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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1986.

LIVE a

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live twice over?

This probably sounds like a ques- tion prefacing a treatise on nome ultra-sclentine problem. Actually It is a simple homely question.

True it is prompted by a Latín quotation which I came ncross the other day. It ruun:-

To be able to cajay the recollection of one's just life, this is to live twice over.”

Most of us would like to-if we could control the things we would recollect.

But a good memory is relent- less. It mirrors all the pust. pleasant and otherwise.

Only an artinidint memory" will enable us to pick out the bright spots of days gone by,

The only" artificial memory'

I know is a camera, and so if over you would 11vc twice

Become a photographer or-in that sounds too formidable-n snapshotter.

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Even if you have never a camera before, I can sure you

It is not difficult. Do not expect to become a professional photographer, in five minutes, because that is not necessary.

yone a

I want to persuade you to be

enapshotter, so that you ny have a chance of winning the 0215 of magnificent trophy, or even the smaller prizes, offered in this year's "Telegraph" competition.

Many of you may think that it of have yetĽA to neerunry photographic experience before at. tempting to lift a “plum" and that only pictures from experts win prizes,

This is far from true, for a pro- fessional photographer with many

a DOUBLE LIFE with your Camera

by H. L. SPOONER

This delightful snap and the one on the

right wore submitted in a recent Competi- tion at Home,

years experience confessed to me the other day, when admiring some of the pictures which have won prizes in our competition:--

"Even if I was allowed to enter this competition 1' could never win a prize."

This may surprise you, but there was sound · common-conse in his reasoning. Most of the pictures, he argued, were so simple that he could not think of taking them,

He would strive, he admitted, for

Girls' and Boys' Corner

Learn to Swim Well

No. 4.-The BREAST-CRAWL

you are in a bath or narrow pool as the full name should be. Already there is a good game you can play you have a very important thing to- with some friends, called "Mind the wards the breathing. Shark." It is equally good fun in deep Breathing out under water and tak

or shallow water.

One player tays in the mittle he in tho shark. All the othera dnsă Across from one side of the pool to the other, try- ing to escape, the shark. They can wade, #wr, plunge, or go how ho 3 like.. All those touched by the shark either

drop out of the

ing in fresh breath through the mouth, in a quick

gulp. really the hardest thing about the breast-erty!~=11!10)- bo you should quite used to this by now. So do it each day, but practise arms and legs separately as well.

For the legs, grip the bath-side se that you lie

game or stay in and become sharks face downwards along the surface. themselves, until everyone he been thrash the legs up and down, not too Inst. Ench foot should go down Taught.

about 12 inches, one rising while the Your breast-stroke will be pretty other falls. Only the heels should good by now, and will no longer be show at the surface. Keep the knees using dog-padille much. But you can still and point the feet. Turn the begin to learn crawl, or breast-crawl, tocs in.

Help Kidneys

Don't Take Drastic Drugs Your kidners have nine million ting tube,

ARM PRACTICE

For the arm practice, stand breast- deep and lean forward. One arm [prives back through the water, while the other recovers forward through the air. For the drive, dip the fat hand right in front of the head and send it down ander the body straight and hard. Lift it from the water by

or filters which are endangered by neglect or the side. Turn the palm downward; drastic, Irritating drugs. Beware! If Kidney swing the forearm round till it points trouble ar Bladder wenknees makes you suffer to the front; push the arm forward to From Getting Up Night,

Painfull stretch, All that recovery move- Nervousness, Dizziness, Stiffness, Ithourastiem,

ment must be smooth and fairly quick, Lumbago, Neuralgin, Barnlos. Amarting, Aculty or Lona of Vigour, don't

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health

Itching, Keep on with your plungò practice,

delay. Try the Doctor's new dlacovery called trying to glide a fair way before you Bysterx (Flam-lex), Boother, tonow, cleans, ft your head. Keep the head down and heals alck kidneys. Start work in 25 between the armis as you glide and minutes. Bringa

youth and press the elbows in against the cars. vitality in 48 hours Cretex cosa little and You enn start the crawl leg-thrash ng la guaranteed to end your trouble in 8 days you glide from your plunge. If done or money back. At all chemble.

properly, it will make you travel No. 2 farther.

3 Silver Cups, A "Filmo" Straight-8 Movie Camera, $250 in Cash Prizes

to be won in the

Hongkong Telegraph's 6th ANNUAL AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

something very clever, and would fall because, whilst the result might be photographically perfect, the picture would label itself" pro- fessional'

and would probably inck the unposed charm of a genuine snap.

The result of last year's contest aden proves this. Most Telegraph" renders are familiar with the wonder- ful picture which carried off the prize.

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Who would have said when competition was Inunched that Chinese girl at prayer would be the subject that would carry off the Poveted ford Trophy? Or that a of a little girl in her bath-tub snap would carry off the prize for Section One?

was only because the photo of the little girl was natural and un- posed, full of human appeal, that il immediately aught the eyes of the judges.

What is more important is that it could have ben taken any- where. No beautiful surround- ings were required for a picture of this type.

The story of one year's prizes. winning picture provide anoller moral.

The man who took it submitted it only venuse, he was urged to by his wife. She wanted a new hat!

Think of it! He won beste his wife thought a cash, prize would help her to obtain a much-coveled hat.

And the moral? Do noti stera a critic of your own i -leave the judges to dat The Important thing els

to have your camera with yen : that you never miss an oppil tunity.

Personally, I have seen hundreds of thousands of photograplis, and I am told I must get tired of pictures, but I would rather leave 'half my luggage at home than go away without a comern.

To see a picture and not have a camera is the most distressing experience for any photo- grapher.

A professional golfer or an en- gineer likes to go away and forget his work, but a photographer- professional or amateur--is always looking for pictures.

Ithe Ands one, and is unpre pared, he is a sad, but wiser man.

If you have read this for you will probably ask; "Yea, but what sort of picture is likely to win a Delzez"

the happiest and most affective pictures are the simplest

to be

jects for snapshots are found everywhere.

Photograph your children, your friends and even your

Photograph them at home or on holiday.

pets,

strangers.

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Any one of those anaps may win

Who can tell? You are the only one who can decide if the incident you a prize-and they will help you

to live twice over! or scene before you makes n picture.

But, generally speaking, you may take that the happiest and most effective pletures are the simplest. Unless you are very lucky, a poned picture of, say, a very young batsman in the beach will not be nearly so effective as an unposed picture of that youthful cricketer snapped when he is unaware of

the camera.

I know that the film producer rehearses his cast until sometimes the players are weary, in an effort to make them appear naturut before the camera. But so frow Frupter

fub-

are hot actors,

NOTICE

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SALESMAN SAM

PARDON, MÃSTER SAM, BUT MRS. KRACKER MADE'A MISTAKE IN GIVING YOU THAT BOW AN' ARROW!!

}G'WAN, SHIV-) VIE,OC KID! WHY, THIS IS 'LOTSA FUN!

Name Chart MARGUERITE

Symbol: ubran daucing

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at the entry.

THUS name expressen fidelity, deep feelings and an exalted nature Something very beauti ful and idealkatle, in the way of friendship may be yours if your name is Marguerite,

Your lucky day is Saturday, and your best hours are 3 p.nl. p.m. and the 7th day of rach month will be the luckiest.

And 8

Your colours are dark blue, grey, and purple. They are in harmony with the name of Mar

guerite.

Your lucky gem is the garnet. It gives you strength to hold ani to keep; bell-in-live and friend ship, and your lucky number in eight.

The flower assigned to you is the lovely white saxifrage. Plant

it in your garden of remembrance.

Cooling Drink

DURING the hot weather summer

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1 Showing this is to be easily led

-showing the last word by SKILL

9 Did he return your umbrella? I can see it has begun its travels again, for all that (hidden).

10 Appalled--to find it might be

hallawed?

11 This course upsels the work. 13 A confection calen at the in-

Ride.

15 Style of shoelace not muel: In

use to-day.

16 Hidden in Clue D.

17 You may regard this as beat-

Ing, or bath if you like.

as i

21 What connoisseurs have

matter of course (two words, 0, 0),

eups are most popular. In soni of these long drinks a dash of alcohol is added, but many people prefer non-23 Compact though seldom brief. 27 Certain to take one trick, any- alcoholic beverages.

way.

There is always lemonale, orangende and the various squashes, but if rome- thing slightly different is required the following ingredients make n most delicious cooling drink.

The particular mixture given below may be new to some readers,

114 gills orange juice,

1 dessertspoon lemon juice. 40%, sugar.

1 pint ginger ale

Soda water to taste,

A few cherries,

Method: Strain the fruit juice over

the sugar in a jug, and leave to stand for three to four hours..

Add the cherries, and pour the over the fruit, and add ginger ale sufficient soda water to enliven and blend to taste (about 1 pint bottle), Put a lump of lee into the jug, and 7 | serve at once,

Shivers Plays Safe

HEY, LOOK OUT, SHIVĮ CAN'TCHA ∙SEE BIG CHIEF RAIN-IN-TH'

PAN IS AIMIN' THAT WAY?

28 Though Inden still able to take

anything. 20 Quick.

32 A kinet of hand that clergymen.

enlarge upon

33 This, like a cow, may be salci to a goose with a vegetable growth.

34. The natural colour of len, 35 Friendliness.

I KNOW VERY WELL YOU ARE,

SAR !

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2 When stripped of this a certain Red Indian makes an laterjee- lion,

3 Nothing out of the ordinary.

4 An upper garment,

5 Although this may be salted,

still It is endured.

6 None of us, would enjoy this

ruflon's embrace. Remote (anag.).

8 Done up again only to be cast

CROSSWORDS

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off finally

12 Not unblessed.

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14 Planned to lake wood at first,

-but-was-anticipated.

15 Hidden in Clue 9.

18 Loud, and scarcely in good

taste.

19 Not much of a week-end, you

know.

20 Put away. 22 Tight

24 Feminine

in "Don character Giovanni" and "Masantello."

25 This circle does not extend a

warm welcome to anyone.

20 What a fo-do! Note the centre

forward,

27 Taken in hand by the bank

cashier.

un-

30 Any tollowing given this

pleasant organism is on the Con- Uncut. 131 Hidden in Clue 9.

Yesterday's Solution. TEEM INGEBLOATED HALOCARNESE

E, DRAUGHTSMAN

MM? WHIPPED A A LIGHTETE STRRAH LENNANG NUBST NELLIE BETTIC

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THATS WHY I DEEM IT THE SAFEST.

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