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The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (October 1902)

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8 THE OPTICAL magic LANTERN JOURNAL, every fresh subject I work up and do it all myself. If you had let me know you were coming I would have had a canvas stretched, and you could e¢hose your own subject, and under two hours I would have painted it for you, that subject (the Killarney Lake), took me 2} hours to do. Yes, it was quick, these things are wanted in a hurry sometimes. The sharpest piece of work I recollect was when I got off the set for Excelsior, you know there are 12 slides in that set. Well, T had to eet this done in one things necessary to use as accessories to the various subjects. We thought while gazing on them that had we been a collector of antiques it would have been hard to getaway. In another room we found an organ case, a pulpit, choir benches, and church pews of various patterns. A little more climbing, and we came to the house, a portion of which is set aside for painting slides, and we were shown some good specimens of work. Notably two of the latest Life Model sets, ‘ The Fireman’s Wedding,” and “ Paul.” day. T started at 11 a.m. and by 6 p.m. I had got the backgrounds painted, posed the models and completed the negatives. No I don’t want to do that often, and I only mention it to show what can be done when a special emergency arises. We next visited the “lumber rooms,” and saw old kitchen utensils, grates, gravestones, crosses, coffins, beds, broken chairs, and the 101 What are you introducing new this season ? Principally, the latest popular songs, but it is rather difficult to know before publishing a Catalogue what is going to catch on with the public. No, I don’t do much with scenery or lecture tour sets, I list a few, but confine myself to the Life model sets. Yes, I anticipate a verv good