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RECREATION. 



pyro and stain of the negative, due to the 

 absence of sulphite, would prevent full de- 

 velopment of the detail. 



The addition of sulpnite of soda alone 

 would simply enable the development to be 

 continued to a greater extent without stain, 

 but would give a contrasty negative, want- 

 ing m detail. 



Pyro, sulphite of soda and sal soda, in 

 the proper proportions, the negative cor- 

 rectly timed, and the temperature of room 

 70 degrees to 75 degrees F. should give a 

 good negative in 4 minutes' development. 

 If in that time your negative is too strong 

 and wanting in detail it is proof that, under 

 your condition of light, you have used too 

 much pyro. Try 25 per cent less. If, how- 

 ever, the high lights are not too strong and 

 the detail is wanting the exposure was too 

 short. This, also, might be overcome by a 

 timelv addition of sal soda at the early 

 part of the development. Again, if at the 

 end of 4 minutes your negative appears all 

 over nearly alike, weak and having too 

 much detail, then it is over timed. If the 

 film appears soft, too much sal soda has 

 been used. 



If the development has continued 6, 8 or 

 10 minutes and the result is a flat, weak 

 negative, either your developer is too weak 

 in all its ingredients or the chemicals are 

 impure, or, perhaps, the room is too cold. 



Too much pyro gives contrast with 

 proper time of development. 



Too little pyro gives a weak negative, 

 with longer development. 



Too much sal soda clogs up the negative, 

 with quick development. 



Too little sal soda causes contrast and 

 slow development. Too much can also 

 cause flatness. — Professional and Amateur 

 Photographer. 



SNAP SHOTS. 

 To print on plain paper, prepare the 

 paper with : 



Ammonium chloride 60 to 80 grains. 



Sodium citrate 100 grains. 



Sodium chloride 20 to 30 grains. 



Gelatine 10 grains. 



Distilled water 10 ounces. 



or, 



Ammonium chloride 100 grains. 



Gelatine 10 grains. 



Water 10 ounces. 



Swell the gelatine in cold water, dissolve 

 in hot water, and add the remaining com- 

 ponents of the formula. ' .Filter the solution 

 and when still warm float the paper on it 

 'for 3 minutes. Sensitize the salted paper 

 on a neutral 45-grain silver bath. 



— The News Monger. 



I always had more or less trouble in 

 changing plates in the holders on a camp- 



ing trip. I have covered them with bed- 

 ding and trusted to the feeling to get the 

 right side; then on developing when I got 

 home I have found some of them had been 

 exposed on the wrong side and were cov- 

 ered with dirt. The surest way is to carry 

 a red light; then at night darken the tent 

 by spreading bedding or canvas over it to 

 exclude light from the camp fire. 



Did any reader of Recreation ever try 

 a small tent made of one or 2 thicknesses 

 of red cloth? I think I shall try it this 

 season, S. N. Leek, Jackson, Wyo. 



In a recent issue of Recreation you give 

 a formula for sensitizing paper or cloth ;: 

 10 grains ammonia chloride, 20 grains gela- 

 tine, 10 ounces water and sensitizing so- 

 lution of silver nitrate. I took this to the 

 druggist here and he said he did not know 

 what kind of gelatine was meant, as there 

 are 3 kinds ; gold, silver and pink gelatine. 

 Will you please tell me which kind to use? 

 Ralph K. Mussey, Warner, N. H. 



ANSWER. 



Any good gelatine will answer. — Editor. 



To remove nitric acid stains from hands 

 or garments, touch the stains with solution 

 of permanganate of potassium ; wash ; rinse 

 in dilute hydrochloric acid, and wash again. 



I was standing by a newsstand on the 

 busiest corner of one of our principal 

 streets. Out of the passing throng a 

 strapping fellow, plainly a toiler in the big 

 city, elbowed his way to within speaking 

 distance of the boy in charge. "Hand me 

 one o' them Re-creations/' said he, as he 

 passed over his little dime. I ventured to 

 remark that he was buying about the big- 

 gest 10 cents worth on the stand. He 

 turned on me with the fraternal smile 

 known to all sportsmen, as he replied, "I 

 belong 'way up in New Brunswick, and 

 each month I can hardly wait to get my 

 claws on that little book. It carries me 

 back home, I tell you, back in the moose- 

 country. I'd jest like to see that man 

 Shields, and tell him how much he's done 

 for me." He grabbed his precious Recrea- 

 tion, plunged into the crowd and left me 

 musing on "that man Shields," and the far- 

 reaching quality of his great work. 



Pemigewasset, Worcester, Mass. 



"Do you think perfection is ever actually 

 attained in this life?" asked the serious 

 youth. 



"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne; "some 

 people become perfect bores." — Washington 

 Star. 



