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RECREATION. 



water. Handle prints through this bath 

 one to 2 minutes, bringing the color to a 

 bright golden yellow, then tone in gold 

 bath made as follows : 



64 ounces hot water. 

 1 dram Aristo gold. 

 l /i teaspoonful of salt. 



Borax enough to turn red litmus paper 

 blue in 10 seconds. 



This bath should be mixed at least one 

 hour before using. Speed of bath should 

 be 6 to 8 minutes. To strengthen this bath 

 add gold when needed, always being care- 

 ful to neutralize the gold before adding to 

 to the bath. Constant watch should be kept 

 to see that the bath remain sufficiently alka- 

 line. 



Tone to a warm purple, until all traces 

 of brick red have left the shadows. Throw 

 prints from the gold bath into a tray of 

 clear water. After a batch has been toned, 

 wash by hand through 3 changes of clear 

 water and place in a bath of one ounce 

 saturated solution of alum to 64 ounces of 

 water. The purpose of this alum bath is 

 to set the color, and prevent hypo bath 

 from changing it. Prints should be handled 

 through this bath for 5 minutes and kept 

 in constant motion ; after which wash 

 through 5 changes of clear water, and fix 

 in hypo bath 18 degrees hydrometer test, 

 for 15 minutes. Wash through 12 to 15 

 changes of clear water, handling each print 

 separately, and they are ready to mount and 

 dry. 



FIRST PRIZE WINNER. 

 On receipt of the photograph by Mr. E. 

 J. Kerlee, of Darby, Montana, showing 2 

 Canada lynxes up a tree, I wrote Mr. Ker- 

 lee as follows: 



The question arises in my mind, as it 

 will in that of every man who sees these 

 pictures reproduced : Were the lynxes alive 

 when the picture was made? They look 

 alive, but a good taxidermist can make a 

 dead animal look that way. If they were 

 alive please give me full particulars as to 

 the making of the picture. Was anyone 

 with you when you made the picture? If 

 so, give name and address; or better still, 

 get him to write me a letter telling me all 

 about it. The picture will naturally be at- 

 tacked, and if it be genuine I should like 

 to be forearmed. 



In reply I received the following letters: 



Darby, Mont., Nov. 3, 1902. 

 Those lynxes were alive. We chased 

 them up the tree. You can plainly see in 

 the photograph, that the dead limb is fast 

 to the tree. E. J. Kerlee. 



Darby, Mont., Oct. 3, 1902. 

 Mr. E. J. Kerlee has shown me your 

 letter in regard to the photo of 2 lynxes. 



I was present when the photo was taken. 

 The lynxes were very much alive, and ab- 

 solutely without any trap, strings, wires or 

 other contrivance to hold them. I am will- 

 ing to make affidavit if necessary. 



Warner Laird. 



THIRD PRIZE WINNER. 



The time I spent in getting the photo- 

 graph entitled "Never Touched Me" \vai 

 full of surprises. I saw about 300 d?er, 

 near and far. One day when I had neither 

 Kodak nor gun I was for half an hour 

 within 10 to 100 feet of 4 does and 6 

 fawns. My companion and I saw several 

 does and one buck one morning and they 

 apparently had no fear of us, as they came 

 close. Although both of us had guns we 

 did not shoot. One yearling buck finnllv 

 headed down within 30 feet of us. W^ 

 missed an unusual chance to photograoh 

 a big buck by leaving the camera at cnr>p. 



"Never Touched Me" was made with 

 a No. 3 Eastman Folding Pocket Kodak. 

 Wm. B. More, Harrison, Colo. 



COLORS LANTERN SLIDES. 

 If any of the readers of Recreation want 

 lantern slides colored they can not do better 

 than to send them to Mrs. Buttles Smith, 

 606 W. 115th St., New York City. In my 

 judgment she does as fine work in this line 

 as any artist in the country. I have recent- 

 ly had her color a lot of slides for me, and 

 though I have had a great deal of this work 

 done by various artists, I have never had 

 any that pleased me better than that done 

 by Mrs. Smith. *_ 



SNAP SHOTS. 

 A simple formula for backing plates is as 

 follows : 



Caramel 2 parts 



Hot water 2 parts 



Alcohol 1 part 



To this may, if desired, be added a small 

 quantity of sienna. If the paste dries, it 

 may be powdered and made ready for use 

 again by the addition of a little glycerine. 



Can you instruct me through Recrea- 

 tion how to sensitize postal cards for 

 Velox printing? 



W. R. Smith Hoosick Falls, N. Y. 



You will find it cheaper to buy cards al- 

 ready sensitized than to sensitize them 

 yourself. It is difficult for an amateur to 

 sensitize successfully with the bromide 

 emulsion. — Editor. 



Rub a freshly cut slice of potato over a 

 photograph to be colored or retouched and 

 the color will stick immediately, which it 

 will not otherwise do. — The Photo-Ameri- 



can. 



