Evening star., 1948-11-14

as a prolific producer OF pamphlets.
These colorful little folders line the
racks in most travel agents Offices.
With alluring words and pictures,
they offer the vacation shopper
hundreds of suggestions on where
and how to go. Primarily sales talks,
they tug the undecided in one
direction, then another.
But every once in while, some
company will issue a booklet of
more than passing interest. One
might inform the clumsy packer
how he can get almost 31a cubic
feet of clothing into 3 cubic feet of
luggage without a wrinkle; another
might present a glossary of phrases
useful in knocking about in a
foreign country.
One of the latest booklets of
travel Library value comes from
the Alcoa Steamship Co., with
Offices at II Battery place, New
York City. 1t is titled Taking
Pictures in the Caribbean" Alcoa
prepared the notes "for the photog-
raphic amateur with the generous
assistance of Robert c. Bagby." A
well-known New York photographer,
Mr.. Bagby is described as IAN in
defatigable toter of cameras, filters
and various gadgets over consider
able part of the world"
X X X
Several pages are devoted to the
technical intracacies of picture-tak-
ing. But even those shutter-bugs
who have the "know-hoW" of filters
and exposure timing will find the
booklet informative, for it lists The
interesting Photographic possibili-
ties encountered on Caribbean
cruise. The subject matter is al
most inexhaustible, the booklet ex-
plains. In fact, its first suggestion
presupposes the travellers apprecia-
ton of the great photographic va
riety to the extent that he will take
twice as many shots as he planned.
This first bit Of advice is: Make
rough calculation of how many
films you'd ordinarily take on a
trip of the duration Of your cruise.
Then buy about twice or three times
that number of rolls. Film Is
still hard to get in the Caribbean y
On photographing natives, Mr..
Bagby cautions: I'm some Islands,
the local inhabitants may get a
little skittish if you suddenly aim
camera their way. We suggest
frank and open approach. Nine
times out of 10 they'll pose just
about the way You want them TO, If
you are patient and coax just a
little. If they still decline, we sug-
gest that you maintain your usual
good temper and pass on"
A small tip in local currency IS in
order in some cases, the decision
being based on good judgment.
Natives are suggested in scenic
shots, for they can make a mediocre
landscape look like salon print.
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AS to places, the authors list some
of the best spots. Skipping through
the booklet, we find:
JdHdlCd-oy dlld 1d1 &c, 4Alll6cIOlA
did not appear very photogenic to
us. The Myrtle Bank has rather
attractive garden at the waters edge.
Hope Botanical Garden is more
Photographic than most. You may
find some native workmen passing
by with their two-wheel, ox-pulled
carts. On the road to Spanish Town
one passes the famous Tom Grin
gle's Cotton Tree st. James Cathe-
dral is architecturally rather dis
tinguished and altogether charming
Heading up toward the north
shore of Jamaica there are num-
ber Of pictorial spots, including Bog
Walk, the sleepy little town Of
Moneague and Fern Gulley. Shaw
Park is a hotel with an exception
ally handsome location on a bluff
overlooking Ocho Rios Harbor and
the sea. Returning to Kingston, one
passes an interesting sugar planta-
ton, tier Boreale Estate, with pic
torial activity in the cutting and
handling of sugar cane.
| Closer Kingston Is some striking
mountain scenery where, at Wag
Water, one is reminded of Java.
thousands Of miles away. A Plane
Of the Forest" tree, if in bloom, is