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RECREATION. 



SNAP SHOTS. 



Where can I get orange gelatine to 

 make a ray filter for cloud work? 



Geo. Horder, Allen's Grove, Wis. 



ANSWER. 



Orange gelatine is used by all wholesale 

 confectioners to wrap around bonbons. 

 Several colors are for sale at the wholesale 

 stores, among which are 2 or 3 shades of 

 orange. No doubt any confectioner would 

 be able to procure a sheet for you. Se- 

 lect the lightest shade. It is no trouble 

 to make your own screen. Get an ounce 

 of 10 per cent, collodion and add enough 

 picric acid to color it the desired shade. 

 Clean a glass — an old negative will answer 

 — polish well, dust on some powdered 

 talc, rub it on well till it barely shows; 

 then flow on the yellow collodion It will 

 soon set, and will peel off the glass. — 

 Editor. 



dextrin in same, add the alcohol and mix 

 thoroughly. 



C. S. Richter, Buena Vista, Colo. 



I note in March Recreation an inquiry 

 from F. R. Woodward, of Lowell, Mass., 

 for device for washing photo prints. I use 

 a print washer invented and manufactured 

 bv D. Argerbright, of Troy, Ohio, that 

 does thorough work. It takes up 18x24 

 inches space, and can be used wherever 

 there is a hydrant. Keep prints in motion 

 all the time and they can not stick to- 

 gether nor settle down. I can wash any 

 number up to 250 4x5 prints at a time and 

 not mar a print. In my W. W. P. E. ex- 

 changes I often finish that number and 

 wash them at a single washing with that 

 washer. The water is always fresh. 



M. S. Wagner, Troy, Ohio. 



I am an old reader of Recreation and I 

 have a strong kick to make, not against 

 your magazine, but against the readers of 

 the camera department. I should like to 

 see that department grow. If all the ama- 

 teur photographers would do their part 

 we could add greatly to the value of the 

 department. Let us exchange prints and 

 ideas more freely with one another. I 

 have a few good 4x5 prints of Florida 

 scenes which I will exchange for Wiscon- 

 sin river or Rocky mountain views. Hope 

 to hear from other amateur photographers. 

 J. E. Scott, Colfax, Ind. 



In your January number one of your 

 subscribers asks for a formula for gum 

 used in backing postal stamps. This is 

 claimed to be the regular United States 

 formula: 



Dextrin 2 parts 



Acetic acid 1 part 



Water 5 parts 



Alcohol 1 part 



Mix the acid with water, dissolve the 



Would you kindly send to me an ex- 

 planation of the process for printing pic- 

 tures on linen, celluloid, wood, etc.? 



Henry Reinhardt, Newark, N. J. 



ANSWER. 



For linen: Buy Morton's solutions from 

 E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., 5th avenue 

 and 17th street, New York. They are 

 cheaper than you can make them and are 

 accompanied by full directions. For cellu- 

 loid and wood, send to Anthony for a book 

 on carbon printing. — Editor. 



A Reflex Camera, made by the Re- 

 flex Camera Co., Yonkers, N. Y., and list- 

 ing at $45, for 45 yearly subscriptions to 

 Recreation. This camera is made spe- 

 cially for the use of sportsmen and natu- 

 ralists, for photographing live wild birds 

 and animals. It is a boon to sportsmen, 

 and if you ever intend to make pictures 

 in the woods or in the mountains you 

 should have one of these cameras. 



An Al-Vista Camera, made by the Am- 

 pliscope and Film Co., Burlington, Wis., 

 and listed at $30, for 30 yearly subscrip- 

 tions to Recreation. This camera has a 

 swinging lens, by means of which you can 

 make a panoramic picture of a regiment 

 of troops, a whole range of mountains, a 

 great stretch of river, or anything else 

 that is 1,000 feet to 10 miles long. 



I have received the convertible ampli- 

 scopes which Mr. Nehring sent me, and 

 have given them a fair trial. The little 

 trouble I took to get the required number 

 of subscribers is hardly enough to pay for 

 the good results I have obtained by using 

 these ampliscopes. . 



W. E. Kenney, Salem, Mass. 



If I had taken the photo that won the 

 first Recreation prize I should send it to 

 the best firm in the country, have it en- 

 larged all I could to preserve detail, copy- 

 right it, put it on the market, and then 

 "not work at nothin' else," but "jes' set 

 'round and feel good all day." 



G. S. P., Geneve, Ind. 



Every amateur photographer should 

 have an album in which to paste un- 

 mounted prints. I can furnish you a Snap 

 Shot Album, listed at $1, and holding 100 

 pictures, for 2 yearly subscriptions to 

 Recreation. 



Should like to correspond with some 

 amateur photographers relative to ex- 

 change, etc. 



Geo. W. Harp, Brinley, O. 



