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The Clinton News Record, 1934-11-15, Page 3THURS., NOV. 15, 1934 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD: PAGE a' What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING TORLAST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record, Nov. 14th, 1894: Mrs.' B. Sheppard, who was so sev- erely injured, in a runaway accident a few weeks, is so ,far recovered that she was able to leave Goderieh by the steamer Monarch on Saturday .for her hone at Sault Ste. Marie. Last Monday Messrs. R. and J. Ransford shipped from here 80 heads of choice export steers and James Fair, Sr., 20 head, direct to Glasgow. The average weight would be between 1,400 and 1,500 pounds.. The price has been so very low that these gen- tlemen decided to . handle the stock themselves. Two well known farmer residents of a neighboring township met near Gilroy & Wiseinan's : corner on Mon- day morning. The one jostled the other and this resulted in a blow frons a whipstock. For lack of a name we will say that John Smith umpired the set-to as the contestants were striking out one for the other. Better counsel, however, , soon pre-. veiled. Before the Chief got onto the rachet several blows were struck and blood drawn. But the trouble was amicably' adjusted and the disputants were persuaded to seek peace rather than bloodshed. Last Tuesday evening a delegation of two from each of the four Young Peoples'' Societies in town met in Mr.. Foster's office and decided to form a union to be known as "The Clinton Young Peoples' Union" The first meeting will be held on the first Fri- day in January in the Ontario street. church and the organization commit- tee will recommend the following officers for 1895: President, Mr. Hor- ace Foster; 1st vice: Mr. J. B. Iloov- er; secretary -treasurer: Miss A. Tay- lor, also that the presidents of "" the several societies be vice-presidents. An invitation is being extended to the societies at Holmesvlle and Turners and as new soceties are formed they will be cordially received. An inter- esting programme is now •being pre- pared for the opening meeting. The Prince of Waleswas53 years old on Friday, (That was the grand- father of the present Prince of Wales, the late King Edward' VII. Our Prince was 40 last June, so time flies.) The solitary prison at Kingston penitentiary was opened on Thurs- day. (Is this the black hole we heard so much about a couple of years ago?) Mr. Thos. Beacom of Goderich. township will shortly move to Clin-' ton and take up his residence in the comfortable cottage he owns on On- tario street. While Mr, J. C. Stevenson was re- turning from the Ontario street church last Sunday evening he bad the misfortune to slip and fall op- posite the old Royal hotel. The re- sult. was that one of his legs was bro- ken above the ankle. To The Editor of The News -Record: Sir:—Please correct the statement made by your Ho]mesville correspon- dent in your last week's issue that Fred Elford was taking a dairy course at the. Guelph college to pre- pare himself for a position in the pro- posed cheese factory here. Such i5 not the case. He has gone there to complete his three years' course, which is not a dairy course and even if it was he would not think of en- gaging here. -H. Elford. Holenesville;--The village cows are fond of cabbage, a large number hav- ing been consumed by them, to the chargin of the cabbage -growers.' About 20 cattle were impounded here one day last week. The animals were, however, soon released and da- mages paid. From The New Era, Nov. 16th, 1894: Business men should not leave poul- try exposed at their doors after dark, it is a temptation for them to disap- pear. MIs. Coats has rented her house on Queen street to Mr. John : Medd. of Hallett, who purposes returning to town. The melancholy days have come, with .snow and slush galore; some Clinton streets are buried 'neath half' foot of inud or more. Jackson Bros. sold a big bill of clothing to the Guy- Brothers, min- strels. Just a year ago a pet Pug belong- ing to Miss Murray unaccountably got lost and all efforts to find it failed. The other day, very much to her joy :and surprise the dog came home; it had evidently .been kept in confine - remit, as a cord was attached to its •,neck. There are .fifty-four telephones in use in town now, and the service was never better .. Mr. Combe, druggist, is putting in one of these useful in- struments this week, which will make 65 in town. When Nature made up her bed last Friday night a beautiful, snowy coun- terpane accompanied the mantle of darkness,` and announced the, silent advent of winter: Saturday and Sun- day it also Snowed lightly,' yet enough to . make passible sleighing and on Monday a number of sleighs were out., The residence of Mr. John Joy was the scene of a joyous wedding on. Wednesday evening when his eldest daughter, Minnie, was married 1 Mr. Janes Castles, by Rev. J. W. Holmes. Miss Etta Agnew and Mr. Amos Castles acted as bridesmaid and groomsman{ respectively ... Mr. Cas- tles, although a Clintonian, has re- sided in Ontario,. Cal., and, with his bride, expeots to start for there on Monday. The Reformers added twenty-five names to the voters' list at the Stan- ley township courtofrevision and the Conservative 'fifteen.' It is currently reported that Mr. John Beacom will again make a dash. for the reeveship in' Goderich town- ship at the coming election, in oppo- sition to Mr. Cox, who is again in the field...: It is not likely that there will be any opposition to 'Mr.' Sturdy as deputy reeve. Constance:—The sad news reached here Tuesday that Mr. Robt. G. Hall, son of the late Mrs. Hall, Constance, had been killed in Toledo, Ohio, on Monday. * ?IF WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG Pram The News -Record, Nov. 18th, 1999: Successful anniversary services were held in the Baptist church on Sunday when Rev. T. T. Shields preached two powerful sermons to interested audiences ... Mrs. Hoover. and Mlss Watts rendered a duet very effectively at the morning service and Mrs. Hoover contributed a solo at 'the evening service. Mr. W. Walker furnished two houses from top to bottom in'Seaforth last week. The Local Optionists have rented what was formerly the Masonic hall for a committee room. From present indications the coming contest will be a quiet one. The Young Men's Bible Class of Ontario street S.S. met last Sunday when the following officers were ap- pointed for the conning year: President: Harold -Pickett. Secretary: Arthur Trick. Treasurer: Frank Tyndall. 1st Vice: J, Mair. and Vice; R. Fisher. 3rd Viee: R. Plumsteel. Librarian: G. Cornish. Reporter: L. Welsh. The social evening of the League of Ontario street church last Monday evening was a decided success. A large number of members and friends were present and all' reported a good time. The program consisted of a piano duet by Misses Effie Jackson and Emma Plumsteel; a reading by Miss Cuningliame; two duets by. Mas- ters Charlie and Fred Thompson, sol- os by Mr. R Downs, reading by Miss Wiltse and a dialogue by a number of young ladies. Homemade candy was served at the conclusion of the program. The hunters returned home last Friday night from the Algoma hunt- ing grounds. Four deer were shot, Dr. Fowler, Chad Clew, James, Howe and Walter Cole being credited with bagging the game. One of our prominent citizens made an unexpected visit to Goderieh last Friday night. He was returning from Toronto but when the train reached Clinton he was fast asleep and the first thing he knew the brakeman called out Goderich.' 04 course he could not think of staying all night for if he did the mistake would leak out and his friends would, never let him hear the end of it. So be hired a 'rig and about three in the morning a tired and sleepy man drove into town. It is now rather dangerous to ask him how he enjoyed his drive from, Goderich. Miss I. J. MacDougall, B.A., has been engaged as teacher of modern languages at. the Collegiate in succes- sion to Mr. E. E. Ball, who goes to the ,Hamilton C.I. From The New Era, Nov. 18th, 1909: Rigs will leave the town hall for Holmesville tea meeting on Monday evening next. The old water tank hi front of the town hall, which had been built by Mr. Wim. Harland over forty years. ago, is being filled in this week. The New Era hopes the December session of the County Council will arrange with Clerk Lane to have clear, type written copies of the County Council minutes and reports supplied to the newspapers of the'. county. immediately following the session. The pie social put on by Willis church Young People proved to be quite a success on Monday evening. Miss Watt acted as chairman. A solo was rendered by Miss Barbara Mc- Iver, a duet by Miss Goodwin and Mrs. Campbell and a recitation by Miss McAllister. An excellent lunch' was served after the program. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING INTEREST ON FARM MORTGAGES Once considered the best security in ,the world, a farm mortgage now goes begging. No one who has money to lend is` anxious for it for the simple reason that with the pre- sent-day prices of farm' products and high taxes, it is practically impos- sible for the mortgagor to pay in- terest on the mortgage to say noth- ing of reducing the principal. It is said that of the 200,000 regu- lar farms in Ontario that one-half of them are mortgaged. This is a condition which did not obtain fifty years ago. Why did it not obtain then, and why does in now? No one, can answer the question so well as the farmers themselves. It is now said that the Government may pass an act which will reduce the interest on all farm loans to five per cent. This would greatly assist the farmers and it leads us to won- der why the man in business, strug- gling along, might not he assisted too. The interest now paid those who have money to invest, in the savings banks, or on bonds, is altogether too Iow, while the interest charged to any farmer of business man, when he wants to borrow money, IS alto- gether too high. —Pembroke Sttndard-Observer. THE FOWL SUPPERS OF THE FALL Ile was a stout old chap, with ap- petite and other accessories to match. His face is seen at church' some- times, but he was at the fowl supper in the basement in spirit and in truth. After he had asked and got two ex- tra helpings of roast goose, potatoes, salad and dressing and filed away two pieces of pie he leaned back with a satisfied air and stated that he al- ways liked to come and givehis sup- port to a good cause. His contribu- tion to the "cause" was thirty-five cents. Fowl, suppers in our churches are over for the season. There is usually a fine social atmosphere about them, particularly in the country churches, where the town people go in crowds to enjoy country hospitality, renew old acquaintances and to make new ; ones. Most of them would gladly pay a dollar, all would pay seventy-five cents, and this would make the ef- forts and sacrifices of the women of our country churches more gratify- ing, if not n'iore remunerative in a personal way, but in the way of something earned to help keep the churches up. As things are the people donate the fowl, also the potatoes and dressing, likewise the salads and the pies. Then they go and pay thirty-five or forty cents each for the privilege of eat- ing their own donations --after the guests have been served and have de- parted. Like it? Of course we do. But we do not want these people to simply be the goat. We do not, real- ly. The saving grace of the fowl sup- per, beside the bargain, of it is the sociable side. We like to go and meet old friends in the country, at the church. Then too it helps the finances of the church. After all, that perhaps is the chief objective of the fowl suppers. -Listowel Standard. EDITOR IS BOTHERED If only there weren't sa many peo- ple pestering and boring everybody else with a lot of silly opinions about a lot of silly subjects that nobody really cares two hoots about anyhow —including nine-tenthsof the cur- rent state of Europe! .-,--Vancouver Province. LOCAL OPTION IS SUSTAINED In a vote which took place in Blen- heim last Tuesday the efforts toward doing away with the Local` Option question, did not materialize and in- stead of obtaining the three-fifths majority required to repeal it, the "wets" were 88 votes short of hav- ing an even break. —Ridgetown Dominion. * SMALL, BOY BREAKS ARM. Arthur, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Green met with an unfortunate accident on Tuesday of last week. While enjoying a sleigh ride at his home he fell, breaking his arm above the wrist, the bone was found to be protruding through the flesh. While the little chap has suffered a good deal he is resting more comfortably now, : and many sympathetic friends hope for a speedy and complete recovery. —Wingham Advance -Times. * * * DEER AMBLE THROUGH TOWN An item of interest which we fail- ed to hear about until after last week's issue was off the press, con- cerned two deer, supposedly a doe and her fawn, which was 'quite a size. The pair entered the village from the west and crossing the foot bridge at Alton's, proceeded up the back street to the Presbyterian church where they calmly looked ov- er the scenery and then proceeded' on to Treleaven's mill pond which they swam across and struck off for the woods to thenorth east. •Lucknow Sentinel. gY'* GOAT. GOT TEACHER'S GOAT A billy goat belonging to Amos Reeves went on a rampage last week, He saw hisshadow on the big kit- chen window of the Reeves home and , inunediately charged through the glass toland op all four in the kit- chen. Next he made his daily visit to the school yard next door. Not- icing an automobile, owned by the teacher, Miss Wreathe, Laing, he climbed to the roof but it wouldn't upport his weight and he crashed t through. Hunting for his goat, Mr. , Reeves asked the teacher, "Who's got my goat?" and the reply was "Your goat got my goat." . --,Milverton Sun. HOW FORDWiCH GOT IT'S NAME The following explanation as to how this village came to be named Fordwich was narrated: to us by Mr. William Gibson the past week. As Mr. Gibson has a keen recollection of the pioneer days in this community, his statements may be regarded as accurate, even` though this .incident took place about 70 years ago: "For some time after the town started it had no name. The post of- fice was called I.isadel, but the town was the Town plot of Siowick, In 1864 or '65 (I do not remember the date) there was a meeting called of the men of the town to choose 'a name for it. Several were proposed, but Joseph Cowan, a little Irishman' who kept a general store in the building burned where Radford's har- ness shop was located, told of a town in Ireland situated- similar to this,. between two hills, and it was said that the witches used to jump from one hill to the other, so they called it Fordwich. A vote wee taken that the Town Plot also be named Ford- wieh, and a petition was Sent to Par- liament asking that the postofice name be changed. This was granted, so that is how the town got its name. I can name most of those who were at the meeting—.Thos. Wilson, J. J. Sweetman, Thos. Campbell, James 1Vlatthews, sr., J. Danger, J. Spinks, 11. Newton, Mr. Noise J. Driver, 3. F. Flood, Lige Thomas, Sam Sotheran, W. James, T. Gibson, A. Mitchell and myself, and I believe 1 am the only one living today teat was at the meeting. So I have seen some changes in town.' ' —Fordwich Record. U •GODE'RICH: Struck by a pick in the hands of another worker, Russel Bishop suffered painful injuries at the Goderich Salt Co. Works. The men were engaged in loosening up salt from a pile when Bishop got in the way of the other man's pick. His left hand was pierced and ten stitches were required to close the wound. GODERICH: Winners at the an- nual dance, "500" and euchre of the Canadian Legion, a successful and largely attended Armistice Day ev- ent, were: "500", Miss Id. Tobin and W. R. Bell; euchre, Mrs. Id. Sutcliffe and W. Barbour; Mrs. Alex Colborne won the lucky chair prize. In the "draw," the winners were: E.. C. Rob- erton, cedar chest; William Moore, auto robe; Mrs. J. Hussey, cord of wood; Charles Thomas, set of tire chains; Geo. McLeod, $2.00 bread tickets; Hugh McGuire, cushion; J. J. McEwen, pair overshoes; 1Vfr. Eisen- bech, of Grand Bend,'kiddie ear; Geo. , Allison, a shaving set; Mrs. A. Atkin- son, tie. 'The draw was concluded by Lt. Col. Sturdy, Major Jane and J. W. MacVicar, A prize was given to V. C. Dennison for sealing the most tie- kets, 103. b* SEAFORT44: There was a record attendance at the euchre and dance held in the O W V.A. rooms, under the auspices of the Seeforth Highlanders' Band. Winners of the most games: R. G. Harke; lone hands, J. J. Hug- gard; ladies' first, Miss Mona Sills, ladies' lone hands, Mrs. Foster 13n - nett. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. Lunch was served during 'intermission. SEAFORTH: The 676 anniversary of First Presbyterian church, Sea - forth, was celebrated Sunday. Rev. Donald Mackay of St. George church, London, moderator of the •Hamilton and London synod and one of the out- standing ' men of the Presbyterian Church, conducted the services and delivered interesting and helpful ser- mons at both services. The choir, un- der the leadership of M. R• Rennie,. presented special numbers including two anthems and a male quartette by Messrs, James T. Scott, G. F. Hanley, D. L. Reid and M. R. Rennie. There was a capacity congregation at the evening service. Among the worship- pers there were many friends from the neighboring congregations. A fineprogram consisted of an anthem, Mrs. W. A. Wright, Mrs. J. A. Munn, and. Mrs. D. L. Reid taking the solo parts and a male quartet. Monday evening the ladies of the congrega- tion served an old time hot fowl sup- per with an attractive musical pro- gram following promptly at eight o'clock inthe church auditorium. IIENSALL: The funeral of Mrs. John Henry Petty of the Township of Hay, about three miles northwest of 'Hensall was held from the home with interment in the family plot at Exeter. She was 75 years of age. Three daughters survive, Mrs. Leroy Siddall, Denfield, and Misses. Nora and Floris at home, and one son, James Petty. Her husband died a number of years ago. The funeral service . was conducted by Rev. M. B. Parker, of Hensel, . and the pall- bearers were all relatives. Wm. J. Petty, W. 81 Butt, Robert Deyman, Chas. Hayman, :Gordon Oke and. Frank Shere. *ah_ WINGHAM: Mrs. J. H. Childs, of London, first vice-president and sec- retary of the W.M.S. of the London Conference Branch, occupied the pul- pit :in the United Church on Sunday week, when the ladies of the W. M.S. were in charge of the service. The members of the Evening Auxil- iary were in charge of the ushering. and the members of the C.G.I.T. as- sisted the senior members with the choir music with Miss Tena Reid pre- siding at the organ. Miss Jean Chris- tie was the soloist for the occasion, WINGHAM: On Saturday at noon hour, Billie Orvis, 4 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Orvis, Low- er Wingham, had a most unfortunate accident. He was playing about the car in front of the house when he jammed his left hand between the door and the body bf the car cutting his third finger off between the first and second joints.—Advance-Times. i DUNGANNO'N: Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Taylor of Rockwood, Ont:, an- nounce the engagement of their old- est daughter, Dorothy Helen, to Mr. La Verne B. Pentland of De- troit, oldest son of the late Alex. Pentland and Mrs. Pentland of Dun- gannon, Obit. The wedding will be late in November, BLYTH: Mr. Jas. Dodds has re- ceived official notice of his appoint- ment as Clerk of the 12th Division Court. Mr. Dodds is one of the old residents of Blyth having resided here most of his life, being in busi- ness for a long time. Ile is highly thought of by the people in general, being strictly honest and reliable and is well qualified to fill the position, If the axe had to fall, we do not. know of a more capable man (on the Liberal side) for the position. Ile has served the town as Councillor and Reeve and is an elder in St. Andrews' Presbyterian church. —Standard. BLYTH: Mr. Leslie Hilborn, who has been running the Flour Mills here for a great many years, but who has not been enjoying the best of health for some considerable time, and not feeling strong enough to continue in the hard work of the rYiill, so decided to dispose of same, which he did last week to Mr. Irvine Wal- lace, who has been employed at the i Miil for some years and is well liked by the farmers in this district and : should be able to hold the Iarge trade which this mill enjoys, if not increase j it. Mr. Wallace took possession Last week and it isour sincere wish that 1 he may have the best of success. Ile 1 has engaged Mr. John McGee as his. assistant. NO have not heard what Mr. Hillborn's intentions are, but. we sincerely hope that he may find some lighter business in our midst and .continue as one of our residents as he has won the respect of.Elyth and vicinity ` as a trustworthy, hon orable man and fafthfull in all he undertakes. --Standard. GODERICH: Justice J. C. Makins. was the guest of honor at a banquet held, in Hotel Bedford by the mem- bers of the Bar Association of Huron County. Fifteen barristers were pre- sent, L. E. Dancey,President of the Association, was chairman and intro- duced ntroduced Justice Makins to the gather- ing. A toast was proposed by the chairman to the King, then to the guest. of Honor. The latter tomb was seconded by Judge Costello, who. proved an entertaining speaker. Mr.. Makins was congratulated by -those present en his recentappointment to the bench of tho Supreme .Court, of Ontario. I'l.' IS UP TO THE PUBLIC (Small Ca Column in Mail and Empire.) It' you have heard this before it is too late to sten us, for the paper has already gone to press, as you will see by a' glance at the date line. Any- way, can people hear things to their advantage too often? Shortly after the Stevens' investigation had begun we met an old skeptic who asked us if we ,thought anything would conte of it. To this we replied that some- thing, the most important of possible things, had already come of it: The people had been informed. We think this ought to be emphasized in view of the suggestion that many of the commercial malpractices revealed are not within the power of the Canadian Parliament to heal. Public Can Cure IIIc That ought not to be important, and we think a tremendous mistake is made if we cultivate the habit of expecting some new laws to cure our ills. What laws do people need to protect themselves against buying where unfair labor conditions exist? Ali they need .do is refuse to buy. What law is needed to drive away custom from stores which persis- tently give short weight? Do the people actually` need a bonus or re- ward for remaining away from such stores? Surely common sense and self-interest will indicate that they ought to deal with stores that deal fairly by others. If they do not. no laws will avail to save them from the consequences of their own folly. Unmasked While the work of the committee generally associated with the name of the former minister of trade and commerce is not completed, it will be completed in its essentials when per- sons accused of unfair practices have had their chance to answer their as- emers. After that the people can an - ply their own eure, even if parlie- inent finds itself unwilling or unable to clo so. The newspapers have given and will give the facts, and the im- portant facts are those given in evi- denee, not the remarks of the mom mittee or" subsequent speeches in the House of Contemns. Perhaps a few laws or the tightening of existing laws will be useful, but generally speaking when the people have the facts their will can be more effective than any Laws. HERE'S A SUGGESTION Gallant Occupant of Baby Cas •- "Can I do anything to help you" Lady in Super Liinousine—" Well,. if you have time to spare perhaps you would drive 'round to the back, of my car and bring the spare wheel to me." THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LEGISLATURE The life of the legislature of the province was extended by the last legislature from four to five years, but that legislature wrongfully, as we think, took advantage of its own act to prolong its own life for a year. The five-year legislature is now lawfully established. The last legis- lature was elected for a four-year period. 'This one has been elected for a five-year period. It should, we think, be the duty of s. legislature to serve its full period unless the administration is defeated in the House. To make the system sound, sym- metrical and democratic the general elections should occur at a given five - year date and on a given date after• the general elections, giving suffi- cient time for e new administration to establish itself, the legislature, should meet so that a new legislature could give its ,support to a new ad- ministration. The iunior is that the new Ontario legislature may not meet until March.. If a Liberal government, were over thrown and its Conservative succes- sors were to let nine months go by. while the government of the province - was carried on by order -in -council' we could understand but not condone, it. It would be in line with the idea that. the enlightened few know bet- ter than the unenlightened litany what ought to be done, but LiberaI' conceptions, as we have always known then:, do not countenance any- thing 'of nything'of this kind, and the Liberal party in now introducing this pi'ac-• rice niay have 'reason to regret it in time to come..' We venture the hope that the legis- lature under the leadership of Mr. Hepburn will fix a definite five-year date for provincial eletcions-.except in the case of a party defeat in the. Douse—and that there shall go with - it a fixed date when the legislature shall meat. An administration left- too efttno long without a legislature might think it needed none, Toronto Daily Star - A DAILY ENEMY I am more powerful than the eons-. biped armies of the world. I have destroyed more men than all the wars of the nations. I am mare deadly than bullets, and' I have wrecked mare hones than the'm.ightiest siege guns. I spare no one, and I find my vic- tims among the rich and poor alike, the yomzg and old, the strong and weak. Widows and orphans know me. I loom up to suchproportions that I east my shadow over every field of labor, from the turning of the grind- stone to the moving of every railroad train. I massacre thousands upon thous- ands of wage-earners in 'a year. I lurk in unseen places, and do most of my work silently. Yoa are warned against me but you heed not. I ant relentless, I am everywhere—dn the house, on the street, in the factory, at railroad crossings, and on the sea. I bring sickness, degradation and death, and yet few seek to avoid Inc. I destroy, crush and maim; I give nothing, but take all. I am your worst enemy. I ate carelessness. VERSATILE "Almost every man can find work. if he uses his brains,' asserted the - man who had travelled a good dean— "that is, if he has the ability to ad- apt himself like the piano -tuner t once met in the Wiest. "'Why I said to nim, for we were in a wild, unsettled country, 'surely piano -tuning can't be very lucrative. here? I should imagine that pianos. were not very plentiful in this re- gion." "No, they're not,' said the piano tuner, 'but I make a pretty fair in- come by tightening up barbed-wire fences!'" —Ex. clieSNAPSROT CUIL ANIMAL PICTURES %• ,'v t0i6t ash"AA VA t n:sets .Iasi • Although this snap was made in a zee, It taker avoided the sho ANIMALS —from household pets to jungle giants—afford ideal snapshooting. For animals don't pose; they are always entirely nat- ural and, as a result, interesting. Next to babies, they are the finest "actors" in the world for the simple reason that they do not "act". To get good pictures of any ani- mal the first essential is patience. It is quite possible that the family dog will stand up obligingly for you on command, but in picturing all other animals you'll find it necessary to wait for the picture you want. And this brings us to the question — what do you want in an animal picture? Ten or fifteen years ago there was a great fad for picturing kittens in all sorts of outlandish poses. The poor little tykes were dressed up, propped up, and photographed as though they were puppets in a ma- rionette show. To most people, how- ever, pictures of animals as they really are have meet). more appeal. You will probably prefer to snap a kitten as it plays with a string or a dog wrestling with a big stick. Domestic animals, of course, offer few real camera difficulties, for you can get them to come where the light is right. Open shade, et a bright day, will be found best. .As has all the "feel" of reality, because the. w189 of bars or barriers. for shutter speed (if your camera. has variable speeds), you'll need. 1/25th of a second or faster, to catch. fleeting poses and expressions. Un- less the light is exceptional, better work with the Lens wide, open. To snap less controllable animals —squirrels, birds and such—you'll need greater patience and cunning. Much depends on background and on your distance from the subject._. At morethan ten feet, for example, a squirrel becomes almost invisible unless it is sharply revealed on a branch, with the sky for back- ground. Obviously, you'll need to. use a fast shutter; squirrels move too swiftly for slow snaps. The zoo can be a happy hunting ground, too. In many eases, you'll be able to shoot through, or over the bars of cages, obtaining clear, unob- structed snaps. In zoos where "nat- ural" settings for the animals have been built, you can get pictures com- parable to those that Martin joint - son and Frank Buck travel months. to find. Use a modern, color sensitive. film. You'll need all the detail youe can get and the utmost in color value rendering. Otherwise you'll find your picture of a cinnamon bear looking very much like one of a black bear. JOHN VAN GUILDER.