RECREATION. 



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FREE 



DESCRIPTIVE 

 BOOKLET ON 



HUMIDITY. 



The Polymeter is an instrument to 

 measure the percentage of relative 

 and absolute Humidity. 



Invaluable in testing the air we 

 breathe, whether too dry or too moist. 



Indispensable in forecasting rain, 

 storms, frost or clear weather. 



21 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK C(TY. 



It was at the ball game. They had at- 

 tended many times that season, and he had 

 explained the intricacies of the game to her 

 until he thought she understood it well 

 enough to appreciate the fine points, and 

 could tell at a glance the difference between 

 four balls and a "swat" for three bags. 



Two men were out, 2 on bases, the score 

 6 to 5 in flavor of the home nine, whose 

 pitcher had just succeeded in mystifying 

 the crack batsman of the visitors to the 

 extent of 2 strikes, and, during the expect- 

 ant lull that followed the thunders of ap- 

 plause she said in a voice audible to half 

 the grand stand: 



"Oh, George, why doesn't he throw it 

 easy so the man with the stick can hit it?" 

 —Puck. 



Just a Few Seconds 



exposure to gas or lamp light and a few 

 more seconds for development makes a 



VELOX 



Print. Exquisitely soft matte effects. 



NEPERA CHEMICAL CO. 

 Division of the General Aristo Co. 



For sale by / ^^^ Nepera Park, 



all dealers. /gjB^Jrw N«Y 



MOONLIGHT EFFECTS. 



These are not taken by the light of the 

 moon, but when the sun is out in all his 

 glory, and best'when not over 45 degrees 

 above the horizon. The day selected 

 should be one on which the sun is obscured 

 at intervals by masses of well formed 

 cumulus clouds. Choose your time when 

 the sun is hidden behind a cloud, causing 

 a thousand ripples to shimmer in the bay. 

 Make an instantaneous exposure, and de- 

 velop for the high lights, leaving the 

 shadows to take care of themselves, and 

 the result will please you. Pictures of this 

 description printed on blue carbon are ex- 

 ceedingly effective ; but, of course, a land- 

 scape with many trees is more appropriately 

 rendered in green or some other tint. The 

 great secret in producing moonlight views 

 is to avoid excessive development, thus 

 getting too much detail, which will utterly 

 destroy the result aimed at. Therefore the 

 darker portions are represented by almost 

 clear glass. > The negative will be thin, and 

 will print in a few minutes. The print- 

 ing should be carried on until the proof is 

 dark ; to a depth, in fact, that would ruin 

 the ordinary kind of photograph. 



A RARE BARGAIN. 



If you have not yet ordered a set of the 

 Hudson pictures, illustrating the poem 

 "To My Gun," you should do so at once. 

 Only a few sets were printed, and about 

 half of them have already been sold. No 

 more will be printed, as the plates were 

 too much worn in running the November 

 edition of Recreation to make any more 

 good impressions. Only $1 for the 5 full 

 page artist's proofs. Nothing finer could 

 be found at the price, for decorating an 

 office, a dining-room, a parlor or a den. 



The doomed man had a last request to 

 make-. 



"Pray do not tell my parents," he im- 

 plored, "that I was hanged!" 



"What shall we say killed you, then?" 

 we asked, suspecting nothing. 



"The dropsy!" cried the wretched fel- 

 low, with a loud laugh. 



From this it appeared he was still, and 

 despite his professions of contrition, domi- 

 nated by the desire to wound society how- 

 soever grievously he might. — Detroit Jour- 

 nal. 



Have you sent in your contribution to the 

 Lacey watch fund? If not, you should do 

 so at once. 10 cent ante, 25 cent limit. 

 Stamps are good. 



Farmer — See here ! You've been loafing 

 round here half the day ! 



Tramp — Well, a half a loaf's better'n 

 none, ain't it? — Puck. 



