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The Charms of Boating. 



Here is a gem of the photographic 

 art. The old tree, the distant dream- 

 ing: vista, the exact angle of the canoe 

 and the delineation of every detad in 

 the reflection, all combine to produce 

 perfection. It seems almost too good 

 for photography. Who would ever 

 think of the "unstable equilibrium" of 

 a canoe in looking" at this scene? 

 Rather does one feel a sense of perfect 

 poise and restfulness. Gladly would 

 the beholder float away into dreamland 

 of reality. 



The photographer is MY Frank P 

 Jewett of Orange, New Jersey. He 

 also submits the two following. The 

 boat ard the path, the shady tree, the 

 foliated arch and the tangled horde" 

 land are worth careful study. Even 

 the tufs of grasses in the center of 

 the foreground were needed there for 

 perfect finish. How the indefinite far- 



ther course of the path and the some- 

 what limited view of the distant boat 

 lure one on, and bring up imaginings 

 of even greater riches. But such is 

 life ! The present wealth needs the 

 su -plement of uncertain future atlrac 

 tions. And here we have the epitome 

 of all in one picture. That's why I 

 have labelled it, "Life," though there 

 is none visible. Things are sometimes 

 the antithesis of what they seem! 



For a study in aquatic plants, of the 

 foreground and the mellow hazy dis- 

 tance, this third picture i= well worth 

 close attention. The boatman has not 

 so much pleasure for himself as 

 he gives us. He did his part well. The 

 unconscious beauty of him and the 

 boat will reach thousands of whom he 

 never dreamed. That stroke of the 

 paddle was but one of hundreds, but 

 it was the one that shall live forever. 

 Perhans some act of ours here or there 

 shall make all the others worth while. 



LIFE"— WHICH WILL YOU TAKE— THE PATH OR THE BOAT) 



