84. DECORATIVE 



for sale in the home art- or book-stores. To produce 

 this the decorative worker should begin a year ahead, 

 to plan and obtain suitable seasonable negatives. He 

 should decide as to his first attempt, whether to pro- 

 duce a calendar with three, four, six or twelve leaves. 

 Then he may look out for subjects that suggest the 

 months and possibly the local conditions. A familiar 

 and attractive view, made with snow trimmings in 

 winter, as the leaves break in spring, in full summer 

 maturity, and with bare twigs for fall, is an example 

 of the treatment. Or three, four or six views of char- 

 acteristic scenes at various times; suitable flowers — 

 these may be very closely associated with the months — 

 or fruits may be used to make a consistently attractive 

 series. Pictures of a child in seasonable garb are always 

 satisfactory if handled so as to get the unconscious 

 charm of youth. A multiplicity of subjects will present 

 themselves to the designing mind. 



_ , , The adding of the calendar features 



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"Pads" may be m several ways. 1 he pads may 



always be had a year or more in advance, 



and six, four, three, two or one pasted directly on a 



card. By the iise of the suggestion made for Easter 



cards, a pleasing and easily worked scheme may be 



arranged. To use out this idea, have the main design 



somewhat larger than it is intended to use it, and mount 



it on a card or paper of proportionate size, so that the 



whole may be carefully photographed together. Due 



caution must be exercised, in this copying method, to 



give full exposures, and to light so as to avoid the grain 



or gloss of the paper, as previously noted. 



If the decorative worker is in anyway apt with 



crayon, brush or pencil, the months and dates can be 



drawn right on to the photograph, or the printed dates 



may be decorated or improved by careful handling. In 



the same way, a decorative treatment may be given to 



the selected photographs that will aid in an attractive 



or a profitable result. 



"H Ht " ^^ '"^^ design is to produce enough 



Calendars calendars to make a considerable sale, 



the making of photographic prints will 



be found onerous and expensive, and it will be imprac- 



