PHOTOGRAPHY 87 



numbers it is entirely in line. To work with a capable 

 engraver is necessary, as the cheap "square-inch" 

 man, who makes a dab at a photograph and delivers the 

 result as satisfactory, is sure to cause disappointment. 

 In proper hands, within two or three per cent of the 

 beauty and gradations of a proper photographic or 

 drawn " copy" can be held in the engraving, and the 

 interested and skilled master-printer will put the same 

 beauty on a thousand impressions. 



Before leaving the smaller items, I 

 Menu Cards should mention the pleasing possibilities 

 in the making of photographic menu 

 cards, adapted to special occasions. In the Christmas 

 dinner card shown on page 85, various familiar scenes 

 were selected, and each card was individualized for the 

 guest. The menu was printed in white on a carbon 

 black card, and the name of the guest also added. The 

 efifect was simple, elegant and satisfactory. It would 

 not have been impracticable to have photographed the 

 menu words, giving entire independence from the 

 printer, for a home dinner. 



In another case, this was done. The event was a 

 dinner to city officials, given by the mayor of the city. 

 At the top and the bottom of the card were mounted 

 selected views of the city, and between, the menu care- 

 fully drawn, with a blank for the name of the guest. 

 The whole was photographed down to convenient size, 

 and the negative printed very carefully on portrait 

 Velox, keeping absolutely clear whites. When mounted 

 on a carbon black folder, the effect was very satisfac- 

 tory, as well as unique. 



Enough has been written in these 



enera pages to offer ample suggestions to the 



interested and acute worker for many 



effects not even hinted at. The camera will prove, in 



facile hands, a decorative agent of breadth, profit and 



power, especially for these smaller items. 



Keeping entirely clear of the use of 

 Ro^om ^"■"^'^ pictures of various kinds, there 

 Decorations '* ^^^ unconsidered a most striking op- 

 portunity to use photographic decora- 

 tions in the rooms of the home or the shop. In these days 



