'3ist March.
The Queen City of the Yangtze has indeed, metaphorically speaking, "girded up her loins ® and surpassed her rival, and tis quite certain that her sister of. the Rivers has never risen to such sri Wedavaday last. the foreign community responded nobly to the request for photographs made by the organisers of the show, and some 300 prints were sent in and exh-bited.
It is indeed gratifying to anyone of istic feeling to not" how the majority of amateur photographers are beginning to that true art in horography consists correct rendering in monochrome, since colours ary impoasiblx, of the beaution of nature. as seen by one person, and conveying the feelings evoked by these bounties to the mind of an through the medium of the photographic print, This budding artistic perception is much helped, no doubt, by the perfection to which the manufacture of bromide and the more recent uaslight" papers has with which they can be worked been brought, and the ease an certainty The majority of prints sen: in. for exbibition were of the latter category, and the xeueral excellence of the pho'o.raphs exhibited speaks very highly for the taste and careful workmanship of the exhibitors.
Phe beauty of theeshibitivn was enhanced to'no small extent by nome thir y excel lent pictures kindly loaned by two prominent members of the Shanghai Amateur Photographic Suciety. The e were of great interest to the Wahu amateurs, containing as they did specimens of a great num ber of printing proce-sex, and including, some very good examples of eulargiog, all of the highsat: d.gree of excrilence In view of the general high quality of the exhoita it would be almost invidious to particulari-e, but it ix ditticule to bags work of Miss Due, and of Mes ra, ud Child. Miss Dole o-ntrivuted some fifty or sixty snapshots, ems sting for the most part of stu vies of the Chinese, their dwellings and haunts, customs and Inbits, whicn were of utmost interest. Two photographs were -especially strikonw showing the Pablic Exai tion Buildings ae Nanking, with their thousands upon thou: "f coils, nod the other showing a single one of these cells with an occupant at work. Mr, Bono's work was characterised by microscopical sharpness and minuteness of detail, and his exhibits, numbering some forty prints, were divided into gote, each sot containing five to sev photographs of some special subject, mounted on one card. The set entitled "Amphibious Occupations" and representing Chinese beggars by land and water, was particularly happy. This ex-enlargements.
From a technical point of view Mr. Child's exhibit was perhaps the most interesting of the whole exhibition. It consisted of a sories of photographs showing the building of the Button Rock Lighthouse from start to finish 'The exhibit which perhaps attracted the greatest share of notice was a large screen hold specimens of Mr. Mansfield' most artistic studies in portraiture. By special request he allowed the exhibition tion month in Shanghai, and of the print which won honourable mon. added to it others of the same high standard. A series of toned bromides in different colours, ranging from black toxed chalk, of a winsome local baby, called forth much Bat space fails, and one can only mention Mr. Starling's seenes from Essex and Miss Lindberg's contribution of various land-capes, also some blue prints of unusual ex-nce. Mr. Chien exhibited picture postcards, Mesars. Arnold and Beals shots of interest. Miss Mitchell lent a beautiful collection of picture postcards, and also exhibited some photographs of her own taking, notably a series of snaps very cheerful canine friend wagging a in the tame of "Kure! Misses Coo tly tail, who is supposed: to rejoice and Johns also exhibited snapshots, which were distinctly a success, and the same might be said of Mr. Cooper's contribution. Mrs. King, our—hostess, also contributed some very good snapshots of various places in Chins and out, tastefully arranged in albums and displayed on the table for general inspection. vant but not least Mrs. Ker sent an album of scenes and incidents connected with the Peking siege, which were very interesting Refreshments were served during the proceedings and an exceedingly enjoyable afternoon was spent. Our thanks are due to our genial host' and hostess for the infinite amount of trouble they have taken in making the exhibition " success, but we are sure that in view of the pleasure they have given uv here in Wahu they will feel amply repaid for their pains. A word of acknowledgment is due to Misses Dale Cooper, xd Mexars. Chill, Mansfield and Starling for their In' ours in the some what xrtuous task of arranging all the exhibits on screens. There is some talk of getting up a local Cam-ra Club, as we are Persunded that our local talent ought to he brought out. We could reckon on about sixteen m-inbers, and taste for statistics we should Li if any other prt of our nize can beat that. we laily wait a reply from a place we understand, cally itself the Imperial City of the Yangtze.
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