The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (October 1902)

AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ENLARGER. 3 The Scilly Isles, their flower culture and curious rock forms; Whitby and neighbourhood, illustrating the Herring Fishery, containing some gems of Genre Studies. Picturesque Mansland, lecture sets of either D. 180 or 220 slides. The Cinematograph in Church — Cinematographs are announced to form a regular feature of the daily 1.15 service at St. Mary-atHill Church, Eastcheap. The Rev. W. Carlile assures his congregation that only such representations as ave appropriate to the sacred edifice will ever be allowed. On leaving the building, a free cup of “best Mocha” is offered to all. On Wednesday, LOth ult., Mr. Carlile headed a procession, with surpliced choir and bands to the eraveyard opposite Billingsgate Market. A short address on the Labour Congress was given, and the gathering then adjourned to the Church at 1.15 for the usual cino-service. The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain will open its Forty-Seventh Annual Lxhibition at The New Gallery, Regent Street, London, on Monday, September 29th. The lxhibition is divided into five sections, which embrace every phase of photography—pictorial, scientific and technical, professional and industrial, apparatus and material, and processes of photo-mechanical reproduction. The Society publishes in connection with the Exhibition an illustrated Catalogue, in which finely executed reproductions of the best pictures are included. The Exhibition remains open daily until November 4th, from 10 to 6 o'clock, and re-opens on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 10 when popular lantern lectures on travel, &c., age given by well-known ladies and gentlemen. Kodak Exhibition.—On Monday, September 8th, Nodak, Ltd., received 2 number of visitors on the occasion of the official opening of their new show-rooms and oflices at 41-48, Clerkenwell Road. The additional premises, now forming part of the Kodak head-quarters, contain an area of some 40,000 square feet, thus more than doubling the accommodation at the disposal of the firm. A handsome decorated showroom on the first floor is the most prominent feature of the new premises, and on Monday it contained a fine display of bromide enlargements from Kodak photographs, whilst the latest Nodak novelties were on view. The most striking of these is the developing machine, which does away entirely with the necessity for the dark-room. Demonstrations of the working of the new apparatus were given, and spools of film were pertectly developed. Our Empire in South Africa.—-Under the presidency of the Mayor, Mr. D. S. Salmond, of Glasgow, was announced to give a lecture at the Philharmonic Hall, Southampton, on the 17th ult., illustrated with slides and animated pictures, embodying a trip to the Transvaal. Mr. Salmond for a quarter of a century has been connected with the great South African shipping linc presided over by Sir Donald Curie. About ten years ayo he was asked to show and describe some fine views of South Africa, belonging to Sir Donald Currie, at a meeting for some philanthropic: object. ‘This he did, and in the course of the evening sang two or three songs. The entertainment was entirely successful. Soon invitations to repeat it poured in, and thus began a lecturing career which is probably unique in the history of popular lecturing in this country. For, from that day to this, Mr. Salmond has lectured on the same subject in Scotland, Iingland, and Ireland no fewer than 918 times. He has never accepted fee, and in every case the procecds have gone to some religious or philanthropic object. The amount of such bencfactions exceeds the almost incredible sum of £13,000. He has lectured hterally from J.and’s End to John o’ Groats. The secret of Mr. Salmond’s success as a lecturer would be explained by different people in different ways. Many say it is the subject—‘t South Africa "’—which attracts. Some would give the credit to his singing. Others explain his success by reference to the bounty of the vicws to which he has access, through his connection with Sir Donald Currie. Mr. C. W. Locke in consequence of increasing engagements and business has removed into larger premises at Mossley House, Sinclair Road, West Kensington. He can also see intending customers and answer enquiries at the Egyptian Jfall, Piccadilly, W., where he is giving two high class exhibitions daily. On our last visit to London we called in, and can advise anyone who is interested in Dissolving Effects, and first class colouring to pay a visit, the lesson to be learnt will well repay the trouble. We gathered that this was: the 2000th time My. Locke had shewn. Apart from the lantern and cinematograph exhibition (by the way, the cinematograph was an awfully noisy one, it almost drowned the accompanying music) Mr. Maskeylene charms as of yore, both by sleight of handand the concluding sketch, which is both mysterious and instructive.