RECREATION. 



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Build Your Own Boat 



BY THE BROOKS SYSTEM 



You can build your own Launch — Sailboat — 

 Rowboat or Canoe in your leisure time — evenings 

 — and the work will be a source of profit and 

 pleasure. It's easy when we show you how. 



$12 covers the cost of a $50 Boat. Cheaper , 

 boats cost less in proportion. Write us — we'll 

 tell you how. 



The Brooks System consists of exact size 

 Printed Patterns of every piece, with Detailed 

 Instructions, a complete set of Working Illus- 

 trations, showing eaeh step of the work, an 

 itemized bill of Material required and how to 

 secure it. 



Over six thousand amateurs successfully built 

 boats by the Brooks System last year. Fifty per 

 cent, of them have built their second boat. 

 Many have established themselves in the Boat 

 manufacturing business. 



Patterns of all kinds and sizes from 12 to 55 feet. 

 Prices from $2.50 up — Catalog and particulars FREE. 

 For 25c. 100 page catalog containing valuable infor- 

 mation from the amateur yachtsman, showing several 

 working illustrations of each boat, and a full set for 

 one boat. Full line of knock-down and completed 

 boats. When so ordered — Patterns are expressed, 

 charges prepaid, C. O. D. to allow examination. 



BROOKS BOAT MANUFACTURING CO. 



Originators of the Pattern System 

 Boat Building 



'502ShipSt.,BayCity, Mich., U.S. A.^ 



Effective sepia prints can be made with 

 Willis & Clements' black platinum paper 

 by adding one ounce of Di Nougio's sepia 

 solution to 24 ounces of developer, the same 

 as is used for black prints. The solution 

 is used cold or lukewarm. Fix in 2 or 3 

 baths of acetic acid l / 2 ounce to 32 ounces 

 of water. Then wash thoroughly. 



Printing should not be carried quite so 

 far as with black and white prints. 



The easiest way to straighten platinum 

 prints so they will be flat is by ironing them 

 on the back with an ordinary flatiron. It 

 should not be hot enough to scratch the 

 paper. 



R. L. Wadhams, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 



The Fay &Bowen Motor 



is the machine described in 

 "The Life-Boat" (of Eng- 

 land) for Aug., 1904, as having 

 successfully stood the severest tests. 



It is the machine that made the best record 

 of any American motor in the English Reli- 

 ability Trials last summer. 



No crank nor handle used for starting. 

 Made in single or multi-cylinder patterns. 

 A reliable and controllable motor. 



Send to us for copy of Life-Boat test and 

 illustrated catalogue of motors and elegant 

 motor-boats . 



Fay & Bowen Engine Co. 



74 Lake St., Geneva, N, Y„ U„ S. A. 



Is there any way of" removing paste irom 

 the face . of a mounted photograph and 

 mount? 



I. K. Bull, Hoosick Falls, N. Y. 



ANSWER. 



Yes, it can be removed with a damp cloth. 

 Collodion papers will stand considerable 

 water. On gelatine papers use only enough 

 water to dampen the paste. Platinum prints 

 are exceedingly tender and must not be 

 rubbed. Powdered pumice stone rubbed on 

 with the finger will remove paste or dirt 

 from mounts. — Editor. 



Fishing in Rattlesnake and other creeks 

 round here was excellent last summer. 



E. Heberlein, Apex, Mont. 



MULLINS' STEEL BOATS FOR SPORTSMEN 



-l!!x._ Air Chamber 



Cannot Sink 

 No Repairs 

 Always Ready 

 Very Durable 

 Low in Price 



"GET THERE*' Duck Boat. 14 feet long, 36 inch beam. Price, $20. 



■ Crated on Cars Salem. 



Complete illustrated Catalogue. Free on application. 



W. H. MULLINS, 228 Depot Street, SALEM, OHIO 



Mention Recreation. 



