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dnes(lear. September September 12th, 1934. THE TEESDALE MERCURY. and reported Ms lack of success to the secre- pounds ? The lucky -man was Mr. Benjamin 50. tary. Bimper, boatman, of Seaview Cottages, Yar- PHOTOGRAPHIC N. "Perfect old fool !" be snapped. "Wouldn't ford. s (OOP OF A SITE. say No,' and couldn't say Yes ' ! Like But when the truth comes out he will not NOTES talking to a brick wall. Never been so an- be found. It was a most extraordinary co- noyed in my life. Sha'n't give •him up, incidence, but the day after he had received Ili VINCENT EMS. though. Will go down again if you can't the money, or, to put it more correctly, the Count bring him up to the scratch." day after he had the money pushed upon The secretary, it can be said at once, him, he announced that his married daugh- Gentlernen,—It is now my wrote some wily and persuasive letters, but ter in Scotland wanted him to go and live and task to move the re-election failed entirely to bring Job to the scratch. ,1 with her, and' to come that very day. So SNAPSHOTS THAT DON'T WIN PRIZES. Moseforde as a director of All that the secretary got was one scrawl: Benjamin sold his possessions and went, need hardly say—you know "dere Sir, i hain't settled nothin' yet, yours although it Islay as well he said at once that respeckful Job Coffin." ',ha no one has the interests of he had no daughter, married or single, and BY FRANK SHARPE. more at heart. On the board Then there came a whisper, borne on the that he never Went to Scotland. The place he • i,,;•aluable, but the sphere in trading wind, that the Universal Provision selected was—well, as the hundred pounds THINK BEFORE YOU SNAP. served the company best is his Company, the big and bitter rival of the enabled him to start a greengrocery busi- , zIrch for .new openings for our N.M.S. Company, were going to open in ness where he was doing well, and is held in GOOD PICTURES ARE RARELY FLUKES. dont think I am giving any Tarsea. The matter was discussed at a high esteem, let its exact locality remain Board meeting, and Mr. Mossforde was im- e whenI say that those branch shrouded. us best owe their existence plored to' save the situation by going to see ' '!'h pay Nearly all successful photographers think Job again. He was authorised, too, to go * * * e 2,chesever he goes for a well-de- out their pictures before they actually or even for . a week-end rest, up to st500•, if necessary. The action? Oh, that collapsed, as Job t. 'where his ordinary inclinations The site-securing director made prepara- was able to prove that the signature to the make the exposures. Often they may spend lint, but selects, instead, some tions to pay another visit . to Tarsea. This contract was not his, and that he was not in five or ten minutes deciding the best way as yet, we have no branch time he intended to take with him a con- Tarsea when he was alleged to have signed to treat a particular subject, but long prac- .f Ladies and gentlemen; he tract for Job to sign, and a hundred pounds it. value of that town from our in crisp fivers as "temptation money." The secretary, suddenly called upon for ex- tice enables them to obtain artistic results y even when pictures are taken on the spur eg with most marvellous insight. But, alas, influenza intervened, and Mr. planations, had none to offer. He was far is favourable he comes away Mossforde retired to bed. The secretary too bewildered. Pressed to make instant con- of the moment. Instinctively they " size d cable site for a shop in his pocket. ! brought him some cheques to sign, and was fession under threat of prosecution, he up " the subject's possibilities and realise lipstick are all made with au onths another of the greatly rather doleful over the Tansea business. stumbled, stuttered, and prevaricated. Then, the pores nourished. This s w m , just how the most effective results will be eine tablishments of the National "Look here," said the director, with rolling his eyes and clawing the air with his di longer also. There are shades Company opens, and be- hands, he fell down' in a fit. obtained. d types. It is detail that makes ;applies sudden inspiration, "you run down and see eaributor toward your eighteen the old buffer! Perhaps I hustled him a bit Perhaps you may be glad to hear that he If you want to take good pictures, or coat can be made interesting dividend! Ladies and gentlemen, has now recovered, but any mention of Tar- cunning little tucks and turnings too much. You've got to go to Southsands, remember that it is not sufficient to level nn more. I move the formal reso- haven't you? Well, go to Tarsea, and kill sea is always followed with disastrous re- As are made by introducing notes sults. a camera and click the shutter. Before asp or clip, or piece of 'h stands in my name." two birds with one stone." artificial doing this you should spend a few minutes Bowed to remain shabby. e George Sackton at the share- The secretary was rather taken with the idea, and arranged to go. The business at selecting the most artistic viewpoint, non was duly seconded, put to Southsands (a peculating manager and a de- TEN TANGLED TEASERS. deciding which size " frame " will suit the and carried unanimously. faulting cashier) detained him longer than subject best, and if necessary, posing the t, rim Mossforde, a stout gentle- he thought, and thus, instead of getting to by Night A manner and staccato speech, Tarsea, some thirty miles farther, by five (The answers to these questionp are pur- subject. Correct focussing and exposure 'I ,posely placed out of order. You should to calls, rose and returned o'clock, it was half past five when he left are essential, of course, but do not concen- be able to sort them out and memorise Southsands. The train was a slow local, and trate on. " stops " and shutter speeds -to the in-elastic—that is to say• d he said. "Got all my it was nearly seven, and dark, when the them all in five minutes.) d " exclusion of composition. Scores of people ✓ perhaps three, weeks and .,i'hcompany.' Want to get all I secretary pulled up the window blind, 211.P:111 take technically perfect pictures every day, ather tempting to try to lengthen . itself—(laughter)(lauediter)—and0 —and all I can rubbed the glass, and—very thankfully— 1. What was the A.B.C. Club ? his means that by giving up' a Hear, hear.) Ambition is to have deciphered "TARSEA." but really good photographs depend on town in the country. Very Irregular Turkish troops in the Crimean nd of the holiday you can manage -every He hurried out of the station, and made War, 1854-6, and the Russo-Turkish something more than sharp definition and it, in fact—to size up a place and towards the beach. s of pleasure, and very often it is War 1877-8. a clear image. s, however, wise to make up your shop there. Hobby of mine. "Where's Seaview Cottages, Tommy?" he on the journey. Nothing makes :zed. Always do my best.. Thanks." demanded of a youngster. 2. What was the Alhambra ? Picture-thinking is a habit acquired y as to sit bolt upright all night said at once that Mr. George "Them white ones, right at the end Between kasmania and Victoria, sooner or later by every amateur whose ge. So book your seat facing the .! eulogy of Mr. William Mossforde there," said the boy. The secretary groaned. Australia. prints attract notice. Briefly, it consists of Some people get "Good heavens," he muttered, "if I don't headaches and In the secretary's room at the 3. Why is dieting called banting ? training the eye ck to the engine, and othees are si Ate there was a big map of catch the eight five I'll have to stay the to comprehend quickly and at when they take a long joinney with all the towns of a population night here!" A machine used in glazing various decisively the pictorial possibilities of euralgia, toothache, and, perhaps, nd upwards marked. A blue cross He knocked at No. 1, and when the doer kinds of cloth. different subjects, The " thinking " photo- illow or air cushion will make ad :;iat the N.M.S. Company was in was opened lost, no time in getting to work. 4 When was the Football Association grapher knows how to place objects in a t, and be light and easy to :an y. and where the cross was lacking "Good evening, Mr. Coffin. I'm the secre- founded ? rapped to the side of your suit, .n-e. Ir. Mossforde's ambition to be the tary of the National Mammoth Supplies picture so that they are agreeable to the uilt which can be folded into your if righting the omission. Company. I've come to see you about that In 1694 by William Patterson, a eye—and so that they tell their story in the Scottish financier,. to enable William . This makes a soft pillow, or t iippened that a fortnight after the cottage and land of yours. May I come in? most effective way.