The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 23, 1902, Page 5

apher has abhard has saucy little ways € rder t atch than utterfly, t for the pho E succeeds in is best in simple poses, for therein lies her charm. She is ) t it would be a sin to ven long enough ken -fashioned man- readily to quaint cos- sed in powdered n, making the de- ace are not the Oddity alone a good subject, as in the 2 g }L“\ \ == case of little black Joe, who is one of the drollest figures to.be found. With his banjo he is entirely happy and a: ease because it is his dearest friend, and the casiest poses come to him when he has it i his hands. Little Ling Hi is another odd type. Chinese subjccts are hard to find because they dread a camera as a Pue. Bit Ling Hi is no more troubled by it than by a fiy She poses with the comfortabie stolidity that is characteristic of her race when no camera is in s.ght. So you see the chilaren who can pose may come from Pacific avenue or from Chinatown, from any station in life. Their gift is one that comes irrespective of viass or wealth. Any cilid who is gen- uinely childlike, sincere and unconsc.ous 1 as something worth while for the artist eye PhetcGraphic Pc?n;evs for Rmatelrs VERY important object lesson was brought to the attention of the few days since while own town in an electric ference to which in this col- save its readers trouble and The case in amera worker, hand several containing ex- b as taking to the developed, and on each the holders he had d a good-sized label of columns printea of subject, ex- , of course, ention to detat!, e eye of the ob- of trouble and her when h's in all probability t on development d or, what is even ze and shape to the label itself have come to the notice of which # pasted s de h fts im print on the plate, ever it of eprod figures and other printed the Jabel All this goes to show that noth should be allowed to come in contact w before or after ex- plain surface of the presence of foreign ve S0 great bas becn the de- 4 for the first installment of “The Octopw published in The Sunday Call of November 9. that only & few coples of that edition remain. If youm missed the first number of this great story apply for The Sun- day Call of th te at once | or yom will be too late. | “The Octopus” was written by the late Frank Norris. 1 1t is Mr. Norris’ strongest | | | - ¥ - | | i wovel. 1t has justly been comsider- ed the nearest approach to the wgreat American movel” ever | wvritcen. 1 It portra | Califormia more any other book extant. ‘ it is mow running In The i Sunday Call. ) No extra charge! And by this means you read the best novel of the day—FREE!! —-— life and scenes in vidly tham + stances, such as white or light colored raper, excrcise an infiuence on the dry pizte, and either fogs it over more or less of its entire surface or reproduces itself by the stored-up action of sunlight, which it tranemits to the sensitive film. This may easily be demonstrated by marking upon one side of the slide of the piate holdcr with Chinese white or some other light color the letter X or a figure and leaving it in contact with the sensi- surface of a Guick plate for a few s. It will be found upon development of this plate, almost without exccption, that the character has exerted a notice- able effect upon it and that its outlines y be clearly discerned. Many myste- rious markings and indefinable characters vaguely discernible upon photographic negatives may be readily traced to this source If a careful investigation is insti- tuted Vorkers in platinotype who desire a rich sepia tone are referred to a hew formula recently communicated to one of the foreign photographic socletles, and which is said to produce beautiful results in sepia cclor. The formula is made up as follows 3 1 potassium oxalate. 2 ounces 2% drams 4 drams 1% ounces be used slightly warm and that the print- ing be carried somewhat deepr than for black tones. After printing and develop- ing the print should be cleared In a bath ade up of citric acid one part, to water 0 pa A developing trouble which becomes fre- quent In cold weather is to be found in the weakness of the ‘mage often shown in a negative which has been correctly exposed, but which on development turns out thin and weak without contrast. This, in most cases, is due to the fact that the developer Is either too cold or that If is not sufficiently strong in developing agents. The action of all developers is weaker in cold weather than in summer and If the process of development is car- ried or in a cold room both the develop- ing t s and the developer itself should be slightly warmed before commencing operatior Develoning solutions used for this work should be kept at a tem- perature of about 70 degrees Fahrenheit and if this detall Is attended to during the winter monthe a larger proportion of negatives will be secured than otherwise. Arother cause.of weak images and flat negatives is 1o be found in the aarkroom lamp. If the light is not of the right qual it will produce fog and flatness iz the negative during the process of de- velopment and if any such .trouble oc- curs the first step to be taken should be tc test the quality of the light under which work is being carried on. This can be done vy inserting a plate g / CoOrCHIZAZ THE B UNDAY “CALL. SzETFORD PO o_5 L - g Do TEHEL 272 BRITZory EnITrE in the holder in the darkroom without tne use of the darkroom lamp. After it has been placed In the holder, light the dark- rgom lamp, draw the slide half way out and expose the plate to the action of the ruby light for a period of. say. ten min- utes, then develop and fix the plate, and “if both halves develop and fix with equal clearness, the light may be considered perfectly safe. 1f, nowever. on develop- ment and fixing that part of the plate which has been exposed to the darkroom lamp shows fog it is a sure indication that the light is unsafe. —_———— XKnev His Letters. George Stickney. who lives in Lancaster. N. H., is well-known in Lewiston. He has a boy who Is coming along like a 3- SR, = Prrors year.old trotter under training. Mr. Stiek- ney asked the Superintendent of Schools when it would be advisabie to send the boy to school. The Superintendent sald that the fall term would be a good time. but advised Mr. Stickney to teach the lad that two and two make féur and how the letters of the alphabet run before he let him out. A short time afterward the Superin- tendent met the boy and asked him If he knew his letters. X “Sure,” said the boy ‘Well, sit. what Is the first letter.” “*A." was the answer. ‘“‘Correct sald the Superintendent. “Now what comes after A7 “All the rest of the push,” said the boy. ~Lewiston Evening Journal.