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AN EXAMPLE. One hardly knows whether to regard School Boards as educational bodies or not. Some- how or other the man in the street looks upon a member of such a Board in a different j light from that in which he regards those who constitute other public authorities, School Boards control our elementary edu- cational system up to a certain point, and hence it is presumed that the members comprising them must necessarily be more intellectual than, say, the members of Bor- j ough Councils. Viewed at in this light, members of School Boards might reasonably II be expected to be not merely intelligent, but capable of setting a good example to the rest of the community. In this latter connection, we can hardly congratulate Mr. H. D. Williams, a member of the Swansea Board. There was uncalled for discussion at one of the Committee meetings during the week. Mr. A. W. Halden had reported that a cer- tain privilege granted in the direction of holding soirees at certain of the schools was being abused" inasmuch as these functions | were being kept up till the small hours of the morning, when the regulation was that they should cease at 11 o'clock. Mr. Halden not only instructed an 'official to pay a sur- prise visit, but on another occasion accom- panied him in order, we suppose, to make assurance doubly sure. For this devotion to duty, Mr. Williams, in the course of dis- cussion, not only used such language as "a deliberate lie," but said, "We have got a good spy in the clerk. If the War Office had only known him he would have got a job in South Africa." All who know any- thing about Mr. Halden who, while devoted to his work, is yet impartial and fair-minded I to a degree, will say at once that such a base insinuation is not merely uncalled for, but J quite unworthy of any member who professes himself qualified to control the teachers of our boys and girls.

NOTES AND NOTIONS. One of the principal exhibits at the Royal Water-colour Exhibition is a picture of Ox- wich Castle by the president, Mr. Waterlow. We are pleased to announce that Mr. Thos. J. Williams, son of Mr. Wm. Williams (Maesygwernen, Swansea), was on Wednesday called to the Bar in Gray's Inn. The Swansea Master Bakers' Association has decided to raise the price of flour 2d. per score, and bread id. per quartern loaf. Pastor Thomas Spurgeon,, who is to preach at Mount Pleasant Chapel on Sunday, May 4th, will lecture on the following Monday on the subject "Tact, the Talent of Talents." Sir John and_Lady Llewelyn are this week entertaining at Penllergaer, Sir Wm. Thistle- ton Dyer and Lady Dyer (from Kew Gardens), Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, Mr. Pemberton, the Misses Booker, and Lintley, and Messrs. M. and E. Moggridge. Edwards, the well-known draper, of Swan- sea, will, to-morrow, open their new refresh- ment room, which has been suitably fur- nished, decorated, and fitted up with lava- tories and all other conveniences for the use of their customers. The kitchen has ail modern appliances for satisfactory negotiat- ing all orders of a hot nature in a thoroughly satisfactory and expeditious manner. We notice it is lighted by electricity. Mr. Albert Spicer, M.P., accompanied by Mr. J. Hughes Edwards, editor of "Young Wales," visited Swansea on Tuesday. Mr. Spicer has been addressing a good many meetings as a strong opponent to the Govern- ment's Education Bill, and during the after- noon he visited the Swansea School Board offices, and had an interview with Mr. A. W. Halden, the clerk, and Mr. Wignall. The late Mr. Philip Rogers, of 2, De-la- Beche-street, Swansea,, of the firm of Rogers and Son, monumental sculptors, and for some years a member of the Swansea Town Council, who died on February 24th, left property valued at £ 585 18s. 5d. His will has been proved by Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers, the widow.. the other executor, William Rees Rogers, having renounced probate. The passenger trains on the Swansea branch of the Midland Railway are being consider- ably accelerated and improved from May 1st. The time between Swansea and Bryn- mawr in each direction will be reduced about ten minutes. The whole service on this part of the company's system will undergo impor- tant alterations. In most cases the trains will leave intermediate stations between Swansea and Brynmawr a few minutes ear- lier than is now the case. The public are referred to the company's time-tables for full particulars. An amusing little incident occurred at a meeting of the Swansea Parks Committee on Wednesday. Durng the proceedings the Chairman (Aid. W. H. Spring) produced from his pocket, with evident pride, a little paper packet, stating at the same time that he had a little present for the Mayor (Mr. Griff. Thomas)". The alderman added that it Was a rose-the first one grown in their green- house at Victoria Park, and a fine bloom of the Marechal Neil genus. Unfortunately, Aid. Spring found that the flower, much crushed, had parted from its stem. The following appeared in Tuesday night's "Gazette"; The undermentioned officers re- sign. their commissions and receive new com- missions, subject to the provisions of the Militia and Yeomanry Act, 1901, each re- taining his present rank, vi., Glamorganshire Lieut.-Col. and Hon. Col. W H. Wyndham Quin, D.S.O.; major reserve of officers; Major C. L. Dillwyn Venables Llewelyn, L.C.F.T., Wyndham Quin, Lieut. J. T. Moore, Second Lieut. M. H. Tyler, Surgeon Lieut. Moyaan,, M.D., and Veterinary Surgeon L. T. A grand Coronation concert will be held at the Albert Hall on Monday, May 5th, when the festival chorus, consisting of Philadelphia (Morriston) and other Swansea, and district choirs will render the "Golden Legend." The artistes engaged for the occasion are: Miss I Maggie Davies, Madame Hannah Jones, Mr. Lloyd Chandos and Mr. Chas. Tree. A special feature of the performance will be the in- clusion of the Strasbure Cathedral Bells, as used at the Leeds, Gloucester, and other fes- tivals. There will be an augmented orchestra of 50 performers, under the leadership of Mr. Woodward. The concert will be under the able conductorship of Mr. W. F. Hulley, assisted by Mr. D. Jones, A.C. (choirmaster.) As the concert is in aid of the Swansea and District Nursing Institute, we trust there will be a bumper house. In "The Cambrian" windows this week we have on view an interesting and appropriate picture of the Coronation of his Majesty ^ing George the Fourth. The reproduction is contained in a somewhat valuable book, the property of Mr. W. Davies, Pontardawe, setting forth a A historical narrative of those momentous events which have taken place in this country during the years 1816 to 1823." The unfortunate and unfounded scandals affecting Queen Caroline are referred to, and the work contains, in addition to the picture on view, a number of very fine proof engravings. In the description of the Coron- ation scene, the Lord Archbishop of Cantpr- bury makes the recognition in the words: "Sil'S, I here present unto you King George the Fourth, the undoubted King of this realm, wherefore all you that come this day to do your homage are ye willing to do the f-aine., The people replied to this de- mand by waving their hats and handkerchiefs and with loud and repeated acclamations of "God Save King George the Fourth.' At the last recognition the trumpets sounded and the drums beat." The vacancy caused at Swansea by the re- tirement of Sergt.-Major Mills from the posi- tion of Bridage Sergeanfe-Major has been filled by the appointment) of Sergt.-Instructor Marshall, 1st G.V.A., who has up till now been stationed at Morriston. Sergt.-Major Marshall will be succeeded at Morriston by Sergt.-Major Armley. Although the Arms of Wales will figure in the Royal triumphal arch to be erected op- posite the Houses of Parliament, the patron saint will not, according to the present speci- fications. Seeing that St. George, St. An- drew, and St. Patrick will be represented, we quite agree with the "Mail's" Day by Day man, that there is no reason why St. David should be left out in the cold. The Local Government Board has issued an order sanctioning any reasonable expenses which may be incurred by local authorities in connection with the public celebration of the Coronation. The effect of the sanction will not be to legalise any expenses. It will only prevent the disallowance of such ex- penses, if reasonable, by the district auditor at the audit. Probate of the will of Mr. Wm. Watkin Williams, of Sybil Villa, Clydach, Llangy- felach, Glamorgan, architect, who died on the 18tih of March last, has been granted to his brother, Mr. Daniel Williams, of 80, Arran-street, Cardiff, and power is reserved to grant probate also to his father, Mr. Watkin Williams, and his brother, Mr. Wm. Willams. The testator's estate has been valued at £ 1,241. The Lord Bishop of St. David's on Monday evening admitted by public institution Chancellor Smith, D.D., as vicar of the parish of Hay, Breconshire. The church was crowded to its utmost capacity. Among the clersry present were the Rural Dean, Rev. W. Williams (Llowes), Revs. W. E. T. Morgan (vicar of Llanigon brother to Dr. Rice Mor- gan, Morriston), Walwyn Trumper (vicar of Clifford), D. C. Moore (Rector of Cusop), J. C. Britton (vicar of Hard wick), and others from neighbouring parishes. A large number of Nonconformists also attended. znl Saturday was the anniversary of the death of the Earl of Beaconsfield in 1881. It was on the sam eday in the following year that Charles Darwin died. It was also a curious coincidence that on the day that when Bea" consfield died Cecil Rhodes was making his maiden speech in the Cape Parliament. The militant Toryism with which the primrose is associated as an emblem was referred to somewhat comprehensively by Mr. MacNeill on Friday night, when in an attack on Lord Londonderry, the Postmaster-General, he de- scribed him as "neglecting the duties of his office in primrosing all over the country." The town of Rhosllanerchrugog, North Wales, probably holds the record for early marriages. The place is a thriving mining town of about 10,000 population. The ma- jority of the marriages are contracted when the bridegroom is from eighteen to twenty years of age, and the bride generally about two years younger. The marriages as a rule are happy ones, for the young miner of eigh- teen to twenty is able to earn a splendid wage. After a few months of married life the young husband's whole ambition is to build himself a chamber house. He himself does most of the building work. Lord Rosebery, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain (if circumstances permit), Earl Spencer, Sir W. Harcourt, Earl Rosse, and Lord Balfour of Burleigh are amongst the distinguished per- sons who have signified their intentdon of attending the ceremony of the installation of the Prince of Wales as Chancellor of the Welsh University in May next, on which occasion honorary degrees will be conferred on Lord Rosebery, Earl Rosse, Earl Spencer, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Dr. J. H. Murray (of dictionary fame), Dr. Cairn, Principal John Rhys, of Oxford, Sir Richard Jebb Judge Vaughan Williams, and all the chan^ cellors of other universities not mentioned above who may attend the ceremony. above who may attend the ceremony. The finishing touches are being put upon the handsome new library that has been added to the Royal Institution of South Wales, and on Friday morning Mr. C. H. Glascodine, as president, performed the in- teresting task of carrying the first set of books from the old to the new room. The site of the new library is the lecture and art room that. was added to the Institution a few years ago, and an additional entrance to it has been made, a short but broad stair- case now leading into it from the present reading room. Accommodation for the col- lection of pictures has been found in another new gallery that leads from the theatre. The whole of the structural alterations, costing about £ 1,000 have been splendidly executed. The bookshelves (which give a lineal dimen- sion of some 1,400 feet) in the new library are of teak, and a special feature about them is the fact that the carved pilasters are re- movable, so that additional shelf-accommoda- tion can be inserted at right angles to the present shelves, when the pilasters can be replaced at the ends of the new additions. The formal opening of the new library and art gallery will take place in about a month's time.

A REVERIE. The waning moon sinks o'er the sleeping town' The silent river flows with ceaseless stream, The very silence speaks, and wakes my soul From earth's vain power, as from an evil dream. Still flows the stream as in dim ages past, Heedless of human joy or grief, renown or shame; Thus time itself removes with ruthless wave All human care, ambition, sorrow, fame. Pure spirits long unheeded, hover near, I feel their holy influence around They speak of the Eternal and unseen, Tho' the bushed air holds not the faintest sound. And she is here among them (tho' removed), My restless fiery heart she gently calms; Her may I see when life's last hour shall come; Her may I clasp in death with failing arms. L. JOHNSON.

FASHION NOTES. (BY MESSRS. BBN EVANS AND Co., LIMITED; SWANSEA. 1 The readers of this column will, no doubt, be interested to learn that the fashionable garments and novelties, selected in Paris and other centres of fashions, are now being delivered. Amongst them are some elegant model gowns, mantles, and beautiful examples of the milliner's art, silk ruffles and boas, dainty lingerie, &c. The goods will be ready for sale the early part of next week, and will be on view in the showrooms, A charming evening toilette, recently made, was of white mousseline-de-soie, mnch in-let with lace and made over pale yellow siik, veiled with pale pink chiffon, finished off at the hem: with flounces of kilted and ruched yellow and pink chiffon. The bodice was the same materials, with a belt and a par icu'arly well arranged tie of satin shot with t) « t vo colors. t, I rs. Preparations for the coronation are being already made, one of our large windows in Temple-street being this week utilised for the display of flags, bunting, &c. In mentioning flags we would like to call our readers' attention to tho fact that Welsh flags can now be purchased in cotton, from a penny each upwards. What with the Australian Com- monweftltb. South Africa, Canada, &c., each having a distinct flag, the varieties and sizes are almost endless. We may, perhaps, be allowed to say here that those who intend having their premises decorated, kc., for the coronation day, had better take time by the j forelock and place their orders at once, as it is feared that the stock of flags aDd ether decorative yood:s will be difficult to procure after the middle of May.

TheGlen-Spey Distillery, situated in the finest Whisky-producing District of Scotland is the property of W. and A. Gilbey. This Whisky is made entirely from home-grown barley, and is kept absolutely unblended in His Majesty's Bonded Warehouses to mature, and sold by W. and A. Gilbey'i agents in 8VIIq torn at 2s. 6d. per bew.,

THE WEEK AT WESTMINSTER. IRISH GRIEVANCES. Sir. Redmond raised a discussion in the House on Thursday regarding the proclamation of certain districts of Ireland, in which the United Irish League is most active, by moving the adjournment of the House to consider a matter of "urgent public importance." Mr. Redmond protested against the revival of coercion very earnestly. It affected, he said, most prejudici- ally the future of Ireland, and was a confession of inability to govern her by the same laws as obtained in England, Scotland, and Wales. He brought in all the time-worn phrases about "government by coercion," "the suspension of the right of trial by jury," and contended t L;t t the Irish tenantry in this land struggle v. ^ve really engaged in a great trade-union contest. He declared that for every branch of the United Irish League which was suppressed two would spring up in its place. For every man sent to prison for discharging his duty in the movement a dozen would be ready to take his place. They would meet the Government face to face. and give them blow for blow. They would reply to coercion by hardening their hearts and strength- ening their organisation, so that redress must come. MR. WYNDHAM'S DEFENCE. Mr. Wyndham defended the Government policy in a speech of great merit. He admitted the gravity of the step which had been taken, but contended that the condition of affairs in Ireland demanded grave measures. He shewed how fear was brought into men's lives by the publication of veiled threats in Irish newspapers, and how there had been a persistent increase in bov- cotting, which justified the step taken. It was the duty of the Government to put an end to this boycotting, to aid the boycotted by excep- tional means, to dispel the brooding apprehension which blighted all intelligence, killed all initia- tive, and clouded every prospect of advancing their position by honest toil. There were several further speeches before the motion was put, one of the most notable being that of Lord Hugh Cecil. The motion was lost by 253 votes to 148. FRIDAY'S SITTING. The House of Commons was rather dull after Mr. Balfour had made his statement regarding the peace movement. The Post-office Vote came up for discussion, and some debate arose as to the position of telegraph clerks, it being alleged that prospects were held out to them which were never fulfilled. Mr. Austen Chamberlain denied that there had been any breach of faith. It was possible for certain men to obtain a maximum salary, but, of course, no guarantee was given that they should all obtain that salary. Mr. Bowles complained of the intolerable tyranuy exercised by Civil servants through electoral agencies in order to obtain more wages thar they were entitled to, and attention was after- wards directed to the frequent interruption of telegraphic communication with the north by storms and other causes. Mr. Austen Chamber- lain admitted the inconvenience, but pointed out that some forms of telegraphing could not be conducted on underground wires, and it was necessary for the present to maintain overhead wires even in places where underground ones were laid down. The Post Office would not place any obstacle in the way of linking their over- head wires with Marconi's system, so that mes- sages might be transmitted to ships at sea. Irish grievances occupied the rest of the sitting. SPION Kop. The House of Commons ranged itself over many subjects on Monday without getting much satis- faction from any of them. London tramways claimed its attention first of all, and then it turned to rend Mr. Brodrick over the Spion Kop despatches. For half-an-hour he had to stand a continuous bombardment from the Opposition and Ministerial benches, the ques- tioner-in-chief being Mr. Swift MacNeill. Mr. Malcolm opened the ball by asking why the despatches had been published. Mr. Brodrick explained that the despatches had been published in full because they had become the subject of controversy, to which Mr. Malcolm retorted by asking whether it was not the case that the publication of the de- spatches had given far more gratification to the enemies than to the friends of this country. That supplementary question, however, received no answer. In reply to Mr. MacNeill, who, Mr. Brodrick said, had no title to represent Sir R. Buller, he stated that the Government had not felt it incumbent upon them to publish further papers relating to operations in Natal prior to the relief of Ladysmith. They had not received any demands from Sir R. Buller for the publication of any telegrams, nor would the Government permit any officer to publish any telegrams without their authority. Mr. MacNeill put two more questions to the Secretary for War-why the Spion Kop despatches published in April, 1900, had been given to the public as if they were published in their entirety, whereas they were in reality published in fragmentary form, and also why the statement which Sir Charles Warren had laid before the Commander-in-Chief when he was withdrawn from his command had not been included in the Spion Kop papers. Mr. Brodrick replied that it was not usual to indicate blanks in publishing despatches, and he would not undertake in future to indicate them. As to General Warren's statement, he said it did not form part of the despatches, and, therefore, it had not been published. It was dated in August, 1900, many months after General Warren had left Natal. He declined to publish any further statement either by the officers involved impugning each other's conduct, e7 justifying their own shares in the transaction. THE INCOME-TAX. Having got through the questions, the House turned to the Budget and discussed the extra penny on the Income-tax. The principal con- tribution to the debate came from Sir William Harcourt, who declared that the Budget was an unpopular one. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach de- fended the increase, and ridiculed the suggestion that the registration duty on corn was a step in the way of Protection. The Government carried the resolution for the increase of the Income-tax by 290 to 61. THE BUDGET. The registration duty on corn and flour was debated at considerable length on Tuesday, the attack on the Government proposal being led by Sir Edward Strachey, who, as an agricultural representative, put forward the argument that the tax was one which touched the poorest of the poor. It was the thin end of the wedge of Protection for all kinds of manufactured articles, and would injuriously affect farmers who had devoted attention to stock-breeding, and handi- cap the dairy farmer in his competition with such countries as Denmark. The main Opposition attack came from Sir Henry Fowler, who objected to the tax on the grounds, firstly, that it was Protective; secondly, that, if it was agreed to, the policy of England in the future would be a po^^F ° Protection and thirdly, that it was a violation of the principle that taxation ought not to be levied on the necessities of life. He held that the duty would represent the addition of a halfpenny on the poor man's loaf, and the statement was met by cries from the Ministerialists, "A farthing." "No," re- peated Sir Henry, "a halfpenny"; but he added that, even II it was a farthing, the addition to persons eating nothing but bread would be a very serious tax on them, the poorest of the poor. He argued that the Chancellor, instead ot taxing the food of the people, ought to have increased the duty on tobacco and beer. The Chancellor of the Exchequer immediately replied, traversing the statements of Sir Henry. He argued that the duty was not in any sense a form of Protection, and declared that, it was absurd to say that people earning twenty shilhngs a week ate nothing but bread. Sir t Miehapl wound ud bv deHnrJnnr fii-jt ;t w. ) 1 absolutely necessary that the area of indirect taxation should be widened. There was con- siderable further discussion liefore the resolution (which was on the rej;ort of the rewolurioi passed in Committee of Ways and Means ]af't week) was put and carried by 223 votes to 197. THE r,v.i;i{ Hil.i. On Wednesday Mr. Tomlinsoji moved U, CSCfind reading of the Beer hili. Fie .aid lit main object of the bill \va, to eiu«r.re ih.i. beer should be br ■>\ved iVoiii liarley. msU. a v. j hops, these being tlie prime coiistitut-Mt N I and any substitute, "o-ing merely adjuuvi- Mr. Ernest Flower oj.|.oH< <1 the bill ii" I moved that this House decline to |»,.i ■with the consider u Kin of a bill interii lir^ «i. freedom in tii,- of beei in tin country, which. i.iiils! it imp.) ed upon i J. scientific development of B-'ltish hre^,t!- industries arbit ral-/res: riei ion* i hat cannot tit enforced upon tore-gn ci.in, eutors, in no ^;i;- provided sal'egr<;ii J 1 ior the public health < secured for eousu I ers a guarantee as 1,1 <• purity of the maLviaIs employed. Mr. < seconded the amendment, and other nse»i.e spoke upon it. The feature oi the »]« ba'e fine speech againsr. the bill by Mr. I'.eS i Moulton, which undoubtedly iiiJiueiu-tnl the IH <:1 of the division, wl ich shewed a majority W. 7. Maitwt the bill.

IN SPRING, Summer, Autumn and Winter ROSE'S LIME JUICE Cordial stands unrivalled as a delicious, wholesome and refreshing beverage. In cold weather, mixed with hot water, it sup- plies a delightful drink for all oocaeione, nrevent- ing chills and purifying the blood

OUR WEEKLY CAMEBA NOTES, SOME PRACTICAL HINTS FOR AMATEURS. [By Veronica.] [The writer of this column will be happy to reply to qneries on technical and business matters relating to photography. as well as to criticise prints submitted one or two at a time. Stamp or stamps for reply must he enclosed. Address ee Veronica at the office of "The Cambrian," 08, Wind-street, Swansea,] Week by week the jerry builder encroaches on those bits of country that have lain unmolested between the patches of suburbs around all large towns. Some photographers of my acquaint- ance are taking the opportunity to record the transformation of meadow into bricks and mortar, and the photographs should be of the utmost interest to themselves, and especially to their children in years to come. The twenty years hence resident in such a suburb aD New Southgate will have a truly wonderful story to tell of the incredible days when there were distinct patches of green between the streets a.nd squares, and positively quiet spots among what will then be a net-work of trams and tubes. In that narrative the camera-picture should supply proof positive that things were even so around great cities in the early years of the twentieth century. The present season is the time par excellence for securing cloud negatives, and I would fain believe that every possessor of a few decent landscape negatives will be magnifying their virtues by providing suitable skies to go with them, for, contest it how you will, nature is not often kind to the photographer, and rarely suspends above his landscape the sky which is artistically best. To tell how cloud photography is done I cannot do better than quote from some notes in The Photographer," the solitary Scotch journal for which the thanks of all north of the Tweed, and of many south of it, 'should be returned to the firm- of Mason and Co., who issue it from Buchanan-street, Glasgow. Thore who will follow the plain hints given by the writer should find the making of a stock of cloud negatives all pure joy. "We will imagine that we are out bent upon securing cloud negatives. The first thing we must do is to select a piece of ground that is pretty free from buildings, trees, chimney stalks, etc.; a piece of flat open country is the best, such as a moor or marsh. It must also be remem- bered that the most useful clouds are those which are comparatively close to the horizon, because they usually appear in the picture, and for this reason when we are using a half-plate camera we shall probably find that by including an inch or an inch and a half of horizon line and foreground, we will have a cloud negative with a fairly large expanse of sky which will be handy to print from. By working in this way we will have the most characteristic parts of the clouds in the upper half of the negative-just where they are most wanted." Working with the ordinary type of' roller blind shutter as sent out by 'The Thomton- Pickard Manufacturing Company' of Altrincham, we find that when we are taking light fleecy clouds in good summer light on Hford Isoehro- matic plates without a screen, and the leas stopped down to f/32 by drawing the blind across the lens as quickly as possible, a correctly exposed negative results. Workers who are not fortunate enough to possess a shutter could stop their lens down to f/45 or f/64. and make as short an exposure as they can with the cap, and the result should leave nothing to be desired. Then again, on the other hand, when essaying a late sunset effect, with heavy massive olouds partially obscuring the sun itself, we have more than once found it necessary to give two er three, seconds exposure. After making an exposure it will be ax well for the worker to jot a few notes down in his pocket book; these might be the time of year and day, direction of lighting and camera. This information will be found very useful when the operation of printing comes to be done." Clond negatives must be developed so that they may be full of graduation, soft and delioate in type and towards the thin side. We need, therefore, pay little about development. Any good formulae to which the worker is accustomed may be used. There must be some very strong reason to induce a firm to add one more to the already long list of developers, and a still stronger one to cause the amateur to relinquish ihm well-proved pyro or metol for the new comer. But I verily believe that Eiinol, the latest of developing agents possesses certain properties which will speedily endear it to the photographic world. Like other product", it hails from Germany, ard in the privacy of the chemical laboratory is known as meta-amido-ertho-oxybenzyl-alcohoi hydrochloride. Like the newer developers of the metol and amidol type, edinol gives detail all at once and builds up density more slowly as an after process. But unlike these developers, it is very soluble, so that the developing liquid is made up in a few seconds. Plates, lantern slides and films are equally suited to edinol, whiih does not stain, and the developer in my experience does not shew the sudden falling off of its power when the temperature is low. In a changeable climate as ours, this is a particularly welcome feature. To prepare the developer, 15 grains of edinol and 120 grains of soda sulphite are dissolved in 3J ounces of water, forming a stock solution which keeps well. Eight parts of this solution are mixed with three parts of one in three potassium carbonate solution. As regards manipulation i be only hint I would give is that development be pushed a little further than usual as one is apt to under-estimate the correct point when using edinol, and to blame it for eiving too thin a nega-tiv. Density is, however, simply a matter of a little longer development. Though we are slow at taking ideas from other nations, there is no doubt that in advertising we are becoming slavish imitators of American methods, and no dnubt the great purveyors of photographic materials will be following in the steps of a house in the States, which I see is advertising for the right to u"e the face of a pretty girl for advertising: purposes. Now ia the feminine opportunity The officials of great firms are but hnman and are open to conviction that Glycia P.O.P. will sell all the better if some daughter of the Gods, tall and divinelv fair, is shewn superintending its printing and completion 0T-r! > encjrc'e(l wrist and a fascinating profile lure us into purchasins' the "Riokarock" plate, held by the fairy hand, and gazed upon by the owner of the profile. Human nature is weak even when permeated with photography, and our interest is stimulated, not by scientific facts, but by the mere presentment of a girl who is erasp- ing a gelatine plate firmly in one corner with her thumb and finger. Wo all know about the double print which results when the paper moves in the printing frame, but there is another cause of fuzziness in P.O.P. prints, which is not so easy to recognise, and that is dne to the expansion or contraction of the paper. If the paper has been dried in an atmosphere cooler or hotter or drier than that in which the printing takes place, contraction or expansion must be expected. It is a good plan to let the paper remain in the printing room half-an- hour before printing commences, and to place the sheet of paper in the negative in the frame with the pad behind it, not pressing down the springs on the back. Always use three or four sheets of blotting paper between the sensatised paper and back, and see that the pressure is even, or a fuzzy out of focus looking print will be the result. My mention last week of a camera which pro- vided for the rapid and easy changing of cut films. has brought me several enquiries for name and maker. The former is The Zylo," made by the London Stereoscopic Co-, whose depot in Regent- street always has a knot of people ronnd it. drawn thither by tbe portraits of celebrities of the moment. The Zylo is not easily described on paper, though it is absurdly simple in use. The movement which changes the film is the with- drawal of a shutter from the top of the camera, and the immediate replacement of that shutter. This in and out motion—exactly like that of a dark slide-leads the exposed film into a light tight cbaniber, and briags a fresh one into position. There are one or two little points about tbe camera which are deserving of special mention—the finders can be taken out to clean, and their positions can be adjusted to fit the elevation of the rising front of the camera.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1902. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF SOUTH WALES. Councillor Moy Evans, who is evidently voicing the opinions of the Swansea Cor- poration as a whole, has characterised the proposals aiming at the transfer of the Royal Institution of South Wales to a more central site, as unreasonable." Judged from a strictly financial point of view they may be generally regarded as such. In our opinion, however, there are other and equally im- POrtant considerations that should be closely borne in mind in regard to the matter. The proposals, which are set out in another column, have been made as a result of an urgent appeal, that was made sometime ago by the Swansea Welsh Society, to the Cor- poration to adopt the Museums and Libraries Act, with a view to the establishment, in the borough, of a Municipal Museum. As a preliminary step, the Corporation desired to know how far it was possible to obtain, as a nucleus for such a municipal museum the very valuable collection of articles contained in the Royal Institution Museum. It was not to be expected that the authorities of the Royal Institution would give up their museum without some quid pro quo, and hence the deputation from the Corporation that waited upon Mr. C. H. Glascodine, the President, and Col. LI. Morgan, an ex- President, were informed under what condi- tions the Council of the Royal Institution would be advised to make the gift asked for. I Briefly put, there are three proposals made (1) the sale of the freehold of the present site for, roughly speaking, £ 250, which it is claimed would enable the Corporation to secure the present rent of 5s. per annum in perpetuity, and also represent 25 times the present value of their reversionary interest in the lease, which has 440 years to run; (2) the provision by the Corporation of a freehold site and suitable premises in lieu of the existing Institution, and (3) the purchase, outright, of the interest the authorities of the Royal Institution have in the lease. Either of these three proposals, if carried out, would be accompanied by a free gift of the museum as a nucleus for a municipal museum, while all of them have for their main purpose the sale of the existing site and premises in order that a new home might be found for the Royal Institution in a more central and more suitable locality The whole question, it seems to us, turns upon what is a fair and full value to be placed upon the interests of both parties to the lease, and here we think there should be a little give and take on both sides, inasmuch as the existence of the Royal 'Institution must, in the future, as it has in the past, materially affect the higher educational life of the district. The noble work done in the past can be gauged by a glaace at the records of the Institution, a walk through the spacious library and excellent museum, and a perusal of the list of honoured names in local literary and scientific circles, who have filled the high office of President. This is a work that should be fostered, rather than I fettered, in every possible way, and yet, at the present time, we fancy we see a quiet desire on the part of the Corporation to lend anything but a helping hand. In the lease that the Corporation granted when the Royal Institution was erected, some sixty years ago, there is an important covenant I restricting the use of the premises to literary and scientific purposes. In Corporation circles great importance is placed upon this restriction, on the supposition, we suppose, that if only the Royal Institution can be starved out of existence, a site that ha" now become most valuable, surrounded as it is by railways and docks, will fall into the hands of the Corporation long before the expiration of the lease. If such an idea la I' at all entertained, we do not hesitate to characterise it as being opposed to the true interests of the community. No doubt some j people will assert that the Institution should be amalgamated with the Public Library. Such a proposal as that will never be enter- tained by those who take a pardonable pride in what Mr. Glascodine rightly describes as the finest classical building in the Pna. cipality," to say nothing of the peculiar nature of the literary and scientific work the Institution is enabled to carry on. Any. refusal, however, to entertain a suggestion of this kind should not carry with it a want of general sympathy with the authorities in the somewhat unfortunate position in which they find themselves. There can be no doubt C, the work is suffering because of the changes that have followed in "trade's unfeeling train," together with the enormous growth of the borough during the past half century. A more central site is sadly needed, apd if the Corporation can assist in the matter it is their duty to do so, inasmuch as it is, to all intents and purposes, a public Institution for the promotion of literature, science and art in the borough, whose future is at stake. At the same time, the authorities of the Royal Institution themselves must recognise their j true position, and therefore not place an ex- orbitant: value upon their property, so a$, to preclude the possibility of reasonable nego- tiations being carried on. It seems to us .that if the Corporation will provide a free- hold site, say in the vicinity of Northampton- place, and at the same time undertake to remove the present building there, or build a new and equally imposing one, then the Royal Institution authorities should, without further ado, give up their present lease, for by the adoption of this proposal the aims in view would be fully met—the Royal Institution granted a new lease of life, and the town have the fullest benefit of any municipal museum that may be estab- lished.

MATTERS MILITARY. The sooner what is likely to become a serious military scandal, if persevered with, is nipped in the bud the better. Arising out of General Buller's indiscreet speech that brought about his being put on half-pay, have been various allegations concerning the manner in which the operations were car- ried out before Ladysmith. There was the famous "heliogram" which General Buller is said to have dispatched to Sir George White, advising him to surrender. Later on, allegations were bandied about in the Press and in the clubs anent the Spion Kop dis- aster. The attention of Parliament was directed to them, and recently Ministers and military men have been mixed up in an unenviable light, with the result that the Spion Kop dispatches were ordered to be published. The full story, however, was not told, and now General Sir Charles Warren, whose military skill has been impugned, has entered the lists. The whole affair is a most regrettable incident of the war, and the quicker Parliament sets the matter right by the fullest discussion of the whole of the facts the better will it be, in our opinion, now that so much has been said, not merely for the honour of the British Army, but for that of the nation at large, whose prestige must suffer in the eyes of Continental nations by any further prolongation of this. It may be that the military reputations of some of our officers will, as many others have done, find a grave in South Africa as a result of an enquiry, but be that as it may, it is far better to face the matter boldly than that the existing state of things should continue any longer. Meanwhile, we may rest assured that the British public can be relied upon to suspend final judgment till the last word is said on both sides.