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The Clinton News Record, 1934-11-01, Page 3THURS., NOV. 1,1934. 0111111101.0.011.1111.1111.0.,* AirMal•Mletl•MiguaftloweinWel, TIIE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Clinton The What C n was Doingin Ga . Nineties DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING T1'a'r LAST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record, Oct. 31st,. 1894: You lose more than we do by not advertising in these columns. (The above is still true. Truth loses noth- ing by age.) Mr. Richard Irwin the other` day Made a shipment of Canadian barley to New York, the first he has ship- ped in three years. The McKinley restrictions were the reasons why none had been shipped for so long. The potato crop is a good one and greatly in advance of last year both. in quantity and quality. Notwith- standing the great drought during the summer months the rains in Sep. tember and October caused the roots to take great strides, the latter turning out better than was at first anticipated. Six remembers of the 33rd Battalion resident in Clinton challenged six members .of the Huron Rifle Associa- tion to a match at 400 and 500 over the Atholcott Ranges for an oyster supper, and the contest took place on Thursday. One of the six named mil- itary men, Mr. Courtice, was unable to be present and A. M. Todd con- sented to take his place, The Asso- ciation shooters were Messrs. John. son, Emerson, Robson, Scruton, Gib- hings and Hoover, the three highest scores e t of a possible 50 being: Rob- son, 44; Gibbings, 36; Johnson 33. The three highest amongst the mili- tarc men were Todd, 84; Read, 33; McTaggart, 23. The total score stood 192 to 142 in favor of the Asso- ciation. The supper, an excellent one, was served at Coats' restaurant. Another match is likely to be arrang- ed rranged in the near future. On Saturday Last the Clinton Jun- ior Football team journeyed over to Blyth to play a match with the jun- ior eleven of that town ... The game resulted in a win for Clinton of 2 to 1. The teams were as follows: Clinton: Blyth: H. Grey Goal R. Lamont F. Kirkton Backs W. Mason Capt, G. Biolby R. Sellers Half Backs J. Morrow, C. McKay R, Bell J. Somers G. Courtin. H. Young Left Wing J. Baird A. Watson F. 'Levan E. Lamen. J. Morrison Centre .7. Hirons Right Wing L. Whitely (Capt.) F. Buggln W. Newcombe R. Kelly C. McKinnon, referee. Prom The New Era, Nov. 2nd, 1894: Mrs. Washington has purchased a. handsome new piano for her daugh- ters. Mr. Hugh McConnell has -moved from town to the vicinity of Bruce- field. Next Monday evening, the 5th of. November, Mr. D. `Cantelon will en- tertain the n-tertain'the members of L:O.L. No, 710 to an oyster supper at his residence Mr. Cantelon will this season han- die about 22,000 barrels of apples, or 150 car loads. Messrs. Wiilson and Howe have dus posed of their restaurant and con- fectionary business to Messrs. Jas. McClacherty, Jr., and A. Jackson, who took possession yesterday. Both are young -men well known here. The Public school trustees have re- engaged all the present staff for the ensuing year and in so doing have shown their appreciation of the faith- ful services of the teachers. Mr,.. Lough was offered an increase in his salary, but declined it, owing to the stringency of the times and the dif- ficulty with which school monies are raised. This is particularly com- mendable on his part es everyone familiar with the duties of Principah of a school like that of Clinton knows that he is not overpaid for the work performed.. An event which for some time has been anticipated took place at the residence of Reeve A. McMurchie on Wednesday, it being the marriage of his eldest daughter, Agnes, to Dr. Robert Agnew of town . , . Rev. A. Stewart performed the ceremony, Mr. Porter, finding the work at the Clinton postoffiee much greater than be had anticipated and realizing the impossibility of performing it to the satisfaction or the public and the Department without expert essic- tance, has secured for a year the ser, vices of Mr. W. D. Fair and his sis- ter. On Wednesday morning when Mr. R. VanEgmond of the Huron Road was, at work he was surprised to see a. large wild cat walk deliberately across an open field a few rods from his. Not having a gun he drove into town arid informed some of the local nimrods, who laughed at him , . , However, Mr. Ben Tomlinson, who is a crack shot, was only too glad of a chance to try his skill and went out with Mr. VanEgmond and was re- warded by a sight of the animal, which he brought down with the first shot. ' It was a fine specimen and would weigh in the neighborhood of fifty pounds. One of the finest specimens of the genuine grey squirrel ever seen in this vicinity was shat on Saturday by Mr. W. Foster. It was about the size of a good-sized,kittenr and had a tail over a foot long and several inches broad. Mr. Foster will have the skin stuffed. M. J. Rattenbury shot a similar ene, evidently the mate, a couple of weeks ago, Mr. D. R. Landsborough, the popu- lar teacher of S. S. No. 5, Tucker - smith, has been engaged for next year. Mr. Landsborough has proved himself an able and efficient teacher. We understand a local union of the Young Peoples' Societies in connec- tion with the churches' of the town is about to be organized'. Why not in- clude Holmesville and Turner's? WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The New Era, Nov. 4th, 1909: The small boy had a wild time Sat- urday night celebrating Hallowe'en. A cement sidewalk is being built down the side of Bartliff's restaur- ant. Mr. George W. Pearson loft on Wednesday of this week for Tnronto, where he will further his studies in music at the Conservatory of Music. A delightful two hours was spent by a large audience at the Recital given in the town hail by Miss May Rance, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Rance, Clinton, assisted by Mr. Yule, Seaforth and Mr. Seitz of Tor- onto, It was indeed a heavy task for Miss Ranceto make her first pub- lic appearance in her own town and we are pleased to say she not only charmed her audience but held them spellbound by the dramatic power, she displayed in the different char- acters in the "Sign of the Cross." . The Young Ladies' Guild of St. Paul's church is . to be congratulated upon the success of the entertainment. Mr. Jack Wiseman left Wednesday for Guelph, when he enters the em- ploy of the. Bank of Montreal. Jack's many friends wish him sucnessin his new work. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS `ARE SAYING AND LIKELY LIABILITIES OFeontributed in various, ways. Over seven tons of grain were contributed $4,000 A Western young lady recently ad- vertised for a husband and got him. The total expense of the advertising and wedding outfit was 311 and with- in a year the husband died, leaving a life insurance of $3,500. Advertis- ing always pays. --Glencoe Transcript. WOULD BE A LOSS Commissioner Odette, it is report- ed, hopes to raise $500,000 in beer and wine lipense fees as a contribu- tion to the Provincial Treasury. But as this would represent a much larg- er sum spent in drinking, the business as a whole would be a Ioss, instead of an asset, to the Province: People cannot make themselves prosperous by patronizing beer parlors. (Goderich Signal; **:* NEW STYLE THANK OFFERING For their "harvest home" offering, farm members of Riverview United Churchcongregation gave 10 pounds of grain per acre to the church, and which was sold in Dundalk, the pro- ceeds to go to the church coffers. —Mount Forest Confederate. TILE POSTAGE STAMPS PRIN- CIPLE If electricity cannot be dispensed on the postage stamp principle, it surely can approximate closer there- to. Our hydro-Eleetric system has, however, attained such dimensions and has so obviously turned the corn- er as an assured public utility, that we refuse to believe that a substan- tially equal basis of charging applied to electricity is impracticable, The voice of the press may well be raised at large in advocacy of what would manifestly redound to the benefit of a huge population now discriminated against. -St. Thomas Times -Journal. LET THEM .STAY One promise Mr. Hepburn has kept, although many people had hop- ed he had forgotten about it, was that he would dig out the highway ditches filled in by the Henry Govern= other members of the congregation merit. Why he is doing it no one,ap pears to know. Surely he does not consider it wrong to eliminate one the greatest hazards to road tra- vel. The possibility seems remote that the late -government undertook the work against the advice of its high- way engineers and without making adequate provision for drainage. Moreover, at the time general public opinion as voiced through: the press WAS that the filling in of the ditches would be an important contribution to highway safety by lessening the number of fatalities which occur when cars leave the road. The expense of levelling • 'miles of highway was worth the 'attempt to cut clown the death toll of motoring, but Mr. Heplaumes, action in removing the filling can only be classed as a waste of public money. —Fort Erie Times -Review, NB1nDS NO PUSH— RESTRAINT Since taking over the sale—or call it control if you like -of liquor the Province of Ontario has made unpre- cedented profits out of what used to be called "the traffic." The profit motive used to be regarded: as the very core of the evil. Yet now the Provincial and Federal treasuries are profiting from spirits, wines and beers to an extent those wicked sin - tiers, "the licensed victuallers,": of the past never dared contemplate. Liquor needs no government agency to push its sale. It does need, from every governing agency we have, con- trol, resistance, restraint against its aggressions.—Toronto Daily Star., THINK NOISE A VIRTUE To some, indeed, noise is accepted as a virtue, as a sign that we are up and coming, a bustling, hustling lot who are getting things done. So, year after year, we go on making more noise, forever perfecting and using infernal contrivaces of sound, making the air, whether it be night er day, hideous with tumult. —Ottawa Journal. PEOPLE TO COME It is inevitable that, with Canada's millions of acres of fertile land still uncultivated, there will be, in future years, an influx of new popuation. That will only come when the an. employment crisis has passed and when agriculture has become more prosperous. Then the opportunities of the country, and the expansion which will be renewed, wiil absorb in a normal way a considerable flown of immigation. -Winnipeg Free Prose. BLOWN OPF HIS WHEEL When Harold, the 9 -year-old son of Mr. and. Mrs. Fred Baechler of Black Horse, was riding his bicycle . past the threshing engine of Garnet Louther on the Kingarf road, north of Kinloss, the stiff breeze as he pas- sed the machine blew him off the wheel, which capsized, disjointing his right arm at the elbow. A passing motorist took the victim to his home from where he was brought to Dr, H'all's surgery here where the arm was set, after being x-rayed. Re is making a good recovery from the nits.. hap.—.W'aikerton 'Herald Times. MEMBER MUCH IMPROVED C. A. Robertson, M L.A., for Hur- on -Bruce, who suffered a stroke short- ly after the Provincial election, is showing much improvement and it is expected that he will be able to attend the conning: session of the Leg- islature. Mr. Robertson's: friends in this community will be happy to know that he is showing such marked' improvement, —Wlingham Advance -Times. A HINT What happened to the few black- mailers of London who have been given their medicine is but a hint of what is going on and of what is sure to happen, Unfortunately, there are a whole lot of offenders in this line who have not been caught. Worse still, there are a whole lot of people whose social conduct is of such a character that the blackmailer can get them by the scruff of the neck any minute he. chooses. As a rule, if men and women will but mind thein own business, the blackmailer is out. of a job: 3heeter Times -Advocate. THE SMALL HOSPITAL Fear that the small hospitals of Ontario would have to discontinue as nurse's training schools has been pre- valent for some time. This fear is now' a thing of the past as Iron. Dr. J. A. Faulkner, Ontario Minister of Health, in addressing a Lions Club luncheon, in Goderich last week, said that he was opposed to the abolition of nurses' training schools,. in small hospital's. The small hospitals serve a most useful purpose in their respective communities and if they were forced to carry on without theadvantage of training nurses it would be a sad blow to them. In fact, many small hospitals would have to close, and the communities they serve would suffer oe a result. The hospital which serves the small 'own and rural community has a dif- ficult time to operate "successfully and if it was not for the outside sup- port they receive, could not continue to so serve the people, This: announcement by Dr, Faulk- ner is indeed welcome.' The small hospital requires all the support that can be given it by the department and ey the citizens that they are in a position to serve. —Weigh= Advance -Times. ",AUTHORITIES" IN HURON Mr. Hepburn's attitude on the ques- tion of the issuance of beer and wine "authorities" in Heron county is dis- appointing. His reference to the South Huron convention in which Mr. Medd was "snowed under," as indicat- ing, in his opinion, that this County has abandoned its dry standards, shows either that he has been very badly advised or that he has entirely misconstrued the situation which led to the decision of the convention: At that -convention no less 'a person than Mr, Nixon stated that the liquor ques- tion was not an issue: Most certainly the convention did not divide on that issue, and it is entirely unfair for Mr, Hepbuin or anybody else to assume_ that it did. On June 19th hundreds of electors voted for ilIr. Ballantyne who would not have done so had they foreseen that his election would be taken as an indication of a change of mind on the part of the people of Iluron on the liquor question. The Signal repeats what it has already sand: That no wet candidate can be elected in Huron county in support oe any Gover minet.t, Why the. Qovernment should have gone countet'to the sentiments 'of a large majority of the people of the county, as ,shown by repeated expres- sions at the ballot box, and issued li- censes for, the sale of beer and wine contrary to their wishes, is a question that is distrubing the minds of many People in this county who wish to think well of Me. Hepburn's . Govern- ment. The Premier cannot serionsly' consider that'd resolution by the town council of -Goderieh—as it turned out, a hasty, ill-considered resolution was' sufficient to determine a policy for the entire county. Discussing a ease at Orillia in which Commissioner Odette apparent- ly disregarded local opinion. The To- ronto Star, which has strongly sup- ported the new Government, asks: "Gan it be that the Gverment does not realize the popular uprising a- gainst it which is likely to take place if there is no reversal of this pol- icy?" ol-icy?" Mr, Hepburn should listen to the warningsof sincere friends and a- void situations such as has arisen in this county.--Goderich Signal. SPEAKING ITS• MIND The Toronto Star is showing real independence in its attitude towards the Hepburn Government on the liq- uor question and its wielding of the axe. ---:London Free Press. SLAI+ORTIT: The death occurred in Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, of Lydia Gingerich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Gingerich and wife of D. iel Steekle, Zurich, in her 32nd year Mars. Steckle was a graduate and former assistant supeiintendant of the Scott Memorial Hospital. She was married two years ago to Mr. Steckle, who survives, together with an infant son. 3k `iv * GODERIGH: Apparently afraid to attempt making port here on Sat- urday night, a ship thought to be the Aycliffe turned about and went acrose the lake, probably to Harbour Beach or Sarnia. High winds and heavy seas, the naves going right over the boat, made passage between the breakwaters and through the chan- nel exceedingly dangerous and this was undoubtedly the reason for the ship's putting about. * * HENSALL: The funeral of Mrs. William J. Miller, formerly of Hen- sall, was held Sunday trout the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles J. Jinks, of Hensall, the service being conduct- ed by Rev. A. Sinclair, paster of the United Church here, The funeral was private. The pallbearers were Thos. W. Parlmer, John Wood, Wil- liam H. Wood, Fred Manns, Thomas Merritt and Thomas Wlark. The re- mains were interred in the Hensalt Union Cemetery in the family plot. WINGHAM: Large congregations attended both services at the United Church on Sunday, despite the in- clement weather. . Dr. T. Albert' Moore, Secretary of the United Church of Canada, and former Moder- ator, brought the anniversary mes- sage. Dr. Moore was ,introduced by the pastor, Rev. J. F. Anderson. In opening his address, Dr. Moore stated that it was under Rev, Richard Hobbs, that he first became interested in the ministry, and it was in 1880 that he first carne to this district when he at- tended a camp meeting in -Palmer- ston.. His first visit to Wingham was over 64 years ago. Rather than select a text at his morning dies course, he related some of his exper- iences during his career in the min-. Tstry, which was most interesting, Selecting his text for the evening ad- dress from the 4th Chapter of Acts, verse 12, "Whereby ye must be sav- ed," he held his large congregation spell -bound for almost an hour. Spe- cial music by the choir was rendered, the anthems sung were: "Exalt the Lord Your God," arid 'Who Fathoms the Eternal, Thought." with Miss Jean Christie taking the solo part. At the evening service., George Smith Manager of the. Canadian Bank- of Commerce, was the special soloist, For his selections he had closers, "Hear My Cry 0 Lord," by Wooler, and "Come Unto Me," by Roberts. Hear My Saviour Calling," was sung by a male quartet, composed of .7. IT. Christie, E. Wilkinson, Jas. Mitchell and Allan Ramsay. GODiERICH: Very largely at- tended was the funeral Saturday af- ternoon of Fred T. Craigie, : well- known business man, who died very suddenly en Thursday last at the age of forty-nine: Large numbers of townspeople of all walks of life, most of whom had known deceased alt his life, attended: the service at the family home on St. Vincent .Street, conducted by Rev. D. J. Lane of Knox Presbyterian' Church. The Odd Fel- lows, of which the late Mr. ' Craigie was a member; conducted a service at the grave, it being incharge of Bro. James McMillan, N.G. and Bro. A F. Sturdy. Those here from out of town for the funeral were Me. and Mrs. W A. Donor and daughter Hel- en, Dennis Downing, the Misses Dug- gan, Mrs, Warwick, Mr. and Mrs, Robert. Craigie, all of Toronto; Jo- seph Kelly, New York City; Mrs. Donald Fraser, Miss Minnie Craigie. Stratford; Mn and Mrs. L. Donee, Hamilton; Janes, Fred and Miss M. Craigie, Buffalo; Louis Bender, Nia- gara Falls; James Ballantine, M.P.P. The pallbearers were Fred and Leigh- ton Donee of Toronto; Fred Craigie, Buffalo; Jack Abell, Goderich; Robert Graigie, Toronto, all nephews, and Basil ICelly, brother-in-law, New York. Wdth his brother, ex -Reeve J. ti W. Craigie, the deceased conducted a news-stand and tobacco store in Goderieh for twenty yeses. Mr. ICraigie was a life -hong resident of Goderieh, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Janes Craigie. Ho was educat- ed in the local schools and as a young mien entered business with his broth- er, He is survived by his widow. for- merly Miss Kathleen Kelly, of town, and by two brothers—J. W. Craigie, of Goderich and James Craigie of Buffalo, and three sisters, Mrs. Wil- liam Abel of Goderieh, Mrs. W. A. Donor of Toronto, and Mrs, E. P. Chewning of Washington, D.C. IIe WAS an adherent of the Presbyterian Church. HOWICK: The death of Robert Candle, Sr., occurred suddenly at his home in Howick Township. He was born in Montreal 78 years ago, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Candie. When quite young he came to Howick Town- ship and for the past 37 years has re- sided in Lakelet. IIe is survived by his wife, formerly Eliza Hopkins, four sons, Robert at home William, Roy and Dave, of Howick, and six daugh= tees, Mrs. Joseph Leffler, Khedive, Sask., Mrs. Albert Leffler, Vancouver, Mrs. Monty Wright, Mrs. Fred Mi- ler, Toronto, Mrs. John Miller, Moun: Forest, and Mrs, Dave Braun, of Clifford, one sister, Mrs. William Redpath, Harriston, and one brother, Wiliiam,of Midland. The funeral was held Tuesday from the home, with in- terment at Lakelet cemetery, Rev,. Jas. Hampson, officiated, The pall- bearers were Messrs. Win. Cook, Wm, Wright, George Hubbard, Fred Ma- hood, Adam Braun and Len Galbraith. * 3I( * W'ROXE.TER: The appeal for clothing, fruit and vegetables for . a car going to the stricken Wiest was responded to from Howick and Turn - berry. A full carload left on Monday for Vanguard, Sask., and a half car- load went to Fusilier, Sask. HENSALL: The invitation com- mittee of the Old Boys' Reunion to be held here on the last day of June and two following days in July, 1935, are busily engaged in getting all the names possible of former residents and the Iists will be mailed in the course of a couple of weeks' time. ARITHMETIC "I am not much of a mathemati- cian," said athemati-cian,",said the cigarette, "but I can and do Add to a man's nervous troubles, Subtract from his physical energy. ;Multiply his aches and pains, Divide his mental powers, . Take interestfromhis work, and Discount his chances of success." READ ALL MB ADS. IN ' THE NEWS -RECORD --IT WILL PAY YOU -- PAGE In side Story of Famous Pamphlet Which Caused.' Resignation of Stevens Address of Minister of Trade and Commerce Made at Private Gather- ing Was Published' and Fell Into Hands of Department Store Under Fire. The London Free Press Ottawa, Ont., O'tt. 28:—Here' is the inside Story of the famous pare. phlet whieh has caused :the :resigna- tion of Hon. II, H. Stevens, minister of trade and commerce in the Ben- nett Government, A g'r'oup of Conservative members for the past several sessions have conducted what was called a "Studs Club," This club met on Saturday nights, ,held a luncheon and then had some minister; deputy minister or official authority explain prolrosed legislation or discuss current prob- lems, Mr. Stevens was invited to at- tend this club and give his views 'on the inquiry into economic conditions of which he was chehman. At this club lie not only outlined what the committee had accomplished, bus gave his personal views on the sub- ject. A short -hand report of the speecld, was male and the members were se- enthusiastic that they asked M. Ste - yens to .have copies prepared, He. hesitatedfor some time, but finally- had the Speech transcribed and edit- ed. AT official in the department, are. old newspaperman, was asked to put it in form to send out to the members. This official on his own initiative sent out a dozen odd 'copies to some of his newspaper colleagues, now edtors, tlnosghout the country, not for pub- lication, but for their own informa- tion. One copy, however, ,'through mis- chance, fell irate the hands ofa head• of one of the Toronto ilepaitment stores under fire. Ile at once pre tested to Premier Bennett against the head of the committee condemning his institution before all sides had been heard. The result was that as far as possible the few copies of the pamphlet issued were retailed on the' instruction of.. Mr. Bennett, Some 4,000 curies had been prepared to' isend out to the members theses and thes seen destroyed. • How To End T According to the economist of. the Royal. Bank of Canada, this depres- sion has hit with exceptional severity the manufacturers' of permanent im- provements, such as builders and ar- chitects and the manufacturers of heavy machinery. "Where consumption of many kinds of food and clothing has been reduced by from ten to fifteen per cent., tite reduction in the orders for buildings and machinery and other items of this nature has amounted to from eighty to ninety-five per cent," At the depth of the depression in the United :Status there were only about one and one-half million unemployed in the consumption goods' industries as against six and one-third million in the building and durable goods industries." According to the "Report to the President of the Unitech States on Na- tional Recovery and Unemployment," only three percent, of those normally engaged in goods for consumption are unemployed, as against forty- seven per cent. of those engaged in buildings and durable goods indus- tries. Do not these facts show the para- mount importance of encouraging building operations?, The best and most effioient way to do this, says the Re -Employment Association, is "to exempt new buildings from taxa- tion has Iasted for nearly four years, This will involve no increase in tax- ation, no government interference with private enterprise, and will be he Depression the only rational and constructive- idea that any government has made ' to solve the uuemploynout problem since the depression started in 1929." This association is now presenting - the following petition to the Ontario Government, "Whereas the unemployment situa- tion has lasted for nearly four years, and whereas all attempts to alleviate conditions, in spite of the expendiure pf public money, so far have been practical failures as far as restoring prosperity and promoting re-employ- ing is concerned, and whereas it is estimated that there are five times as many unemployed in the building and allied trades than in all other classes of unemployed, and whereas the volume of building in Ontario as shown by Government reports and the MacLean Building Reports has fallen off 8? per cent since 1929, and' whereas the building and furnishing of houses represents nearly 75 per cent of all industries: We humbly pray,' that the plight of the building industry receives the. special attention of the Government and that, if necessary, a drastic eni ergency measure, such as an exemp. tion from taxation for a term cite years for all new buildings erected' within the next three years, be enact- ed as soon as possible for it is ob- vious from the facts presented that to solve the unemployment in the building trade will greatly increase empioytnent and bring about the end- ing of bad times and the restoration of prosperity." =SNAPSNDT CUL SILHOUETTES SHEET CAMECIA SUBJECTS AAn.arched doorway between living and dining rooms, a out sheet 'and a bright light. --these wore the only special requirements for this silhouette. The diagram shows. the relative positions of camera, subjects, sheet and light. ITH the advent of cooler weather, some snapshooters as- sume that the picture -taping season is over. And in so doing they miss. a lot of fun and good pictures. Matter of fact, with the new films and generally improved equipment, the snapshot season is continuous, winter as well as summer, indoors and out. We shall have much to say about indoor pictures. For a starter, let's talk about silhouettes --those pictures in°which the figures are solid black on a white background, much like the scissor pictures you see at fairs. With silhouettes, even more than with ordinary snaps, it is vital that the pictures tell their own story, (Unless, of course, you want simply a profile portrait.) For you have only outlines to work with, unsup- ported by perspective or detail. The first essential of silhouette pictures is a perfectlyflat back- ground, devoid of detail. And the easiest way to obtain such a ground is to stretch a bed sheet across a broad doorway between two rooms. It's important that the sheet be tacked up so that all creases and wrinkles are eliminated. Te light up this background, a strong light must be put in back of 'it, about five feet away either cen- tered or placed directly back of the major feature of the picture. You have a wide choice of lamps. You can use a couple of ordinary 60 -watt frosted bulb lamps, a photoflood type or photoflash lamp. Both the photo -flood and photoflash are avail - elate at most electrical or photo supply shops at very low prices. The photo -flood lamp, which gives an exceptionally brilliant white light,. is probably your best bet. Pose your subject about two feet in front of the sheet (on the side away from the lamp). Plant your camera on a tripod or table so that., it is directly on an imaginary line drawn from the lamp, through the sheet and through the subject. The diagram above explains the layout, in the simplest way. When the pic- ture is taken, the light shining through the sheet should be the only light in either of the rooms. About exposures. If you use the. two 60 -watt lamps, you will need, an exposure of about 10 seconds, with the lens well opened; with a photo- flood, a couple of seconds' will suf- fice. Using the photoflash, set the Shutter at "time," turn out alt lights, open the shutter, flash the flashbulb (which gives only an in- stant's vivid light) ,close the shutter -and there you are,. A little practice with silhouettes is worth volumes of instruction. Good silhouettes make excellent, material for greeting cards, book plates, place cards and so on. In making them, you can call all your ingenuity and inventiveness, into play. JOHN VAN GUILDER.