Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 Part 12

First Prize $25 Second Prize 10

Entries in this cla.s.s will close December 15, 1895.

RULES OF COMPEt.i.tION.

1. This compet.i.tion is open to all Knights and Ladies who have not pa.s.sed their eighteenth birthday.

2. All photographs offered must be the work of the compet.i.tor from the exposure of the plate to the mounting of the finished print.

3. No photographs must be sent which have taken prizes or have been submitted for prizes in other compet.i.tions.

4. No picture less than 4 x 5 or larger than 8 x 10 must be sent.

5. Any printing process may be used with the exception of blue prints.

6. All pictures must be mounted, but not framed, and the carriage prepaid.

7. Each picture must be marked with the name and address of the sender, the cla.s.s to which it belongs, and the statement whether or not the artist has pa.s.sed his or her eighteenth birthday. No other writing is necessary. Any picture not thus marked will be ruled out.

8. As the compet.i.tion closes at different dates, all entries for each cla.s.s must be forwarded not later than the date named under each cla.s.s.

The packet must be marked on the outside "Harper's Round Table Photographic Compet.i.tion," in addition to the name and address of this journal.

OPEN TO ALL AMATEURS.

The following prizes are open to all amateurs, without regard to age:

CLa.s.s A.--LANDSCAPES.

First Prize $15 Second Prize 10

Entries in this cla.s.s will close November 1, 1895.

CLa.s.s B.--FIGURE STUDY.

First Prize $25 Second Prize 10

Entries in this cla.s.s will close December 15, 1895.

RULES OF COMPEt.i.tION.

1. This compet.i.tion is open to all amateur photographers, without regard to age limit.

The other rules governing this compet.i.tion are the same as those in the Compet.i.tion open for those who have not pa.s.sed their eighteenth birthday. Special attention is called to Rules 3 and 7.

JUDGING.

Each picture submitted in either compet.i.tion will be judged: 1.

Originality; 2. Artistic merits of composition; 3 Ill.u.s.trative value; 4.

Technical excellence of finish. The one having the highest percentage receiving the highest award in each cla.s.s, etc. Pictures which fail to take a prize, the percentage of which is over seventy, will receive honorable mention.

Please pay special attention to the different dates at which the cla.s.ses close. This plan has been adopted to simplify the work of handling the pictures. Photographs which do not take prizes or are not retained for publication will be returned to the senders at the close of the compet.i.tion if postage is enclosed.

Watch this column for hints in regard to finis.h.i.+ng pictures. Cla.s.s No.

I, "Marines," closes first. Amateurs living in waterports take notice.

Help for those Lovers of Figures.

Answers to the Turk and Christian and Valet problems published last week: 1. Turk and Christian Puzzle.--In the Latin sentence and French verse given, attention must be given to the vowels _a_, _e_, _i_, _o_, _u_ contained in the syllables, letting _a_ equal one, _e_ two, _i_ three, _o_ four, and _u_ five. Begin by arranging four Christians together, because the vowel in the first syllable is _o_; then five Turks, because the vowel in the second syllable is _u_, and so on to the end. By proceeding in this manner, it will be found, taking every ninth person circularly, beginning at the first of the row, that the lot will fall entirely on the Turks.

2. Valet Puzzle.--Two valets cross first, and one of them, rowing back, carries over the third valet. One of the three valets then returns with the boat, and, remaining, allows the two masters whose valets have crossed to go over in the boat. One of the masters then carries back his valet, and leaving him on the bank, rows over the third master. In the last place, the valet who crossed enters the boat, and, returning twice, carries over the other two valets.

A Famous Chess Problem.

This is a famous problem, and several notable chess-players of the old school have amused themselves with it:

_To make the knight move into all the squares of the chess-board in succession, without pa.s.sing twice over the same._

Of the four solutions to the problem, Demoivre's is the easiest to follow. I will furnish Montmort's, Mairan's, or M. W----'s solution to any member so desiring, provided a stamp is sent for reply. Following is Demoivre's solution:

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VINCENT V. M. BEEDE, R. T. F.

17 WEBSTER PLACE, EAST ORANGE, N. J.

Wants a Round Table Reunion.

Those of us who were in Boston during the week of the Templars'

Conclave will never forget the parade. Twenty-five thousand men, with the motto, "Fraternity," "Fidelity," "Charity," marched from eleven o'clock in the morning to six in the evening. The flying banners, emblematic signs, playing bands, and general feeling of good-fellows.h.i.+p all combined to make one wish that the Round Table could have some similar convention. We have the same friendly feeling towards each other; we have emblems; we have Chapters; and we have a hundred thousand members.

What could we not do in a three days' convention? We could hold our all-round athletic champions.h.i.+p tournament for the gold medal; we could have an exhibition of the Table's handicraft work; we could organize and have a "Grand Master," as the Templars have; and think how it would "boom" the members.h.i.+p and promote good-fellows.h.i.+p. I, for one, am in favor of holding a convention this year in New York, and several of my correspondents hold the same ideas. If some one with a "planning head" will "take hold"

and develop my ideas I will be glad to hear from them.