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CHATS ON PHOTOGRAPHY. 6-HINTS ON INDOOR STUDIES. (By J. O. W.)

HỌNGKONG TELEGRAPH, · NOVEMBER 10th, 1928,

the room were switched off: thus

GREAT ENGLISH NOVELIST.

· APPRECIATION OF Mr. H. G. WELLS. (By Eric Gillott.)

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The Sleeper Wakes" brought to light. Wells' anger at the futility of existing social conditions.

Criticism and Prophecy.

producing shadows on one alde only and emphasising the shape of the fruit. More than one source [of lighting has the effect of giv- Ing a picture a fiatfish appearance. | Ad the' lamp was portable it was projected from different positions,

A year or no before the war In my previous chats about fore the bare mahogany was used, each side, front and directly over-

the photography all Bubjects The background was simply head was tried in turn until the very ominent young literary eritic photographed have been all ready set of dark brown paper placed best apparent position was a little read a brilliant paper before

From this onwards criticism is composed and only waiting for sufficiently far away to be out of overhond, on the right front, Bis- gathering of literary people, and ho few tanee three feet from the centre called it. "The Late Mr. II. G.

The critic refused to ac mingled with prophecy. There is no you to take up, the liest viewpoint: focus. The addition of a but indoor studies open up scope vine leaves brings in a touch of of the basket. It was foumt, how-Wells." for individund creativeness. They variety to break up the monotony ever, the lens intercepted the hwledge the merits of the novels spare here i consider in detail all have to be built up. Here then is of so many spheres; the cutting direct rays of the lamp; a email] and maintained that the early to the writings of this most prolific tribution to English literature. It published in 1938, has a perinnuent an opportunity or passing away of the oranges and the braken black cloth pinned over the latter manges were Wells important con author, but "The War in the Air,

istopped that

The camera was placed rigidly would be interesting to know what value because it shows war as a

would be opinion

to- would disaster, atul nut merely as an incident in the history of the British jon the sigleboard Its If and screen-bla

if he had lived to untion. In all these romances, and jed glass used to ret exact fuens, day

the lavish profusion of, in the volumes of essays such as With cameras not fitted with a sec servened glass the same result can (William Clissold"), and the countless. Anticipations" and "Mankind in be obtained from portrait attach-] "essays 'und articles which Mr. Wells the Making" Me. Wella-ins unde au ment. Open aperture was used has contributed, to the press in realmest entirely successful aftempt to and a time exposure of 25 seconds, Indoor studies in which the "human element" becontes the theme of the subject are a little, more difficult in their staring than the still life studies, That the diffieukies may be overenme, is proved by the Bush:tion of thei Failo mixing their Christmas puding, taken on board a ship'

using with an ordinary camera

of the the ordinary resources abip's lighting. Note that the subject themselves are dressed in white, that a stark curtain hang as a background and a white cloth covered the table. A bunch of holly gives the necessary touch the same purpose, of the season and the pipe is quite hobby when you are at a loose thus making the picture more in- empty, it is just a comforter !!! Two screened 100 candle power end. Inertion evening because teresting.

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pleasant trening

with your nuls serve

we shall cmploy artifelal light The matter of lighting is impor- Imps were used one vach side

and slightly to the front.

Ex-

and as the majority of houses in ant. A single 50 candle power posure was five seconds with open the Colony ure equipped with electric light we will work in that lamp was used, all other Hubts in Aperture.

hasis.

The subjects I, would suggest. for a beginner are what are known in ateste circles us "still fei studies." Flowers, fruits, pottery, statue and silverware: are easily neben ilde and simple to ar- Fange. The illustration shows a dish of fruit and in gond example to show how the vine colours) of Frui. ron; we with each ther when pho'o, cached on ordinary orthoedatie in and aeproduc-1 ed by the bad bow, pyreess,

In romodaction much of the de-! liente pra lation of the ball tones is unfortunately lost, but in the original print the tones are every; thing to be inval. The sub- jeet" was be up on a side heard. A while rover wis dizea;ded as it d branded he ex from the "high in the fruit, iliere

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On the whole, one is inclined to think that he would not feel inclined

II. G. Wells

free himself from conventional and acceptest opinions and has set out to emphasise the incalendable im portance of working out one's own point of view.

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Incidentally he proved himself to h a writer of fantastic fiction, with powers far beyond those of his cou- tempararies. In his short stories ale he displayed the same exuber nnt invention. Here he practises "the jelly art of inaking something very bright and moving it may be horrible or unthetic or fumy, or beautiful, or fosfoundly illuminating, haying only this essential, that it should take from fifteen to twenty

Six ganboats have just been the flagship of the South China. minutes to rend aloud”,Readers i "The Coatry of the Bad, The built or are nearing completion in Command. Der in the Wall" and "The Magic Shanghai for the American Navy: The U.S.S. "Guam" is said to bo̟. Shop," to une saly three anong is believed that they are all of a very efficient and comfortable the same type as the U.S.S.gunboat, but in appearance It many will agree that Wells is un-

"Guum," though Home may be loeg net come up to the type of questionmlly one of our finest short.

the British gunboats, "Tarantula," story writes. He has the knack of larger. immolately attracting the attention and habit it until the close of the

been The above photograph shows (“Pampanga" must the U.S.S. "Guam," "one of the amongst the oldest ships still in new American gunboals recently commission in the American Navy, constructed in Shanghai. The having previously been a Spanish unboat which was seized after U.S.S. "Guam" passed through the Battle of Manila, during the Hangkong recently on its way up Spanish-American war, to Canton and is. likely to be a The U.S.S. "Mindanao," another frequent visitor in Hongkong, as of the new American gunbouts, is it is attached to the South China expected down here shortly to re- Command of the American Navy, place the U.S.S. "Sacramento" or with Canton as its huse port. the US.S. "Asheville," at present

narrative.

The US.S., "Guam" is replacing)"Moth" and "Cicala" which are the U.S.S. "Pampanga" which is at also very well known in long- present in Hongkong, being diakong, and which were bullt in War and saw mantled previous to being towed Britain during the out and sunk by firing practice of factive service in North Russia on the other American war ships, pro-Archangle) and later bably Bear Bias Bay. The U.S.S. Ephrates la Arabia.

THE TENNIS HANDSHAKE,

Position as a Novelist, to alter his estimate,. The profession of letters las may inducements toļ

Mr. Weds position as a novelist or to the well known author who is less easy to stetermine. Nothing is willing to air his views in the can disguise the alertness of his Jume of a newspaper, and it has mind, the ability to find the men - Become the custom for publishers to able phare, and the power to efeate isme in book form work of this kind characters,, ulten dangerously near which was designed in the first place! caricatures. It is difficult to take

(By Kathen O'Bren.) to hold, the attention of the great seriously personages amned Boch on Habits, although one knows public which in necustomed to all that has nomenglature has often

The thing 1 most, admire ini a little intellectual refreshment que gone far beyoul such ercentricities championship tennis, the thing! a week from the pages of its fav

there. A musicini, Buford that seems to me to lift it for a Comite Snaday pappe, Mr. Well Preadire, a parson, Jobling Baynes, moment out of the realm of com- lus always been a visionary;, it is leave us slightly inferetilous. Wepetitive sport and to enlow it with Lover hinu aroong the latter lay are inelived in feel that the author some of the old Hellenie spirit of [prophets, slaves to the weekly đó) is hingelf contemptuous of his own epic heroism, is the handholes creations or of the types from which with which the loser congratulates | and for so many hunted words,

they are taken, sal this makes it the winner at the end of the game.

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I. G: Wells was born on Septem-ient for the sender to believe in bựr Shy 1948, nt. Bromley, where his them. Pully, Hoojdeived, and Kipps parents kept at gempal sloop, doreal triumph over their names by reasom -Well, Baby' fasker, was 4 fathon of their reality. Thy live mul are Kent bowler, who once touk feur as cominging as the old chalatan wickets with scentive balls andhaffery in Late and Me. Lewis

Ponic-Bungay," Five seconds is the limit at setented a new record for first clay, ham" - rd Susan Ponderevo in! which the average person will keep micket. Mis. Wells bail bears in quite still, and to ensure that, it service as a body's minid before he ·| was necessary that they should marriage. Inter she became rose stand comfortably with feet slight-keeper at Up Park near Peterbelic ly apart and their arms resting on seminiz sences of which mansia no the jug and the sides of the basin. war in the early pages at "Pone Note also the eyes are concentrat-Bungay."

don their work. Never expect a person in stare into the lens of a camera for five seconds or you will portray

ize example of manera consciousness.

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As a boy Wells was apprenticed to a draper, first at Winder and after wouds at Southers and then at the Butine age of sisters, he obtained

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On the other hand, must of the anthor's eminent young scientists as worden as the exemplary jernes of nir Walter it. In the novels, which are, in effect, studies of social conditions, Mr. Wells seen sonetithes, to be in the same position as the ereature depicted in ser of the parodies of his work who is try.

In this matter of the splendid handshake at the end of the match

I believe tonals is a sport that is: unique.

I have never heard that the Balsman who has been bowled when wanting one run to complete his century has walked with a smiling face to the bowler and congratulated him on kis brilliant performance, nor that the batsman : who has been given out Lb.w, has run to seize the hand of the umpire.

I do not believe the goalkeeper ing to mop up the mess of the in a game of football leaves his universe with a porket handkerelief; post a moment to pay a graceful He is bemendously concerned alwattribute to the player in the opport Children are good sulupets if the past of ssistant master at Mathis problem or that and his eager, ing team who has just got past him.

in a chair but Granuar Selesel. From the inquiring mind plays upon the sub. ther an emifortably after all the other preliminaries | he won a scholarship at the Norma' jeet with the netivity of a starch- Nikom) of Science, Southeķensington light. The result stimulating tre complete).

which exutbled him for tenos ais B. Sc. provocative, and often 'amusing, but edmination with first class honours, in his auxiety to kot down all that Meunties of these early years are the has to say, the author seeins to found in Love and Mr. Lewisham" have lost sight of the fact that a Personally, I think this courtly. writer of fiction is bound to make an act of the handshake might be, and in the shurt storīds,

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The Fantasins.

I have not seen a golfer who has been defeated, on the nineteenth green wring the band of his op ponent and smile at him his sin- cere delight in losing.

Recollections of the author's child. The architecture of his story. The life, and perhaps revive in our earlier chapters of "Mr. Briting manners some of that grace of lund were not destined to provide 11 Phrough" are an excellent chivalry they seem so sadly to material for his earliest attempts at piture of life in a niet corner of have lost. fetis, but there is no doubt that his war England. Since they were joterest in scientific matters was one written, Mr. Wells has shown an af the rapes of the remarkable ever increasing tendency to allow his series of fantasias with which he novel to take care of itself, while be kegan his literary enreer. Another concentraten upon the criticism of all is to be found in his deep penecup tion with the welfare of mankind In one of his later books he explain his feelings at this time.

"I remember that to me in my boy buat spredation bout the Future

Was a

manner of things that muse his äterest. In "The World.of Willinna lineof" Mr. Wells gave us a three volume presentation of "Clissold's" attitude towards life, and the stream of books continue to flow with un monstrous “jake. Like most abated vigour from his pen. peuple at my generations, 1 war Since the days of the romances launched into life with millenini as.and of "Tono-Bungay" Mr. Wells suugetions. The present sort of has done no finer piece of writing thing. I believed, was going on for than the Introduction to "The Book a time interesting personally, perof Catherine Wells," 'n callegtion of haps but as a whole inconsecutive short stories published after Mr. and then--it might be in my lifetime Wells' death. Simplicity and graphic. For a little after it there would be description are there, and added is trumpets and shoutings and celestina now gentleness, and oun might phenomen, a battle of Armageddon says, an absence of the priggishness and the Judgment....To talk about which disfigures some of the author's the Man of the year Million was, of writings, hut there is no chance now Pater in the fade of this great con that the ull confidest feeling that viriton a whimsien play of fancy. Utopia is round the corner will be The year Million was just as im-recaptured. Mr. Wells has given up tossible, just an gaily nonsensical as his search for the formula that must fairyland..."

be discovered before the all power-

His biological work under Huxley ful Djinn can be released from the en changed all this. "The Time bottle and Utopia is as far off as Machine" was the first of those over.

spirited incursions into the future

which brightened up the rarefied,

nimosphere of the zinoties. The re-

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arkable thing about it in the unholiday sunburnt and proud of

conventional outlook of its youthful his hulging muscles.

anthor who, at the age of twenty-

seven succeeded in getting clear

Away from the conventions of his

"Look at these arma," he said. -

They were certainly in good

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