The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (October 1899)

118 The Optical Magic Lantern Journal and Photographic Enlarger. suggested control is granted, cinematographic apparatus will become a drug upon the market. ead > bd Free Lantern Entertainment at Lidgate. —About a fortnight ago the village children of : Lidgate had a great treat through the kindness Mr. F. S. Apps, of London. As he was spending a holiday there, he decided to inaugurate a free lantern entertainment at the Board School and invite all the children and . their friends. They came in numbers and listened to interesting remarks and saw plenty of fine pictures projected on the screen. The juveniles had a fine time of it, and at the end . fairly shouted their thanks to Mr. Apps. ~ > & Iwlumination of Niagara Falls.--In connection with the coming Bullalo Exposition a series of tall poles are to be erected on both sides of the river and on the top of each will be placed search lights with rotating colours, and projected on the Falls. The electric current is to be obtained from the Falls. Rumour says that one enterprising firm has offered a large sum to have advertisement stencil slides projected during intervals, but so far the management have declined to entertain such proposition. aod a me New Lime Cylinder Factory.—A new lime cylinder factory, to be known as the Trilby Incandescent Lime Works, has just been opened at 2, Vestris Road, Forest Hill, London, 8.E., by the new firm of W. H. Assender & Co., Limited, for supplying lime cylinders to the | wholesale trade exclusively. Rumour says that two more lime cylinder works are to be started in other parts of England by different firms. | These, with such factories as are already | established, will surely supply the limited demand that there is for such goods. oe co oo ‘* Photography "’ Annual,—This annual for 1899 is to hand. It is under the editorship of Mr. R. Child Bayley, who has eliminated a number of pages which have from time to time appeared in former annuals, such as tables and formule, the better to keep within reasonable size the present work, which contains a very full review of the progress made during the past year in many departments of photography. The book is divided into six sections, and contains articles and r‘sumés by several authorities on the various subjects elucidated, and also some 12 or more good illustrations. _intends to join his brother in business. . & oF New use for Calcium Carbide. — In | connection with acetylene gas a German in ventor has patented an apparatus consisting of a drum which is partly filled with water, and which contains a small tipping tank. When these drums are secured under water to a sunken vessel, and a cord pulled which tips the small tank inside containing the calcium carbide, acetylene is at ‘once generated, and the drums with the wreck to which they are attached at once float to the surface—at least, this is the theory. ny ~ ~ Photographic Salon.—The seventh annual ' exhibition of the Photographic Salon was opened | atthe Dudley Gallery, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, ' W., on 22nd ult. and will continue until the 4th inst. Lovers of fine pictures should visit it. Bead Bead ae Business Changes.—Mr. E. H, Stevenson, the popular lanternist, lecturer, and entertainer, is leaving Norwich for Melbourne, where he Mr. Stevenson is taking his lanterns, slides, cinematograph, and other apparatus with him. We wish him success and also a pleasant voyage. Mr. A. H. Saunders, late of Heath Street, Birmingham, has removed to larger premises at 109, City Road, Birmingham. Mr. Saunders makes a speciality of slide painting and operating. PP OOO< sade Optical and Mechanical Effects for the Lantern.—No. XI]. By EDMUND H. WILKIE. (Late Roya Ponyrecunre InstiTution). MONGST the most useful effect slides in the collection of the lanternist exhibitor, are those intended for the imitation of atmospheric and elemental effects, such as lightning, rain, rainbows, snowstorms, and other displays of Nature’s wonders of a similar character. Many of these slides, producing effects which cover the whole of the picture, are adapted for ‘use in any sets, and can be used with any picture in order to heighten the effect. Such slides are the lightning, snow, and rain, and to these and others of a similar nature it is now proposed to devote a few lines. Violent storms on the stage and on the _ screen were formerly, and are still in some