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paper. or print face down on this cloth and brush 

 it with water until the wrinkles are out and it 

 lies flat and smooth. If there are several pieces 

 of paper to mount, place the larger ones down 

 first, and brush each piece down smooth before 

 placing one on top of it. Then allow the paper 

 to soak for fifteen minutes. Then make some 

 starch paste, which should be as thin as possible 

 and still preserve all of its adhesive qualities, 

 and also be free from lumps. If necessary, it 

 <?an be strained through a piece of cheese-cloth. 

 Remove the surplus water from the paper and 

 the edge of the muslin with a squeezer .or a dry 

 piece of cloth, apply the paste to the paper, 

 brushing it thoroughly in different directions 

 until it has received an even coat of paste, then 

 place one of the backboards on the table and lay 

 the strainer on it face up and paste the muslin, 

 And be sure to have the paste come out to the 



it to soak a few minutes. Then turn the strainer 

 over, carefully remove the paper, lay it on a wet 

 cloth, and mount it as before. In case the paper 

 refuses to come off, fill the back a second time 

 with water- and allow it to soak again. Occa- 

 sionally it happens that after the paper has dried 

 lumps in the starch cause raised places on the 

 surface of the paper. These can be removed 

 by turning the strainer over and wetting these 

 places on the cloth and then scraping them on 

 the cloth with a knife till the surplus paste 

 works out through the cloth. 



Mounting Bromide Enlargements. Bro- 

 mide paper, on account of the gelatin surface, 

 needs a different method of mounting from that 

 used for other paper ; for if the surface when 

 wet should be touched with a dry substance, it 

 would adhere to it and injure the gelatin. Pro- 

 cure a tray large enough for the prints. You 



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edges of the strainer. Now pick up the paper 

 and place it on the strainer, and then lift up 

 each corner separately and rub it down with a 

 clean cloth from the center to the corner. Then 

 trim off the edges with a sharp knife. 



Set the mounted strainer away to dry, but not 

 near the fire nor in a place that is very cold. 

 Sometimes the paper will not stick in places 

 along the edges, and by examining it a few times 

 before it has dried this can be remedied by rub- 

 bing the paper in contact with the muslin. Very 

 often these places are along the bottom of the 

 strainer and are the result of the water settling 

 to the bottom. This can be overcome by chang- 

 ing the position of the strainer two or three 

 times before it has dried. Sometimes a piece of 

 paper will refuse to stick in some places, and it 

 will be necessary to remount it. This can be 

 -done by turning the strainer face down and fill- 

 ing the back of it with warm water and allowing 



can buy a hard-rubber one, or make one of wood. 

 Have a wooden box, 27 inches by 32 inches by 

 4 inches deep, of half-inch grooved material, 

 and line it with black oil-cloth, tacking it along 

 the top edges. Do not cut the corners of the oil- 

 cloth, but fold them in. Fill the tray half full 

 of water, and lay the enlargement, face side up, 

 in the water, and let it remain fifteen minutes. 

 Have a wet cloth ready to lay it on, as in mounting 

 for other paper, and be very sure that there are 

 no dry places in the cloth ; then mount as for the 

 other'kinds of paper, only in rubbing the paper 

 down to the cloth use the fingers, first wetting 

 them in water. Bromide enlargements can be 

 remounted if necessary, as other paper, but care 

 must be used not to allow anything that is dry 

 to touch the paper when it is wet. 



Magic-Lantern Outline. One of the best 

 methods for producing an enlarged outline from 

 a small photograph is with a magic lantern and 



