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'RECREATION. 



The print of willow ptarmigan on nest 

 I consider a striking illustration of the 

 habit of the bird in selecting a nesting 

 place where its color places it in almost 

 perfect security 'by harmony with its sur- 

 roundings. I discovered this nest by look- 

 ing for a loose rock to mark a spot where 

 a pair of snow birds were building. I was 

 on the point of putting my hand on the 

 bird when I saw what it was. I then put 

 up a mark and located nest 3 paces and one 

 foot due South from mark. When I re- 

 turned with camera I took the 3 paces, 

 looked for some time, and was on the 

 point of stepping over the nest when I saw 

 the bird within a foot of where I was 

 standing. My camera is a Wizard. 



Evan Lewis, Idaho Springs, Colo. 



See reproduction of this photo on page 

 178. — Editor. 



Will you please state the formula for 

 making pictures on cloth. I should like to 

 have also formula for fixing and toning 

 glossy and platino papers. I find Recrea- 

 tion useful and instructive. 



W. F. Dubreuil, Island Pond, Vt. 



ANSWER. 



For printing on cloth use Martin's so- 

 lutions which are to be had of E. & H. T. 

 Anthony & Co., 120 5th Ave., New York 

 City. If a blue is wanted, use New- 

 comb's blue print tubes, to be had of E. 

 W. Newcomb, Bible House, New York 

 City. 



Your query as to toning glossy prints is 

 best answered in an article on that sub- 

 ject in a recent number of Recreation. 



Editor. 



Is it hard to enlarge with bromide paper? 

 Will you tell me how to work it and what 

 kind to use? I should like to correspond 

 with someone in the Western States who 

 has used a camera and has done his own 

 finishing. 



C. A. Wilkins, Claremont, N. H. 



ANSWER. 



It is not hard to enlarge with bro- 

 mide paper. You would better buy a 

 25 cent book on this subject, as it is im- 

 possible to give you all necessary details in 

 this department. Send to Tennant & 

 Ward, 287 Fourth avenue, New York City, 

 for a copy of "Photo Miniature," which 

 treats on the subject. — Editor. 



I have seen troubles like those of H. L. 

 P., of Bath, Me., caused by neglecting to 

 rinse the developer out of plate before fix- 

 ing, irrespective of plate or strength of 

 fixing bath. To illustrate, take pyrocati- 

 chin and caustic soda and carry plate di- 

 rect from developer to a new fixing bath, 



either weak or strong. The bath will fix 

 one or more plates and will then rapidly 

 deteriorate, even refusing to work and thus 

 spoiling the plate. However, if a new 

 bath is made up, other plates developed 

 and thoroughly rinsed, it will be found to 

 fix all right. 

 C. E. Pearl, M. D., North Bangor, N. Y. 



I have been a constant reader of your 

 excellent magazine since September last, 

 and have taken many joyful hunting and 

 other invigorating trips by simply reading 

 the stories in it. I noticed in the Septem- 

 ber number, F. Goodrick's and in Decem- 

 ber O. H. Hill's statements about forming 

 a great camera club of readers of Recrea- 

 tion who are interested in photography. 

 This is a wise suggestion. I earnestly hope 

 that all amateurs will pay attention to 

 this and form a club as soon as possible. 

 What do the amateur photographers say? 

 Louis R. Murray, Ogdensburg, N. Y. 



Negatives that have to be preserved any 

 great length of time should be subjected 

 to double fixing. It is not sufficient to 

 trust to a single fixing bath, and there is 

 nothing gained by making it of more than 

 ordinary strength. By removing the plate 

 to a fresh bath of same strength, after all 

 trace of chloride of silver has disappeared, 

 and from the film in the first, complete dis- 

 integration of the particles of dissolved sil- 

 ver is arrested. Plates so fixed, and well 

 washed, will keep in perfect condition as 

 long as may be desired. — The Camera and 

 Dark Room. 



In framing pictures, passe partout style 

 or otherwise, the effect is often improved 

 by the use of a suitably tinted cut-out mat. 

 Mount the pictures on any piece of card 

 board, then cut the desired opening in the 

 selected mat paper with a penknife and a 

 glass-cutting shape. This mat can then be 

 attached to the print by a few touches of 

 gum around the edges. — The Camera and 

 Dark Room. 



To mark trays in photographic work I 

 have used the simple method of filing 

 notches on the edges, and I find that in 

 this way no one could make a mistake. 



Geo. M. Ockford, Jr., Ridgewood, N. J. 



Are you saving your photo prints? If 

 not, begin at once. Send me 2 yearly sub- 

 scriptions to Recreation, at $1 each, and I 

 will send you a Buechner album that will 

 hold 100 4x5 prints. It will be of great 

 value to you in showing the progress you 

 make in your photography, from the first 

 page to the last, and your prints will al- 

 ways recall interesting memories. 



