The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (October 1902)

AND PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNAL, 11 away in the distance, and the whole coniposition is a study in character. Another is called the coming woman, and shows how she enjoys bank holiday. She is decked out in bagey sleeves, and bagey bloomers of a very loud pattern, she has a seat on her cycle, and is scorching along at a vate that is making the men-folk fly in all directions. It seems she is altogether too fast for theni—she has on her head a professor’s cap, on her eyes a pair of glasses, and between her teeth a briar pipe, while the sect and determined look upon her face is a study. Look at another reproduced here, and see how the poct fares when he may well fill writing an ‘ Ode to solitude,” up his ear with his finger, and bite his pencil, waiting for inspiration to come appirently — from the vin bottle seen upon the — table. Note the patches on the clothes, and the boots with their show — of tous, and the quick step of cach and every lying crea ture shewn. No plain black and white can do jusD tice tothese slides, “che toel they must be seen. In all there are about 150 subjects, and their price is 1/6 each. But Mo. Tylar has made arrangement to send 50 of these slides for actual trial on hire for one night at 4/post free, and if two dozen are selected no charge for hire is made. KHER HK Our Reference Sheif. We wish to make our offices a centre for the dissemination of all matters relating to the Lantern and all branches leading wp to it, and for this purpose we shall at all times be pleased to receive a call from anyone interested in this subject. We are situate in the best part of the City, {wo minutes from New Street, Iu. and N.W. and Midland Railways, and five from Snow Lill, GW.R. We are on the fifth floor, and an clevator is in constant usc for visitors, and for their information we have reecived Catalogues from the following firms :—Jlessrs. J. Bamicrth, Holinfirth, Lantern Slides; Graysten Bird, Bath, Lantern Slides; Butcher aul Sons, Lanterns, Slides and accessories; Moss and Son, Barmangham, Acetylene generators, jets, and purifiers ; Riley Bros., Bradford, Lanterns, Slides, accessories and Hire lists; Thom and Hoddle, Westminster, S.1V., Acetylene generators, purifiers, etc.; York and Son, Nolting Hill, London, Lantern Slides. We have also copies of the following journals.: —The ‘American Amateur Photoqrapher,”” ‘ Apollo,’ ‘ Applied Microscopy and Laboratory Methods,” ‘* Camera,” \ Dioptrie and Ophthalmometric Review,” “ Freemason’s Chronicle,”” New Barnet, Kuhlow’s, ‘German Trades’ Review.” Optician and Photographic Prades’ Review.” “ Photographic Times Bulletin,” ‘ Photography Du Nu, Photoyraphic Tournal,” ‘ Practical and Junior Photographer,” ‘Scientific American,” ‘St. Louts and Canadian Photographer.” Most of these publications may be known to our reacers, if they are not, we shall be pleased to introduce them to some very interesting acquaintances. Wesingle out for notice this month “The Dioptric and Ophthalmometric Review.” — A monthly journal, published in the intercsts of the British Optical Association, whose aims are to improve the Optician and make him by examunation, more capable, so that the spectacle wearing public may benefit. “The Freemason’s Chronicle.’’---A\ weekly paper devoted to the interests of the Craft, full of good readable articles and notices of events. “ Photography Du Nu.’’—This book should be in the hands of every photographer who has artistic tastes, and also the artist. ‘There are some vems of figure studies, nothing to offend, and on the whole well worth the price charged, 8/-. ean wt % Thro’ Our Lantern. Mr. F. Brown, 13, Gate Street, [olborn, London, W.C., brings out a new Dissolving tap for Acetylenc gas. We tested it and find it a very efficient