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RECREATION. 



sportsmen, for whom such a theme is pri- 

 marily intended, would be a source of 



amusement. 



Again, if the picture be intended to repre- 

 sent a dead grizzly the gun should not be 

 given the most conspicuous place, nor 

 should the animal lie in such a position as 

 to appear out of shape, or showing its form 

 in such a manner as to be characterless and 

 meaningless in its pictorial representation. 

 Still again, there should not be a mass of 

 other objects all equally distinct, pronounced 

 lines running in divergent directions or the 

 like. The first principle of pictorial com- 

 position, do not be frightened at the name, 

 is orderly directness. Composition simply 



means to tell in a pictorial way something 

 that has been seen. It must be remembered 

 that it is necessary to represent on a plane 

 that which has 3 dimensions ; next that the 

 space in which to do it is limited to the 

 size of the photographic plate ; and, finally, 

 that the object and its accessories must be 

 so arranged as to make them fill the space 

 most effectively. If you tried to picture in 

 words what you are trying to delineate with 

 your camera you would confine your atten- 

 tion to the main theme, to the exclusion of 

 all unnecessary matter. Keep this rule in 

 mind in making a picture and adhere to it 

 as closely as possible. 



HUNTSMAN COME. 



C. G. RIDE0UT. 



Come, for the West winds are calling, 

 The whispering pines all beseech you ; 



The spirits of chase and of forest, 

 Have sworn true allegiance to you. 



Come where the grizzly is growling 

 In challenge to huntsman and foe. 



Come drink from the cool, rippling waters 

 That out of the mountains do flow. 



Come where the antelope, feeding 

 In freedom o'er valley and hill, 



Is fleet as the sunbeams of morning, 

 That dance over mountain and rill. 



Come where the scream of the panther, 

 Borne down from the hills on the night, 



Mingles with dreams of the conflict 

 And dies with the coming of light. 



Come where both mountain and foothill, 



Both forest and valley, unite 

 In welcome and honor to sportsmen, 



In homage to might that makes right. 



Come for the West winds are calling 

 To those who for freedom still yearn ; 



Come list to the music of Nature,_ 

 Where the camp fires of heroes still burn. 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY SIMON C. SPEAR. 



SHELLING CORN IN IOWA, FOR THE GAME AND FISH HOGS. 



(See page 408.) 



