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fore you close the door, so that you know just 

 where to place your holders as you load them. 

 Remove all the slides from the holders and 

 lean them against the wall, with the light side 

 at the top towards you. Have your holders 

 thoroughly dusted and shaken out. Then 

 with your box of plates open, you can begin 

 to load. You can cut the outer paper of your 

 plate-box before you enter the closet. If you 

 will remember that all dry plates, whether 



into which it goes. Turn the plate-holder 

 round and repeat the process. The second 

 plate does not need to be turned in the hands. 

 It is already film up. If you can't remember 

 which side is the film side, you can use your 

 finger nail as one cover. The film side is 

 slightly rough, the glass side smooth. 



Never lay a plate or holder on slide down 

 without remembering exactly where it is and 

 how it is, or you will find yourself coming 



Third Prize ($5) September Competition. Taken by Mr. James Miller, Loncville, N. Y. 



packed in half or whole dozens, are arranged 

 back to back — or face to face some will call it 

 — it will be easy to load without making the 

 mistake of putting the film side wrong way 

 in. The top plate of the box is face down. 

 The next plate face up and separated from 

 the first plate by a little strip of cardboard, 

 and so on. Different manufacturers have dif- 

 ferent ways of separating their plates, but all 

 pack back to back. Remove a plate from, the 

 box, being careful to use your fingers lightly 

 and taking up the plate by the edges only, 

 give the plate a slight tap edgeways on the 

 shelf to remove any dust, hold it in the right 

 hand, film side up, and taking a plate holder 

 in the left hand insert the plate carefully. A 

 little practice will make it easy. Then insert 

 the slide, using the right hand to hold the 

 slide at the bottom and to feel for the slot 



out with the exposed side of the slide turned 

 out, or plate with glass side out. or some 

 equally annoying mistake. A little care and 

 practice and it will come easy. Personally we 

 never load plates but in the dark. It is just 

 as easy, more convenient and much safer, es- 

 pecially with color sensitive or very fast 

 plates, which e .sily fog under the light of 

 the ordinary ruby lamp. At night time the 

 bedroom can be used, or the camping tent, 

 with the flaps down. If the moon is shining 

 brightly it is well to pull the curtain of the 

 room, but the other faint light that may come 

 in will not affect the ordinary plate. 



CLOUDS IN PICTURES. 



It is extraordinary how a few clouds will 

 improve an ordinary landscape or marine 

 photograph. To the amateur who has never 



