1939-05-13 — Page 11

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEEK-END SECTION

SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1939.

The SNAPSHOT GUILD

B.

K S

OF THE

WATER POEMS

An episode in an ematour photographer's pictura Odyssey of the travels of water. Exposure 1.22 at 1/25 second.

Ti moods of water, tumbling, waters stilled at even." Foam at the bubbling, gushing, sponting, prow of a careening yacht or la dashing, splashing, trickling, roll- churning wake over the stern depicts ing, rippling, dripping, glad, angry, the poetry of motion."

Vornes may to Illustrated. "Where smooth, rough, Bereur, praceful, make adjectives for poets. For the the breaking waves daal high on amateur photographer with any a stern and rockhound coast" is a poetry in his soul whatever, they place for photographs of one of make themes for beautiful pictures water's most inspiring moods, and und the subject of a delightful pic- then, from the hilltops "there is not Is the wide world a valley so sweet, Lure hobby.

Endless are your opportunities for making delightful photographs of waler scenes. But there's a trick to succesati water photography. It'n largely a matter of shooting no that the plctured water bas, the right "feel" or texture.

We know of one amateur photogan that vale in whose bonom the rapher who used his camera to pie bright waters meet." ture the xrand elrelo water makes In its journey from land te ara to the clouds and back to the land again. This picture ople of water began with a photograph of a tiny woodland spring, then pletures of a rivulet, a brook, a river, a mightler river with

For example, it's possible to shoot its waterfalls and entarsels, the bay through which I flowed into the spray too fast, so that it has a hard. orens, the ocean tiaelf, a cloud and brittle look, thereby loxing its essen- sunbeam picture over the ocean, tial sense of movement. On the thus picturing water being caught other hand, rippling water should up for fin return journey, and finally ba shint fast enough so that the rip ples are distinct, each with its own TRiD.

highlights.

Another print is lighting. Choose the angle that given you iho max). mum "texture," the clinracteristic interplay of light and shade. No one can tell you exactly how to go about! this: a little experimenting will tell you better than volumes of words. ut keep this in mind. Any fair-sized

This tile far from exhausts the posalities of pnotic water pic tures, especially when human 1 terest is added. The majestic sweep of water over Niagara Falla is a poem in itself but a honeymooning pate in the foreground adds romance, A fair swimmer in clear water on which sunshine is shimmering cre- ates a poetic pattern of te and body of water reflects a lot of light. Bght A pseudo-moonlight pleture Your exposures, therefore, can bo over a placid lake of a youth and a faster or, preferably, your "stop" maid in a canoe (a slot Into the smaller than for a comparable sum- acting gun with a small lens open mer landscape. Ing) gives a poetic mund to "thel

MYSTERY

WE newspaper men are not olien the dauntless trackers-down of criminals that American detective "atory writers-would- Iave you think.

Maybe they are in the States, where the police let them do things which we should go to prisen for here,

Taking full advantage of that happy state of affairs, Geoffrey Homes has sel his reporter the task. In The Man Who Didn't Exist (Eyre and Spolitis. woode. Tn. Bd3, of clearing up the mur der-if il 15 murder of a mystery novel writer whose identity nobody knows.

And a most agreeably exciting nar- rative it is.

John Stephen Strange makes a news

in photographer his sleuth Rope Enough (Collins, 78. dd.) and tangirs him up with polillent gangster elny inga.

Here again you have various other murders thrown in for full measure. together with a managing, editor who must hold the world record for telling his stuff turn in pletures as and when they wish.

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Ellery Queen completes an American trilogy of 1s The Four of Hearts (Gollancz, Ta. Gd.) one need say only that it presents Hollywood as more fanlastic even than its fantastic self -a considerable feat.

You'll be sorry to hear, by the way, that the hitherto superhuman Ellery is apparently due to marry shortly. They all do it now. But I suppose it will in due course ensure another generation of little detectives.

P. E. 11.

John van Guilder

Christ and the Square Deal

CHRISTIANITY AND ECONOMICS By Lord Stamp (Macmillan, S.).

HE President of the Midland Railway has found time to write another book on Chris- tianity and present-day problems.

reviews Tu a le volume he Christian statements which have in recent years been offered as guidance In a troubled world.

The theme of these statements and Lord Stamp's own comments is the problem of organising society to enable the individual to lend the good life.

Lord Stamp sets out all the points, Christian and economic, with a pre- cision and tabulation which would do credit to any tidy student and would earn good marks for extensive read- ing and mumerous quotationa

But no one would accuso Lord Slamp of being inspiring.

parson He thinks economist and should join hands in making the good society, but he rather leaves them lo work out the problem for themselves after having enumerated most of the difficulties

Meanwhite he seems happily con vice that the Kingdom of Heaven can quite certainly be reached via the House of Lords and the directorate of any large company.

V. J. B.

He almost proves it.

MYSTERY

i always pleasant-and unfortunately rare-to discover a Iba

Warren, who does so well with Murder from Three Angles (Heine- mann, 7s. 6d.) that ha,must be put near the top class.

It is a tale of the fate of a blackmailer, told superbly. by the not very easy method of employing three narrators.

You may anticipate the climax, but that won't spoil your plea- sure one jot. Look out for more from Mr. Warron,

Read David Winser's Time to Kill (Longmans, 78. 6d.) for somá nicely acid writing and acute touches of observation rather than for anything new on its subject, euthanasia or mercy murder, and you will not be disappointed.

Mr. Hyde (Chapman and Hall, 78. 6d.), by Hugh Arnott, is ne of the fow thrillers I feel called on to mention, not because, of anything now in its thwarting-a-Dictator plot, but because of A freshness in its treatment and a pleasing literacy in its writing.

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CHINA Struggles for Unity, by J. M. D. Pringle (Pedguin, 6d.); It hardly seems possible that the whole setting of the Chinese war can be given in 150 brightly written pages. Yet that is what this book docs. There are 24 fascinating maps by Marthe Rajch-

P. E. H.

man.

Black Man's

Burden

EMPIRE OR DEMOCRACY?

By Leonard Barnes

(Gollancz, 75. d.)

Reviewed by Will Shebbeare

ow often, do you remember

Hthat you control the greatest

colonial Empire in the world? You, if you are a British subject and over 21, are responsible as a. voter for the welfare of the 400,000,000 people In India and the colonies. In your name they are governed,

Well, how atand?

does your name

Here are a few facts about your Empire taken from this excellent new book by Leonard Barnes:-

In no tropical African colony do more than a h of the children go to school.

In Nigeria, out of every 1,000 babies born 200 die before their first birthday, In Northern Uganda, 250. In Kenya, 400, In England, 50.

Waycs in African colonica are often an low as 10s. a month 238. Gu.

a month is a very good wake.

a

In British East Africa the average cash income (ie, apart from home- grown food, etc.) per family is year. Of this 41 goes in paying hut tax and poll Lax,

Buch in the burden placed on the The black man by the white man. white man genernity Jusliites himself by saying he is educating the black man for self-government,

But, Bays Leonard Barnes, the oppo- aite is the truth. Bince the war free speech, free Press, and trade union rights have been drastically curtailed, not expanded.

Now Leonard Barnes is not, as some people might like to suggest. eating doctrinaire. He has served on hሲዛ the Colonial Office staff and worked in many different parts of Africa.

He does nol paint colonial adminis trators as pocket-Hitlers. He paints iliem as good, honest Civil servants, and says you cannot blame them i they are not rebels into the bargain.

What is the remedy for all this? The remedy--or at any rate, part of it -les with you, the "owner" of this Empire.

At the polling station, says Barnes. you must vote for independence for India: ditto for Burma and Ceylon; adult suffrage leading to self-govern ment for the West Indies; and a liberal charter of democratic rights for tropi cut Africa.

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MAN Conquering Nature.

an allegorical statue in Leningrad, la the frontispiece of From Dawn" to "Eclipar, in which Cecil Trew tells the story of the horse, from the tune when he was a little chap with fingers, no bigger than a fox terrier, 'right up in Eclipse "-Un most famous horse ever fosted in England. Published by Methuen (12/0).

Two Good

N

Novels

OVELIST Graham Greene has written a book about Mexico which is as crudely sinister as that very unsettling murder tale he gave us last sum- mer, Brighton Rock.

It is called The Lawless Roads (Longmans, 108. 04.), and it is a travel study in gilt-edged insecurity,

He writes of bandits and cock- Aghting, cathedrals and Is. 6d, a day wages, suppression of religion and gangsters mummified in a frenk show, a priest disguised as a policeman to evide his pinin-clothes pursuers, anti- God posters, plush vice,

And everywhere, liko a nailonal trade mark, bullet holes.

Read this book for yourselves.

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PARODYING tho madness

of

modern Europe, Rutliven Todd has written Over the Mountain (Harrap. To. Od.).

It tells of a young man's conquering of a high mountain peak and of his descent into a country where hypocrisy and cruelty and absurdity are tho three principles of Government.

It seemed to me that the political part of the book suffered from im- inaturly, Mr. Todd's symbolism was too crude to be good, but he writes directly and, m' his mountain climb- ing section with a poet's imagination.

3. F.

Girls and Boys' Corner

This is all my own work

Age

Name

Address

Dear Kiddies,

Most of you discovered the correct names in last week's competition so when judging the entries, I had to take neatness of writing and are into con- sideration,

The prize-winners this week are:-

Charles E. Clark (aged 16), 1D THE wood Road, Kowloon,

Eleanor Pirie (#ged Flouse, Murray starracks.

10), Murray

Jan Fraser (aged 75%), "The Lock Out, Tai Po.

Coupons have been sent to Charles, Eleanor and Inn which I want them to bring to the "Itongkong Telegraph" offices In Wyndham Street, The coupons will then be exchanged for money prizes,

Specially commended for axcollent work are the following:

Sonlar: Laurence Jecker, Homeedah ol Arculi, Alice 179, Ville Ribeira, James Sanders, Vincent Favares, John James, Koatia Danilo, David Tindell, Can Yuot hung. Nydia Laurel, Mabei Bwaine. Cyril Grifith, Nicholas Spoor, Manzoor AU, Norma Boldtanki, Yeung Kit-wa, C. Ross, Wilbur Marshall, Erle Olsson.

-Williams Mak, Oleg Julebin, Paul Vossogna,

Intermediates:June Martin, Francis Rozarta, Jack-Strange, Wilma Way, Greta Wong, Roy folmos, Sylvia lemedior. Justin Bilver, Shirley Boyle, Lai Chung.

hnag, Dapline Griffith, Joda Agnes Daniel, Peter Pan. Marie Azevedo, Rui da Cunha

K. Anno

Cullimore, Thelma Organ,

de Ghanumal, Lore Korner, Roberto Sousa, Donsid Marshall, S. 8. Bux, Rehmat Samy, Judith Hall.

Jumors: Ronald Holme, Bertle Thilips, June Gordon, Sylvia Figueirede, Marianne Svendsen. Ian McNay, Gerald Marshall Gerry Pinna, P. Wong.

Chan Ping-kwan and Donald Johnson; As you have celebrated your 15th birth day you are now too old to enter for these competitions,

This week, kiddies. I want you to study the picture above as carefully as possible. How many objects whose names start with B cản you and in the picturo? There ste a good many, if you look over it enrefully. Even when you, bave marked all you can find, it will be as well to search the pietura again to see if you have missed" any,

WEEK

IN BRIEF

Jack the Ripper, by William Stewart, who suggests that Jack the Ripper... was J the Ripper, a midwife. He thinks she may still be alive and is going to spend his week-ends digging Around for her. (Quality Press, 15. 04.).

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Pebble In the Stream, by Waller Bchich, well-known film-script writer in pre-Hitler Germany, who wrote one of Marlene Dietrich's great early films. His novel in about a beautifal horrible woman, who burns the heart out of all who cross her path. An in- cisive.

fascinating book. Press, 78. d.).

All the objects beginning with the letter "D" should be Îleted neatly. Re- member to write, or print them nicely. as writing wil be taken into account in the case of ties. Note also that where there is more than one of the same ob- jeet, they count only as one, as with Brick. Unter your list write the total of objects found. in figures.

Fill in the name, age and address coupon and send your entries to Unclo Eddie, c/o "longkong Telegraph, Wynd ham Street, before, 2 p.m.. next Wednes=" day.

Good luck, kiddies,

Uncle Eddie

Trotsky On Trial

M

SOVIET POLICY AND ITS CRITICS

By J. R. Campbelt (Gollancz, 88, (d)

FR, TROTSKY has here been brought to trial with pain- stating diligence.

Whatever the merits of Mr. Camp- bell's case, the book is of value to the .critical reader who seeks to under- stand what has happened in Russia,

Incidentally. there

special piquancy in some of Lenin's obser vations on Trotsky, in vlow of the present controversy raised by Bir Stafford Cripps in thila country,....

Trotsky, it appears (page 33) made certain proposals. which were dll. cussed at two plenums of the Central Committee.

Then Trotsky, a member of that Committee, and one out of 10, set to work with an outside group to advise. Le Party Congress to "choose between two trends."

Lenin held that every member of the Party was entitled to express his point of view, but think it was not per micsible for groups to be formed on the basis of a (Cressat

programme distinct from that of the Party,

From Spanish Trenches, by Marcel Acler, "Letters Home written by people who went to help Spain, includ ing Jay Allen's famous description of the butchery at Badajoz, Sincere, en- coumging stuff. (Cresset Press sabd,}.

Are You Sure?

QUESTIONS ON PAGE TWO

1 Obstinacy

2 Dine at the

Bell at Ed- monton

3 13ft 4in. 4 10

ords

bil-

0 Learning 7 fran

8 Long hair

9 Mothbox

10 Drer

11 Belcher 12 Incline in-

words

13 Plumper 14 Jeweller

15 Goat

10 Zanzibar

17 Seven -| sided figure) 18 Romans

10 Vaduz

20

Coile

21 United

States

22 Fru

23 Red cross on white back- Kround

24 The lowing}

herd winds slowly o'er thie len,"

20 Kilderkin

Mr. Campbell tells us that Trotsky's platform attracted many elements hostile to the Soviet power.

"Indeed," he zaya, “Trotsky himself had in later years to admit that in the wake of this vanguard there dragged the tall end of all sorts of dis- satisfied, II-equipped and chagrined carcerisis"."

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PUZZLE CORNER ANSWERS Cryptogram: Perhaps plain words would trip tyro, whilst obscure etyma mielit easily yield answer, Worth try ing anyway.

An Acrosile: Pante, Harsh, omega, nicer, extre, taxed, Irate, cluca.

Letter Juggling! Dictionary, indica- tory,

What Are the Dimensions? 20 feet x 34 feet,

Hooks and Thele Authors: The_Vir- ginian-Wister: Showboat-Ferber; Snug Harber-Jacobs; Sketch Book-Irvingi | Mark Twain-Leacock; Anthony AJ verse-Allen; Green Mansions-Hudson; Mario Antoinette-Zweig: Adam Bedo» | Eliot; Don Quixote-Cervantes.

Music Staves Off Blindness

Old Man Nevinson

ERB is Henry Nevihson

with dreams to sell.

In

Flims of Time (Routledge. 10s. 6d. net) he rolls back the reel of the past, conjures up maglo shadow-shapes, and identifies his second self, or his many, selves, with characters of dim tradition, Biblical and classical history, and modern events in tragic Europe.

Follower of war and reporter of sterk facts, ho reveals himself in thesa "welve fantaries" as follower of the Muses and fairy-tale translator of his- tory, envisaging events from the cele bration of the "rites" of Kings of Ur to happenings in what was once Austria, and meditations in sight of

the desolato widow of cities"

Finally, dipping into the future, wo And old Methuselah Navinson in the dock, pleading before his judges for another century of life on earth, be caso he is not yet worthy of either hell or heaven--of hell because he has not yet betrayed his friends or his country, of heaven because he has not yet suffered martyrdom in efforts to depose tyrants who grind and draden the bodies and souls of people and nations.

These are essays of educational value, yet light and restful; 227 pages in which a fervent champion of free- dom exposes snapshots of his own studies, holiday adventures and aspira. tions.

T. P.

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Union History

MR. G. D. H. COLE noted that no comprehensivo account of the British Trade Union Movement had been published since the Webbs issued theirs in 1894 and 1807, so he gives lis British Trade Unionism To-day (Gol- Jancz, 78: 1.).

The uninformed render should be warned against accepting as gospel all that Mi, Cole writes.

For example, he gets into a muddle when dealing with unamicial, strikes-m which are not necessarily a breach of an agreement (as ho assume“), but a breach of rules of the strikers' own union.

Nor is his history complete. Ho has forgotten that the Mond-Turner con ference (Page 761 was followed by a more formal organisation.

Still, with such reservations, Mr. Cole has provided a background for valuable thumbnail historics by trade union officers who have been intimately asso ciated with what they wrile about.

G. T.

Jury and the other began to fall, presumably because of his fear of blindness. His life-long ambition to play the banjo was granted to dis- tract bis mind, and under the stimulation his general physical con- the sight of one eye following an in-dillon has improved, also his cyc.

MELBOURNE, Australia. Physicians here are counting on a banjo to save a 10-year-old boy from blindness. The lad had lost

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