Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-14
BY o. d. KELLER

II you Knox any thlng ABOUT phOtOg-
raphy you get an idea Of the pitt
less glare of tropical sky over East
Africa, watching the Paul ]. Rainey
motion pictures of wild life where it
really is wild; and if you don't know
a good deal about photography you
may ruin miles of film without any
thing to show for tt--for the blazing
light from that same sky plays havoc
with the photographer new to the
tropics. Mr.. Rainey says on a sun
ny day back in 1914 you couldn't
make decent pictures after 10 o'clock
in the morning. until late in the
afternoon, owing to the heat waves;
while they hadn't then learned to
filter the powerful light and extract
a modicum of it's ultraviolet rays.
Out at the Druid Hills Golf club
Friday night there was an unusual
sort of party, given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Adair, hosts of Mr.. Ralney,
the famous big game hunter, explorer
and authority on dogs, horses, guns,
rifles, strange native tribes in out
of-the-way corners Of the world; and
other matters.
Preceding the dancing, several hun
dred deeply interested persons
watched for an hour and half the
latest collection of the Paul j. Raj
new pictures III AL 4Seb' WIN
usual treat of Mr.. Rainey himself
standing by the screen, explaining
the scenes. Sometimes he was on tae
screen as we'll as by it; mostly ne
was at the camera when the pictures
were made, along in 1914 and the ad.
Joining wears. The second year Of
the war he was captain in the Brit
ish army in Africa, so he was pretty
busy for that period.
Older Rainey Pictures
Now, you may have seen the otnGr
Paul j. Rainey pictures Of animals
somewhat on the same order, but
better ones; and they contain some
pictures that you are not likely 10
see duplicated anywhere, by any
body. There is the charging llol IL
charging directly at the camera-tor
one thing. And there is closeup OF
a herd Of water buffaloes Which tue
British sportsmen considered more
remarkable even than that OF the OH
rushing king of beasts. % +bo
THE water-buffalo IS one OF III III
most aggressive and dangerous OF al
big game animals" said Mr.. Ralney'
simplv. And when the huge forms,
orazi1g mast. suddenly wheeled 10
face vou-that is, the camCra-all3d
when the whole line began TO n3arcli
ND on you, closer and closer, 49,,
Inst there, it is my profound con
,,iction that if [ had been at the. helm
of that movie camera, the picture
would have ended with what d Ca n4-
ist might have construed as aol up'-
ness. a.ooned horns
g1eam Ticiously in the harsh l1gniI,
snd Won can see the whites OF tn s1.
eyes as they stand there sto14 ~
looking over the camera dl!u 80
camera man. You can see Ing i,,TSctnre
Of their eyes, which is the Jul4 fj,.ir q
instead of begin. But Mr., Rd ND,
i inT light along. And all OF a sua7
An the solid rank of vast bodles ~
the company front gets s't t dnS
Whisner from somewhere anu Ciol q
is a, break to the r1ght ana TI,1rs 20
to the left-and the ND nde fbat' And
galloping this way ana 'H@''
not at the camera:
Watching the pictures, ana colll-
nrehanding that there IS ~ ,i.,i,o a.
there, you find yourself p erSptfi lre
freely in the. palms ana nha Gn'0'7 When
nose nos big wild brutes stare at tnf
Lens they seem to be starlng a.
vo11' fifteen feet away anu ~
fence between you. ,,,ore neople
"There have been more pG wv
killed by buffaloes5 IN dian nl1nfs COM c
by lions, tigers ana eyep raefIectively.
ol4eu, c SS to YOU that one motion
,,ictrEe outfit was in raw SORT oL
pp1oca fo. several minutes. Ana then
pom recall that there was SOMEBODY
ffnrning the crank all that time. anu,
to be perfectly Anglo-SaXon aoo"'
it, you sweat some m a4aT. hole" the
Then there's the water no4e ''io
oo,,eTa carefully concealed In a
s:bIind.'' covering the place. where t ;te
animals must drink leach with us
own kind, and ia different tunes. IN IN
der the brazen glare OF the shy, VIZ VIZ
splotches of curious yegg iIc 'io einfeS
about for all the wor Id like palnoeo
@cenerv back of stage; they are
There is the elephant, two enor-
nous cow-elephants; taking thelI
'li 1.-The elephant is lord of the land"
says Mr.. Rainey. HE may orlnh
= These do. Then they spray them hem,
selves freely with water blown IRON
their trunks Then they drink some
more. Then they hear the clicking
of the camera-placed doWn-wlnu'
of course. And they start over 10
well Inc n saws eyspT Mr.. Rainey. THE cam
era was right out in the open"
The tension again becomes acute.
Then the big brutes shy OIL anu lulh-
So it goes-the cheetah hunt; the
cheetah freed by the American
hounds, that go UP after him and
nip him and start him away. freed
again. The Wanderoba huntsma:n
and his poisoned arrows: Hlt-hlt
again: you can see the big animal
finch. And in less than a minute
the deadly poison brings him down
into the riotous mass of hounds.
CRATES Drinking
The stately giraffes at the water
hole, spreading their front legs to
get their heads down to drink-lift-
ing their heads to let gravity assist
the last few swalIows-what noble
architecture for the enjoyment Of
we'll anything pleasant and fluid!
The zebras; they chum with the gil
raffes, for some reason; their camou-
flage agrees, perhaps. Wart-hogs.
Wilde-beests. Harte-beeSts. Boer