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development, in many instances very little retouching would be required. Certainly what constitute facial blemishes may in all cases be removed, but with persons of average good looks, as they advance in years, the stopping-out of all marks of time and character, and attempting to restore the look of youth, should be universally deprecated by persons of good sense.— American Journal of Photography. patent IEntellgente. Applications for Letters Patent. 11,900. GEORGES MESSAGER, 45, Southampton Buildings, London, ‘ ‘ Improvements in and Relating to Photographic Shutters.”—July 18th. 11,915. EDWARD John Browns, 43, Smollet Street, Liverpool, “ Photo Half-Tone Rubber Stamp.”—July 14th. 12,114. NEWNHAN Browns, 73, Cheapside, London, “Im provements in Photographic Apparatus.” (R. Hiittig, Ger many.)—July 16th. 12,176. Charles Thomas Abbott, 53, Chancery Lane, London, “ Improvements in the Manufacture of Picture Frames.”— July 16 th. 12,218. NEWXHAN Browne, 73, Cheapside, London, “ Im provements in Detective Cameras.” (Friedrich August Fichtner, Germany.)—July 18th. Specifications Published. 2,293. March 291h,1890.—“Glass Frosting.” W. H. Akester, 15, Munster Road, Fulham, Middlesex. Relates to frosting or obscuring glass surfaces, such as glass globes used for incandescent electric lamps, and consists in dipping the article into, or otherwise coating the surface with a solution of nitro-cellulose. If desired, there may be added to the solution any colouring matter, as one of the aniline dyes. The article is afterwards dried in a drying chamber. 2,623. February Mth, 1890.—“ Modifications of Zoetropes." L. Brennan, Gillingham, Kent. Consists of a method of, and apparatus for, producing pic tures or designs appearing to move and change, that is a method and apparatus for giving the same effects as the ordinary zoe- trope. The complete apparatus may be divided into two parts, a fixed part and a removable part. The latter part consists of three frames, between which are bars, round which strips of paper are passed, the ends of each strip being held in the frame. The removable part is placed in frames carried on a suitable stand, and provided with two right and left hand screws, oper ated simultaneously by handle and gear-wheel. The front frame is fixed, the other two are free to travel towards and away from one another along guide rails when the crank is rotated. Plain paper strips being inserted, a picture is photo graphed, or in any other suitable way, placed upon all the ex posed edges at the front. The crank is slightly turned, fresh surfaces or edges are exposed, on which a second picture, some what different from the first, is placed. The crank is again turned, a fresh picture placed on, and so on. By using strips, having pictures thus formed thereon, and by rotating the crank, a design or picture appearing to move and change is witnessed. Correction.—In Mr. Debenham’s paper on “The Cult of Indistinctness” in our last, the word “promising,” 19 th. line, 1st column, page 518, should read “prominent.” The PHOTOGRAPHIC Club.—Subject for July 29th, “ Deve loping en route”; August 5 th, “Dark Room Appliances and Photographic Dishes.” Outing July 25th, Wanstead Park ; train leaves Liverpool Street 2.35 for Snaresbrook. Photographic Society of Great Britain, 50, Great Russell Street, W.C.—The subject for discussion at the technical meeting on July 28th is “ Photographic Optics and Perspective.” The rooms will be closed from July 29th to August 24th. Correspondence. THE NAMING OF PHOTOGRAPHS. Sir,—When travelling abroad I am in the habit of buying photographs of the scenery, and lately I mounted some hun dreds of them in scrapbooks. In doing so I noticed that the great majority of the names were marked in pencil on the back of the photos, and a large number of them in a more or less unsatisfactory manner. Some were written in a hand either difficult to read or quite illegible ; others were vague and indefinite, such as “ Oberland Mountains,” or “Rhone Valley,” and two were actually named “Swiss Scene” and nothing else, whilst several of the most interesting had no name whatever. I have also bought a great many photographs in England, and I find them just as bad as the continental ones in this respect, if not worse. I ought to add as a climax that I am able from my own knowledge to see that not a few bore entirely wrong names, and I could not but entertain an uneasy suspicion that many others might also be erroneous unknown to me. This state of things is not only a nuisance, but renders the photo graphs of far less value, and must, I should think, diminish the sale of them. I submit that the names should in all cases be printed upon them, as is already done by many photographers, especially in Naples and Venice, and not be left to a possibly ignorant shopman to scrawl something on the back, with the results stated above. W. M. Cooper. Guernsey, July 15th. DELAYED FOREIGN EXHIBITS AT THE RECENT NEW YORK EXHIBITION. Sir,—Some misapprehension having arisen as to the appear ance, in the catalogue of the Fourth Annual Exhibition, of the names of one or two foreign exhibitors whose exhibits were not hung when the exhibition opened, an explanation is now deemed necessary in order to show that no injustice was done to such exhibitors. It should be mentioned that the entry forms filled out for catalogue purposes were received by mail some time in advance of the exhibits sent by express ; the committee, expecting they would arrive in time, favoured the exhibitor, as it thought, by inserting in the catalogue his name and description of exhibit. In the case of Mr. Lyddell Sawyer, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, whose entry form was received ten days before his exhibit, which was delivered three days after the exhibition opened, and after the awards had been made, there was no chance, under the rules, for his exhibit to be framed and judged. It was, accordingly, hung “ for exhibition only,” by consent of the committee. It took twenty-one days from the time they were sent till received in New York. His work was admired by the many visitors, and would doubtless have taken a medal, as at many other exhibitions, had it come in time. In the case of Mr. John E. Austen, of Maidstone, whose work has invariably taken a medal wherever exhibited, it should be stated that while his entry form reached the committee in time for the catalogue, his exhibits never came to hand, and at the time, though diligent inquiry was made about them of the forwarding agents, no trace of them could be found. This explanation should prevent Mr. Austen from being put in any false position. A third case is that of Col. R. W. Stewart, of Devonport, who, instead of sending his entry form by mail, sent it by express with the photographs, which were received the third day after the exhibition opened, too late for entrance in the catalogue and for judging. He had excellent platinotype prints of the Westminster Abbey. They were hung for exhibition, and were much liked. Few foreigners can imagine the delay even in getting the simplest article through the U. S. Custom House. In some parts of it one man has to do the work of two; then the articles have to be appraised, and must wait their turn. Usually ten days to two weeks are required, hence in sending articles to America this delay must be allowed for. It was for this reason that the committee urged all intending foreign exhibitors to send their | pictures, unmounted, by mail. Those who did so had their