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Bedtime Story
Blacky Crow Visits
Big River Cousin
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
Darn Fortune's kind hohen
she doth send
A relative who proves a
friend,
Blacky the Crow
Blacky the Crow, with some
other Crows, hsd reached the
broad brown marshes near where
th Big River entered the ocean.
There he had met a stranger. At
first Blacky had mistaken the
stranger for one of the other
Crows with whom he had been
traveling. It was only when the
stringer spoke that Blacky took
real notice of him.
"What's the matter with your
voice?" asked Blacky.
"What is the matter with my
voice?" replied the other Crow
And when he said it, his' voice
was not so harsh or strong as the
voices of his friends. Blacky
looked at him sharply.
"I don't believe I've seen you
before," said Blacky, and stared
very hard. He saw at once that
the stranger was smaller than the
rest of the Crows.
"I don't believe you hsve," re
plied the stranger. "Where did
you come from?"
"From the Green Forest way
up the Big River," replied Blacky.
"Where did you come from?"
"I didn't come. I live right
around here," replied the
stranger. "My name's Fish Crow.
I'm a cousin of yours." '
"Fish Crow," repeated Blacky.
"I never heard of you before. I
didn't know I had any cousin
named Fish Crow."
The other chuckled. "Then
you've learned something," said
be. There's nothing like learning.
I always say that the more one
learns the better off he is."
"Spoken like a true Crow." r.
plied Blacky.
'What brought you and vour
friends down here?" asked Fish
Crow.
"Hard times. Cousin. Hard
times," replied Blacky.
"I don't find times so hard re.
plied Fish Crow. "Of course they
are noi so easy as In the summer,
ana once in a while we'll have a
short spell of really bad times,
but It Isn't often. I suppose when
you say 'bsd times' you mean
times you have difficulty in find
ing enough to eat."
"Certainly," replied Blacky. "Of
course. Homing else that I can
think of would mean really bad
limes, dive me enough to eat and
I don't care much about anything
eise.
"I always get enough to eat,'
ssid Fish Crow.
"You are lucky," replied
Blacky. "Just what do you eat?
Of course we've only lust ar
rived, but I haven't found much
yet."
"Do you like fish?" asked his
cousin.
"Well,- replied Blacky. "I like
it when I can't get anything else.
It isn't my first choice for a meal,
but in winter I often have been
glad to find a dead fish along the
Big Klver."
"Do you like corn?" asked
Blacky.
, "Yes, I like some In the
spring," replied his cousin, "but I
don't bother with It much. There
are other things I like better. Not
caring much about corn keeps
me out of a lot of trouble."
"What do you mean?" asked
Blacky.
"If you don't know, you ought
to," replied his cousin.
By IRVING DESFOR
Of the AllocUtcd mil
Baby pictures are still the in
spiration for most amateur pho
tographers. Fortunately the re
sults need be only reasonaoie
facsimile of the youngster to the
prejudiced eyes ol the picture'
taking mother or father In order
to be rated successful. To other
viewers, however, the usual reac-
To Your Health
Don't Put
Blame On
Hormones
By Dr. JOSEPH G. MOLNER
"Dear Doctor Molner: Would
you please set me straight on
hormone therapy? I am 62
years old and have not men
struated for over two, years.
"I've been on hormones off
and on for 11 years, but they
don't help me a bit. Could
this be nerves? E.G."
After 11 years, and you still
feel as miserable as your letter
indicates (I left out the details),
I'd begin to have a strong suspi
cion that the reason is something
other than the lack of hormones
from menopause.
It's been popular for women to
blame any sort of vsgue or un-
explainable discomfort on meno
pause. Well, this doesn't make
sense. ,
Women have been going through
menopause for millions of years.
They got psst it without hor
mones, just as youngsters have
been struggling past the hard
years of adolescence for a long
time before we had any medical
terms to describe their confused,
blundering, groping instincts to
grow from children into young
adults.
Medicine doesn't much change
the rigid problems of living. It
can now help us over the hard
spots, and save our lives lm in
stances where, when you and I
were young, death would have
been certain. I do not belittle
the enormous accomplishments of
medical art and science, but I
think maybe I should remind
every friend of mine that mcdl
cine cannot perform ALL de
sired miracles just because it can
do some wonderful things. The
wonders of science do not mean
that prestol we are in a never
never land where nobody grows
old, or stubs his toe, or gets sick
or dies.
In recent years we have been
able to inject hormones, or give
them by mouth, to ease the shock
which the system encounters from
menopause.
With or without extra hor
mones, the body presently adjusts
and hormones from the several
endocrine glands of the body take
over,
1 In a case such as the one we're
discussing today, I'd think that
after 11 years, a complete physl
cal examination would be the
thing with which to start, rather
than trying to make a choice
between only two things hor
mones or nerves.
Copyright, 1961,
Field Enterprises, Inc.
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tlon ranges from the polite at
tention of a captive audience to
outright boredom.
Yet baby pictures are potential
ly of universal interest and
good, photos can hold the atten
tlon of all But, like anything of
value, they require some effort
on the part of the photographer,
a bit of know-how and a generous
helping of psychology.
Children can't be ordered into
position like adults nor can they
be expected to remain in place
like a still life. Taking their pic
tures must be made into a pleas
ant activity instead of an ordeal.
The photographer or an assistant
must amuse or outwit a child
with a variety of tricks to main
tain interesting expressions and
actions that make worthwhile
pictures.
The stage is set first with prop
er equipment. A camera that will
focus for close-ups from three to
five feet is. an asset A tripod
is essential since it eliminates
camera movement, remains fo
cused on a set area and leaves
the hands free until the instant
of shooting. The third item is
lighting equipment
Most experts agree that flash'
on-camera or the light bar do
not make for interesting, spar
kling lighting. They recommend
a three-light .etup. The lights
can be a flash or strobe with two
extensions or three photoflood
reflector units. They are most
manageable on adjustable light
stands but clamp-on reflectors
will do the job when attached to
bridge lamps or chair backs.
The picture-taking area should
be about three feet from a plain
background. Spread a plain
blanket on a low table or use a
chair or bassinet top depending
on the child's age. The camera
is placed about four feet in front
of the youngster, Just above his
eye level. All arrangements
should be made with a doll as a
stand-in for focusing and lighting
to spare the youngster as much
as possible from the preliminary
adjustments.
The main light Is placed almost
two feet to the right of the cam
era and about foot higher. It
is angled down to the child and
can be shifted slightly as the
child moves. With Tri-X or Super
Hypan film in the camera, the
exposure will be 150 at f16
with the photofloods.
The other lights will not alter
the exposure but will add spar
kle and highlights to the face and
figure. They are placed behind
the youngster, on either side,
about two feet away and two
feet above his head. They arc
aimed to give an edge light or one
of them could be aimed at the
background alone.
When even-thing is set the
youngster is brought in and play
time begins. I've seen Josef
Schneider, well known baby pho
tographer, use pennies as photo
prop. He put them between pages
in a book as the child gleefully
rtlscoverea tnem or turned a
small sock Inside out to retrieve
one. Hide several In the blanket
fold and the search will keep
them occupied for several pic
ture-taking moments.
Hand puppets will get animat
ed reactions from some young
sters while others like to play
with pipe cleaners or balloons.
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