The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (October 1896)

155 es Mr. J. S. Hawker, of Mutley House, Plymouth, | has been appointed secretary, and will be glad | to hear from any lady or gentleman desirous of joining the club. ‘Ihe subscription is nominal. a oa < Professor Rontgen's Visit to London.— | About the end of the present month, or the beginning of next, it is the intention of Professor : b h Rontgen, the discoverer of the Rontgen rays, to ™eans or other the oxygen tube of one of the On the occasion of this visit . limelight boxes blew off the jet, and so augmented visit this country. there is sure to bea great stir in scientific and other circles, and it is even rumoured that arrangements are being made in connection with his presentation to the Royal Family. Road tad ~ Decadence of the Magic Lantern. — In a paragraph in the Daily Telegraph, the writer thereof thus gives his views on the sub. ject of the magic lantern, and we may here say that had he taken the trouble to make | enquiries in the proper quarters he would not | thus have written. He says:—*“ One by one | the recollections of childhood seems to be disappearing. institutions that were dear to the hearts receive popular support. Among these must be classed what was once the magic lantern, but : what is nowadays a costly scientific instrument, the very mechanism of which is enough to alarm the purchaser before he has dared to inquire the price. Lantern slide making— an industry without which all the phantasmagoric apparatus ever invented is of little use— is on the down grade, and the only explanation is that the public demand for this form of combined recreation and instruction has diminished within recent years. The decadence of the magic lantern is an event that will be regretted by many who are not concerned with its commercial aspect at all.” a ~~ Wedding Bells.—The day after we went to press with our last issue, Mr. J. E. Thornton, of the Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company was married at Southport to Miss Heaton. We tender our congratulations. & a o Transfer of Business and Change of Address.—The photographic department of Percy Lund & Co., Limited, has been taken | over by Messrs. Appleton & Co., of Bradford. . This change has been effected so as to permit of the former firm devoting more energy to their growing publishing and printing business. The London branch, which was located at Memoria] Hall, has been removed to new and larger Tastes have changed, and many | of : youngsters a quarter of a century ago no longer | premises at 3, Amen Corner, Paternoster Row, London, E.C. In future the firm will be known as Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. (Ltd.) of Fire at Earl's Court.--A fire lately occurred at Earl’s Court in connection with Kiralfy's spectacle. It appears that by some oe > the flame from the hydrogen, that the surroundings were speedily ablaze. Energy was at once brought to bear to put out the fire, in ' connection with which, Mr. Wotton, who was officiating at the limelight, got his hands severely burned. A large proportion of the audience made a hasty exit, and some of the dancers fainted. The Royal box was partly destroyed, but after a short interval the performance was resumed, a ~ Photographic Conversazione.— America again takes the cake with regard to photographic uovelties in the social line. The latest style is a meeting where the ladies bring photographs of themselves taken during childhood. The men folks pay a stated sum for the privilege of guessing the originals from the photographs, and if they succeed have the honour of taking the original in to supper, and likewise paying forsame. During the time we were writing this paragraph for the printer, we had a visit from a friend who remarked that it is often a much simpler feat to pick out the original from a picture taken several years before, than for one ; to discover and recognise the original from a photograph taken practically a few days ago. We asked why. But he simply said, “ It is the retouching as does it.” > Dissolution of Partnership.—The following notice in connection with Taylor, Taylor, & Hobson, the well-known opticians, has been issued :—‘‘ Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned Thomas Smithies Taylor, William Taylor, and Herbert William Hobson, carrying on business as Scientific Instrument Makers at Slate Street, Leicester, and No. 8, Charing Cross Road, London, under the style or firm of Taylor, Taylor, & Hobson, has been dissolved by mutual consent as and from the first day of September, 1896. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said Thomas Smithies Taylor and William Taylor, who will continue to carry on the business.” ~ a