THE COUNTRY IN WINTER 



ping the pictures; there is also that breathless moment 

 when you unroll the film from the hidden tank and 

 gaze anxiously at the results. Have you succeeded in 

 getting what you wished? Has the whimsical lens 

 preserved the charm of the picture which so fascinated 

 you? This is generally a matter of degree and often 

 gives you an opportunity to try again. The printing 

 of these same square scenes furnishes employment for 

 many an afternoon; and the cutting, pasting into 

 albums, and dating keep one busy during many an 

 evening. Then, in this systematic household the films 

 are also carefully indexed and put away in books 

 especially prepared for them, so that at any time one 

 can find a desired negative from the four or five thou- 

 sand already taken by the "kodak fiend." 



Not having yet attained to the level of that sub- 

 limated being, "Elizabeth," content with an apple and 

 a few nuts, my contempt for time does not include the 

 obliteration of the luncheon hour or, as we country 

 people call it, the dinner hour. To this function one 

 comes indeed with a glad heart, for by this time the 



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