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. Just here there is opportunity for ob- 



of "Mount" t""'"g a pleasing result. The photo- 

 graph may be mounted on a rough or 

 pebbled cardboard, or on some form of bookbinder's 

 cloth, or on one of the modern "art" mounting or 

 cover papers, the texture of which will give a pleasing 

 ground to the photograph. The words may be drawn 

 directly on the mount, or on smooth or contrasting 

 paper, and carefully put in place. A little shading with 

 brush or pen will give a panel effect that is very 

 attractive if properly done. 



This plan is not available usually unless there is to 

 be a considerable reduction in size, because of the 

 difficulty of photographing a photographic print without 

 losing much of the detail. If there is a fair reduction, 

 and if the lighting of the scheme is so managed as to 

 avoid exaggerating the grain of the photographic paper 

 used for the original print, very good results may be 

 had. The calendars and menu cards shown in these 

 pages give proof on this point. 



Obviously much that has been written 



C 1^ (T^s ^^ *^^ ^^'' ^^^ P^g^s applies as well to 

 the making of calendars by photography. 

 There is no way in which the ingenious amateur may 

 more agreeably and economically remember his friends 

 at the holiday season than by a photographic calendar. 

 I remember how at one New Year recurrence I helped 

 greatly a public improvement by this means. It was 

 desired, in my home city, to add to the park system a 

 tract of native wild land, covered with trees and flow- 

 ers, but practically unknown to most of the influential 

 citizens of the town. It was winter, and a visit to the 

 place was impracticable. I had a dozen or more good 

 negatives, made in the natural park that it was hoped to 

 have taken by the city, and I produced a score of calen- 

 dars, choosing each photograph with special reference to 

 its recipient. Neat little calendar pads were attached to 

 the dark cards upon which the prints had been mounted, 

 and a letter calling attention to the view accompanied 

 each card as sent by messenger on New Year's Day. 

 The effect was remarkable, for nearly every man re- 

 sponded with a personal note pf thanks and apprecia- 



