According to latest advices the Albums 110W en route were located as follows: Album for February, 1910, at New York City; Album for March, 1910, at Boston; Album for April at Westfield, Mass.; Album for May at Ithaca, N. Y.

Members from whom prints are due are urged to send them with the least practicable delay. The Album for July will be issued as soon after June 15 as is possible. Prints received after June 15 will not be inserted in the July Album.

At the request of our fellow member, Mr. Harry D. Williar, the following questions are propounded to such of the members of our Club as belong to other photographic associations:

Ist. Does your Club usually have an annual print competition or exhibition?

2. What form of prize does your Club usually award, if any?

3. If no prizes of any kind are awarded, does the acceptance and hanging of a print comprise the only honor bestowed?

4th. How long are prints usually open for public exhibition; or if not open to the public, please so state and the time prints are usually on private exhibition?

5th. Is it customary with your Club to have prints judged and honors awarded before being exposed to the public, or are prints exhibited to the public and judged after having been exhibited to the public for a week or more?

6th. Does your exhibition fairly represent your active membership or is it confined to a few only?

Members to whom the foregoing applies will confer a favor upon Brother Williar, and the Secretary will also regard it as a personal favor to himself, if the information called for be supplied to Brother Williar at an early date.

G. A. BRANDT, Secretary.

TWENTY-THIRD STREET, NEW YORK, Y. M. C. A. CAMERA CLUB.

The following officers were elected at the annual meeting held Monday evening, April 4: President, Albert K. Dawson; Vice-president, Charles d'Emery; Treasurer, John Downie; Secretary, J. O. Sprague.

A large number of club members were present at the meeting of the club held Monday evening, May 2. Mr. Downie gave an interesting talk on "Composition," speaking of Unity and Simplicity in the makeup of a good picture.

The president has appointed the following chairmen of committees for the coming year: Entertainment, William D. McJennett; house, Harold M. Wyckoff; print, Ernest Adams.

Plans are being made by the committees, looking forward to a better and more efficient photographic club than ever before. Monthly exhibitions will be held, beginning with October. A different subject will be given for each month, and the prints criticized by members and others who are well qualified for such work. The print committee also have other plans, including a circulating portfolio, several large exhibits. Entertainments and demonstrations will be held monthly from October through the season.

J. O. SPRAGUE, Secretary.

The newly appointed Print Committee of the Camera Club of the Twenty-third Street Y. M. C. A. held its first meeting Monday evening, May 16, to plan the work for the coming year. Besides members of the Committee, the President and Secretary of the Club were in attendance by special request, and added much to the various discussions. The chief business in hand was to lay out the schedules of monthly exhibits for next fall and winter. The plan of awarding prizes, which was tried last season, did not prove very successful on account of the lack of uniform and competent judges, and it was thought best to discontinue this feature. The monthly exhibits are to be continued, however, according to the following schedule:

September-Landscapes.

October-Views of (or typifying) New

ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF PHOTOGRAPHY,
EFFINGHAM, ILL.

The Government of Guatemala, C. A., through its Consul at New Orleans, has just placed a student, Mr. Georges Saenz with the Bissell Colleges for a complete course in plain engraving and three-color work. On completing the course he will take charge of a bureau of engraving for his home government. Mr. Manzanilla, of 1908, who was sent to learn the engraving work by the Mexican government has charge of a similar department in Yucatan.

News reaches us that Mr. Earl Shaw, student of 1898, died at his home in Bloomingburg, Ohio, last month.

Mr. Edgar B. Scott, student of 1901, had the misfortune to lose his studio in Decatur, Ill., by fire recently. He is now on the road for a postcard and art company and made us a visit last month.

Mr. Clarence Weed, demonstrator for the Eastman Company, spent a day at the college last month demonstrating his company's products. He also gave a very interesting lecture in the evening at the College Camera Club.

An enormous new transformer has been installed at the Bissell College of photoengraving to transform the powerful electric current used for the arc lights of the operating department.

Mr. E. S. Magee, of Pittsburg, Pa., has returned to the college after a month's absence, and hopes to be able to finish his course without further interruption, his brother having kindly volunteered to stay home and tend the stock and the chickens and do the chores in addition to his job of mayoring the smoky burg.

The new Graflex and Graphic Camera Catalogue for 1910, published by the Folmer & Schwing Division of the Eastman Kodak Co., is now being circulated and may be obtained from local dealers or will be sent direct upon request.

As is customary with Eastman products, it is a beautiful addition to their useful publications and catalogues.

It is amply illustrated throughout with striking possibilities of the results obtainable and gives a comprehensive idea and description of the sizes and styles of Graflex and Graphic Cameras. We give herewith a reproduction of the cover of this catalogue.

The 1910 catalogue of the Premo Camera is ready for distribution by the Rochester Optical Division of the Eastman Kodak Co. This catalogue in which is listed all well known articles of Premo merit from Premo Jr.'s to Empire State View Cameras is worthy of especial mention. From the beginner in infancy to the finished photographer with his complete outfit this catalogue has an appealing fascination. Also is listed the Premo Accessories including the Film Pack Tank and the Premo Adapter. If you have not one of these catalogues send for one to-day. The catalogue is attractively gotten up with a beautiful cover in colors.

carried out as to confer credit alike upon authors and printers.

It is profusely illustrated with fine halftone engravings of subjects of the most varied kinds which will appeal to all interests.

An historical sketch of lenses, a glossary of photographic terms, tables showing Angle of View, Depth of Focus, Exposure and Shutter Speeds, make the book unusually valuable.

Bausch & Lomb would like to place a copy of this new catalogue in the hands of every person interested in high grade photographic equipments, and to this end invite requests. It can also be procured from photo dealers.

Imperial Hand Book for 1910, issued by the Imperial Dry Plate Co., of London, Eng., American Agent, G. Gennert, New York and Chicago.

These books contain an unusual amount of valuable information concerning the handling and use of Imperial Plates for both amateurs and professionals, regarding the many brands of special plates of their manufacture and many formulæ for developing. An interesting feature is a tissue leaflet of a negative in nine different stages of exposure and development, from an under-exposure with brief development to an over-exposure with prolonged development. These handbooks, including leaflet, will be sent gratis upon request.

"The Agfa Book of Photographic Formulæ," edited by George L. Burrows. Published by Berlin Aniline Works, 213215 Water street, New York. Price 50

cents.

This is a book many photographers, both amateur and professional, have been in need of for some time. Many of us are quite partial to a certain developer or plate or film, due in many cases to inex

Lexikon fuer Photographie und Reproduktionstechnik, volume 1, by Prof. G. H. Emmerich, 1910, 480 pages, 36 tables, and 360 text illustrations. Published by A. Hartleben, Vienna, Austria. Price, 6 Kronen.

Photographic literature has been enriched by the issuance of an encyclopedia of photography. This work is divided into two volumes of which the first has just been printed. There are 36 large folding plates, most of them fine half-tones on heavy coated paper, some are in colors. The text illustrations are with few exceptions, wood cuts. The type is large and clean cut on good smooth paper. It is up-to-date and no photographic library is complete without it. The author was ably assisted by a corps of 23 collaborators, each an authority in some branch of photography.

Many are the various praises we acknowledge from our esteemed foreign contemporaries. It is gratifying to us, and is consistent with our objects and aims to note that our magazine is quoted upon numerous occasions as the authority, suggesting, advocating, or sustaining some new innovation in photography by our worldknown contributors. In many instances whole articles have been translated into either the French, German, Italian, or other languages.

In Printers Ink for May appears an interesting article on "The Photograph in Display Advertising," by Mr. L. B. Jones. His experience as advertising manager and his connection with Eastman Kodak Co., certainly qualifies Mr. Jones to advise and comment on the relative value of reproductions and the advantages of "true to life" photographs over paintings or line drawings as an advertising medium.

There is certainly nothing which appeals more strongly to a purchaser than the actual photograph.

We quite agree with Mr. Jones that results obtainable with the photograph for display advertising are cheaper, and should for that reason alone be more in demand. We have heard of several instances where quite a handsome sum was realized for an original photograph, which was later copyrighted and used to advertise certain articles.

How many well known articles from shoes to toilet powders are but recognized from the maker's or inventor's photograph on the wrapper or article.

A NEW HOME FOR SCHERING & GLATZ.

After forty-three years of uninterrupted business in the same section of Maiden Lane, New York City, first at the corner of Maiden Lane and William street, the site of the present Royal Building, subsequently at No. 52, at No. 55, and since 1898 at No. 58, the firm of Schering & Glatz announce their removal on July Ist, to the five-story building at No. 150152 Maiden Lane.

This building, which was acquired last year by the now sole proprietor of the firm, Mr. C. F. Stiefel, is at present being thoroughly remodelled and upon completion will be entirely occupied by Schering & Glatz.

To our older readers, the Schering Chemical Works, of which Schering & Glatz are the sole United States representatives, will be best known as the original manufacturers of pyro developer, while old and young, professionals and amateurs alike, who have not as yet become acquainted with the more recent photographic specialties of this progressive concern, are invited, when in the city, to view the enlarged photographic department of Schering & Glatz or to write for information.

AUTOTYPE CARBON TISSUES.

The permanency of carbon, the power to produce all that the negative shows, the new increased range of tints, the various means at hand to use Carbon Tissue on any camera, is slowly but gradually bringing the use of carbon in all branches of photography. For landscape, transparency, lantern slides, porcelain and ground glass pictures photogravure and of late ceramic photography and, above all, for portrait and miniature portraits. For the new oil process, the transfer papers, offered by the Autotype Carbon Co., have given the best results.

The Barnet Ortho Plate and the Barnet Gaslight Papers, of which J. L. Lewis of 379 Sixth avenue, New York, is the American representative are readily explained in the new hand books recently issued, copy of which may be obtained by writing direct and mentioning the PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMES. Also descriptive circular regarding Seltona and Leto Papers. Write now while it is on your mind.

Mr. J. O. Jarrell, for the past six years in the employ of the Bausch & Lomb