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APRII 30, 1880. | THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 215 on the growth of the adornment of the upper lip, and maidens who squint. After thirty, few sitters are disposed to be off with the old love and on with the new ; the photograph taken before that age is the favourite one with them, and with it they require, it is obvious, perma nency. To gain this end, 1 make no doubt, the mounting of prints will, for the future, be an important considera tion. Washing also will receive its proper share of atten tion, and the two combined ought to act greatly towards that end. But the question still remains, how is the per manency of silver prints to be tested? It would certainly put our present suppositions at naught if we discovered that some of the prints most perfect after keeping were mounted on cards which contained injurious matter, or that some faded ones were on cards that were pure. I would humbly recommend to Mr. Spiller a few researches in this direction. What we require is a standard of analysis whereby we can say, if a silver print is free of certain impurities, it must be permanent. Or, failing in this direction, a something to be introduced into one of the manipulations, or made a separate operation, by which the same object is attained. If a scientific gentleman would devote his labours to this end he would prove a benefactor to the profession, and would be to it even a brighter “ star ” than Monsieur Lambert. This done, he could patent his discovery, and retire with more substantial rewards than fame would give. No “ process ” yet invented has the ease and sureness of silver printing, and it would be an act of the basest ingratitude to give up such an old and tried friend without a few desperate efforts. Before we put it and its ally, the silver bath, on the shelf as done up, decrepit, and useless, let us be sure that we have not left some rich and workable vein undis covered. We ought not to cast aside our respect for the aged warrior who has defeated so many youthful rivals. Let us turn our energies vigorously to that which will cause it to still maintain its ground against many new comers—permanency. Oorxespondeuce. PAYMENT OF ASSISTANTS. Sih,—In reference to the letter of “ An Operator of Six Years’ Standing,” in the News of April 16, I can, at any rate, give one instance of suitable assistants being suitably paid. In one of the studios described early in your series of “ At Homes,” there is, to my knowledge, a gentleman who is employed as assistant, under a three years’ engage ment, at a salary of £10 a week. I can give you other instances of photographers paying their assistants well, if you want them.—Faithfully yours, An EMPLOYER. Sib,—In your issue of April 16, under above heading, a correspondent who styles himself “An Operator of dix Years’ Standing ” appears compelled to ask “ what you think are fair wages for an operator.” A most important question, undoubtedly, if asked by a person who had set his mind upon operating, and was anxious to embark his cargo of talent and ability upon the tide of photographic enter prise ; but when asked by an “ Operator of Six years’ Stand ing” is suggestive of the conclusion that there aie operators and operators. Your correspondent’s further description of his abilities in detail, however, leads one to see that he is no more than a “ general assistant,” for the term “ operator ” (1 cordially agree with your dislike of tbe term, but while the gods are preparing one more suitable I employ it) ought never to be used as descriptive of any one who cannot take a good negative, aye, and make the most of a bad one, for that is a prime quality, as every operator of ability will readily admit. I have high hopes of your correspondent, forthough he candidly admits that “ho has not retouched much, ’ he quickly adds, “I can soon learn it,” and any one who can soon learn retouching, and will combine that, apart from por traiture, with “ printing and toning very well,” will soon find thirty shillings per week poor remuneration for the dis play of such varied abilities. But why, Mr. Editor, why did you not advise him to learn portraiture ? You say, when you can take a good negative. Why not advise him to do it? Why indeed! Ah ! there’s the rub. And here I leave yout correspondent while he investigates the philosophy of your silence, with the hope that when he has sounded its depths he will not fail to forward his conclusions to you. The payment of assistants is a subject which has been brought very prominently under my notice. Having passed through the successive stages of pupil and assistant to that of employer, I have seen various phases of this subject, and have had ample opportunity of making notes—mental ones,'I mean —and have formed conclusions from which I am not likely to be easily moved. Tn my judgment a really firstrate assistant can command high wages. When com pared with many professions in the commercial world, such an assistant, be heretoucher, colourist, operator, or printer, is in receipt of wages that give him a status in society of which he need not be ashamed. The difficulty with employers, I am snre, is not to find men worth five-and-twenty or thirty shillings per week—they may be taken in shoals almostevery week—but to find men of talent and enterprise—men up to the times, whose services they would be only too glad to avail themselves of at three, four, or five guineas per week : there are but very few such found to be disengaged. An assistant really competent in receipt of high wages knows when he is well off. He is not a reed shaken with the wind. His voice is heard in the councils of the business; moreover, and though nominally employed, his position is such that be knows perfectly well that unless endued with fair ad ministrative abilities, even a business of his own would not compare at all favourably with it. As assistants, I have known many get on remarkably well, but as masters they have soon tumbled to pieces. I have no wish, however, to check enterprise, I am only desirous to add caution; these are not the days in which new businesses take so well as was the case twelve or fifteen years ago, and assistants who have a good berth will be wise in looking at every side of the subject before they launch out into the deep.—Very truly yours, J. Kay. BROMO-IODIDE FORMULA. Sir,—If Captain Abney would kindly give his bromo iodide formula he would confer a great benefit on many amateurs who, like myself, have very little time for experi ments.—I am, sir, yours truly, Bach. Aroceedings Of Societies. Manchester Photographic Society. The usual meeting of this Society took place on the Sth instant at tbe Memorial Hall, Albert Square, Mr. Charles Adin, President, in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and passed, Messrs. Edward W. Mellor (Prestwich), E. Holding (Tottington), and J. J. Rishton (Haslingden), were elected members ; after which the Chairman read a note from Messrs. Mawson and Swan, regretting the inability of Mr. Swan to attend the meeting. Mr. Kershaw exhibited a number of negatives on "Peveril" plates, and prints from the same. Mr. Thomas Sefton handed round six beautiful negatives taken on gelatine dry plates. Ho explained that they were the first gelatine plates he had prepared, and that he was indebted to Mr. It. Atherton for the formula) and details of the process. Mr. W. G. Coote exhibited two large collodio-albumen plates, with unusual peculiarities when developing. At the stage of “cotton wooling’’ the image rubbed off, which he discovered was entirely on the surface of the film, and the slightest touch only was necessary to remove every trace of the picture.
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