332 RECREATION 



attempted to print in clouds /into his white the horizon. Keep the camera level, use color 



skies it will be a revelation. Now is the time sensitive plates and a screen, a medium stop 



of year for securing some splendid cloud ef- and a short exoosure. Do not use too strong 



fects, all kinds of clouds appearing during the a screen, or the effect will be unnatural, and 



day. Select a view entirely free from trees or for very strong clouds a screen will not be 



buildings. Focus on the sky with about half necessary. A collection of cloud negatives 



an inch of ground showing on the plate below should be part of every amateur's outfit. 



THE BEST TIME O' YEAR 



By FRANK FARRINGTON 



What time o' year do I like best? 



I'll bet a dollar you can't tell. 



I like the winter mighty well — 

 The slidin' on th' schoolhouse hill, 

 'N skatin' down by Moseley's mill, 



*'N snowball rights, n all th' rest, 



But I don't like ol' winter best. 



Or mebby you'd think spring was best? 



Fool crows a-cawin' on th' hill, 



An' sugar camps a-smokin' still ; 

 Trout jes' limberin' up a bit, 

 Waitin' for Jack Frost to quit, 



Th' robins stealin' stuff for nest ; 



Yes, spring's all right, but it ain't best. 



Mos' other boys think summer's best. 



It's all right too, that is, outdoors, 



(I hate it when it rains an' pours). 

 The's base ball games 'an swimmin' time, 

 The's boats to paddle, trees to climb, 



So much to do you hate to rest ; 



But even summer ain't the best. 



The time 'at really is th' best 



Is fall. That beats 'em all for boys, 

 An' ma says then they make most noise. 

 Then's beechnut time. Then grapes is sweet, 

 The big bonfires light up th' street. 



I thought you surely would have guessed 

 That I'd like fall the verv best. 



