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RECREA TION. 



up purely for the purpose of making good 

 pictures, yet one would think none of the 

 subjects knew they were being photo- 

 graphed. It looks as if they had merely 

 been caught in the act; as if they were en- 

 tirely unconscious of there having been a 

 photographer anywhere near them. 



If you want to photograph a man, in con- 

 junction with a deer he has killed, or a 

 string of fish he has caught, put him at 

 work, measuring, dressing, hanging up, or 

 in some way looking after and looking at 

 his trophy. If you cannot prevent him 

 from looking at the camera in any other 

 way, get a big club ready and threaten to 

 hit him between the eyes, if he turns them 

 toward you. 



RED SPOT ON PRINTS. 



They appear on all styles, varieties and 

 brands of paper, whether it be albumen, 

 platinum, bromide, carbon, glace or aristo. 

 They come from the hypo, and in most 

 cases can be traced back to the washing of 

 the negative. 



An under-washed plate, or negative, after 

 it comes from the hypo or fixing bath, will 

 cause you endless trouble, from start to 

 finish. 



Red spots, on all brands of paper, are 

 due to the careless way in which you handle 

 prints while having hypo on your fingers, 

 from toning. First you begin to tone, 

 and the first print, second and third are 

 giving you complete satisfaction. You 

 imagine you are on the road to success and 

 that you know it all, now. The next mo- 

 ment you take up your fourth, fifth and 

 sixth prints, which are still in the gold bath, 

 and behold you find a red speck on one, a 

 long red mark on another and a big thumb 

 mark in the centre of your pet print. Then 

 you wonder what the matter can be. Pos- 

 sibly you neglected to wash your hands, 

 after placing your first prints in the hypo 

 bath, and handled these prints with the 

 hypo still on your fingers. 



Never, in any case, place any chemicals 

 in platinum toning dish or gold toning 

 dish but their own respective baths. If 

 you do you will never be able to use them 

 for toning again. The platinum bath dish 

 must not be used for gold bath, and " vice 

 versa." They will become absolutely use- 

 less for toning purposes if you do. Soap, 

 of all kinds, is also disastrous (except cas- 

 tile). 



Mrs. C. W. K., New Haven, Conn. 



This is the time for amateur photogra- 

 phers to be making pictures for Recrea- 

 tion's 3d annual Photo Competition, and 

 I trust all who are interested in this art, 

 will improve present opportunities. You 

 are now thoroughly familiar with the wants 



of Recreation, in this line, and should be 

 able to profit by the experience of the past 

 2 years. Strive for novelty and originality. 

 in everything you do. Aim to surpass, in 

 every respect, your work and that of your 

 competitors entered in the former compe- 

 titions. 



APPLYING COLOR TO LANTERN SLIDES. 



If moist water colors are to be used, it 

 will be found that the film rather repels the 

 water, in places, and absorbs it unevenly 

 at other places. To minimize this, keep 

 the brush rather dry, i.e., use as little water 

 as convenient, and add to the water a little 

 " prepared oxgall " (to be bought of artists' 

 colormen). As the application of colors to 

 slides now-a-days is almost entirely re- 

 stricted to flat washes for diagrammatic 

 purposes, e.g., maps, plans, drawings of ap- 

 paratus, etc., etc., it is important to use as 

 large a brush as convenient, and not to go 

 over the same place more than once. — The 

 Amateur Photographer (English.) 



I am a reader of Recreation, and would 

 not be without it for twice the price. Will 

 you kindly say, through its columns, that 

 I would like to exchange photos with 

 other amateurs. I make what I consider 

 good pictures. I get a great deal of infor- 

 mation from Recreation and hope the 

 boys will continue to write their experi- 

 ences. D. B. Fales, Plattsburgh, N. Y. 



Where would you aim at a grizzly, if he 

 were walking slowly by, at 50 yards? This 

 is a mighty serious question, when you 

 come to sit down and think of it. Take 3 

 shots at the one on page viii, and send in 

 your score. 



If you have sent in a club of subscriptions 

 to Recreation, and have gotten your pre- 

 mium, and if it be satisfactory, please tell 

 all your friends about it and advise them to 

 do likewise. 



Please send me the names and addresses 

 of all the sportsmen of your acquaintance, 

 in order that I may send them sample 

 copies of Recreation. 



" Madge surprised me last night." 



"What did she do?" 



" Threw a book at me." 



" — and smashed the lamp? " 



" No; it broke my new eye-glasses." 



" Queer about law in this country." 



" What is queer? " 



" It is able to stop vitascope picturesof 

 prize fights, but it isn't able to stop prize 

 fights." 



