AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



A POPULAR EXCHANGE. 



I am glad to report that the World Wide 

 Photo Exchange is becoming famous. Near- 

 ly ioo ladies and gentlemen — all enthusias- 

 tic amateurs — have been enrolled on its lists 

 and the membership is growing in a satisfac- 

 tory manner. A great many of the members 

 are recruits from the ranks of Recreation's 

 readers and they show by the kind of work 

 they turn out that they have been reading 

 good pointers in the photo department of 

 your excellent magazine. 



I notice that the Photo American at- 

 tempted to start an exchange as an imitation 

 of ours, but after a number or 2 of notices 

 it fell into oblivion. 



The W. W. P. E. is a society founded on 

 the idea of photo print collecting by the ex- 

 change of unmounted prints between ama- 

 teur photographers. Some members of this 

 society report already from 2 to 4 or 5 

 albums filled with choice photographs of 

 subjects situated in all parts of the world and 

 that they would otherwise not have been able 

 to secure. 



Success to Recreation; 



We vote by acclamation; 



'Tis the jolliest sensation 



In our good old Yankee nation. 



F. R. Archibald, Rock Creek, O. 



Secretary W. W. P. E. 



FACTS ABOUT THE WORLD-WIDE 

 PHOTO-EXCHANGE. 



FOUNDED FEBRUARY I, 1898. 



It publishes a numbered list of new mem- 

 bers each month, a copy of which is mailed 

 to each member. 



New members receive all the back lists. 



On July 1, 1898, the club had over 50 

 members in United States, Canada, Ja- 

 maica, San Domingo, etc. Now it has near- 

 ly 100. 



New members are being rapidly added. 



You can learn more about methods, cam- 

 eras, chemicals, and practical amateur pho- 

 tography by exchanging prints than in any 

 other way — except by reading Recreation. 



The W. W. P. E. is the only club of the 

 kind in the world. It aims to extend its 

 membership around the world. Foreign 

 members will remit the equivalent of 25 

 cents, in either unused postage stamps or a 

 money order. 



The secretary offers a new 4x5 camera to 

 the member who sends in the largest list of 

 new members before the issue of list No. 

 12. 



To become a member send 25 cents for 

 dues from list No. 1 to No. 12 inclusive. 

 Your name will appear in the first monthly 

 list after your application is received. Will 

 you not become one of us? 



PLATINUM BATH. 



20 ounces water 



15 grains platino-potassium chloride 

 8 drams liquid phosphoric acid of 1,154 

 specific weight. 



After this wash the prints quickly 3 times 

 and then fix for about 10 minutes in 



i l /2 ounces hyposulphite of soda 

 30 ounces water. 



After fixing wash well for ^2 an hour. 



Brown-black tones are obtained by put- 

 ting the prints directly into the platinum 

 bath without any previous gold toning. 



Another formula, by which the platinum 

 tone is secured in one operation and which 

 may be used on any and all papers, is as 

 follows: 



Platinum chloride 15 grains 



Chloride of copper 20 grains 



Sat. solution of citric acid... 2 ounces 



This is a strong stock solution. For ton- 

 ing, use one dram to 15 ounces of water. 

 Prints will give a fine platino color in 3 

 to 5 minutes. Then fix in hypo, one to 

 30, for 10 minutes and wash. 



This is as nearly as possible the " Single 

 Platino toning bath " now on the market. 



A few days ago a young photographic 

 artist (prospective) called on me and wanted 

 a pound of that salt for fixing; Hydro — Hy- 

 dro — Hydrophobia. Of course he meant 

 Hypo-Soda. 



Another asked for a film for " number 2 

 shot " which order I finally filled with a film 

 for No. 2 Bull's Eye. Mr. Jones, who 

 bought 2 books of instruction on photog- 

 raphy with his camera, brings the whole out- 

 fit back after 2 weeks and says it don't work. 

 On asking him to show me how he worked 

 it, he put the plate holder behind the ground 

 glass. I wonder all photo stock dealers 

 don't fetch up in the insane asylum. 



John Darkroom. 



HOW TO TONE. 



Will you please give me formulas for ton- 

 ing and fixing aristo platino paper? Also 

 for aristo, jr., paper? 



G. H. Dormer. 



A formula for toning these is furnished 

 with each package. The following is good 

 and has been thoroughly tested. It will 

 work effectively on all gelatine papers, such 

 as Kloro, Solio, Maxima, and others. 



For plain gold toning use the first part of 

 the toning and fix in hypo solution, leaving 

 out the platinum toning. 



Print very deep. Wash for about 10 min- 

 utes in running water. 



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