appealed to the
people to support him as Premier. Pro-
testants should show that they are
without religious bias and are liber-
al enough to support the Hon. Wil-
frid Laurier.
Success always attends the enter-
tainments under the direction of Mr.
T. Jackson, Jr., and the hall was well
filled on the occasion of the House of
Refuge concert. The object of the
affair was . indeed commendable, to
pay' for the sacred books now in use
by the inmates. The .program con-
sistedof color drill, recitations, piano
solos, comic chores, fan drill, instru-
mentals, quartettes, readings, chor-
uses, etc. The forty boys and girls
performed their parts to perfection
and delighted the big audience, while
May Rance, Jean Macpherson, Fred
-Doherty, St. Paul's choir, Miss Mary
Lough, Miss. Couch, Mr. Emmeton,
Miss Boles, Miss Herman, Miss Mc-
Hardy, Mr. Foster, Mr. Mullin and
Mr. Jackson rendered their parts in
a very satisfactory manner.' The ac-
companists were: Miss MCHardy,
Mrs. Ransford, Mrs. Wall, Miss Ir-
win, Miss Boles, -Miss Gibbing's, Miss
Lucas and Miss Couch. The receipts
amounted to over °$37.00. (This was
not so bad, considering the admission
fee was ten and five cents.)
Grealis—Johnston—At the rectory, the Base Line, was one of the twen-
Seaforth, on May 18th, by the Rev. ty-three young men ordained to the
Rural Dean Hodgens, Miss Margaret Anglican ministry at Toronto. His
Johnston to Mr. Edward Grealis, mother was present at the graduation.
both of Clinton.
OUR
HIGHWA19
ACCIDENTS
When The Present Century
Was Young,
From The .News -Record, June 15th,.
1911:
Wesley church was the scene of a
very pretty wedding, the second in
its history, at the 'hour of half past
one o'clock ' yesterday when Miss
Elizabeth Reed, granddaughter of
Mrs. H. Watt, was united in mar-
riage to Mr. Edward J. Jenkins of
Toronto, son of Mr. Thomas Jenkins
of Woodlands Farm, Huron road.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. J. Greene,' assisted by the Rev.
J. E. Ford.... The,bride was given
away by her brother, Mr. C. A. Reed
of Manitoulin, and was unattended
save by Ethel Washington, niece of
the groom, ' who made a charming
little flower girl. •
Preparations are being made fol:
the school scholars' sports on Cor-
onation Day, next Thursday.
Clinton Model School, which at the
February session of the County
Council was transferred from East
to West Huron inspectorates, has
been returned to the former.
On Sunday last Harvey J. Col-
clough son of Mr. J. Colclough of
The record of highwayaccidents
stab the province
1933 we killed 403;
GGO;an increase
two years. There
in 1933; 8,990 in
35. The property
years is estimated
$942,722 in 1934
35. The amounts
s with losses of
toll of ' wreckage
most
the face of the
widespread campaign
t the Government,
and many public
The returns show
killing of children
a slight lessening
cities. The safety
failed, however, to
out. on the open
ter still mounts.
s failed largely
very definite and
in the situation
drink. The Minister
attributes the increase
increased number
cars increased only
5 over 1934 while
sed 10.4 per cent.
Highways forgets
of beer saloons in
ties and even on
of the
five months has
d sale of beer of
that beer induces
while it lessens judg-
ment that it
impossible.
reports that 1.4 per
operators involved in
"were classified as in-
toxicated." mean that in
involving. 56
listed as present in
Minister
statement falsifies
of the situation
before him
of 54 fatal acci-
dents during
to the evidence giv-
en or at court
This is fat frau
list; but the num-
ber of what
imply.
dies that only'] per
all accidents "were
intoxicated." That would
of intoxicated driv-
ing. first six
in The Feder
223 accidents
driver was
were charged and
under some cap-
tion intoxicated.
56 persons were in-
jured. from The Federa-
tion's the year only.
programme has
ignored pres-
ence investigation
somewhat sial
recorded that fro
of accidents
test revealed that
had been struck
fallen off a vehicle
the hospital
d by the investiga-
tion,
ligators can
the presence
blood. They can meas-
ure they know ap-
proximately on mind
n quantity. Such
y made without
inconvenience to any-
one. deterrent
driving from
of view would be
and faithfully
facts of what itis
ped by, •'
investigation and
in the con
c records.
nt of ;Ontario
authorize such a
t: It has failed
is its lack of
that with its
not expose the facts',?
acts, to fail to bring'
anion to the public
the butchery
highways.
Temperance
Advocate, Ontario ought to
wide awake. In
in 1934, 527; in 1935,
of 14i/e pet cent. iii
were il:juied 7,877
1934 and 9,839 in 19
foss for the three
at $85.4,442 for 1933
and $1,085,084 in 19
cover only accident
over $50.00.
This mounting
was developed in
vigorous and
for safe driving tha
the Safety League
men could project.
a lessening in the
under 15 years and
of fatal accidents in
campaign has
achieve its purpose;
highway the slaughter
The campaign has
because it ignores a
substantial - element ,
the presence of
of Highways
of accidents to the
of .cars. But the
4 per ;cent. in 193
the accidents increased
The Minister of.
that by its policy
villages, towns, cities
the open highways province,
the Government in
secured an increase
183 per cent.; and
false confidence -
tnent and skill, andmakes
careful driving
The . Minister
cent. of the
fatal accidents -
toxicated" This w
the 501 fatal arcidents0
deaths, liquor is
seven cases. The surely
.knows that such. as
absurdly the realities•
The writer has the
newspaper accountsi-
dents in the province1935
where, according -
en either at inquest trails,
liquor was involved n.
being a complete r-
ber is just seven-foldthe
official records
The Minister states i
cent. of drivers: in
classified as
mean 10.6 cases -
ing. Taking only months
of 1;995, the recordsa-•
tion's office show in
which a drinking involved.
Of these 94 in
most cases convictedp-
tion of driving tvIn
40 of these cases n-
jured. This record a-
tion's files covers
The whole safetyin
most cases politelys-
enee of drink. Carefulon
elsewhere under similar
circumstances has m
40 to 62 percent. involved
liquor; while one
every person wltoby
a street car or
and brought toduring
the ,,period covered had been d
Scientific investigators detect
by 'infallible testsof
liquor in the as-
ure the amount present;p-
proximately the and
muscle of a given a
test can be _easil, in
jury or serious i� y-
one. The most a to
drink as it affectsthe
educational point the
disclosure franklyof
the bald, lirutal do-
ing as ascertained competent,
scientific invests revealed
without fear or favorits
and in the public
The Government has
been ,asked to test
in every acciden to
act. How far action
due to the fact existing
policy it dare ts?
To obscure the f
their full realization
mind, is to abetthat. is
going on on. our
The
From The New, Era, June 19th, 1896:
Many farmers - are cutting their
clover. •Apples are going to be a good
crop and cherries are plentiful.
Mr. Chas, Wallis made a shipment
of horses to England last week.
Robert Coats, Jr., a has taken the
degree of B. A. at Toronto 'University.
Rev. R. Millyard and fanmily. of St.
Thomas are expected to arrive here
next week.
Messrs. R. Andrews and Syd. Jack- holiday.
PAGE a
RADIO COMMISSION TO BROADCAST PROGRAM FROM 'LNGLAND
IN HONOR OF CANADA'S NATIONAL HOLIDAY -GRENADIER
GUARDS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO MUSIC OF FRENCH CANADA'•
i ;k§po,, 4o.i 3a r
On Dominion Day, Wednesday,.
July 1, the Canadian Radio Commis
,cion will broadcast on its coast-to-
coast network a special program of
one hour and forty minutes duration,
produced by the British Broadcasting
Corporation in honor of Canada's
national birthday,.'
The program will be picked up by
the Conanissien's short wave receiv-
ing station at Ottawa and transferred
to the national network. It will com-
mence at'6.00 p.m. EST. and continue
until 7.40 p.m.
The program will open with the
playing of "The Maple Leaf Forever"
by the BBC Empire Orchestra. This
will be followed by a fifteen -minute
address by the Hon. Vincent Massey,
Canadian High Commissioner to
Great Britain. After this. Frederick
Grinke, Canadian violinist, will be
featured as soloist in a concert by the
Empire Orchestra. The program will
conclude with a "Canadian Party," a
program contributed to by variety
artists and others ,from Canada who
are now in London.
Frons The New Era, Jtine 15th, 1911:
Friday lasta well-known and much
respected resident of Clinton, Eliza-
beth Barrow, relict of the late James
Southcombe, passed away at the age
of eighty-four years.
The month just past was,the -vara-
est May since 1830. The mean tem-
perature was 61.2, which is 7.6 high-
er than the average for the month.
Thursday of next week, June 22nd,
will 'be Coronation Day and a public
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS 'ARE SAYING
JUST SO
If people weren't complaining about
the cool weather, they would probab-
ly be complaining about mosquitoes,
the ravages of insects on their plants
or the discomfort of keeping the
grass cute
-Kincardine Review -Reporter.
AND THEIR GOOD NATURE MAY
WEAR THIN
We are not among those who object
to the continued use of the Freeneh
language, by the French-Canadians.
In such natters liberty is the best
policy. But by insisting that bank
notes and all other official documents
be printed in the two languages. Que-
bec is making a nuisance of bilingual-
ism and imposing on the goodwill of
English speaking Provinces.
Orillia Packet -Times.
tion, which was Kingston peniten-
tiary, where he was awaiting trans-
portation, there were no moving pic-
tures, no radios, and no prison bands.
What a prison! Not like the up -to-,
date ones he was so used to in Jack-
son and other American centres. No
music, no pleasure, no nothing. Just
plain prison, plain fare, and plainer
work:
Too bad, Mr. Bisagol But we have
a Parole Board, if you can work it.
Seaforth Expositor.
HAVING CARRIED THE WHEAT
The Other Way to Have it Ground
A seventeen -year-old Goderich
,youth is hailed as, a strong manbe-
cause he carried a '50 -pound sack of
flour up a hill and a mile farther.
without shifting it from one shoul-
der, and won he flour in, a bet with butter" from Kincardine.
another man who said . he couldn't,' —Kincardine News.
perform such 'a -feat. Shades of the
pioneers! Why, in the old clays,: men
used to carry a sack of flour twelve
miles or more from Durham to Han-
over' and think nothing of it.
—Hanover Post.
Tribute to French-Canadian Music
The Band of His Majesty's Cana-
dian. Grenadier Guards will pay tri-
bute to the music of French -Canada
on June 21 at 5.00 o'clock EST, during
their regular Canadian Radio Com-
mission broadcast. The occasion for
this concert of specialized music is
the celebration on that date 'of the
feast of Saint John the Baptist, pat-
ron saint of French -Canada.
The program will open with the
march, "Cremazie," by Ringuet, late
band -master of 'St. Hyacinthe,. Que.
The band then will play the overture
AT YOUR SERVICE
Members of the Retail -Merchants''
Association of Kincardine are always
anxious to assist ona another, but ab
times their motto of "Service" is im-
posed, upon. Such was the case on.
Tuesday when a store employee was
asked to assist a country resident to
hoist a coil of wire into his buggy.
For a time the local store man was
at a loss to know where the Wire was
coming from as all the hardware
stores were :passed' up, However the
vehicle Was brought to a halt at the
Toronto Mail' Order office. It was at
this place the good deed was carried
out. Now the storekeeper is threat-
ening todock his employee for assist-
ing a business 'which takes "bread and
"Glamorous Night," nor in the mid-
dle of a'n outstanding successful run
at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane,
London.; This broadcast was of spe-
cial interest since' it is only on rare
occasions that English, musical .come-
dies are heard in Canada before they
are given their ,New York premiere.
"Glamorous Night" featured the .Aca-
dian Concert Orchestra under the di-
rectidn of Marjorie Payne, with Made-
line Newcombe, soprano; Colin" Ash-
down, • baritone; Edward Matheson,
tenor; and Leon Bolkozotsky as con-
cert master.
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COMMISSION FEATURES
DAY .BY DAY,
(All Times Eastern Standard)
Thursday, June 18:
8.00 p,m.: Vancouver Junior Choir
—From Vancouver.
10.30 p.m.: "Lullaby Lagoon."
Instrumental group.—From Montreal.
Friday, June 19 c
8.00 p.m.: "Froin a Rose Garden"—
From Halifax.
9.00 p.m.: "Musical Romances"
"The Call of India." A .dramatic pro-
duction. From "Montreal.
Saturday, June 20:
7.30 p.m.: Boston Pop : Concert. —
NBC-CRBC international exchange
program.—From Boston.
8.30 p.m. "Let's Go to the Music
Hall"— From Toronto.
Sunday, June 21:
5.00 p.m. Band of H.M. Grenadier
Guards, conducted by Dr. J. J. Gag-
"Le Dame de Coeur," a composition pier
o Bandmaster f B d t J J agmen.
G The From Montreal.
9.00 • p.m.: "The Mirror of Melody"
third number is "Le Papillon," fea- _From Toronto.
taring a'elarinet ensemble ,composed 10.00 p.m. "Atlantic Nocturne" —
of Guardsmen Armand Gagmen, Jos: Readings by J. Frank Willis. From
Fyfe, Frank Masella, and. Roland Halifax.
Boudreau. This number is the work
of Calixa Lavallee, composer of "0 Monday, June, 22:
Canada," 8.30 p.m. "Tribute to a Song"-
The bugle calls and march pasts de-
partment will feature the "Royal 22nd Musical romance. Front Toronto,
Regiment of Quebec," whose identify- 9.00 p.m. "With Banners' Flying"—
ing music is "Viva la Canadienne." Front Montreal.
The Prince of Wales Leinster Regi-
ment is also programed anti their reg-
imental tune is "The Royal'A Cana-
dians."
"Carillon," an excerpt from a piano
suite by the Montreal organist and Variety presentation. From Toronto.
composer, Arthur Letondal, is sche-
duled for perfornnanee. L. P. Lauren
deau will be represented by his Ita-
lian waltz "Graziella," and a brilliant
march: "The Guards on Parade," by
Georges Labadie, a member of the
Band of the Canadian Grenadier
Guards, will close the concert.
•
REALLY TOO' BAD, ISN'T IT?
Ted Bisago, a thirty-one year old
gangster from Detroit, was in the
Essex County jail last week and Mr.
Bisago was very sore at heart, and
in a'really bad. way. .
Not at being a gangster, of course,
nor from any qualms of conscience.
The trouble went far deeper than
that, ,
Mr. Bisago's heavy heartedness de-
scended dpon him in a black cloud
when' he .learned that at his destina-
Tuesday, June 23:
8.00 p.m. "Mystery House"—
Draniatic production. From Montreal.
'8.30 p.m. "Serenade to Spring" —
POSITION OF THE TOWN, WITH
REFERENCE TO THE ROBERT-
SON CASE
In view of the many and widespread
misconceptions as to the. position .of
the town in the matter of the proceed-
ings against the foamier' tax collector,
J. H. Robertson, The Signal is asked
to make the following statement:
The town was not a party to the
criminal prosecution of Mr. Robertson
and had no costs or expenses in con-
nection therewith.
The 'compainant, Mr. J. E. Huckins,
who put the facts' in the hands of the
Crown, did so as a' private citizen.
The town, of course, had nothing
whatever to (10 with the many ad -
John Outram In Recital
John Outram, concert pianist, will
be Beard over the national network of
the Canadian Radio Commission on
June ?1 in a fifteen minute broadcast
originating in thestudios of CFCI•I,
North Bay. Mr. Outram will be heard
in four selections: "Clair de Lune,"
by DeBussy; "Etude in A Minor," by
Choppin; "La Fille Aux Cheveux de
Lin," by DeBussy, and "Etude in C
minor," by. Chopin.
Mr. Outran:, who has won a bril-
liant reputation as a pianist, studied
tinder Wilhelm Backhaus and also un-
der other, teachers in different parts
of the world. Widely travelled, he is
a personal friend of many famous
musicians who helped to develop his
musical ability. Mr, Outram broad-
cast first in India in 1926 when the
Bombay broadcasting station employ -
journments of the case.
The settlement with the . United
States. Fidelity and Guaranty Com-
pany, which bonded the former asses-
sor, was unconditional, and is not af-
fected by the result of the criminal
proceedings against Mr. Robertson.
The Guaranty Company had sixty
days after receipt of the town's dlaim
to investigate the case, and ':put on its
own auditors who spent many days
looking into the books (this in addi-
tion to the work of the town's regu-
lar and special' auditors), and after
this investigation the Company ad-
mitted, the town's claim and paid
47,000 in settlement thereof.
The town still has a civil action a-
gainst the former assessorfor any
loss over and above the amount set
forth 'in the claim presented to the
,Guaranty Company.
,Goderich Signah.
T
`i..r£o
,l�r tkl tai 5,i .y.
our1dve .. -
snn
f ass eent
rti
h
. now l can go to sleef.
A recent telephone advertisement began: "Somewhere,
someone would be happy to hear your voice. Perhaps
at's a :boy at school, a convalescent friend, a husband
travelling, or a mother back home and lonely." A few.
daysafter its publication a letter reached the Telephone
Company:—
"Alone in my room tonight," it read, "in this
• "little mountain town, thinking of my little
"red-headed boy at home, sick, I saw your
"advertisement and called home.
"Now I can go to sleep. Thank you.
"for your advertisctnent "
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• On both "Anyone" and "Person -to -Person'
calls; Low Night rates apply after 7 p.m. and
Low Week -end rates ALL DAY SUNDAY.
made by chartered accountants.
The judge in his address highly
praised all counsel, G. N. Shaver, K.
C., Toronto, and Gordon Ford, Lon-
don, for the defence, and Joseph
Sedgwick, K.C.; and D. E. Holmes
Crown. Attorney, for the Crown. Mr.
Sedgwick, of the attorney general's i
department, was unable to be present
Friday and the case for the prosecu-
tion was presented by Mr. Holmes on
short notice.
Wednesday, June 24:
..8.00 p.m. "Anything Goes"—Musi-
cal variety. From Halifax.
9.00 p.m. "This is Paris"—
CRBC-NBC international exchange
program. From Montreal.
Judge Costello Aquits
Tax Collector '
Huggard Clients
Lose Amounts From
$500 To $16,400
CLAIMS ARE 3150,609.12 ,
Clients of John J. Huggard, Sea -
forth lawyer whom police have been
searching for since early in May on
a warrant charging him with the theft
of securities valued at 32,500 from
Joseph Grummett and the Denial
Grummet estate, lost amounts rang-
ing from 3500 to 316,400, it is dis-
closed.
Haggard was declared a debtor on
May 18th, and the Guaranty Trusts
Company, who were appointed tern-
ora
emoras custodians of the estate, have
announced claims amounting to 3150,-
609.21. The first meeting of credi-
tors being held in the Town Hall
here on Wednesday, June 17th, at 2
p.m.
Clients, all residents of this town
or the immediate vicinity, who have
filed claims are:
Alexander Campbell, 315,000.00;
Elizabeth Campbell, $9,000; Isabella
Campbell, 313,800; Mrs. Agnes Con-
sitt, 33,000; Roy Consitt, 31,000; A.
A. Cuthill estate, $16,400; Peter Daley
estate, 31,000; Mrs. Louis Devereaux,
3500; Mrs. Isabella DeCoursey, $6,000,
Austin Dexter, 32,000; Charles Dex-
ter, $1,200; J. G. Docherty, 31,000;
Adam Dodds, $7,000; Robert Dodds,.
35,000; R. W. Eberhart, 32,000; Fred
Eckert, $8,500; John Forrest, 32,700;
Joseph Grummett, $500; Daniel Grum-
mett estate, $2,000; Mary Henderson,
$2,000; Jno. Henderson, 32,500; Mrs.
John Hillebrechi, 33,000; R. F. Jones,.
$000; Mrs. Isabella McDonald, $14,-
000; Wm. Morrison, $3,000; Cecil Oke
32,000;• A. L. Porteous, 3500; George
Reinke estate $1,500; Mrs. Annie
Simpson, 31,000; J. W. Thompson,
31,000; Charlotte Thompson, 32,000;
John Walsh, 35,750; Wilbur Webster..
31,000; W. G. Willis, 35,500, and Cath-
erine Weir, $6,250.—Expositor.
After a trial lasting seven days
and adjourned until Friday for final
argument and decision, Judge T. Mt
Costello acquitted J. Howard Rob-
ertson, tax collector for the town of
Goderich for the years 1929-34, inclu-
sive, on a charge of theft of $7,500
municipal funds. The -shortage was
discovered early in 1935 and has since
been made good by the bonding com-
pany.
In discharging Robertson his hon-
or said he ..had reasonable moral
doubt as to the prisoner's guilt, hold-
ing thathe was a bad bookkeeper,
adding: "If I an: to find the accused
not. guilty I must find him most In-
competent."
"I ani not inquiring into the ques-
eel him as program advisor. He has tion of whether, the bookkeeping me -
been before the Canadian public on :hods ,used in Goderich are correct
many occasions, and has been heard or not. The late William Campbell
in recitals of classical piano .music used the system a .great many years
from Ottawa a number of times. and nothing was found wrong. I3.
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From Far -Off New Zealand
„CFAC in Calgary has just received
an interesting account of reception of
the Moose River mine disaster broad-
cast during the latter part of April.
A. gentleman from far off' Palmerston,
North New Zealand, writes ,that he
had no : difficulty in picking up the
Calgary station and listened with in-
tense interest to the progress 'being
made in the Nova Scotia mine as re -
Wed by J. Frank Willis over the
CRC network.
Lorna Grayston Returns
T. Edwards followed him in office,_
Used the same system; and nothing
was found wrong. • Robertson must
be a bad 'bookkeeper and.I believe he
is that. Over a period of years he
handled many hundreds of thousands
of dollars and with .a bad bookkeep-
er keeping books carelessly I believe
some ,money, could go astray,'
Best Evidence For Accused
"Possibly' the best evidence for the
accused is that, he was only in office
a year or so when he found himself
behind several hundred dollars and
was unable to''account. for it and .at
that stage the local auditors were
called in and they ' were unable to
account for it. The next year.. the
same state, of affairs existed.: I be -
Lorna Grayston, Who won : much lieve` that is something in favor" 03
popularity as a Canadian Radio Com- the accused and not against him. I
mission artist last treason, returned believe twelve' months after he was
to the Commission networks the 5th in office whether through, criminal.
of June when eisa participated in the 'ne negligence or not, he was unable to
g g
Halifax program, :"Fran' a Rose . Gar- ascertain' 'Where he stood, and with
den:" roll added to roll he became more
deeply involved ' and at the • end of
1933 and into 1934 he did not know
where he stood. T have some reason-
able moral 'doubt."
Judge . Costello commended the lo-
cal auditors, Ilarry Long and•A. 1W.
Robertson, but, was .critical of the in
completeness.of the special audit
CRC Program Seta Precedent
"Anything Goes," a Canadian Radio
y g
Commission program originating in
Halifax, on June 10 at 8.00 p.m. EST,
presented for the first time in Can-
ada, selections from Ivor Novelio's
cli=SNAPSHOT CUL
LANDSCAPES 1N THE PARK -1�ia'
In this springtime panorama, consider how the branches of the teee in
the foreground attractively frame and give perspective to the distant
bridge. How would the picture look without the tree?
WHAT is a city park for? Why, for
T V nothing less than to give city -
dwelling camera owners a chance to
take landscape pictures without
leaving the city. It is surprising
what opportunities the public parks
afford for charming bits of land-
scape composition. Indeed, it
quite worth while for the country
dweller to come to the city and take
advantage of them. True, he will find
that Mather Nature's . handiwork
'has been considerably manicured,
but often so much the better from
an artistic standpoint. Moreover,
walks and: short grass make it easy
to seek cut camera viewpoints.
There are many broad panoramas
in the larger city parks, but an espe-
cially wide view is not needed.
There is good pictorial material even
in the smallest of parks. < A path
through a grove of trees where sun-
beams fall, the pond,refiecting the
knolls or hill tops in its calmsur-
face, or a bit of a brook rippling
through the meadow, each can make
an artistic picture with the right
composition, -Stroll about and you
will see many each chances.
The first rule in pictorial compo-
sition is: There shall be but one pic-
ture, one setting of dominant inter-
est. On reaching the summit ofa hill
there is great temptation to throw
all rules -of composition to the winds
and try to include everything in.
sight. The panorama is attractive to,
the eye because of its sweep and big-
ness. Bat when the print shows noth-
ing but a myriad of minute Objects
very nearly at the vanishing point,
with no prominent foreground oh-.
Jetta, the result will be disappoint-.
ing.
Almost any quiet scene which the
eye findsinteresting is suitable for
landscape work. But to be a real pic-
ture it mast have a center of inter-
est, a dominant point where the eye
will cone to rest, without being con-
scious of the drawing power of the
light` that gives it accent. and the
lines that lead to it. This maybe, for
example, merely a single tree sil-
houetted against clouds, a bend .in
a stream where it emerges from the
shadows offoliage, or the vista of a;•
woodland path converging at point
emphasized by a highlight. Often a
human figure, if properly placed.
will give balance and add interest 10-
a Picture 'without dominating the
scene. The center should, of course,
be avoided and the person used as:
a "foil" should not look toward the.
camel -a nor appear too close in the
Aad don't don't forget tohave a slcy
filter with you to take full advan
tage of striking cloud effects.
86 , JOHN VAN GITILD]IR