OUTSTANDING.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19144, 29 October 1927, Page 14

OUTSTANDING.

IN ARTISTIC WORTH. "WEEKLY PRESS" CHRISTMAS NUMBER PRAISED. The impression made throughout ths Dominion by the Christmas Number of the "Weekly Press" is evidenced not only by the orders received by the publishers but also by the comments of daily newspapers in the various centres. The Oamaru "Mail" publishes this paragraph:—■ In recalling to mind the various i Christmas Numbers issued by the large | newspaper companies year after year, one of them always stands out pro- ! minently, the "Weekly Press.' 1 Somehow, the Press Company strike an artistic not© that is often wanting in other similar productions. There ;s a tendency in a mere collection of pretty pictures to bore one, especially when the same scenes recur with unfailing regularity. And it is this tendency that the Press people successfully combat, as witness their Annual for the current year. They have, it is true, made "a collection of pretty pictures." but artistic setting, combined with methodical lay-out, obviate all sense of boredom, and a glance through their [ pages is as entertaining and informing ' a* a first-class Pathp Gazette in an up-to-date movie show. T'nder the title "Life in New Zealand." there is a pleasing succession of pages wherein the "life" of the Dominion is seen from various angles. All snrts and conditions go to make up tho total: and town and country, sport and general pleasure, add their ouota to -k-1! ih:> world at large that one of its most beautiful countries i~ the P.ritnin of the South._ As a means nf the Dominion overseas. th« Annual under notice fine production, while in our own families it may be used as a practical means of traininir tho eves of the youngsters tn a sense of the beautiful.