500

Mixed Australian, etc., 10c.; 105 varieties, and nice album, 10c.; 15 unused, 10c.; 10 Africa, 10c.; 15 Asia, 10c. F. P. Vincent, Chatham, N.Y.

FINE PACKETS in large variety. Stamps at 50% com. Col's bought. Northwestern Stamp Co., Freeport, Ill.

STAMPS! 100 all dif. Barbados, etc. Only 10c. Ag'ts w't'd at 50% com. List free. L. DOVER & CO., 1469 Hodiamont, St. Louis, Mo.

Any questions in regard to photograph matters will be willingly answered by the Editor of this column, and we should be glad to hear from any of our club who can make helpful suggestions.

CAMERA CLUB COMPETITION.

JUNIOR PRIZE-WINNERS.

MARINES.

First Prize, $15; Sir Knight Joseph Lovering, 1 Larch Street, Cambridge, Mass.

Second Prize, $10; Lady Bessie Turner, 16 Sunnyside Avenue, Weehawken Heights, N J.

LANDSCAPES.

First Prize, $15; Sir Knight Frank Smith, Cumberland, Md.

Second Prize, $10; Sir Knight Samuel J. Castner, 3729 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

FIGURE STUDIES.

First Prize, $25; Sir Knight Andrew M. Phillips, Nunda, N. Y.

Second Prize, $10; Sir Knight Luke S. Murdock, Point View, Pine Hill, Cincinnati, O.

COMPETITION OPEN TO ALL AMATEURS.

LANDSCAPES.

First Prize, $15; R. Hamilton Craig, Patron, Newburgh, N. Y.

Second Prize, $10; Herbert B. Shallenberger, Patron, Rochester, Pa.

FIGURE STUDIES.

First Prize, $25; H. E. Murdock, Patron, 204 Bank of Commerce Building, Minneapolis, Minn.

Second Prize, $10; Mrs. Nils Holm, Patron, 710 S. Farwell Street, Eau Claire, Wis.

HONORABLE MENTION—JUNIORS.

MARINES.

W. C. Davids, Rutherford, N. J., Frederick Clapp, Boston, Mass., Octave de Maurice, Middletown, Conn., Kenneth M. Towner, Asbury Park, N. J., Albert B. Russell, Ilion, N. Y., Andrew Phillips, Nunda, N. Y., Paul Warren, Wauwautosa, Wis., Mary P. Kelsey, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., Susy Brown, Keyport, N. J., John W. Horr, Worcester, Mass., Samuel J. Castner, Philadelphia, Pa.

LANDSCAPES.

Emory J. Wendell, Albany, N. Y., Edmund C. Stone, Baird, Cal., W. H. Tobey, Washington, Kan., Ike Baum, Uniontown, Pa., Valverd Toof, St. Paul, Minn., May F. Barrett, Bloomfield, N. J., Stanley M. Dolan, Portland, Ore., Robert Woodward, Montclair, N. J., Albert Russell, Ilion, N. Y., J. A. Sinclair, Beamsville, Ont., Walter C. Bradley, Philadelphia, Penn., Roland C. Meisenbach, St. Louis, Mo., James G. Zimmerman, Milwaukee, Wis., Homer E. Bartlett, North Adams, Mass., Harry Bender, Allegheny, Pa., Edith Van Allen, Worcester, Mass., Fleurette Raplan, Cincinnati, O., H. P. Randall, Pasadena, Cal., Douglas Vandyke, Milwaukee, Wis., Paul G. Warren, Wauwautosa, Wis.

FIGURE STUDIES.

Roland Meisenbach, St. Louis, Mo., S. J. Castner, Philadelphia, Pa., Andrew Phillips, Nunda, N. Y., Edmund C. Stone, Baird, Cal., Constance F. Wheeler, New York City, James A. Sinclair, Beamsville, Ont., Luke Murdock, Cincinnati, O.

HONORABLE MENTION—SENIORS.

LANDSCAPES.

Norman J. Smith, Bellville, N. J., Virginia Wells, Parkersburg, W. Va., Wilbur F. Powers, Evanston, Ill., Harriet L. George, Thomaston, Me., Mrs. Ellen E. Stevenson, Chicago, Ill., M. Alison Martin, Toledo, O., Frank R. Gilbert, Chester, Pa., Norman J. Smith, New York City, Max H. Miner, Ithaca, N. Y., G. L. Blodgett, Cooperstown, N.Y., Louis H. Flanders, Chicago, Ill., Mary A. Dougall, Newark, N. J., Chester A. Darling, New York City, Jane Farnham Miller, Washington, D.C., Cora Blakeslee, Sparta, Wis., Harry Drinker, Scranton, Pa., William H. Brown, Greenville, E. Tenn., Frances H. Badeau, Washington, D.C., A. E. Pearson, Holyoke, Mass., Lee Stillman, Red Hook, N. Y., Mrs. Geo. Conn, Black Diamond, Wash., Warfield T. Longcope, Baltimore, Md., F. Elton Morse, Lyon, Mass., Newell W. Edson, Portland, Me., Frank Roe, Batchelder, Worcester, Mass., Herbert B. Shallenberger, Rochester, Pa., George H. Small, Everett, Mass., Arthur E. Mooney, St. Louis, Mo., Fred. E. Turner, Willimantic, Conn., Mrs. Claud Gatch, Salem, Ore., Francis E. Blake, Ithaca, N. Y., W. S. Thomas, Detroit, Mich., H. J. Sutton, Philadelphia, Penn., E. D. Bull, Spartansburg, S. C., Mrs. A. O. Keplan, Cincinnati, O., E. M. Bixby, San Francisco, Cal., Miss Hattie Howard, Washington, D.C., H. L. Willoughby, Newport, R. I., Miss Annie E. Hartwell, Framingham, Mass., William H. Frink, Greenfield, Mass., Howard W. Page, Minneapolis, Minn.

FIGURE STUDIES.

H. E. Murdock, Minneapolis, Minn.: A Daughter of the Nile, See the Conquering Hero, Five I Cast Away, Day Dreams. Mrs. Nils Holm, Eau Claire, Wis.: A Descendant of the Vikings, Give Me a Bite? A Careless Boy, Mistress Mischief, Multiplication is Vexation, A Portrait. Mrs. Helen E. Stevenson, Chicago, Ill.: A Little Round Table Artist, Sleep with Fairy Fingers. C. J. McLain, Fort Wayne, Ind.: A Little Bather. Miss Helen Owen, Okalona, Miss.: A Sliver. Horace William Dresser, Brooklyn, N. Y.: In Fairyland. George B. Phillips, Milwaukee, Wis.: Study of a Child. Miss Marian Otter, Doyleston, Pa.: Girl Reading. Hubert E. Hoge, Brooklyn, N. Y.: The Freedman. Kate Matthews, Pewee Valley, Ky.: Study of a Child, A Reverie. Jennie E. Smith, Iowa Falls, Ia.: Story of Three Little Pigs, Modern Wood-Nymph. W. E. Dickinson, Bradford, Ia.: How is That for High? Chas. H. Voorhees, New York City: In a New England Lane. Arthur E. Mooney, St, Louis, Mo.: Want Me to Read You a Story? Under the Old Apple-Tree. A. E. Pearson, Holyoke, Mass.: Ironing Day. Bertha Lothrop, Riverton, N. J.: Three Scamps, Dolly and Me. Capt. Berkeley Macaulay, U. S. A., Fort Apache, Ari.: Drop it, Tenderfoot. Theodore H. Hugo, Bridgeport, Conn.: Chores. Willis F. Lee, Brooklyn, Pa.: Tired Hands. W. J. Browning, Salt Lake City: Future Defenders of the Cup. Dorothy Roys, New York City: Berkshire Blackberries. W. C. Davis. Lieut. of Artillery, Fortress Monroe, Va.: A Youthful Granger. S. Roy Baker: Figure Studies.

ANIMAL STUDIES.

Louis H. Flanders, 512 Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, Ill.: Head of Jersey Cow. Orville Bassett, New Bedford, Mass.: Good Friends. Hubert Hoge, B.H.S., Brooklyn, N. Y.: Fallen Majesty. Louis Flanders, Chicago, Ill.: Waiting for the Master. Bertha Lothrop, Riverton, N. J.: Playmates. Franklin H. Conant, Providence, R. I.: Study of a Cat. W. Yost, Cumberland, Md.: Study of a Cat. Lieut. W. C. Davis, U.S.A., Fortress Monroe, Va.: A Fifteen-dollar Horse. Mrs. Claud Gatch, Salem, Ore.: A Good Square Meal.

SPECIAL SUBJECTS.

C. H. Voorhees, New York City: Lightning. Edward H. Murray, Watertown, N. Y.: Cows at Water's Edge. Newell W. Edson, Portland, Me.: Sunset Effect (Day is Dying in the West). Mrs. Geo. Conn, Black Diamond, Wash.: Snow Scene. Warfield T. Longcope, Baltimore, Md.: Moonlight. Arthur E. Mooney, St. Louis, Mo.: Above the House-tops (Cloud Effect).

In the Camera Club column of No. 844 (December 31st), in "Answers to Queries," a formula for a developing solution is given to Sir Knight Milton Pease. There is a mistake in Solution No. 1. It reads, "Add enough water to make the solution up to 8 oz." It should be, "Add enough water to make the solution up to 16 oz."

A Picture in a Word.

What is It?

A bold headland on the coast of Spain, the headquarters of a band of Moorish robbers; fishermen's boats, merchants' vessels, ships of war sailing stealthily by in the darkness with muffled oars, or crowding all sail in a fair wind to escape, if possible, the extortions of the gang of pirates who exacted tribute from every passing vessel.

Answer.—Tariff, from Tarifa, a promontory on the Strait of Gibraltar.

That Virgil Query.

The ancients did have "some idea of the roundness of the earth." In fact, they possessed much knowledge of it. The great Aristotle, who lived about three centuries before Virgil, advanced substantially the same theories to prove the rotundity of our planet that are commonly taught to-day. But they were not considered conclusive, which, in truth, they are not. Going even further back than the time of Aristotle it is found that the ancient Pythagoreans believed the earth to be round. It was one of their philosophers who discovered this fact.

Simon Theodore Stern. New York City.

I think Virgil's line, intonnere poli, has reference to the north pole of the heavens, which was part of the system of astronomy invented by Hipparchus. Instead of saying, "the poles thunder," I would use the derived meaning of poli, heavens. I would like to ask some Knight or Lady interested in astronomy why planets do not twinkle as the stars do.

C. F. Hunter, R.T.F. Mellenville, N. Y.

Prizes for Funny Verses.

We offered five packets of fifty engraved visiting-cards bearing the winners' names, with copper plate for future use, to the five who sent us that number of ridiculous funny verses—the funnier the better. Here are the best five we received, with names of their authors:

Yankee Doodle had a cat, Its tail was double-jointed; He took it to the dentist shop, And had its molars pointed. Samuel Byers. Philadelphia. He received a prospectus of the Round Table— Harper's, And tried to read The names of the Knights on the table of King Arthur; And now his need Is the man who can fix his jaw—the Doctor. Charles Frederic Hoffmann. New York. A young man from old Honolulu Met up with a terrible Zulu, The Zulu's warm smile stretched forth nigh a mile, And the young man was turned into tulu. Ned A. Higgins. Galena, Ill. Said the Bishop to the Abbot, I'd give a five-pound note To see that ballet-dancer Get the tip-top vote. When the dancer got the vote And the five-pound note, Then the Bishop to the Abbot said, I'm sorry that I spoke. John B. Cautley. Woburn Sands, Bletchley, England.

JUVENILE LOGIC.

"Pa, did Juno Juno?" Asked curious little Ned. "No, I didn't know Juno," His startled father said. "But, pa, Juno was No-ju, That you surely know. And then if Juno No-ju, Why didn't Juno Juno?" Upton E. Sinclair, Jun. New York.

The prizes have been ordered, and will be forwarded as soon as ready.