SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1938
The SNAPSHOT GUILD
SOFTEN THOSE SHADOWS!
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEEK-END SECTION
This Was Written By An Englishman In England
Fat Man's CONSCIENCE
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Nerý Novels Village Tale, by John de Meyer (Gollancs, 7. 6.). The tragi comedy of a young man who put his neighbours into a book.
Bring Them Up Alive, by Reg). nald Turnor (Chapman and Hall, 72. d.). In which a sacrifico is offered to educational gods. Big- nkicant
Golden Bondage. by Ivy M. Clayton (Stanley Paul, 78. 6d.}. A young singer and her lover work out their deatiny in a con ventional world,
You Know You Can Trust Mr. by Charles Curran (Cape, 88. sd.). Ucing the story of the rise and, perlapa, decline of a politician,
No harsh shadows on the faces in this picture! The paper makes an excel. lent reflector, allows subjects to face 'AWAY from the sun, not aquint INTO II Try it and scal
WHEN
on advice, "Use a re flector to noften and lighten Aldown," masi suspshooters thlak, "Oh, that in too complicated too much troubla."
As a matter of fact, any whitò or ight-colored surface ent nerve as a reflector, to make shadown soft and full of detail. For instance, look at a BAO reading in reswapper. The newne paper catchen light and Telects 11 into his fucoit is a very good shadow illuminator.
A white spring or summer dress catches light and reflects it to the mubject's face, and under her chin.
A broad while hat brim catches light from the dress, and reducta
it to the subject's forehead,
A white building (aro diagram) can be used as a reflector to lighten the randow side of the person you ara plcturing. A white plenle cloth. aprend in the mun, reflects enough Hght to noften shadows in the faces of all the group around it.
Whenever you are taking pictures at people, especially in sunlight. make sure that the shadows are softened in some fashion. Black nindows under the subject's, eye- browa and none rufu a pleture. Une any sort of reflecting surface -
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white cardboard, white cluth, newn paper, the wall of n white house --
ything handy that will reflect light. It takes only a moment to ar- rango subject or reflector properly. nu Dig pleiure will be immensely Improved.
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SUN RAYS
A white wall will reflect Bight to the shadow side of the face If the subject is placed properly. So will a news
paper, or white sheet. S, subjectą C, camera; R, reflecting surface
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Y nature I am fat and 1dlc.
Each day idleness and conscience battle in my heart; and, truthfully,
I must say idleness generally wins.
So much I ought to do. 80 little I get done-such is the burden of my days.
Take an obvious current ex- ample. I ought to join in the consumer boycott of Japanese goods.
This thing is worth while. If all British democrats turned a face of brass against all Japanese Imports; we could not only hurt Japanese finance sub- stantially-an admirable result as things now are-but we would also demonstrate the power of spontaneous democratic action.
If we made a grand success of this. It would be far easier for us to bring off something much more important next time.
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EMEMBER, it may be necessary al any moment for democrats to act
against some new, aggression abroad, some further surrender here at home.
I can already detect the finger of
way. scorn pointing my "You're a fine one to talk! " you will say. Iam, because by writing these words I have con- vinced myself that conscience inust over-ride idleness about
this boycott. Henceforward I am going to be noisy against Japanese goods.
Will you do the same? I ask most of you. I this because know, are just about as idle as I am.
changes, must
ever remain a
minority I am thinking of the ordinary ones like me, people who like best to go swimming, or out for a drink, or to the pictures, or for a ride when they don't have to work.
We are the ones who are going to decide the future of Britain-merely because there are so many more of us than If we are of any other kind. convinced that we really must stir ourselves into active poll- tics we can move mountains- let alone turn out a Govern- write in and say with ad- ment like Mr. Chamberlain's. mirable warmth-that they are
AT
T this point I can see the serious and ar dent politicians starting
nothing of the kind. I it alrendy.
to
know
They write so helpfully, so freshly, and with such point and zeal, that I am continually amazed. Most of them work at hard, arduous tasks. Yet they take their pleasure in the toll of unpaid political endeavour, often unthanked, generally against their own worldly in- terest. Of such is the King- dom of Heaven.
No. I am not thinking of those who, unless human nature
-To-day's Thought-
IN early days the conscience
has in most
A quickness which in later life
-COWPER.
is lost,
?
KNOW a fair propor- ilon of us vote at elections,
trade belong to unions, the League of Nations of nil Union, and
sorts other bodies. We pay our sub- scriptions with some grumbling, and then sit back, let the others run the show, and accept the benefits they accumulate for us.
At least that is so until a direct thrent is made to some liberty or privilege we think we treasure. When that happens
we are all up on our hind legs shouting. That is why the Sandys case caused more in- Lerest than many no less im- portant political events which preceded it this year.
unless politics Normally, touch us personally and closely,
Girls and Boys' Corner
Address
Name
Dear Kiddien,
BLUE
This is all my own work"
Wong Yung-iting.
Intermediate: 5. A. K. Box. S. D. Rux, 1 am ever so sorry to say a ost
Omar, week's competition was not net correctly. Home Ellis, Peter Kum. Patriein Contatos, Must of you, however, seemed tu realise, Maria Sales, Terene Souza, G. liut the In. "Pig" had been left out, haurence Hecker, Corrienne Bong Sing. so you carried on guessing that "" and Gaz Khan, Fern Ellis, Cynthia Silver. "must inean, "Pig." Thase, however, Gloria Stiva, J. Hardeon. 9. 6. ux. who did not solve the word "g" have 5, F, M. Bik, not been disqualified from the competition) as it was entirely my fault that thin mit lake occurred,
Erle Ho (aged 11), 1.8.1, 324, Paktelam
Hond:
Tommy 1 (nged 7), 43, Roblusun Road: Irmeuit Beltatt (aged 6), £74, Pokfulam Road.
David Asche on 14ppa I'ortallion. Junior entrants, sent in very goud erayon drawings of farms.
Tizin week Kiflies, you. trave
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interesting task of naming five of them from the simple pleture puzzle.
To find the names you must take the irst letter only of each little picture- Unfortunately. I have been unable to reading them hipnight on until you have oblain the Skittles Game promised as a five names. For example, you start it for prize last week. Therefore, I am sending rake, O towl) Sixtool), É (c) and then coupons to Eric, Tammy and Iringart Drum). A (anchor) and so on.
Write the answers in a neal Bat on a
Adet which I want them to bring to the "Hong
your kang Telegraph offices. The coupons postcard or piece of paper. will then be exchanged for money prizes, name, aga and address and also the ent
commended for Excellent pon, and send them to "Uncin Fddle" cra 8pre1nily
Hongkong Telegraph. Wyndham Street, work are the following:
Seniors: Anthony Souza, H. M. Omar, before pin, on Wednesday.
Best of luck, kiddles, Buen
Belly Mo-tak. Andrew Choa, Becker, S. JC, Khon, Walter White, Joyce Fergusson, Pamela Ho, Vivien Pomeroy, Muriel Meffan, Charles Clark, June Mose, Claude Hollands, M. T. Hemedios, Molly Lambert, Pamala Li, Owen long Sling, Legeard Tavares, Joan MacFayden, Young Kit-wa, Winnie Ingram, ito Shuk-chun,
Uncle Eddie
we leave them to the others to get on with. Is that good enough?
I am coming to doubt it. Very much against my will and corn- fort, I am coming to believe that we must all go political, at any rate, for sonic years.
Yes--but what can
do? Once
Government gets elected, there it stays, perhaps for five years, or so it seems. Nothing we do can influence it much or end its career.
П
we
That is what I used to think. But I fear I was wrong. If we all spoke up every day against deals with dictators, caving in to Franco, pretending there aren't any unemployed, and of not shooting planist Chamber- Iain because he's doing his best, things would begin to happen.
?
Ow do I know?
HOW
Be-
cause some years back
you and I believed in the League of Nations as a means of stop- ping war. We also believed in disarmament. If anybody raised themselves against those two ideas we grew annoyed and sald
50.
In consequence, until men like Sir John Simon, Earl Bald- win, Sir Samuel Hoare and Mr. Chamberlain. alded by their foreign opposite numbers, de- bauched and ruined the League of Nations, Geneva kept aggres- slon under pretty firm control.
The only force behind the League was that quaint old thing public opinion-meaning what you and I thought and took the trouble to state pub- licly,
Such a moral force remains much stronger than bombing- tanks und planes, warships,
No guns.
Government can make and pay for guns unless this moral force stands behind it.
Hitler and Mussolini will re- main great forces and terrors in the world only so long as the ordinary people in Germany and Italy support them morally,
on su years,
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ERSONALLY, I do not belleve they will go doing for very many because the result-
ing wretchedness of such con- tinued support will defeat all the propaganda, all the drilling, all the war-like circuses on earth.
But until then you and I must We take up active politics. must prevent poor old Cham- berlain giving to the strong- arm nations, we must revive Britain's former sturdy work for democracy.
Be of good cheer. We have done it before. We can do it ngain, But it is going to be a bit of a nuisance. As I said before, I like to go swimming.
or out for
drink, or to the pictures..
T.D.
Puzzle Corner Answers
to 11 Cryptogram: According publisher. only a person who has! suffered cun write a modern no- vel. Read one, and you can write
one.
A Charade: Rig, Idly-Rigidly. Letter Changing: Think, thick, click,-slick, splek, speck, speak.
How Long Will It Take: 12 4-7 minutes.
Fun With Synonyms: Declsive conclusive; allke identical; humble merk; deep-profound; hybrid-crossed; cholée-superite; valuable-precious; belated-de- Jayed; evasive-shifty; artful- elever.
Inspector Playfair
Solution Carabass had left a perfect set of his finger-prints on!! Dreipner's gold cigar-case. As he denied having seen Dreipner for some days, this evidence of his guilt was con- clusivė.
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·ARE YOU GUILTY?
Of
lleking your Angers when turtains over the pages of a book; someone may have done it before you and quite likely someone wil do it after you. This applies to playing carts, too.
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Of wearing a tall-crowned hat to Die theatre or elnema. Give n thought to the unfortunate person who may have to sit behind you.
getting despondent
over
*
3ilure. Why not try
to analyse your shortcomings; by doing so you will frequently discover a remedy for them?
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Of continually pestering your of house- husband with details hold and private worries the minute he gets in from work.
Of being suspicious of people and their doings; . won't get you anywhere if you are,
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Or minding other people's bust- and prying into their at- fairs. There is nothing quite so interesting and absorbing as looking after one's own affairs and business,
7 of being stubborn and dogmatic in your conversations and deal- ings with people. If you pre, why not try to see the other person's point of view, your relations with people will be far more pleasant it you do.
NOW YOU KNOW.
Answer from Page 2
--One.
2-A headache, 3-Gold coln. 4-Water.
5.60.
6-Guessing game.
7-Cootamundra,
8-Female who has made" a will. 9-North-west,
10-Church of England.
11-IU.
12-Nun out.
13-Scotland, 14-Salt.
15-Battalion-regiment.
16-An animal. 17-A tuxedo.
18-Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 10-Summoned. 20-Golfer.
21-Franco-Prussian war.
22-25 m.jl1. 23-Consignees.
24-The Inst but one. 23-Bird.
~STY BOTH PLAY FOR THE SCHOOL NOW.
IM SO PROUD
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"You have every right to be. Mrs. Evans. I can see a wonderful, improvement since you Look my advice about California Syrup of Figs.
could tell from what you suid that there must be toxin in their sys- tenis. When children ne cross and peevish and lose interest in their food and games, you can be practically sure is an accumulation of poison- ous mailer upsetting their insides. I've seen it so ofteni Just cleanse the system in a safe, natural way, chil dren go ahead like wildfire.
"But do be sure always to give them 'California Syrup of Figs. It's a natural fruity laxative which safely eleanses and purifies the bloodstreain and creates a fine, healthy appetite.
"Keep on with the weekly dose of California Syrup of Fig, Mrs. Evans. a laxative for young and ok. As a matter of fact I use it myself and advise e you to adopt it for the whole family."
Be sure to get the genuine "Call- fornia Syrup of Figs."
"California
Syrup of Figs"
"HATURE'S OWN' LAXATIVE