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Patriotism.

We are not, in this land of diversified industries, accustomed to think of Newfoundland, with its one fish industry, as a land flowing with the milk and honey of this world's riches. Yet here is an intelligent member of our Order, living on the island, who sees his home through different eyes from those that we use. His love of country equals that of a matron of seventy years, who had lived her life on Prince Edward Island. Not only had she never been across the Northumberland Strait to the mainland of Nova Scotia, twenty-three miles distant, but she had never even been to the other or Tignish end of the island, but had spent her days at her home near Georgetown. She was a broad-minded and intelligent woman, yet to such an extent had her environment influenced her that she remarked complacently:

"I think Prince Edward Island the best spot in the world. It is central in the world of affairs, and I could not live content elsewhere."

Here are our Newfoundland Knight's opinions:

A Wealthy Country.

We claim for Newfoundland a high position. For its size and density of its population it is the wealthiest country on the face of the earth. This extreme or, as perhaps some may think, extravagant claim, which is made by us with the utmost deliberation, we base upon the following general facts:

1. The fishing season, broadly speaking, extends over three or four months of the year. During that brief working period enough is earned by 40,000 to 50,000 fishermen to supply the wants of a population of 200,000 souls.

2. Every year there is drawn out of the waters of Newfoundland wealth amounting to from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000, including the value of fish used for home consumption, and most of this product is realized and marketed within the working year.

3. This wealth is almost entirely expended in the purchase and import of goods of foreign growth and manufacture, on which an average taxation of 23½ per cent. on the value is paid.

4. The annual earnings of the fisheries, or at least an exportable earning of $6,000,000, cannot be diverted from the country by any incident of trade or competition, and cannot be mortgaged in advance except within each year.

5. That while the value of all other articles of human food has declined from 20 to 30 per cent. within the last decade, and while all articles consumed by the fishermen of Newfoundland have also largely declined, the price of Newfoundland codfish has been steadily maintained, and is now as high as ever it was.

6. That as such the producers of Newfoundland codfish hold in their hands a practical monopoly, and are certain of as unfailing a market as they are of an unfailing supply of the product.

7. That from the great diversity and extent of the area of its operations, and from the fact that the waters around the island furnish the proper food of the codfish, the annual crop of the Newfoundland fisheries is in the aggregate practically as certain in its supply as any annual crop known to commerce.

8. That this annual crop, being in the hands of the actual producers, is less affected by such financial fluctuations as affect other crops in other countries, and no such fluctuations can extend to the capital stock on which the annual crop is dependent, so as to limit the production or lessen its value from year to year.

B. Bowering. 43 Gower Street, St. John's, Newfoundland.

For Beginners in Art.

I wish to become an artist, and would like to enter the Metropolitan Art School. Can I learn to draw and paint well enough to be able to open a studio of my own after graduating? When does the school open, and when must one apply for admission? How many classes are there, and about how long must one stay in each class? What is the age of the average pupil?

M. M., R.T.L.

There are at least two institutions in New York city to which you may apply for circulars. One is the Metropolitan School of Fine Arts, Carnegie Hall, Fifty-seventh Street and Seventh Avenue, and the other the Art Students' League, 215 West Fifty-seventh Street. The former was organized by pupils of the Metropolitan Museum when the schools of the Museum were closed, and is maintained by them. It is in no way connected with the museum. It is open September 30 to May 30. The latter is maintained by the art students of New York. Tuitions are from $2 to $12 per month, according to class. There is no graduation. Pupils stay as long or short a time as they please. Whether you could successfully maintain a studio at the end of one year's instruction, or five years' instruction, or at any other period, depends wholly upon yourself, as you can readily see.

To Twickenham and Beyond.

Last summer we—there were seven of us—went one day up the Thames River to Hammersmith Bridge. Then we walked to Richmond, to pretty Teddington, and finally to beautiful old Hampton Court, with its long rows of trees, its big grape-vine, and its canals. Of course we saw much to interest us, from the odd Thames boats, which land and start so quickly, and which have on board small boys who repeat the captain's orders in a language which we vainly tried to understand, to the river-course over which the Oxford and Cambridge boat-races are annually rowed, and the breweries whose success has brought knighthood to their owners.

But that which most interested us was old Twickenham Church, which we saw by a side excursion. It is surrounded by old trees, and a yard in which are those curious tombstones that lie flat on the ground, and do not stand up as our American tombstones do. The church has a square Norman tower, and an interior that carries you back hundreds of years—almost, indeed, to the Reformation. Here is buried the remains of Alexander Pope, brought thither from Twickenham Villa not far away. We returned by train to London, so tired were we of limb, and so filled were our heads with history, reminiscence, and pretty pictures of rural life.

Anna Burton. New York.

Answers to Kinks.

No. 55.—A carrier-pigeon.

No. 56.

1. Queenstown. 2. By fighting for us in the war of the Revolution. He was an officer. 3. A British officer under Cornwallis. 4. Stephen Girard, of Girard College.

No. 57.—New-castle—Newcastle.

No. 58.—Word Square.

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Questions and Answers.

The Priscilla Chapter can procure a copy of the handsome book we mentioned recently by applying to L. G. Price, 547 Union Street, Hudson, N. Y. The price is twenty-five cents, and four cents for postage. It is the record of a successful Chapter, neatly cloth bound, and a pretty souvenir for your library.—Harry C. Farrer, 559 Sixty-ninth Street, Englewood, Chicago, Ill., wants correspondents in foreign countries. He can get information of the Daughters of the Revolution by writing to the secretary, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York. There is no active Chapter near your Englewood home. You might form one perhaps.—C. B. Yardley, Jun., 332 William Street, East Orange, N. J., is much interested in boats, both small and large, and he wants to hear from you if you have the same fancy. He goes every summer to a New Hampshire lake, where he owns a sail and a row boat. He asks where he can see models of boats. Since he lives near New York, we think the best available collection is in the rooms of the New York Yacht Club, 71 Madison Avenue. If you write in advance for permission, we are quite sure you will be permitted to inspect these models as carefully as you may desire.

Three or four readers have lately asked questions directly in the line of what follows. That such jingles help one to remember facts is unquestioned. Still, if one can do so, it is better to remember the facts without the rhyme. Marion H. Cooke, who finds the lines in a newspaper, sends them to the Table just at a time when several readers are asking for them. The first one is:

A List or Presidents.

Come, young folks all, and learn my rhyme, Writ like the one of olden time. For linked together name to name, The whole a surer place will claim; And firmly in your mind shall stand The names of those who've ruled our land. A noble list: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe, John Quincy Adams—and below Comes Andrew Jackson in his turn; Martin Van Buren next we learn; Then William Henry Harrison, Whom soon John Tyler followed on. And after Tyler, James K. Polk, Then Zachary Taylor ruled the folk Till death. Then Millard Fillmore came; And Franklin Pierce we next must name. And James Buchanan then appears; Then Abraham Lincoln through those years Of war. And when his life was lost, 'Twas Andrew Johnson filled his post. Then U. S. Grant and R. B. Hayes And James A. Garfield each had place, And Chester Arthur, and my rhyme Ends now in Grover Cleveland's time.

And the other:

The Rulers of England.

First William the Norman, then William his son, Henry, Stephen, and Henry, then Richard and John; After Henry the third, Edwards one, two, and three, After Richard the second, three Henrys we see. Fourth Edward precedes the third Richard, then press Two Henrys, Sixth Edward, Queen Mary, Queen Bess; Then Jamie from Scotland and Charles must be reckoned, Succeeded by Cromwell and then Charles the Second; Then we had James, who relinquished the throne To William and Mary, then William alone, Till Anne, the Four Georges, Fourth William had passed; Victoria now reigns—may she long be the last!

To Ames Ulmer.—The latest record at hand is December, 1895. On that date the President of Switzerland was Joseph Zemp. The official residence is at Berne.—F. S. Davis: Order Si Klegg and His Pard from any bookseller. If you have none, write to The Baker and Taylor Company, New York.—Janey Crowe, 13 Birch Crescent, Rochester, N. Y., plies us with a sheet full of questions, which we are glad to answer as fully as we are able: 1. Elvirton Wright is the author of Majoribanks, and, we presume, also of the book you mention. Write to the Congregational Publishing House, Boston, for fuller information. 2. The other author whom you name has written many books. L. F. Meade was her former name. Now it is Mrs. E. T. T. Smith. Her publishers are Lippincotts, Cassells, and half a dozen others. 3. Some information is wanted about these authors—where they live, and some interesting facts in their lives. Can any readers supply us with morsels containing such information? 4. There are to be Round Table prizes this year for puzzles, stories, and amateur photographs. The puzzle prizes are to be $40 each, and there are to be five contests. The story prizes are worth $75 for the first, $50 for the second, and $25 for the third, and the photograph prizes amount in all to $125. Full particulars with conditions will be announced very soon. 5. No Round Table reunion has been planned.

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.

OUR ANNUAL PRIZE CONTEST.

We have received many queries since the appearance of the Prize Offers as to the exact nature of the photographic prize competition, showing that our amateurs were looking forward to and preparing for the yearly event of the club. Each person should read the announcement of the Prize Offers, and the rules governing the contest, in the October 27 issue of the Round Table.

There are two contests, both of which are open to the members of the Camera Club, and we hope each member of the Camera Club will send pictures to both competitions. The very fine photographs which were submitted last year showed that the members are all striving to do good work. The improvement in the style of pictures and the subjects chosen was much better last year than in any previous year, and we expect still better work submitted in this contest. All contestants must be subscribers to Harper's Round Table themselves, or take the paper in their family.

There is no restriction as to the number of prints one may send, but in sending prints mark each print with name, address, and class for which the picture is designed. The best place to mark a picture is on the back of the card-mount.

Any printing process may be used except the blue print. While many amateurs use the glossy papers, the preference is for the matt surface, and a bromide or platinum print is the paper generally chosen by first-class amateurs. If one does not know how to use these papers, or cannot procure them, try to make the best print possible on the paper which is chosen. The printing and mounting of a picture have a great deal to do with its attractiveness, and the mechanical work in a photograph is always considered when judging pictures.

Several queries were received last year asking if a picture taken with a 4-by-5 camera, and trimmed down so that it was a little less than 4 by 5, would be admitted to the competition. The answer was that a picture might be trimmed a little, but not enough to bring it down to a size perhaps 3 by 4, that would make it too small to be "eligible."

Each competitor in the Camera Club may send as many pictures as he pleases to both contests, and he may compete in each class in the two competitions. This gives the members of the club the advantage over non-members, who can only compete in the "Open to All" contest.

We have received many additions to our club during the last year, and shall expect to see some fine work. Do not delay, but send in your pictures as early as possible. The names of the prize-winners will be announced in the January, probably the New-Year's, number of the Round Table.

Her graceful presence, everywhere Suggests the fragrance, faint and rare With which the sweetest flowers allure: To such a dainty gown and face The touch of soap seems out of place— Save Ivory, which itself is pure.

Copyright, 1896, by The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti.