Evening star., 1928-05-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

out to be a Great Photographer, after
| all.
| of procedure which makes home labora-
tory work intensely interesting and
greatly worth while.
| Making pictures develops boys
| Judgment. He has to use his head. He
must figure out the why of his sue
cesses even more than the reason for
| his failures.
He learns to control his temper: to
| realize that the chances are thousand
| to one that failure Is his own fault:
| that he did something wrong and must
| find out what it was and correct the
error next time.
1t Is the next time" that holds forth
| the real lure. Next time one Is to take
perfect picture, do grand job OF
developing, print dozen perfect prints
When one is busy with chemical
reactions, however, all is not done as
easily as said. He discovers that when
seconds is said, 6 seconds Is meant
Not 5M or 57s, but seconds. Not
1/10 or GA, but 6 seconds.
Precision, within ordinary human
limits, Is burned in with failure. The
boy photographer becomes a better
citizen by imperceptible degrees In that
easy, painless fashion which real boys
appreciate.
No one Is lecturing him; he lectures
himself He becomes disguised with
himself because he has not done as
we'll as he desires He makes that
greatest of resolves. to find out what is
wrong with himself.
He learns to put two and two
fn ~ n
into effect his observing and his de-
ductions. The result is that. to GER
tain extent. at least, he educates him.
self. He is the self-educated boy who
is the father OF the Self-educated man.
h X II
The value Of. cleanliness and care Is
brought home to the young photogra-
pher so that In after years he no doubt
will appreciate the same qualities in q
home.
He who has been careless In develop
ing film and firmly placed series OF
neat fingerprints right down the CEN
ter of several negatives will come by
degrees to appreciate perfect work.
The boy who gets careless in ham
ding his prints and fails to wash the
"hypo' off his fingers before putting
the next sheet Of sensitized paper in his
printing frame will realize just what a
good Job some friend has done whose
prints are free from the discolorations
which dishgure his own.
Precision. care, accuracy, cleanliness
are some of the good qualities about
which boy learns who takes up home
Photographic work. These are not
qualities ordinarily born with boys
Most of them are Indifferent TO pre-
cision work. They are prone to be in
accurate, to take little care In doing
delicate work. AS for cleanliness, their
bent with respect TO this Is too well
known TO need mentioning.
Photographic work forces the young
man to pay attention to these traits
and the wholesome respect he comes TO
have for them will show him through
out life, especially In relation to the
home and the things Of home. that
these same qualities of heart and mind
make for perfection Of living.
A home may be dirty and still be a
home, but the chances are against 1t.
One may do his daily work In careless
fashion; he may be inaccurate; he may
not be precise. The chances are a
hundred to one that he will be more or
less of failure.
Home photography helps impress val
liable lessons upon the boy at one of
the most impressionable periods OF life,
hence It's value in the everyday train
ing Of youth.