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RECREATION. 



OIL PORTRAITS ON APPROVAL 



If you will send me a photo of your- 

 self or a friend and state color of hair, 

 eyes and complexion I will paint and 

 send you on approval a miniature oil 

 or pastel portrait. 



Canvas 6x8 or 8xio inches, $10.00 

 Canvas 10x12 or 12x14 inches, $15.00 



Z. EMMONS, 58 West t04th St., New York. 



Reference : Mr. G. O. Shields. 



LANTERN SLIDES COLORED 

 SKILLFULLY AND ARTISTICALLY 



FOR 



Lecturers, Teachers and others 



I refer by permission to the Editor of Recreation 



MRS. C. B. SMITH 



6O6W. 110th Street, New York City 



Old printing frames make good frames 

 for pictures if stained brown of greens* 

 Exchange 



UNDER EXPOSED NEGATIVES. 



Soak the finished negative, after fixation 

 and thorough washing, in the following so- 

 lution : 



Potassium bichromate. 

 Hydrochloric acid. . . . 



Alum 



Water 



1 part 



3 parts 



5 parts 



100 parts 



In this the negative turns white, and care 

 should be taken that it bleaches thoroughly 

 both back and front. Next, the negative 

 must be most thoroughly washed and then 

 redeveloped with an old hydroquinone or 

 ferrous oxalate developer. This is the im- 

 portant point in this process, for develop- 

 ment must only be carried on till the de- 

 tails in the shadows are fully developed, 

 and not till the high lights are developed 

 right through, or, in the latter case, no im- 

 provement will be seen. As soon as the 

 details in the shadow's and half tones are 

 developed, the plate may be rinsed and re- 

 fixed. There being still some undeveloped 

 chloride of silver at the back of the dense 

 parts, fix this out, and the negative will be 

 found by no means so hard as before. 



This process intensifies the shadows, 

 though, strictly speaking, this is only true 

 when the bleached plate is exposed to day- 

 light for some time and then developed, the 

 chloride of silver image then being con- 

 verted into a more non-actinic character 

 than previously. — Exchange. 



DON'T FORGET 



Recreation's 



Photo Contest 



THIS is the time of year to 

 secure photos of Live Wild 

 Birds and Game, of Camp- 

 ing Scenes or Other Outdoor 

 Sports. One such picture may 

 win for you a valuable 

 CAMERA, 

 LENS, TENT, 

 FISHING ROD, 

 FIELD GLASS 

 or other prke. 



See announcement of eontest m 

 Recreation, department of Araa- 



