answered by the Editor of this column, and we should be glad to
hear from any of our club who can make helpful suggestions.
OUR ANNUAL PRIZE CONTEST.
We have received many queries since the appearance of the Prize Offers
as to the exact nature of the photographic prize competition, showing
that our amateurs were looking forward to and preparing for the yearly
event of the club. Each person should read the announcement of the Prize
Offers, and the rules governing the contest, in the October 27 issue of
the ROUND TABLE.
There are two contests, both of which are open to the members of the
Camera Club, and we hope each member of the Camera Club will send
pictures to both competitions. The very fine photographs which were
submitted last year showed that the members are all striving to do good
work. The improvement in the style of pictures and the subjects chosen
was much better last year than in any previous year, and we expect still
better work submitted in this contest. All contestants must be
subscribers to HARPER'S ROUND TABLE themselves, or take the paper in
their family.
There is no restriction as to the number of prints one may send, but in
sending prints mark _each print_ with name, address, and class for which
the picture is designed. The best place to mark a picture is on the back
of the card-mount.
Any printing process may be used except the blue print. While many
amateurs use the glossy papers, the preference is for the matt surface,
and a bromide or platinum print is the paper generally chosen by
first-class amateurs. If one does not know how to use these papers, or
cannot procure them, try to make the best print possible on the paper
which is chosen. The printing and mounting of a picture have a great
deal to do with its attractiveness, and the mechanical work in a
photograph is always considered when judging pictures.
Several queries were received last year asking if a picture taken with a
4-by-5 camera, and trimmed down so that it was a little less than 4 by
5, would be admitted to the competition. The answer was that a picture
might be trimmed a little, but not enough to bring it down to a size
perhaps 3 by 4, that would make it too small to be "eligible."
Each competitor in the Camera Club may send as many pictures as he
pleases to both contests, and he may compete in each class in the two
competitions. This gives the members of the club the advantage over
non-members, who can only compete in the "Open to All" contest.
We have received many additions to our club during the last year, and
shall expect to see some fine work. Do not delay, but send in your
pictures as early as possible. The names of the prize-winners will be
announced in the January, probably the New-Year's, number of the ROUND
TABLE.
[Illustration: IVORY SOAP]
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Suggests the fragrance, faint and rare
With which the sweetest flowers allure:
To such a dainty gown and face
The touch of soap seems out of place--
Save Ivory, which itself is pure.
Copyright, 1896, by The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti.
FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS
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A PRIMER OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
By W. H. LEWIS. Illustrated from Instantaneous Photographs and with
Diagrams. 16mo, Paper, 75 cents.
There is probably no other man in America who has had as much
football experience or who knows more about the game than Mr.
Lewis.... Of value not only to beginners, but to any one who wishes
to learn more about football.... We heartily recommend it as the
best practical guide to football we have yet discovered.--_Harvard
Crimson_, Cambridge.
Written by a man who has a most thorough knowledge of the game, and
is in language any novice may understand.--_U. of M. Daily_,
University of Michigan.
Will be read with enthusiasm by countless thousands of boys who
have found previous works on the subject too advanced and too
technical for beginners.--_Evangelist_, N. Y.
Beginners will be very grateful for the gift, for no better book
than this of Mr. Lewis's could be placed in their hands.--_Saturday
Evening Gazette_, Boston.
_NEW EDITION OF_
CAMP'S AMERICAN FOOTBALL
By WALTER CAMP. New and Enlarged Edition. 16mo, Cloth, $1.25.
The progress of the sport of football in this country, and a
corresponding growth of inquiry as to the methods adopted by
experienced teams, have prompted the publication of an enlarged
edition of this book. Should any of the suggestions herein
contained conduce to the further popularity of the game, the object
of the writer will be attained.--_Author's Preface._
_BY THE SAME AUTHOR:_
=FOOTBALL FACTS AND FIGURES.= Post 8vo, Paper, 75 cents.
A SPORTING PILGRIMAGE
Riding to Hounds, Golf, Rowing, Football, Club and University Athletics.
Studies in English Sport, Past and Present. By CASPAR WHITNEY. Copiously
Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, $3.50.
The work is certainly one of the most valuable contributions to
athletic literature that has been published for many a
day.--_Chicago Journal._
TRACK ATHLETICS IN DETAIL
Compiled by the Editor of "Interscholastic Sport" in HARPER'S ROUND
TABLE. Illustrated from Instantaneous Photographs. 8vo, Cloth,
Ornamental, $1.25. In "HARPER'S ROUND TABLE Library."
A good book to put into the hands of the athletically inclined. It
is capitally illustrated with instantaneous photographs, and is
full of expert and sound advice and instruction.--_Outlook_, N. Y.
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[Illustration: "SAY, OLE TURK, I GWINE TEE DEPEN' ON YO' FUR DRUM-STICKS
FUR MY NEW DRUM TER CEL'BRATE THANKSGIVING TER-MORROW."]
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THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET.
A dear little girl, named Elsie, was quite a singer, and very fond of an
old song, familiar to most children, called "The Old Oaken Bucket."
Elsie was taking lessons in drawing, which interested her very much. She
drew pictures in all her spare time, and often teased mamma with the
question,
"What shall I draw next, mamma?"
Mamma always suggested cows, or bears, or steam-engines, or trees,
according to the first idea which came into her head. One day, in answer
to Elsie's usual question, mamma replied:
"Draw the 'old oaken bucket,' Elsie. You are very fond of singing 'The
Old Oaken Bucket.' Sit down and make a picture of it."
This was new. Elsie, with a deep satisfied breath, sat down and staid
quiet about five minutes. At the end of that time she brought mamma this
picture.
[Illustration]
"What upon earth does this mean?" asked mamma. "It looks like a
conundrum, Elsie; or like the sun, moon, and stars!"
Elsie looked at her design with great pride, and a little impatience at
mamma's obtuseness.
"Why, don't you see, mamma?" she cried. "The first one is 'the old oaken
bucket,' and the next one is 'the iron-bound bucket,' and the next is
'the moss-covered bucket that hangs in the well'!"
Then mamma laughed hard, leaning back in her chair, while she held
Elsie's sketch at arm's-length to see it better, as artists always look
at pictures.
"And what are all those little spots for, Elsie?"
"Why--those, mamma?" said Elsie. "Those are 'the spots that my infancy
knew'!"
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A PERFECT IDENTIFICATION.
Signor Arditi, the well-known musical conductor, has recently published
his memoirs in London. Among the many anecdotes he tells is the
following adventure he had with a bank cashier. He was in an American
city and wished to have a check cashed, but as the cashier did not know
Signor Arditi, he told him he must get himself identified before he
could receive any money.
"But I do not know any one here," protested the musical conductor.
"I am very sorry," said the cashier.
Signor Arditi thought for a few moments, and presently said,
"Do you ever attend the opera, young man?"
"Frequently," said the cashier. "I am very fond of music."
"Then you must know me," continued Signor Arditi; and taking off his hat
he turned his back upon the cashier, and beat time vigorously to an
imaginary orchestra.
"Oh yes!" exclaimed the cashier at once. "I know the back of your head
well. You are Signor Arditi." And he handed out the money to the
musician without further ceremony.
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THE END OF THE "CHESAPEAKE."
An English journal contains the following item, for the truth of which
we cannot, of course, vouch; but it is interesting if true:
It is not by any means widely known, says the journal, that the
_Chesapeake_, famous for her historic encounter with the British ship
_Shannon_ in 1813, is in existence to-day, but is used in the somewhat
inglorious capacity of a flour-mill, and is making money for a hearty
Hampshire miller in the little parish of Wickham. After her capture by
Sir Philip B. V. Broke, she was taken to England in 1814, and in 1820
her timbers were sold to Mr. John Prior, miller of Wickham, Hants. Mr.
Prior pulled down his own mill at Wickham, and erected a new one from
the _Chesapeake_ timbers, which he found admirably adapted for the
purpose. The deck beams were thirty-two feet long, and served, without
alteration, for joists. Many of these timbers yet bear the marks of the
_Shannon_'s grape-shot, and, in some places the shot are still to be
seen deeply embedded in the pitch pine. The metamorphosis of a
man-of-war into a peaceful life-sustaining flour-mill is, perhaps, as
near an approach to the prophecy that spears and swords shall be beaten
into ploughs and pruning-hooks as the conditions of modern civilization
will allow.
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"Pray, Dr. Smith, what is a good cure for the gout?" was the question of
an indolent and very luxurious gentleman to his hard-worked friend.
"Live upon sixpence a day--and earn it," was the unexpected answer.
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, November 24, 1896, by Various